'The Story of Art without Men determinedly challenges this patriarchal tale. It begins with the Renaissance, although that seems a mistake: isn’t it possible that those bison were daubed on cave walls by our first female home-makers, that the voluptuous curves of the Venus of Willendorf might have been carved by a woman; and what about the medieval illuminations of Claricia or the painted visions of Hildegard of Bingen?' – Rachel Campbell-Johnston
The Sunday Times reviews Katy Hessel's debut book. Read in full here
Image: Book cover, The Story of Art without Men by Katy Hessel, published 8 September 2022
September 4 2022
