Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam intensifies focus on women artists
(Artdaily.org)

The Stedelijk Museum announced new acquisitions of work by Raquel van Haver, and Jacqueline de Jong. Both artists are currently featured in solo shows at the Stedelijk. The works were acquired with the generous support of the BankGiro Loterij. The museum also reveals that it has the backing of two special acquisition funds, established to help the museum enhance its holdings of work by female artists. In the history of art, the work of female artists has been long overlooked. According to a recent study carried out by Mama Cash, women outnumber men at art schools and yet female artists are underrepresented in museum collections. At the Stedelijk Museum, the same disparity exists: in a collection that holds over 100,000 works of art, a mere 4% is by a woman artist or designer. Interim director Jan Willem Sieburgh: “We are aware of this inequality