Unlocking Women's Art

Pros: I often wish I had majored in art history, so I seek out books like this so I can expand my knowledge of the subject. I appreciate books like this that feature artists who have been overlooked in favor of white European men. I especially enjoyed the interviews with artists in this book and loved the diversity of artists featured. The reproductions of the art are stunning.

Cons: The only con I can think of is that as wonderful as this book looks as an arc on my phone, I am sure that reading experience doesn't compare to reading a physical printed copy of this book.

Thank you to NetGalley and Aurora Metro, Supernova Books for the opportunity to read this book.

Beautifully illustrated and highly informative, I wanted to "love this book" more than I, ultimately, did. Still, it was filled with information and the artist interviews were insightful and enjoyable. I think many readers, though, will really enjoy this lovely book and giving voice to women artists is always important. 4 Stars

Unlocking Women’s Art by P.L. Henderson is a super informative and interesting read about the history of women in the arts. I especially loved the interviews with living female artists interspersed throughout! This one took me a while to get through only because there is so much educational subject matter gathered all in one place. You could teach a college level art history course with this book and revisit it for years to come. I recommend this to any art lovers interested to see how women’s place in art has evolved through time.

As an art enthusiast and a woman, it's a shame that other than a few names like Freida Kalho, there are hardly any women from the world of art that I was previously familiar with.

This is a great entry point into tracing the history of art through women artists, riveting interviews with contemporary artists and absolutely brilliant full page illustrations.

I admit I have just skimmed through the book so far and going cover to cover involves taking copious notes and reading and savouring the book over time.

It's an absolutely must have in your collection if you are interested in art.

I think it is quite impossible for a book of this nature to be unsatisfactory, but even though the introduction rejects its encyclopedic nature, it does have a bit of that. It's not a list of artists, but the chapters end up feeling like enumerations of artists and works, very descriptive and contextual, but without really providing feminist criticism beyond the theoretical framework from which it starts: introducing women in the artistic canon. Nevertheless an interesting read about women artists who have always been in art history, but have been neglected.