Diversity counts : gender, race, and representation in Canadian art galleries / Anne Dymond.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dymond, Anne, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Museums and women--Canada.

Museums and women.

Museums and minorities--Canada.

Museums and minorities.

Art museums--Curatorship--Canada.

Art museums.

Art museums--Social aspects--Canada.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (261 pages) : illustrations, charts

Place of Publication:

Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2019]

Summary:

Despite the common belief that art galleries will naturally become more gender equitable over time, the fact is that many art institutions in Canada have become even less so over the last decade, with female artists making up less than 25 per cent of the contemporary exhibitions of several major galleries. In the first large-scale overview of gender diversity in Canadian art exhibitions, Anne Dymond makes a persuasive plea for more consciously equitable curating. Drawing on data from nearly one hundred institutions, Diversity Counts reveals that while some galleries are relatively equitable, many continue to marginalize female and racialized artists. The book pursues an interdisciplinary approach, considering the art world's resistance to numeric data, discourses on representation and identity, changing conceptualizations of institutional responsibility over time, and different ways particular institutions manage inclusion and exclusion. A thoughtful examination of the duty of public galleries to represent underserved communities, Dymond's study bravely navigates the unspoken criteria for acceptance in the curatorial world. Demonstrating how important hard data is for inclusivity, Diversity Counts is a timely analysis that brings the art world up to date on progressive movements for social transformation.

Contents:

Front Matter

Contents

Tables and Figures

Preface

Acknowledgments

Counting Gender: A Statistical Overview of Gender in Solo Shows of Contemporary Art in Canada, 2000–10

“We’re Only Interested in Excellence. We Don’t Care Who Makes It”: Thinking Through Diversity at the National Gallery of Canada

Let’s Hear It for the Boys! Vancouver and Diversity

Toronto the Not-So-Good

Hard Facts and Soft Power: Rhetoric, Reality, and Influence in Montreal

Conclusion: Calls to Action

List of institutions in data set and their solo contemporary exhibitions by gender

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed May 13, 2019).

ISBN:

9780773557833

0773557830

9780773557826

0773557822

OCLC:

1081333768