At the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, female artists throughout history are being given their due in a vital new exhibition

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From a look back at the history of women’s marches to a group show highlighting African female artists, there’s a wide variety of artwork to celebrate.

“Many of these women are not known, they’re not even in photography history books. These women have not gotten their due, and this is just the tip of the iceberg.”

Hearts of Our People: Native Women Artists is the first ever museum retrospective of Native American and Canadian female artists. It opened at the Minneapolis Institute of Art, and until 18 August, over 115 artists from 50 Native communities are being given the credit they deserve.

In 1939, the artist Augusta Savage was the first African American woman to open her own art gallery in America that was devoted to showcasing the work of black artists. At the opening reception, Savage announced: “We do not ask any special favors as artists because of our race. We only want to present to you our works and ask you to judge them on their merits.”

“I’m looking for angles that are more relevant than just the standard narrative of the art world,” said Denise Murrell, curator at Columbia University’s Wallach Art Gallery. “I’m giving a number of different narratives that can be discussed around the black figure; there is a wider variety of black models, especially the black female figure, in broader, social roles.”

“When people think of 19th-century women, they have a domestic woman in their mind wearing a corset, but there was this whole other side to New York women at the time that was far more rebellious,” said the curator, Marcela Micucci. “Some women were seen as too masculine, political, outspoken and got in trouble for challenging standard gender norms.”

“Women in museums don’t even realize they’re getting 20% less,” said Anne Ackerson, a member of the Gender Equity in Museums Movement. “The larger the budget of an institution, men are often found in the leadership position, but with non-profit institutions, they are often led by women.”

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