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<p>[QUOTE="Van_Poperin, post: 3164498, member: 16501"]My favourite isn’t technically antique, but made of valuable material, guaranteed to rise in value and definitely historic. Of course I bought it because I value its beauty and feminist message, and it can still be bought:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]295333[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]295334[/ATTACH] </p><p>For those who don’t know, the National Gallery in London has hosted an exhibit of Artemisia Gentileschi’s works this year, the biggest ever in the UK after acquiring one of her self-portraits in 2018. As an artist she outstripped many of her peers, including her own father, and is an icon of the Baroque movement. Currently, she is best known for her brutally violent depiction of Judith and a maid cutting the throat the Assyrian General Holofernes (shocking but undoubtedly a work of genius). The mask was commissioned by the National Gallery from sustainable producers in Myanmar and is made of pure silk. It’s obviously a social artefact, but it also specifically identifies the year of the show. I was thrilled to be able to see the Gentileschi’s work in person, I think we can safely anticipate institutions like the NG finally starting to buy, display and acknowledge works by groups long-neglected. I hope we don’t need masks much longer. But for people like Gentileschi this is only the beginning <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Van_Poperin, post: 3164498, member: 16501"]My favourite isn’t technically antique, but made of valuable material, guaranteed to rise in value and definitely historic. Of course I bought it because I value its beauty and feminist message, and it can still be bought: [ATTACH=full]295333[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]295334[/ATTACH] For those who don’t know, the National Gallery in London has hosted an exhibit of Artemisia Gentileschi’s works this year, the biggest ever in the UK after acquiring one of her self-portraits in 2018. As an artist she outstripped many of her peers, including her own father, and is an icon of the Baroque movement. Currently, she is best known for her brutally violent depiction of Judith and a maid cutting the throat the Assyrian General Holofernes (shocking but undoubtedly a work of genius). The mask was commissioned by the National Gallery from sustainable producers in Myanmar and is made of pure silk. It’s obviously a social artefact, but it also specifically identifies the year of the show. I was thrilled to be able to see the Gentileschi’s work in person, I think we can safely anticipate institutions like the NG finally starting to buy, display and acknowledge works by groups long-neglected. I hope we don’t need masks much longer. But for people like Gentileschi this is only the beginning :)[/QUOTE]
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