Representation of women artists in international exhibitions and auctions versus men in the visual arts

Abstract

     The research deals with the representation of Arab female artists in theaters versus men in the field of visual arts, as the artworks that have been immortalized in history such as the painting “A Night Full of Stars” by Van Gogh, and the work “The Scream” by Edvard Munch, or “The Weeping Woman” by Picasso, or “The Fog” Lavender" by Jackson Pollock, is for male artists. Are men more creative than women? Or is it only more represented by exhibition halls and auction houses?

    This research discusses the role of Arab women in the movement of art in the Arab region and the Western world, by making an inventory of the data of the works of Arab artists in visual arts, which belong to the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, whether from the Arab Mashreq countries or the Maghreb countries and North Africa, and then conducting an analysis A comparison of these data to arrive at important information that shows us the position of Arab women in the art market in the Arab region and the Middle East in general, as well as the position of women in front of men from Arab artists or artists of the West, by comparing the results with the highest price reached by an artwork sold in an art auction by an Arab man or Western belonging to the twentieth century and the beginning of the twenty-first century.