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    Baltimore Museum Of Art Will Only Buy Works By Women Next Year

    A 2019 study of major U.S. art museums found that 87% of artists in their collections are men. The Baltimore museum's chief curator calls the initiative "re-correcting the canon."
    by Laurel Wamsley Nov 19, 2019 2 minutes
    The Baltimore Museum of Art will only buy works by women next year, as part of a yearlong series exhibiting art by women. Amy Sherald's<em> Planes, rockets, and the spaces in between </em>(2018) is among the 3,800 works by women in the museum's collection.

    Step into one of the nation's top art museums, and most of the works you'll see were made by men.

    The Baltimore Museum of Art has decided to make a bold step to correct that imbalance: next year, the museum will only purchase works made by

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