Fun Art World Facts:
- In a study of 820,000 exhibitions across the public and commercial sectors in 2018, only one third featured women artists. “Gallery representation dwindles for established female artists,” The Art Newspaper
Of the 3,050 galleries in the Artsy database, 10% represent not a single woman artist, while only 8% represent more women than men. Half represent 25% or fewer women.
- Art created by women sells for almost 50% less than art made by men.
- According to a recent report, only five to 15% of current NFT artist accounts are run by women.
- Out of the top 10 most expensive NFT artworks sold to this date, only one belonged to a female creator: Grimes.
- While only an estimated 5% of women own NFTs, and 12-16% are creators or founders of collections, the impact of female-led NFT projects is quite large and growing every day.
