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Helen Frankenthaler at Kunstmuseum Basel
We live in the age of gender studies, in which too many art historians and curators attempt to “discover”, “rediscover”, or “reassess” seemingly forgotten or overlooked female artists. In many cases, these female artists are rightly overshadowed by better male artists—not because men are better artists, but simply because there were so many more male artists than female ones. Gabriele Münter was a significant artist, yet her work remains—rightly so—in the shadow of that of her teacher and partner for several years, Wassily Kandinsky, even though, during...
