Working together for gender equality in the arts.
A look at exhibitions and collections in arts institutions – in Berlin and across Germany – shows that women artists are under-represented. Their voices, perspectives and works are missing. We want to provide momentum for change in the current situation and make progress visible. Together with museums, galleries and exhibition venues, we aim to create transparency and raise awareness of gender equality in the art world.
Make it happen! podcast
Exhibition venues and museums want to showcase more women artists – but how can this be achieved? What role do alliances and partnerships play? And why is cultural policy essential in this context?
Exhibition venues and museums want to showcase more women artists – but how can this be achieved? What role do alliances and partnerships play? And why is cultural policy essential in this
context?
In our new podcast “Make it happen! Art Needs Equality*”, curators and directors discuss acquisitions despite tight budgets, new curatorial approaches, international collaborations, cultural
journalism and the question of how art-historical narratives can be transformed in the long term.
The podcast brings together ideas and important voices from Frankfurt, Düsseldorf, NRW, Berlin, Leipzig and Paris. Listen now – here or wherever you get your podcasts!
host: Anna Panknin / author: Tina Hammesfahr / production: Hanna Steger stegermeister® / editors: Annamaria Kardos, Rachel Kohn, Alice Münch
Make it happen! Art Needs Equality* Symposium (2025) Berlin
With the symposium Make it happen! Art Needs Equality*, held on 21 November at Haus Bastian, the Centre for Cultural Education of the Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin, we brought together numerous representatives from the arts, culture and cultural policy. Under the central question “How can equality be achieved in the art world – actively, structurally, and with a future-oriented approach?”, the panellists and the audience exchanged ideas. The positive response and the stimulating discussions confirm the relevance of the issue and the pressing need for action to strengthen the visibility of women artists, right up to parity.
Keynotes, panel contributions and roundtable discussions presented good practices from Frankfurt, North Rhine-Westphalia, Berlin, Leipzig and Paris, as well as case studies from Norway and
elsewhere. Curatorial strategies and latest measures aimed at strengthening the positions of women artists in institutions
Symposium speakers:
Now it is time to build on these new ideas: the fair share! team is continuing its work on this basis, with the aim of involving further stakeholders and making the symposium’s findings accessible to a wider audience. Make it happen!
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How visible are women artists in programmes, collections and exhibitions? An online survey of Berlin art institutions provided an overview of the current situation. What measures are being taken
to shape the transition towards greater gender equality?
Find out more at the next milestone in autumn 2025, with an event that fosters dialogue, highlights developments – and looks to the future.
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Development of an Award to recognize Art Institutions' Efforts
in Implementing Gender Parity
To strengthen the transition to contemporary and forward-looking standards of gender equality in art institutions, fair share! has launched a multi-stage, participatory initiative.
The aim is to recognise stakeholders and representatives from public and private museum and exhibition sectors, as well as galleries, who are committed to working towards gender-equitable
structures and projects, with a certificate.
Together with all participants, we want to provide impetus, promote empowerment, strengthen participation and set benchmarks for gender equality in the cultural landscape.
On 7 and 8 November 2024, at Future Lab 1.0, we engaged in intensive discussions with experts from professional associations, initiatives, exhibition venues and galleries on best practices, criteria, concepts, design and perspectives regarding award tools for a gender-equitable and parity-based art sector.
Many thanks to: Marcia Breuer, Mehr Mütter für die Kunst., Hamburg / Gabi Blum, K+K Bündnis Kunst und Kind, München / Yolanda Kaddu-Mulindwa, Leitung Kommunale Galerien Neukölln, Berlin / Annebarbe Kau, EWVA, Köln / Lucia Kaufmann, Galerie Hyle, Hamburg / Patricia Lincke, GEDOK München e.V. / Annette Maechtel, ngbk, Berlin / Agnes Rossa, intakt, Motherhood Art Network, Wien u. Frankfurt a.M. / Katharina Schilling, Kuratorin, Berlin / Doris Weinberger, BBK Bundesverband, Ute Weiss Leder, bbk berlin / Florian Wüst, Haben und Brauchen / Berliner Hefte sowie Alice Münch, Rachel Kohn und Annamaria Kardos von von fair share! und Moderator Moritz von Rappard.
We are involving a wide range of stakeholders in the development of a tool that recognises gender-equitable art institutions.
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