Katy Hessel Puts Women Artists Front and Center at Five Major Museums

Rosa Bonheur, 'The Horse Fair,' Painting: oil on canvas, 96 1/4 x 199 1/2 in. (244.5 x 506.7 cm), gift of Cornelius Vanderbilt, 1887.

A dramatic painting of horses in the classical style

Observer spoke with art historian Katy Hessel about honoring women and non-binary artists through a new set of feminist audio guides at the Met, Tate Britain and other institutions.

Katy Hessel Puts Women Artists Front and Center at Five Major Museums