Uffizi Gallery will present an exhibition of the first artist of the Renaissance

The Uffizi Gallery in Florence is about to rectify the greatest historical gender injustice: starting in March this year, one of the oldest museums in the world intends to organize more exhibitions of women artists. The first exhibition will be dedicated to the work of Suor Plautilla Nelli (Suor Plautilla Nelli, 1523-1587), a nun who is known as the first artist of the Renaissance. The exposition will open on March 8, International Women’s Day, and two weeks later in another Florentine museum - the Palazzo Pitti, an exhibition of self-portraits of the Austrian artist and feminist Maria Lassnig will open.

“Plavtilla Nelli’s exhibition will be the first in a series of annual exhibitions dedicated to women artists,” said Eike Schmidt, director of the Uffizi Gallery and Palazzo Pitti. - “The exhibition will include about ten paintings by Nelly, some of which have only recently been identified as belonging to her brush. Prior to that, they were kept in churches and museums throughout central Italy. Her works written in the walls of the monastery of the Order of the Dominicans will also be presented. ”

The initiative was supported by other major museums in the world. The Grand Palace on the Champs Elysees in Paris will present an exhibition of works by Élisabeth-Louise Vigée-Le Brun, which was exhibited at the Metropolitan Museum last year. In October last year, the Prado Museum in Madrid opened the first solo exhibition of a female artist. Her character was Clara Peeters.

“Women are among the most famous contemporary artists, but the question arises: when did it start, when women were able to establish themselves in art, what trace did they leave in the history of art? I think that today, although belatedly, we are ready to answer all these questions. ”

Anna Sidorova © Gallerix.ru