"Women had to work like slaves in the art world, but a lot of men got to the top through their charm. And it hurt them. To be young and pretty didn't help a woman in the art world, because the social scene, and the buying scene, was in the hands of women – women who had money. They wanted male artists who would come alone and be their charming guests. Rothko could be very charming. It was a court. And the artist buffoons came to the court to entertain, to charm. Now it has changed, now the younger men are in – older women and younger men."
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Louise Bourgeois, ‎Donald Burton Kuspit (1988). Bourgeois. p. 76: On the art world
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Louise Bourgeois
1911 – 2010
französische Künstlerin
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