Men on top
October 4 2015
Picture: via Flickr
Here's Susan Jones in The Guardian:
The Cultural Value and Inequality report by Kate Oakley and Dave O’Brien, discussing inequality within both the creation and consumption of cultural value, indicates that women make up nearly 70% of the workforce in museums and galleries. But according to my research, within those top galleries getting £1m+ of Arts Council England funding, just 37% of director or CEO roles are held by women. The situation is only a little better in the other UK nations, with women leading in 40% of Scotland’s best-funded galleries and 50% of those in Wales.
For those 'national' museums and galleries (ie, those funded directly by DCMS) the situation is even worse; just one director is a woman.
