Jean Conner, ADORATION #2, 1996, paper collage, 28 1/2 x 23 3/4 in
In The Advantages of Being a Woman Artist (1988), feminist art collective Guerrilla Girls famously satirized the benefits women enjoy in the art world when compared to their male contemporaries. Number four on the 13-itme list was: "Knowing your career might pick up after you're eighty." Recognition for female artists historically lags by decades behind what their work has rightly earned and what men in the field are given. Across the United States, numerous late-career women are receiving institutional recognition, some for the first time.
