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A new exhibition featuring works by16 women artists who share backgrounds in Islam is a tour de force.
Nora Heysen was the first woman to be awarded the Archibald Prize, but for most of her life she was defined not by her art, but by her relationship to her famous father, the artist Hans Heysen.
Gender bias is an ongoing problem in the visual arts. Change is needed at every level to tackle it.
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Joanna Mendelssohn is a Friend of The Conversation.Honorary (Senior Fellow) School of Culture and Communication University of Melbourne. Editor in Chief, Design and Art of Australia Online, The University of Melbourne
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