Council to review gender representation in artwork
Oxford city councillor Katherine Miles has called for the gender and background of people in the council's paintings to be assessedThe gender and background of people in paintings owned and displayed by a local authority are to be assessed following a campaign.A taskforce has been created to address representation in the artworks that hang in the town hall.Oxford city councillor Katherine Miles led the campaign for the town hall paintings to be examined.
Of the five paintings showing women, one is The Rape of the Sabines, which portrays women being kidnapped, and another shows a woman holding a severed man's head on a plate.Ms Miles said they were "not representing some of the key messages that we'd like to show to reflect the diversity of our city".The Oxfordshire Blue Plaques Scheme data also shows a disparity. Out of 134 plaques installed since 1999, 31 are for women.
In the past five years, more plaques have been created to commemorate women in the city than men, including one for moral philosopher Philippa Foot, who lived in Walton Street.
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