Cruthers Collection of Women's Art explained

Cruthers Collection of Women's Art is a collection of more than 700 artworks by Australian women, held at the University of Western Australia. It is the only public collection focused on women's art in Australia.

The Cruthers Collection was founded in 2007 following the donation by Sir James and Lady Sheila Cruthers of some 400 artworks and is named in recognition of their gift.^[1]

The collection includes artworks by Australian women artists from the 1890s to the present day, with Australian modernism, feminist and contemporary art being represented. There is a focus on "the artist and her work", where a portrait or self-portrait of an artist is supported by a non-portrait example of their work.^[2]

As of May 2019 there were 700 works in the collection.^[3]

Exhibitions

• The Artist and her Work, selected artworks from the Cruthers Collection displayed at the Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery, University of Western Australia, 2019
• Artemis: No Second Thoughts: Reflections on the Artemis Women's Art Forum^[4]
• Country and colony
• Into the Light: The Cruthers Collection of Women's Art, also known as Look. Look again, exhibition and publication, 2012

External links

• Official website
• List of works held, as at September 2018

Notes and References

1. Web site: Weston. Gemma. 2017-12-01. Gender equality in the museum: The Cruthers Collection of Women's Art. live. 2021-09-26. Artlink Magazine. en. https://web.archive.org/web/20180330010252/https://www.artlink.com.au/articles/4645/gender-equality-in-the-museum-the-cruthers-collect/ . 30 March 2018 .
2. Web site: University Policy on Art Acquisition for the Cruthers Collection of Women's Art at the University of Western Australia. The University of Western Australia. www.governance.uwa.edu.au. en. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20150317162505/http://www.governance.uwa.edu.au/procedures/policies/policies-and-procedures?method=document&id=UP14%2F16 . 17 March 2015 . 2020-01-23.
3. Web site: The art world angel, her son, the countess and the detective. Price. Jenna. 2019-05-24. The Sydney Morning Herald. en. 2020-01-23.
4. Catalogue summary provide some background on the Artemis group –