ERIC Number: EJ1471319
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2025
Pages: 15
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A Bibliometric Study of Art Exhibition Reviews: Intersectionality, Implications, and Impact across Academic and Research Collections
Emilee Mathews
College & Research Libraries, v86 n3 p415-429 2025
A limited number of interlocking institutions provide career opportunities within contemporary visual art, which affects both who is seen and written about. This paper compares the proportions of recent art exhibition reviews and catalogs to artists' race and gender, and how that is reflected in library collections. Overall, publications covered women artists, particularly White women, more frequently than men. In contrast, library collections skewed heavily toward including White men.
Descriptors: Publications, Exhibits, Library Materials, Academic Libraries, Research Libraries, Artists, Race, Sex, Visual Arts, Periodicals, Arts Centers, Diversity
Association of College and Research Libraries. 50 East Huron Street, Chicago, IL 60611. e-mail: acrl@ala.org; Web site: http://crl.acrl.org
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: New York
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