Catherine McCormack offers a call to arms in a world where the misogyny that taints much of the western art canon is still largely ignored by mainstream critics and institutions, as well as the general public.--Rachel Spence, Financial Times (UK) I'm glad this book was written because it felt like the scales were falling from my eyes as I read it.--Jan Patience, The Herald Women in the Picture is the art book we've all been waiting for. It's the first book to give the reader a fresh and vibrant look at the history of art, through the lenses of gender, intersectionality, and contemporary pop culture. Essential reading for anyone interested in this subject, it's gripping, inspirational, beautifully written and highly thought-provoking.--Dr. Helen Gørrill, author of Women Can't Paint McCormack succeeds in the nearly impossible task of discussing both the representation of women throughout the history of art as well as how women artists have challenged these male-centric images. She writes beautifully and with an accessible voice, moving effortlessly from the Rokeby Venus to contemporary culture's narcissistic obsession with social media selfies.

A wide range of readers will benefit from her synthesis of thousands of years of art about the female body and how this has impacted and occluded our understanding of women's experience.--Kathy Battista, author of New York New Wave I loved Catherine McCormack's terrifically smart and sometimes scathing Women in the Picture . On this grand tour of western visual culture from Botticelli to Beyoncé, virtuous mothers to monstrous women, from Lilith to I Love Dick, you couldn't ask for a better guide than McCormack, an art historian with attitude who offers a rousing new lens for looking 'beyond the exchange of seeing and being seen.'--Bridget Quinn, author of Broad Strokes.