mind the *gap!

The project mind the *gap! new visibility for women artists has been working with cultural institutions since 2024 to introduce previously underrepresented women artists of the modern era to the public with presentations of their work.

The project idea came about during the fair share! campaign on International Women's Day 8.3.2022 in front of the Neue Nationalgalerie. The performance focused on 110 female artists who were artistically active in the period from 1900 to 1945 and were to be represented in the Neue Nationalgalerie's permanent collection. The research of the artists' biographies led to the idea to make the resulting knowledge more widely known as part of a fair share! series of events at various exhibition venues. To this end, ambassadors write short monographs that are presented to an interested audience and compiled in a steadily growing series of publications.

The visitors learnt about the life and work of Charlotte Berend-Corinth, Paula Lauenstein, Charlotte E. Pauly, Emy Roeder, Louise Stomps and Augusta von Zitzewitz at information counters in the foyer. The special highlight - short tours with the ambassadors into the depot of the Neue Nationalgalerie - was fully booked. Our publications on the individual artists (designed by Miriam Neubauer) were received with great interest. Now is the time for these artists to be given a place in the next collection presentation!

The mind the *gap! series will be continued at another art venue in 2025.