Artguments

ArtGuments investigates exclusionary narratives and arguments in the art world. It is a research project funded by the European Union. We collect short testimonies about situations in which artists or their work may not have received the opportunities, recognition, or consideration they deserved deserved for reasons unrelated to artistic quality. 
We would like to hear about real examples of such situations and the reasons used to justify the decisions involved. Such reasons may include, among many others, racial, gender, or class bias, censorship, lack of academic credentials, institutional policies, commercial considerations, or a greater focus on the artist's background than on the work itself.