Lubaina Himid

So there is the official record But then there's also the record from Sonia Boyce herself, which tells of, you know, not a particularly thoughtful way of it having been introduced to her or her having been invited.

And then alongside her other committee members, it was how do they bring in works by Keith Piper, Donald Rodney, Claudette Johnson, Lubaina Himid at the time.

And there was negotiations going on.

Well, if you, you know, if you, you know, propose this artist, I'll propose that work.

They've shown some great works by Mocha Lee.

There's... really good pieces on uh holly bush gardens booth by i mean lubaina himid who's the uk representative in venice this year but also a great piece by jumana mana who's done a beautiful embroidered velvet work so yeah i really like holly bush garden stand so there's some great works yeah amongst some of the other bits

Yeah, I mean, I would tend to agree that, to me, the main fair floor feels very like every other art fair to some extent.

I mean, not to knock the work that's on view.

The Women's Art Collection is displayed at Murray Edwards College, a women's college at the University of Cambridge.

The collection includes six hundred works by more than three hundred women artists, including Tracey Emin, Barbara Hepworth, and Lubaina Himid.

It's marking its fortieth anniversary this year, and a new exhibition inspired by its very first artwork and two new acquisitions, which also honor its origin story.

To tell us more about forty years of putting women in the frame, Kylie spoke to Harriet Loffler, director of the Women's Art Collection, the artist Professor Dame Sonia Boyce, and the art historian and author of The Story of Art Without Men, Katy Hessel.