Women Artists and Reviews

Art criticism in The Times raises questions. Among them: Why does not the event of the first retrospective of a living woman artist at LACMA deserve more thoughtful and intelligent treatment?

On the rare occasions when The Times reviews an exhibition by a female artist, why do its critics write with such bilious disdain as they have about the exhibitions of Georgia O’Keeffe, Lita Albuquerque and now Helen Frankenthaler?

While The Times’ art reviews are a minor blip in the history of art criticism, we should read them for their lessons in the techniques of critical intimidation and misogyny.

MARY CARTER, Curator, Museum of Neon Art, Los Angeles