The Story of Art without Men

The bestselling category killer comes to paperback with a new chapter and a full publicity and marketing campaignTHE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES AND NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERBook of the Year- Waterstones, The Times, Sunday Times, Daily Mail, Daily Mirror, iPaper and Bookshop.org'A spirited, inspiring, brilliantly illustrated history of female artistic endeavour' Laura Freeman, The Times'Will change the history of art . . . thank God' Tracey EminHow many women artists do you know? Who makes art history? Did women even work as artists before the twentieth century? And what is the Baroque anyway?Discover the glittering Sofonisba Anguissola of the Renaissance, the radical work of Harriet Powers in the nineteenth-century USA and the artist who really invented the Readymade. Explore the Dutch Golden Age, the astonishing work of post-War artists in Latin America and the women artists defining art in the 2020s. Have your sense of art history overturned, and your eyes opened to many art forms often overlooked or dismissed. From the Cornish coast to Manhattan, Nigeria to Japan, this is the history of art as it's never been told before.'I am so thrilled this book exists' Elizabeth Day

Katy Hessel is a brilliant chronicler of the overlooked. I am so thrilled this book exists as an empowering, enlightening guide to the unforgettable vision of these brilliant artists. Essential reading -- Elizabeth Day
An inspiring, beautifully written corrective -- Bidisha Mamata Observer
Will change the history of art... thank God. -- Tracey Emin
Excellent, authoritative, exuberant and elegantly written -- Simon Sebag Montefiore, author of STALIN: THE COURT OF THE RED TSAR
I was not aware how hungry I was for this book until I dropped everything and ate it from cover to cover. I was not aware how angry I was that this book did not exist until it existed. It's an urgently needed, un-put-downable, joyful, insightful, glorious, perspective-shifting revision of the Story of Art. -- Es Devlin
A book for every aspiring art historian - whatever their sex -- '10 best art books of 2022' The Times
A long overdue, revisionist history of art by the brilliant Katy Hessel ... Never stuffy or supercilious, Hessel's book is a revelation and an important first step towards redressing the balance of an art world in which women have been sidelined, stepped over and trampled upon for far too long Refinery29
An extraordinary achievement that will have a disruptive cultural legacy and help deter­mine the landscape for years to come. -- Helena Lee Harper's Bazaar
Well-researched and enlightening Daily Express
Unapologetically revisionist Financial Times

Katy Hessel is an art historian and the author of The Story of Art without Men, the international bestseller and Waterstones Book of the Year 2022. She runs @thegreatwomenartists on Instagram, hosts The Great Women Artists Podcast, interviewing artists such as Tracey Emin and Marina Abramovic. Hessel is a Honorary Fellow at Cambridge University and a Trustee of Charleston. In 2024, she launched Museums Without Men, an audio series highlighting works by women artists in museum collections worldwide, such as The Met and Tate Britain.

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