Uffizi director calls on museums to confront society’s ‘toxic’ past. “[…]“Many people don’t even know that there were women painters before the 19th century,” he said. “But their marginalisation was really a phenomenon of the 19th and 20th centuries, they were not marginalised in their own time.”[…]”

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Guardian: Uffizi director calls on museums to confront society’s ‘toxic’ past. “[…]“Many people don’t even know that there were women painters before the 19th century,” he said. “But their marginalisation was really a phenomenon of the 19th and 20th centuries, they were not marginalised in their own time.”[…]”