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UK’s Vagina Museum Renames Galleries to Honor “Mothers of Gynecology”
In the late 1840s, Anarcha, Betsey, Lucy, and at least nine other unnamed Black women enslaved in Alabama were subjected to multiple experimental surgeries — without anesthesia and in front of an audience — by a White physician named J. Marion Sims. Historically credited as the “Father of Modern Gynecology,” Sims’s legacy has undergone a cultural reckoning in the last several years that has led to the dismantling of public monuments honoring his racial violence guised as medical contributions. It has also ushered in the long-overdue visibility of Sims’s victims and uplifting of Anarcha, Betsey and Lucy in artist Michelle Browder’s 2021 mixed metal sculpture, “The Mothers of Gynecology.”
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Children and young people will have an opportunity to see their creations displayed digitally in an exhibition at one of Scotland’s national galleries.
The 2025 Worcester 100 Open Art Exhibition will be held at the Artery Gallery, Croft Walk, from Saturday 8 to Saturday, March 15.
The free event will showcase a range of artistic styles, including paintings, prints, photography, and sculptures.
Opening times will vary throughout the week.
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Three in five small UK museums and galleries fear closure amid declining revenue, new research suggests
Three in five small museums and galleries in the UK fear closure amid declining revenue and footfall, research published this week suggests. The survey of 40 small, independent attractions—those with fewer than 100,000 annual visitors—also found that four in five (78%) reported the current period as the most challenging the sector has faced, while over half (58%) said overall income has not returned to its pre-Covid levels.
The research, conducted by the cloud platform GoDaddy in partnership with the charity Kids in Museums, surveyed small museums as well as galleries, historic buildings and heritage sites. Alison Bowyers, the executive director of Kids in Museums, tells The Art Newspaper that UK museums are suffering more than their counterparts in mainland Europe.
