Art Critic Brian Sewell on Women Artists

Well, he's known for being controversial, outspoken, and "wonderfully indiscreet" which is why the interview by Rachel Cooke with the British art critic Brian Sewell in The Guardian about his new television series caught my eye. And, sure enough, he didn't let me down.

This quote judging women's ability to produce art by the way they drive particularly made me laugh (not least because the best parallel parker I know is a woman, who can get her VW into any parking space, and it doesn't even have power steering): "Women are no good at squeezing cars through spaces. If you have someone who is unable to relate space to volume, they won't make a good artist."

Another quote that made me smile, though for a different reason, was about how, when Sewell worked at Christie's as a dealer, he "found he couldn't bear to sell paintings to those he thought undeserving". Interesting thought that, how would you feel about selling a painting to someone you disliked? Would you refuse their money? Read interview...