
Julia Halperin
executive editor, artnet News
Julia Halperin is executive editor of artnet News, where she oversees editorial operations for the world’s most widely read art news site and manages a staff of editors and writers in London, Berlin, and New York. Previously, she served as museums editor of The Art Newspaper, where she oversaw international coverage of museums and other major art institutions, and as news editor of Art + Auction magazine. Her writing has appeared in WIRED magazine, the New York Observer, and New York magazine. Halperin holds a BA in art history and English literature from Columbia University.
Articles by Julia Halperin
Museum Acquisitions of Work by Women Peaked a Decade Ago—and Have Stalled Since
Despite talk of progress, just 11% of all acquisitions have been of work by women
Case Studies: How Four Museums Are Making Change Happen for Women Artists
New approaches to old problems
Female Artists Represent Just 2 Percent of the Market. Here’s Why—and How That Can Change
The market for work by women doubled over the past decade—with five female artists accounting for 40.7% of that total
“What Are We Cheering? We Should Be Protesting!”
Artists, curators, directors and more respond to the data
“They can’t wait and wait because then I’ll die and it’ll cost big bucks”
Case studies: three artists from different generations
“From a dealer’s point of view, there is a huge opportunity”
The combined auction value of work by African American artists is $2.2bn—just 1.2% of the global total
“I would have thought the needle would have moved more”
Just 2.37% of museum acquisitions over the past decade have been of work by African American artists