Artists in museums are 85% white and 87% male--to the surprise of no one

According to a recent study, 18 major U.S. museums house works from artists who are 85% white and 87% male. In terms of identifiable ethnicities, African-Americans are the least represented at just 1.2%, compared to artists of Hispanic/Latinx (2.8%) and Asian (9%) descent. The largest groups …