writes art and archtecture critic Joan Altabee.  “It’s time already.  Granted, art by women was ignored for a very long time.  But that story ended and painters like Helen Frankenthaler have been able to say, ‘Looking at my paintings as if they were painted by a woman is superficial, a side issue.’ . . . Even if a historical corrective were needed, it’s just a bad idea to isolate art by gender. . . The separation only reinforces the divide.  This is why the National Museum of Women in the Arts, established in 1987, has always been a terrible idea.”  Read the entire article