"Linda Nochlin’s landmark essay, first published 50 years ago, is as relevant as ever on the burning issues of gender, class and exclusion." On the 50th anniversary of its detonation into the art establishment, the republication of Linda Nochlin’s Why Have There Been No Great Women Artists? might be met with the reasonable question of “Why now?” In bringing this landmark essay back into the spotlight, one can assume that it has something to tell us about our current moment.