Being “famous” is not a fixed thing. If you grew up in Britain, you may have heard of European artists like Dali and Monet. If you grew up in Indonesia, you would have learnt about different famous artists at school.

Fame also changes as time moves on. When we are talking about “famous” artists it doesn’t mean they are better than other artists, simply they have been given more attention.

A lot of artists who have been called “famous” are men. For much of history, men have labelled other men as important or famous. Over the last 50 years, people have challenged this by giving more attention to other artists like women, BAME and people with disabilities.