Less than 3% of artists named in GCSE art exams are Black or south Asian, study finds

Analysis across four exam boards in England reveals white artists comprise 91.6% of all mentions

Less than 3% of artists named in GCSE art exam papers are from Black or south Asian backgrounds, research has found.

Analysis of GCSE assessment materials from four big exam boards in England – AQA, Eduqas, OCR and Edexcel – showed only 8.4% of artists referenced across the 27 art exam papers were minority ethnic.