Firstsite in Colchester hosts exhibition about women in art

A new exhibition is celebrating women's status as world leaders in art.

Big Women is being held at Firstsite, in Colchester, and features works by 24 female artists.

The exhibition is curated by artist Sarah Lucas.

Rosie Millard, the chair of Firstsite's board of trustees, said: "For many hundreds of years women have been the objects of art.. but only slightly recently have they become leaders in the art world."