Is it time the art world ditched the term 'old master'?

Imperialist and sexist or gender neutral and inspiring? Opinion divided about the classic phrase’s future Towering figures of the art world, a Vermeer or a Rembrandt, are ranked above others for the powerful images they painted and their delicate understanding of materials.In recognition of these skills such revered men, many of them Dutch, are known as old masters. But there is growing discomfort in Britain’s art world about the impact of this masculine term. Related: We must confro