Herstory

Contemporary Art

Masterpiece Story: My Bed by Tracey Emin

My Bed is an iconic and seminal artwork by British artist Tracey Emin. It was created over 20 years ago and despite its age, it is still one of...

Isla Phillips-Ewen 13 July 2026

Women Artists

Tracey Emin: Getting Out of My Bed

Tracey Emin is a British artist, distinguished by her intense and emotionally charged creations. She is best known for My Bed, first exhibited in...

Kaena Daeppen 13 July 2026

Review

Unapologetically Feminist—Tracey Emin at Tate Modern

A journey through 40 years of Tracey Emin's groundbreaking art. Passion, pain and healing are explored through painting, sculpture, textiles and video.

Candy Bedworth 13 July 2026

Women Artists

QUIZ: How Well Do You Know Artemisia Gentileschi?

Elizabeth Provost 8 July 2026

Artemisia Gentileschi, Self-Portrait as the Allegory of Painting, 1638-1639 Women Artists

Artemisia Gentileschi in 10 Paintings

Artemisia Gentileschi is the most celebrated female painter of the 17th century. Let's look at 10 of her paintings.

Candy Bedworth 8 July 2026

Eugene Manet and His Daughter in the Garden, 1883, Berthe Morisot Literature

10 New Children’s Books Celebrating Women Artists

From groundbreaking painters to innovative sculptors and visionary illustrators, women artists have shaped the way we see the world. Yet many of...

Natalia Iacobelli 7 July 2026

Women Artists

Lee Krasner—Artist of Many Faces

For a long time, Lee Krasner’s (1908–1984) art has been overshadowed by that of her husband Jackson Pollock. Difficult to categorize, her work...

Michel Rutten 6 July 2026

European Art

The Most Painted Woman in the World Was Lesbian: Suzy Solidor

Born in 1900, Suzanne Louise Marie Marion, known as Suzy Solidor, was a French artist who sang and acted in movies, but over time she became most...

Pola Otterstein 3 July 2026

Artist Stories

The Radical and Rebellious Rosa Bonheur

Rosa Bonheur's vivid animal portraits made her one of France's richest 19th century artist. Her unconventional personal life is fascinating!

Candy Bedworth 29 June 2026

Left image is showing a detail from a painting-a women (Flora) dressed in a floral dress. Right image is showing a floral dress made after an inspiration from the painting on the left. Fashion

Pioneer of Italian Fashion: Artist-Designer Rosa Genoni

An Italian artist-designer at the turn of the 20th century, Rosa Genoni is described as a founder of Italian fashion, a dressmaker, a teacher, a...

Nikolina Konjevod 29 June 2026

Quiz

Who Was She QUIZ: Can You Recognize These Famous Women in History?

Ruxi Rusu 27 June 2026

Herstory

Masterpiece Story: The Portrait of Empress Dowager Cixi by Katharine Augusta Carl

Art and politics have been closely intertwined throughout global history. This article studies the case of The Empress Dowager Cixi of China by...

Iolanda Munck 22 June 2026