Elisabetta Sirani: Pioneer, Teacher and Artist
Elisabetta Sirani (1638-1665) was born in Bologna, a progressive city with a liberal attitude towards educating women. She was a pioneering female...
Gokce Dyson 5 October 2022
Women Artists
Ende: The First Spanish Female Manuscript Illuminator Documented
She is an enigma, an ancient, foggy artist from northern Spain in the Middle Ages. We learn nothing about Ende’s identity, life, or whether she...
Wen Gu 4 October 2022
The Forgotten Couturier Elsa Schiaparelli: Surrealism, Art and Revolutionary Fashion
Italian female fashion designer and couturier, the greatest rival of Coco Chanel, and a friend of Surrealists such as Salvador Dalì and Man Ray,...
Caroline Galambosova 3 October 2022
13 Groundbreaking Women Photographers
Quickly, how many women photographers can you name? Unfortunately probably not as many as their male counterparts. We are here to change that! Women...
Ruxi Rusu, Aniela Rybak 2 October 2022
Photographer Nan Goldin: Tender Truth Teller
Nan Goldin is an American photographer. She is just as famous for her art as she is for social activism, particularly around gay and transgender...
Candy Bedworth 2 October 2022
5 Swedish Pioneering Female Photographers You Should Know
Mainstream history often overlooks women’s contributions. That’s why the fact that in Scandinavian countries, women took up photography as a...
Europeana 2 October 2022
The Queen of Neoclassical Photography: Nelly
For many, photography is merely a sophisticated way of immortalizing the current and carrying that frozen moment – which is impossible to recreate...
Erol Degirmenci 2 October 2022
Tina Modotti: Photographer Made Revolutionary
Her biography is a ready-made storyline for a movie (Hollywood, do you hear me?). In the end, how many of us are poor workers who make an acting...
Magda Michalska 2 October 2022
Meet Catharina van Hemessen: The Female Renaissance Artist You Haven’t Heard About
Do you know which artist created the very first self-portrait depicting themselves at work? Let me introduce you to Catharina van Hemessen. She was...
Anna Ingram 28 September 2022
Fede Galizia: The Great Old Master of Her Time
Fede Galizia was an Italian Renaissance painter of still lifes, portraits, and religious pictures. Although she has remained in the shadows for most...
Anna Ingram 28 September 2022
Everything You Need to Know About Plautilla Nelli
Sister Plautilla was a Florentine nun and artist who lived in the 16th-century Italy. After centuries of neglect, her work is finally being...
Vithória Konzen Dill 28 September 2022
Sofonisba Anguissola: The Life of a Rule-Breaker Painter
During the Italian Renaissance, women artists did not have the same access to artistic education as men. Sofonisba Anguissola, however, was very...
Nina Relf 28 September 2022
