Frauhaus: Gunta Stölzl and the Women of the Bauhaus
The women of Bauhaus, attracted to the school by a lie, were marginalized by their male masters and forced into a single workshop. Under the...
Geoffrey Bunting 9 December 2022
Women Artists
A Perfect Present: Great Women Painters
Whether for a birthday, Christmas, or Hanukkah, Phaidon’s Great Women Painters is an ideal present for any art lover. Stunningly presented in a...
Isla Phillips-Ewen 8 December 2022
Ethel Reed – When a Meteor Crossed the Night Sky of Art Nouveau
If you’ve heard of Ethel Reed, you are probably either a devotee of late-19th-century American poster art or an art history student. After the...
Wen Gu 5 December 2022
Rebecca Solomon: Success and Prejudice in the Victorian World
Rebecca Solomon was a Jewish woman who overcame contemporary prejudices to become a successful artist in mid-Victorian London. In 2022, Princeton...
Catriona Miller 1 December 2022
Artsy Advent Calendar: 24 Women Artists to Know
With the festive season approaching, we want to present an advent calendar with 24 women artists to know before Christmas! Explore an array of...
Isla Phillips-Ewen 1 December 2022
Joan Eardley: Scottish Passion for People and Places
Her career lasted barely 20 years but Joan Eardley (1921–1963) left behind a huge cache of monumental seascapes and poignant portraits which are...
Candy Bedworth 30 November 2022
Masterpiece Story: Summer Night by Kitty Kielland
Kitty Kielland is one of the many talented female artists that have been erased from modern social consciousness. She was a brilliant painter of...
James W Singer 29 November 2022
Masterpiece Story: Cat at Play by Henriëtte Ronner-Knip
Cat at Play is a masterpiece by Henriëtte Ronner-Knip who deserves to have her legacy revised and her fame revived. Art does not need to be radical...
James W Singer 27 November 2022
Faith Ringgold: An American Icon
Faith Ringgold is an artist, educator, storyteller, activist, and a mother. She was the subject of a major retrospective at the New Museum in New...
Jennifer S. Musawwir 26 November 2022
Masterpiece Story: Fons Americanus by Kara Walker
Kara Elizabeth Walker, born in 1969, is an American contemporary artist. She is known as a painter, silhouettist, print-maker, installation artist,...
Isla Phillips-Ewen 26 November 2022
Augusta Savage: The Woman Who Defined 20th-Century Sculpture
Augusta Savage was a sculptress whose name is often missing from the list of illustrious Harlem Renaissance artists. Throughout her life, she merged...
Anastasia Tsaleza 26 November 2022
Hoping Against Hope: Interview with Nafiseh and Bahareh, Iranian Multidisciplinary Artists
Nafiseh and Bahareh are two female multidisciplinary artists. This story began with the discovery that, as artists in Iran, they were unable to sell...
Isla Phillips-Ewen 24 November 2022
