Masterpiece Story: Little Girl in a Blue Armchair by Mary Cassatt
Mary Stevenson Cassatt was an American painter and printmaker. She lived much of her adult life in France, where she became friends with Edgar Degas...
Zuzanna Stańska 15 October 2025
Women Artists
Maria Sibylla Merian—An Artist Who Changed Science Forever
In the 17th century, it has been widely believed that insects were just spontaneously born of mud, dirt, or rotting flesh, but that notion has been...
Nicole Ganbold 14 October 2025
Nun, Scientist, Artist, Saint: Meet Hildegard von Bingen
Saint Hildegard von Bingen (1098-1179), also known as the Sybil of the Rhine, is one of the most renowned figures from the European Middle Ages. She...
Iolanda Munck 14 October 2025
Agnes Martin: Grids, Silence, and the Language of Abstraction
Agnes Martin, often labeled a Minimalist, created serene grids and subtle abstractions that extended far beyond formal reduction. Her work, rooted in...
Carlotta Mazzoli 13 October 2025
Documenting the Internment Experience: Miné Okubo and Citizen 13660
Shortly after the Pearl Harbor attack, thousands of Japanese Americans were forcibly placed in concentration camps. Artist Miné Okubo was in two of...
Lauren Kraut 13 October 2025
Making Something Beautiful: An Introduction to Inuit Artist Kenojuak Ashevak
Kenojuak Ashevak (1927–2013) is the most globally recognized Inuit artist. Pioneering the way, she was among the first Inuit artists to garner...
Iolanda Munck 13 October 2025
Art for Climate Change: Emily Carr, Odds and Ends
Art has always had the power to communicate all kinds of emotions; some paintings convey a sense of peace and quiet, while others can make us feel...
Arianna Richetti 13 October 2025
The Surprising Career of Lavinia Fontana: Painter of Popes, Nudes, and Noblewomen
There weren’t many women who became successful artists in Renaissance Europe. However, there were probably more than most people think, and we try...
Alexandra Kiely 9 October 2025
Faith Ringgold: An American Icon
Faith Ringgold was an artist, educator, storyteller, activist, and a mother. Ringgold was also an American treasure whose artistic journey has...
Jennifer S. Musawwir 8 October 2025
Masterpiece Story: Self-Portrait by Faith Ringgold
Self-Portrait by Faith Ringgold is a masterpiece of 1960s portraiture, feminist art, and Black...
James W Singer, 8 October 2025
Faith Ringgold, Sunflowers, and Van Gogh
Faith Ringgold’s The Sunflower Quilting Bee at Arles is part of the artist’s series of mixed media works titled The French Collection, in which...
Aniela Rybak-Vaganay 8 October 2025
Where is Ana Mendieta? The Unresolved Mystery
“Where is Ana Mendieta?” was shouted in 1992 by over 500 protesters in front of the newly-opened Guggenheim Museum site in SoHo, New York (the...
Magda Michalska 7 October 2025
