The Surrealistic World of Dora Maar
The name Dora Maar (1907-1997) reminds most people of Pablo Picasso. But apart from being his muse and lover, she was first and foremost an ambitious...
Michel Rutten 4 June 2022
Women Artists
Leonora Carrington and Her Surrealist Life in Her Own Words
Leonora Carrington (1917-2011) is considered one of the greatest but most neglected British Surrealists. Her life story is a fascinating one: she...
Magda Michalska 4 June 2022
Christian Dior and Surrealist Women Artists
Feminism that entered the public debate a few decades ago has influenced many aspects of our culture. One of these is fashion. Many designers have...
Errika Gerakiti 4 June 2022
Marion Adnams: A Teacher Who Turned Into a Surrealist
Would you ever suspect one of your teachers to be a painter? Marion Adnams, a modern languages teacher from Derby, England turned out to be a hidden...
Magda Michalska 4 June 2022
Dinner Party for Badass Women by Judy Chicago
Dinner is served for some of the most famous and important women in history. Goddesses, saints, artists, poets, writers, queens, wives, mothers, and...
Jimena Escoto 29 May 2022
Guerrilla Girls, Inc. – 35 Years and Counting
Here’s a look at the Guerrilla Girls’ feminist interventions that have kept the art world on its toes in honor of their most recent publication.
Jennifer S. Musawwir 29 May 2022
Six Female Artists of the Hudson River School
The Hudson River School was a movement in American landscape painting being the first independent artistic tradition in the country. It was very...
Alexandra Kiely 26 May 2022
5 Exceptional Women Interior Designers of the 20th Century
Meet the five women designers who changed the face of 20th-century interior design. Their work has been inspiring many designers and their interiors...
Joanna Kaszubowska 23 May 2022
Mary Cassatt: An Image of Motherhood
Mary Cassatt was the only American painter who exhibited with the Impressionists. Although she never married or had children of her own, she is best...
Ruxi Rusu 22 May 2022
Mary Cassatt’s Feminist Mural Which Has Gone Missing
Mary Cassatt was a well-known Impressionist who often illustrated motherhood and traditional female activities in the 19th century. When she was 50,...
Magda Michalska 22 May 2022
(Sur)reality in the Photography of Kati Horna
Kati Horna (1912-2000) photographed both the real world and the surreal. She was a modern photographer who used her camera to document a civil war...
Natalia Tiberio 19 May 2022
Lili Elbe – The First Known Transgender Female Artist
Lili Elbe – born Einar Wegener – was a Danish landscape painter of the early 20th century and the first known transgender woman in arts. She was...
Pola Otterstein 17 May 2022
