Yoko Ono – A Multifaceted Artist of Peace, Now at Tate Modern
Visual artist, singer-songwriter, writer, and filmmaker, Yoko Ono cannot be reduced to the role of the wife of the English musician John Lennon...
Montaine Dumont 15 February 2024
Women Artists
Hanna Hirsch-Pauli: Friendship Goals and Feminism in the 19th-Century Stockholm
Swedish artist Hanna Hirsch-Pauli (1864-1940) is best known for her genre scenes and portraits. She studied at the painting school of August...
Europeana 13 February 2024
6 Contemporary African Artists You Should Know
The contemporary art scene is booming in Africa. Artists are getting more attention and recognition, taking part in the most prestigious art fairs...
Natalia Tiberio 8 February 2024
Njideka Akunyili Crosby: Celebrating Multicultural Identity
Through her work, Njideka Akunyili Crosby celebrates her cultural heritage and identity as a Nigerian artist living and working in America. By using...
Nina Relf 8 February 2024
Art in the Mail: Wisława Szymborska’s Cut-and-Paste Postcards
Wisława Szymborska (1923-2012) was a Nobel Prize-winning Polish poet, but she was also an occasional artist. Her main medium was quirky...
Alexandra Kiely 7 February 2024
10 Women of the Dutch Golden Age
The art produced during the Dutch Golden Age is known for its beautiful genre scenes, landscapes, and still lifes. However, the artists associated...
Lauren Kraut, Nicole Ganbold 5 February 2024
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 5 February 2024
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 4 February 2024
Meet Veronica Ryan, The 2022 Turner Prize Winner
A great example of resilience and coherence, Veronica Ryan is the latest winner of the Turner Prize, an annual prize awarded to British contemporary...
Carlotta Mazzoli 2 February 2024
Five Black Female Artists You Should Know
From the Venice Biennale to the Turner Prize to museums and gallery representation, Black female artists are gaining more and more popularity in the...
Carlotta Mazzoli 2 February 2024
Black Feminist Photographers Fighting for Social Inclusion of Marginalized People
This is a story of three Black female photographers who through their documentary photographs, handle and explore gender identity and related topics...
Petra Dragasevic 2 February 2024
Identity and Belonging in the Work of Ana Mendieta
Ana Mendieta, the Cuban-American performance artist was an unapologetic feminist who asked profound questions about identity and belonging.
Candy Bedworth 1 February 2024
