Remembering Alma Thomas
Abstract Expressionism was a movement dominated by male artists. Painters such as Mark Rothko, Jackson Pollock and Willem de Kooning have held centre...
Heather Johnson 15 February 2019
Women Artists
Making Meaning: Charlotte Salomon Painting Her Childhood
The artist Charlotte Salomon was tragically killed in the gas chamber at Auschwitz at the age of 26, whilst 5 months pregnant. She left behind two...
Candy Bedworth 9 February 2019
Margherita Sarfatti at Museo del Novecento in Milan
Margherita Sarfatti: Segni, colori e luci in Museo del Novecento in Milan is an exhibition devoted to the life of one of the most influential female...
Maria Frazzoni 4 February 2019
The Practical Side of Modernism – Aino Marsio-Aalto
Aino Marsio-Aalto was a Finnish architect and designer, she was also the wife of Alvar Aalto, which is why you may not have heard about her. They...
Joanna Kaszubowska 28 January 2019
Leonor Fini: I’m Not A Muse, I’m An Artist
Leonor Fini didn't agree with Andre Breton about the role of women in art: the father of Surrealism saw women solely as muses inspiring male genius,...
Magda Michalska 24 January 2019
The End of Lone Genius – Modern Couples: Art, Intimacy and the Avant-garde
The Modern Couples exhibition at the Barbican focuses on creative relationships in modern art. How the relation affected the art of both involved...
Joanna Kaszubowska 9 January 2019
Rape? What Rape? Artworks Everyone Should See
In October 2017, #MeToo movement was founded, with the hashtag spreading virally and women all over the world sharing their stories of experience of...
Magda Michalska 7 January 2019
Painting Parenthood – Artists’ Children Depicted by Their Mothers
Is it possible to combine art and motherhood? This question never seems to go away. There is no denying that female artists do have a gendered...
Candy Bedworth 28 December 2018
The Crazy and Colorful World of Florine Stettheimer’s Paintings
For an art-viewing experience unlike any other, enjoy the paintings of Florine Stettheimer (1871-1944). The daughter of a wealthy German-Jewish...
Alexandra Kiely 21 December 2018
An Artist Turned Suffragette. A Story of Olive Hockin
Ever heard of Olive Hockin? No? Me neither. While browsing pages for my next post about Theosophy, I came across this mysterious artist I had never...
Magda Michalska 11 December 2018
Marxist, Nationalist, Feminist: The Art and Politics of Frida Kahlo
Marxist, Nationalist, Feminist – these are words that describe not only the political convictions but also the artwork of Frida Kahlo. Although...
Kacper Grass 26 November 2018
Ivana Kobilca: The First Lady of Slovenia
Melania Trump should not be the only Slovenian woman that the world can think of. There is also a painter, Ivana Kobilca, whose independence,...
Magda Michalska 2 November 2018
