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#20th century

Artist Stories

Claude Cahun—A Surrealist Queer Prophet

Claude Cahun famously said “Masculine? Feminine? It depends on the situation. Neuter is the only gender that always suits me.” Photographer,...

Candy Bedworth 13 March 2026

Women Artists

10 Paintings by Helene Schjerfbeck That You’ll Never Forget

Helene Schjerfbeck, famous in her native Finland, is not nearly as well known in the rest of the world. A genuine one-off, she studied in Paris and...

Catriona Miller 11 March 2026

Animals

The Magical Menagerie of Norbertine Bresslern-Roth

Always moving, impenetrable, and ephemeral, animals are among the most difficult subjects for an artist to depict. Using a new style of printmaking...

Louisa Mahoney 10 March 2026

Women Artists

The Illustrated World of Maira Kalman

If you are a frequent visitor to museum stores and bookshops, or a regular reader of The New Yorker, you have probably encountered the work of Maira...

Aniela Rybak-Vaganay 9 March 2026

Art Travels

Fernando Botero in Colombian Museums

Fernando Botero’s artworks are probably among the most recognizable in art history. It is enough to look once at one of his plump, “voluminous”...

Anthony Royer 9 March 2026

Women Artists

Tamara de Lempicka: The First Woman Artist to Be a Glamour Star

Tamara de Lempicka, star of the Art Deco world, was described by her Hollywood clients as the “Baroness of the Brush.” If one wanted to enter the...

Magda Michalska 9 March 2026

Painting

Tamara de Lempicka in 10 Paintings

Tamara de Lempicka was an Art Deco artist best known for her glamorous portraits from the 1920s and 1930s. Discover ten of Tamara de Lempicka’s...

Sam Malone 9 March 2026

Women Artists

A 1920s Art Party with Tamara de Lempicka

Let’s imagine a glamorous party in the 1920s – and our host is the grand Tamara de Lempicka! We can hear jazz playing in the background and see...

Marija Canjuga 9 March 2026

Artist Stories

10 Things You Must Know About Tamara de Lempicka

Tamara de Lempicka was many things: a successful artist, a society darling, and an expat. She knew how to create interest in herself and capitalize...

Joanna Kaszubowska 9 March 2026

Women Artists

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 8 March 2026

Masterpiece Stories

Masterpiece Story: Portrait of Virginia Woolf by Vanessa Bell

Rebellious, creative and productive. Three of the so many adjectives to depict the two very intelligent artists sisters Vanessa Bell and Virginia...

Merve Parla 8 March 2026

Masterpiece Stories

Masterpiece Story: Breakfast of Birds by Gabriele Münter

Gabriele Münter (1877–1962) was a German Expressionist painter born in Berlin and most known for her landscapes and use of color. She developed a...

Heidi Werber 1 March 2026

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