An Artistic Look at Women Through the Ages
“Woman” is more than just the female of the human species. The word conjures deep emotions and feelings that are as varied as there are...
Ledys Chemin 25 November 2024
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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 25 November 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 20 November 2024
An Art Dialog Between Yayoi Kusama and Georgia O’Keeffe
Article presenting the relationship Yayoi Kusama and Georgia O'Keeffe developed during their career.
Amélie Pascutto 15 November 2024
Does London Value Animals More than Women? 10 Statues of Amazing Women in the City
Where are the women in the UK’s public art installations? Let’s take a look at the politics of sculptural commissions plus a top ten of...
Candy Bedworth 11 November 2024
Masterpiece Story: Zeuxis Selecting Models for Helen of Troy by Angelica Kauffman
We’re all Angelicamad here! To celebrate the history painter extraordinaire Angelica Kauffman, let’s discuss her take on one of antiquity’s...
Gabrielle Stecher 11 November 2024
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 11 November 2024
Masterpiece Story: Young Bacchus by Mary Beale
Mary Beale is a rarity: a prolific, well-documented, successful, 17th-century woman artist. Her painting of Young Bacchus perfectly illustrates how...
Catriona Miller 10 November 2024
Cecilia Beaux in 10 Paintings
American painter Cecilia Beaux (1855-1942) cannot be neatly pigeonholed into any artistic category. Rather, she sits at a curious intersection...
Natalia Iacobelli 17 October 2024
10 Facts to Know About Dorothea Tanning
Dorothea Tanning (1910-2012) was a visionary whose work transcended the conventional boundaries of Surrealism and abstraction. In this “top...
Errika Gerakiti 11 October 2024
Leonor Fini: I’m Not a Muse, I’m an Artist
Leonor Fini didn’t agree with André Breton about the role of women in art: the father of Surrealism saw women solely as muses inspiring male...
Magda Michalska 11 October 2024
Surrealist Meret Oppenheim in 5 Artworks
Exploring five works by female Surrealist Meret Oppenheim
Candy Bedworth 26 September 2024
