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Museum Exhibitions about Historic Women Artists: 2023
Maria Hadfield Cosway has recently closed at the Fondazione Maria Cosway. On January 15, Sofonisba—History’s Forgotten Miracle closes at Nivaagaards Malerisamling and Beatrix Potter: Drawn to Nature closes at London’s Victoria and Albert Museum. So, what do fans of history’s women artists have to look forward to?
A Collective of BIPOC Women Artists Finds Common Cause
Members of the Black Girl Brown Girl Collective in South Phoenix are building a community of women artists of color surviving in a white male supremacist world.
8 Essential Shows to See Around the World in 2023, From a Fresh Look at Alexander McQueen’s Genius to the Louvre’s Treasures of Love
A new year means new museum shows. Here's our round-up of must-see exhibitions outside of the U.S. and Europe.
17 Art Exhibitions Worth Traveling for in Europe This Year, From a Blowout Survey of Yayoi Kusama’s Inflatables to the Largest Showcase of Vermeer’s Work Yet
Our European team handpicked the must-see exhibitions for the first half of this year.
‘Having Agency Is Exactly That’: How Director Crystal Whaley Masterminded the First Documentary to Spotlight Black Women Photographers
‘The Sound She Saw' will screen at the Brooklyn Museum in February.
Our Writers Pick the 18 Art Books That They Couldn’t Put Down in 2022—and You Won’t Be Able to Either
Among our picks this year are several books that pay homage to unsung artists. No time like the present to give them their due.
For Some American Artists, Recognition by Mainstream Art Institutions Is a Means to an End: Building Their Own Alternatives
Here's how a group of social-practice artists are using the art-world system to invest in their own visions for the future.
All the Feels: Here Are 11 Times That Good News Prevailed in the Art World This Year
From the joyful adoption of Van Gogh the one-eared dog to a literal feel-good exhibition promoting ASMR.
Who’s Afraid of Women of a Certain Age? The Market Still Dramatically Undervalues Female Artists—But There’s More to the Story
The auction market for Pablo Picasso is larger than that for all female artists over the past 14 years.
Artsy: The State of the Market for Women Artists’ Work
Perhaps the most constant, dependable element of the art market to date has been the dominance of white male artists.
Abstract Expressionism’s Forgotten Women and Their International Contemporaries Emerge from The Shadows
An ambitious exhibition at London’s Whitechapel Gallery will celebrate the female artists from around the world who, against the odds, helped redefine art in the post-war period
Women Artists Gain Wall Space at Tate Britain as Museum Rehangs Collection
Popular galleries dedicated to Pre-Raphaelite artists and JMW Turner will also be rehung with new rooms dedicated to John Constable and William Blake
Popular galleries dedicated to Pre-Raphaelite artists and JMW Turner will also be rehung with new rooms dedicated to John Constable and William Blake
The Art Newspaper: Here She Comes – 'Problematic' Femme Fatale Trope Gets Feminist Reappraisal in Hamburg Exhibition
Artists from Dante Gabriel Rossetti to Nan Goldin are brought together at the Hamburger Kunsthalle to re-examine the stereotype’s origins and new takes
Artists from Dante Gabriel Rossetti to Nan Goldin are brought together at the Hamburger Kunsthalle to re-examine the stereotype’s origins and new takes
Artnet News: Exactly How Underrepresented Are Women and Black American Artists in the Art World? Read the Full Data Rundown Here
We surveyed 31 U.S. museums and examined the international auction market to determine the dismal state of play—and a few glimmers of hope.
We surveyed 31 U.S. museums and examined the international auction market to determine the dismal state of play—and a few glimmers of hope.
Yahoo News: 55 Women Artists Showcased in the Exhibit “Infinite Freedom, A World for Feminist Democracy”
Countless women are involved in protecting and furthering democracy around the world, but their work is often invisible. How many urban programs (or even entire cities themselves) have been designed in large part by uncelebrated women? The 2022 Biennale of FRAC in the Centre-Val De Loire Region of France aims to highlight these hidden contributions to modern society with an exhibition featuring the work of 55 women. Entitled Infinite Freedom, a World for Feminist Democracy, the exhibition showcases pieces from female artists, architects, and politician
Countless women are involved in protecting and furthering democracy around the world, but their work is often invisible. How many urban programs (or even entire cities themselves) have been designed in large part by uncelebrated women? The 2022 Biennale of FRAC in the Centre-Val De Loire Region of France aims to highlight these hidden contributions to modern society with an exhibition featuring the work of 55 women. Entitled Infinite Freedom, a World for Feminist Democracy, the exhibition showcases pieces from female artists, architects, and politician
Economic Times: Is the Art World on the Verge of Ending its ‘Historical Misogyny’?
Representation of feminine voices is long overdue in the art world.
Representation of feminine voices is long overdue in the art world.
Forbes: Marjorie Strider Subverts Male Gaze, Reclaims Her Rightful Role In Pop Art History
A young woman with a shag bob haircut wearing a yellow string bikini with white piping sits in seiza, posing playfully for the viewer. Elbows raised to accentuate her feminine form, her ample breasts protrude from the three canvases, as sculpture erupts from the painting.
A young woman with a shag bob haircut wearing a yellow string bikini with white piping sits in seiza, posing playfully for the viewer. Elbows raised to accentuate her feminine form, her ample breasts protrude from the three canvases, as sculpture erupts from the painting.
Christies: Dame Laura Knight: The Artist Who Declared, ‘I Paint Today’
Over the course of a long and adventurous career, the flamboyant Briton became a household name — as well as, in 1929, the first female artist to be made a Dame of the British Empire
Over the course of a long and adventurous career, the flamboyant Briton became a household name — as well as, in 1929, the first female artist to be made a Dame of the British Empire
The New York Times: ‘All the Beauty and the Bloodshed’ Review: Nan Goldin’s Art and Activism
A new documentary focuses on the photographer’s struggle with OxyContin and her protest against the art establishment that took money from its makers.
A new documentary focuses on the photographer’s struggle with OxyContin and her protest against the art establishment that took money from its makers.
The Washington Post: In Paris, Artist Mickalene Thomas Takes on Monet, and Art History Itself
For “Mickalene Thomas: Avec Monet,” the American artist created works that reflect on the French painter and move Black women into the foreground
For “Mickalene Thomas: Avec Monet,” the American artist created works that reflect on the French painter and move Black women into the foreground