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Fields
Visual arts
1328
Artistic Movements
Geometric abstraction
44
Lyrical abstraction
21
Appropriationism
5
Kinetic art
12
Conceptual art
79
Bauhaus
11
Constructivism
18
Expressionism
36
Abstract expressionism
43
Fluxus
8
Mail art
12
Minimalism
37
Nouveau Réalisme
6
Op art
3
Straight photography
12
Pop art
46
Postminimalism
7
Realism
36
[Artist collectives]
117
Subjects
Abstraction
346
Adolescence
11
Allegory
108
Animals
166
Architecture
126
Autobiography
126
Body positivity
11
Political issues
361
Social classes
86
Women's status
305
Consumerism
86
Human body
420
Cosmos
44
Colour
213
Dance
79
Discriminations
154
Documentary
123
Ecology
77
Writing
163
Childhood
111
Eroticism
76
Public space
85
Fantasy & dreams
85
Feminism
301
Party & nightlife
37
Geometry
151
War & conflicts
146
History
269
Art history & museum
67
Homophobia
14
Identity
204
Industry
31
Intimacy
103
Irony
60
Games & toys
15
Language
89
Light
83
Machine & technology
33
Magic & esotericism
8
Maternity
113
Mathematics
9
Media
64
Memory
201
Human migration
98
Fashion & clothing
66
Death
72
Music
64
Myths, tales & legends
95
Nation
54
Nature
242
Still life
151
Food
20
Nude
154
Landscape
292
Urban landscape
151
Visual perception
44
Portrait
413
Postcolonialism
101
Sex positivity
15
Advertisement
49
Queer
27
Racism
70
Romantic relationships
44
Religion & spirituality
185
Domestic scene
110
Science
49
Sexuality
129
Entertainment
56
Surveillance
5
Time
29
Traditions
228
Work
80
Domestic work
79
Vegetal
160
Everyday life
278
Old age
30
Violence
142
Lesbian visibility
27
Trans visibility
16
Travel
76
Mediums
Applied arts
209
Jewellery & silverware
20
Ceramic
77
Costumes
37
Decor
59
Furniture
19
Mosaic
17
Graphic arts
779
Poster
35
Watercolour
184
Collage
204
Drawing (ink, pencil…)
511
Engraving & etching
226
Illustration
98
Artist book
84
Pastel & wax
108
Journal
26
Audiovisual
345
Film
125
Digital
53
Sound
77
Video
240
Installation
483
Accumulation
87
Assemblage
225
Environment
136
Light installation
45
[Modes]
125
Ephemeral
26
Site-specific
110
Monumental
128
Painting
781
Acrylic
161
Mural
35
Gouache
96
Oil
449
Tempera
29
Performance
228
Photography
418
Analogue photography
239
Digital photography
96
Photojournalism
37
Photomontage
72
Historical techniques
28
Sculpture
438
Concrete & cement
32
Wood
111
Bronze
95
Wax
18
Marble
28
Metal
132
Paper & cardboard
25
Stone
45
Plastic
47
Plaster
79
Resin
32
Clay
96
Glass
27
Textile
207
Embroidery
73
Sewing
46
Crochet & knitting
9
Weaving
58
Countries
Africa
90
Algeria
12
Ghana
5
Sierra Leone
1
Central America and the Caribbean
38
France (Antilles)
7
North America
367
Canada
25
United States
321
South America
101
Argentina
31
Brazil
29
Colombia
7
Guyana
2
France (French Guiana)
2
Uruguay
5
Asia
178
Japan
53
Russia
33
Singapore
5
Europe
746
Germany
113
Austria
17
Croatia
10
Spain
40
France
368
Hungary
39
Italy
50
Netherlands
34
Portugal
8
Czech Republic
12
United Kingdom
100
Switzerland
35
Ukraine
12
Middle East
102
Saudi Arabia
1
Armenia
1
Lebanon
19
Turkey
19
Oceania
46
Australia
36
Periods of
activity
17th century
2
18th century
20
1760s
13
1770s
14
1780s
11
1790s
11
19th century
82
20th century
1211
1910s
144
1920s
216
1930s
276
1940s
300
1950s
374
1960s
495
1970s
595
1980s
695
1990s
832
21st century
790
2000s
790
2010s
705
2020s
513
Programmes
— + 1
23
— Amazons of Pop, 1961–73
13
— Women Artists of the 1960s in Africa
17
— 18th-Century Women Artists
25
— Southeast Asian Women Artists
20
— Radical Women: Latin American Art, 1960–85
13
— AWARE & MACBA
7
— AWARE x Canada
9
— Women in Abstraction
31
— Rewriting Art History in the Americas
44
— TEAM: Teaching, E-learning, Agency, Mentoring
165
The indexed biographies correspond to artists born between 1664 and 1974.
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1950 | United States
Martine Aballéa
1924 — 2014 | Italy
Carla Accardi
1956 | Saudi Arabia
Hend Al-Mansour
1899 — Germany | 1994 — United States
Anni Albers
1937 — 2020 | United States
Emma Amos
1940 — 2015 | Spain
Elena Asins
1941 | United States
Jennifer Bartlett
1949 | Algeria
Samta Benyahia
1957 | Canada
Dominique Blain
1934 — Germany | 2023 — Italy
Irma Blank
1925 — 2006 | United Kingdom
Sandra Blow
1969 | Austria
Barbara Breitenfellner
1927 — Sierra Leone | 1996 — United Kingdom
« Olayinka » Miranda Burney-Nicol
1895 — 1981 | France
Marcelle Cahn
1930 — 2022 | Portugal
Lourdes Castro
1944 — United States | 2014 — Canada
Lynne Cohen
1973 | France
Anne-Lise Coste (Uruk)
1928 — Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes | 2014 — Croatia
Vera Dajht-Kralj
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