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Genre, history and artistic movementsBody politics
06.08.2024 | Marine Nédélec
Women’s sport in the eyes of artists at the turn of the 20th century
Let’s get straight to the point: modern sport was created by men, for men. It was in 1871, follow... Read more
Parisian scene of the early 20th century
28.03.2022 | Eléonore Besse
Pioneers: Artists in the Paris of the Roaring Twenties
During the interwar period, Paris was seen as a place of cultural, artistic and sexual liberty, a... Read more
Body politics
20.11.2020 | Sibylle Vabre
The Representation of the Nude: Between Affirmation and Subversion
In academic art education as it was organised until the 19th century, the representation of nude ... Read more
Parisian scene of the early 20th century
06.11.2020 | Nina Meisel
Foreign Artists in Paris in the Early 20th Century
At the turn of the 20th century, the Paris of the Third Republic had not yet ceded its place as t... Read more
Pictural genres reinvested
23.10.2020 | Nina Meisel
Still Life : stylistic exercise ou artwork?
Still life had its golden age in the 17th century, notably in northern Europe with the paintings ... Read more
Genre, history and artistic movementsMedium through the gender prism
09.10.2020 | Sibylle Vabre
Photography, a women’s story?
At the time of its invention, in 1839, photography was seen as a young medium with democratic goa... Read more
Committed artists, creation in support
24.07.2020 | Nina Meisel
Rewriting Memories and Denouncing History: Postcolonial Art
Ideological and political struggles and art often converge and fuel one another, offering each vi... Read more
Parisian scene of the early 20th century
10.07.2020 | Nina Meisel
1937: The Year for Women Artists in Paris
The inter-war period was a promising environment for the promotion of women on the cultural scene... Read more
Medium through the gender prism
26.06.2020 | Julie Sabau
Art in Movement: Women Pioneers of Video Art
Before becoming a full-fledged medium, video was intrinsically linked to television. It wasn’t un... Read more
Private space, public spacePictural genres reinvested
19.06.2020 | Nina Meisel
Genre Scenes and Portraiture: Representing Childhood
The emergence of bourgeois society in the nineteenth century and its quest for social expression ... Read more
Medium through the gender prism
12.06.2020 | Nina Meisel
Sculpture: An Art Without Women?
Camille Claudel (1864-1943) appears to be the embodiment of French female sculptors, yet she was ... Read more
Parisian scene of the early 20th centuryMedium through the gender prism
05.06.2020 | Julie Sabau
Hand, Eye, Camera: Female Photographers in Paris Between the Wars
In the wake of the First World War many women took up photography. Paris, centre of the avant-gar... Read more
Private space, public space
29.05.2020 | Nina Meisel
Artist Couples: For Better or For Worse?
In the history of art, many artist couples have made their mark, such as Anna-Eva Bergman (1909-1... Read more
Committed artists, creation in support
15.05.2020 | Anaïs Roesch
Women Artists and Environmental Issues
Nature has long been a source of inspiration and the subject of representation for artists. Howev... Read more
Genre, history and artistic movements
08.05.2020 | Nina Meisel
Abstraction: A Man’s Affair?
Abstraction was the artistic revolution of the 20th century. Influenced by the development of qua... Read more
Genre, history and artistic movements
01.05.2020 | Julie Sabau
Women Surrealist Artists
The Surrealist group formed in Paris in 1924 around André Breton. Published that same year, the S... Read more
Private space, public space
24.04.2020 | Pauline Créteur
Female Artists Take Over Parisian Transport
Since its creation at the beginning of the twentieth century, the Parisian metro has welcomed art... Read more
Genre, history and artistic movements
15.04.2020 | Nina Meisel
Female artists, the great forgotten ones in art history?
The place and importance of female artists in art history is still not self-evident for everyone.... Read more
