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Genre, history and artistic movements
Female artists, the great forgotten ones in art history? - AWARE
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
Medium through the gender prism
Latin American Photographers - AWARE
10.04.2020 | Ariane Fleury

Latin American Photographers

In the early 20th century, photography was still a new medium, unburdened by the weight of an art... Read more
Private space, public space
Rituals and their locations: Women Artists and Spiritualities - AWARE
16.01.2020 | Ariane Fleury

Rituals and their locations: Women Artists and Spiritualities

Artwork is an integral part of most religious liturgies, by way of ritual objects used during cer... Read more
Genre, history and artistic movements
From Moscow to Saint-Petersburg: Women Pioneers of Russian Modernism - AWARE
19.12.2019 | Ariane Fleury

From Moscow to Saint-Petersburg: Women Pioneers of Russian Modernism

The importance of women artists in late 19th and early 20th-century Russia was only recognised by... Read more
Private space, public spacePictural genres reinvested
“Staging one’s life”: autofictions by women artists - AWARE
30.03.2019 | Cassandre Langlois

“Staging one’s life”: autofictions by women artists

“All my work of the last fifty years, all my subjects, have found their inspiration in my childho... Read more
Committed artists, creation in supportPrivate space, public space
Monumental feminist works in the public space - AWARE
09.08.2018 | Louise Sénéchal

Monumental feminist works in the public space

In 1967, Niki de Saint Phalle built her first Nana-Maison and started to occupy public places wit... Read more
Medium through the gender prism
Textile art - AWARE
01.02.2018 | Julie Sabau

Textile art

“Needlework, in other words sewing, embroidering, lacework, tapestry and knitting, are a historic... Read more
Committed artists, creation in supportBody politics
Racism and art in the United States - AWARE
11.01.2018 | Camille Duhautbout

Racism and art in the United States

The notion of identity is one that is constantly questioned and apprehended by artists, as they s... Read more
Pictural genres reinvested
Landscapes and abstraction - AWARE
11.10.2017 | Victor Monnin

Landscapes and abstraction

Between landscapes and abstraction, there exists an intimate place that a number of women artists... Read more
Genre, history and artistic movements
Women Pop Artists - AWARE
28.09.2017 | Julie Sabau

Women Pop Artists

Women started to get involved in pop art as of the 1960s. Long considered as an Anglo-American mo... Read more
Genre, history and artistic movements
Geometric abstraction - AWARE
30.05.2017 | AWARE

Geometric abstraction

Straight lines, circles, diamonds, and triangles established themselves in their own right as an ... Read more
Pictural genres reinvestedBody politics
Painted self-portrait - AWARE
30.05.2017 | AWARE

Painted self-portrait

From Catharina van Hemessen, a 16th-century artist and pioneer of the self-portrait, to Suzanne V... Read more

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