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Genre, history and artistic movementsBody politics
Women’s sport in the eyes of artists at the turn of the 20th century - AWARE
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
Genre, history and artistic movementsMedium through the gender prism
Photography, a women’s story? - AWARE
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
Genre, history and artistic movements
Abstraction: A Man’s Affair? - AWARE
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
Women Surrealist Artists - AWARE
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
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
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
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

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