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Art history & museum
Fields
Architecture
17
Decorative arts & design
8
Visual arts
1487
Artistic Movements
Lyrical abstraction
22
Appropriationism
5
Conceptual art
92
Context art
12
Body art
11
Digital art
19
Artist collective
16
Institutional critique
11
Abstract expressionism
45
Land art
12
Mail art
12
Member of a collective
112
Minimalism
37
Pop art
46
Postminimalism
7
Postmodernism
8
Realism
37
Subjects
Abstraction
382
Allegory
142
Animals
194
Architecture
142
Autobiography
141
Self-portrait
205
Body positivity
16
Political issues
414
Social classes
119
Women's status
348
Consumerism
96
Human body
492
Cosmos
61
Colour
234
Dance
86
Discriminations
166
Documentary
143
Ecology
103
Writing
187
Childhood
124
Eroticism
87
Public space
109
Fantasy & dreams
93
Feminism
334
Party & nightlife
37
Geography
19
Geometry
163
War & conflicts
161
History
303
Homophobia
14
Identity
234
Industry
37
Intimacy
122
Irony
68
Games & toys
23
Language
93
Light
90
Disease
46
Mannequins & dolls
46
Maternity
127
Media
65
Memory
225
Human migration
106
Fashion & clothing
69
Death
78
Music
67
Myths, tales & legends
106
Nation
56
Nature
297
Still life
169
Nude
174
Landscape
331
Urban landscape
176
Spatial perception
36
Visual perception
54
Portrait
464
Postcolonialism
114
Sex positivity
16
Advertisement
52
Queer
29
Racism
77
Religion & spirituality
207
Domestic scene
118
Science
59
Sexuality
138
Entertainment
58
Time
31
Traditions
255
Work
86
Domestic work
90
Drag
28
Vegetal
189
Everyday life
317
Aging
35
Violence
153
Lesbian visibility
27
Trans visibility
17
Travel
82
Mediums
Objects
234
Ceramic
92
Furniture
25
Fashion
13
Graphic arts
862
Poster
40
Watercolour
200
Collage
214
Drawing (ink, pencil…)
569
Engraving & etching
241
Illustration
111
Artist book
94
Pastel & wax
112
Journal
26
Screen printing
79
Performing arts
39
Set design
61
Theater
2
Audiovisual
377
Film
136
Digital
62
Sound
84
Video
264
Concepts
40
Curating
11
Critical writing
17
Conceptual practices (instructions…)
19
Space & installation
552
Accumulation
107
Architecture
20
Interior design
8
Assemblage
260
Environment
152
Light installation
49
Mosaic
20
Stained glass
18
[Modes]
145
Ephemeral
31
Site-specific
126
Monumental
137
Painting
888
Acrylic
179
Mural
44
Gouache
100
Oil
521
Performance
253
Photography
441
Analogue photography
252
Digital photography
104
Photojournalism
38
Photomontage
73
Historical techniques
31
Sculpture
478
Cement & concrete
36
Wood
122
Bronze
103
Wax
18
Metal
144
Paper & cardboard
27
Plastic
48
Plaster
85
Resin
34
Clay
101
Glass
27
Textile
223
Embroidery
81
Sewing
42
Weaving
70
Countries
Africa
103
Algeria
12
Egypt
14
Ghana
5
Nigeria
18
Uganda
3
Tanzania
2
Tunisia
9
Central America and the Caribbean
43
Curaçao
3
North America
400
Canada
27
United States
347
Mexico
36
South America
116
Argentina
35
Brazil
31
Colombia
11
Suriname
6
Asia
225
China
28
India
18
Japan
70
Kazakhstan
3
Pakistan
6
Russia
33
Thailand
6
Europe
840
Germany
117
Belarus
3
Croatia
10
Denmark
24
Spain
42
Estonia
16
France
400
Hungary
42
Italy
66
Muxembourg
5
Netherlands
35
Poland
32
Portugal
8
Romania
9
United Kingdom
108
Switzerland
38
Middle East
112
Israel
51
Lebanon
23
Palestine
17
Oceania
50
Australia
40
Papua New Guinea
1
Periods of
activity
XVIe siècle
4
17th century
12
18th century
26
1760s
14
1770s
17
1780s
14
1790s
14
19th century
104
1800s
12
1810s
13
1820s
14
1830s
14
1840s
17
1860s
29
1870s
43
1880s
46
1890s
74
20th century
1345
1900s
103
1910s
161
1920s
235
1930s
301
1940s
326
1950s
412
1960s
558
1970s
668
1980s
777
1990s
929
21st century
883
2000s
882
2010s
783
2020s
581
Programmes
— + 1
30
— Women Artists of the 1960s in Africa
22
— 18th-Century Women Artists
28
— Southeast Asian Women Artists
36
— Women Artists in Japan, 19th–21st c.
30
— Radical Women: Latin American Art, 1960–85
13
— AWARE & MACBA
7
— AWARE x Canada
9
— AWARE x Luxembourg
4
— Common Ground
11
— Le Louvre & AWARE
16
— Les architectes
12
— New Media, 1960s-1990s
15
— Netherlands–Caribbean, 19th–21st c.
12
— Rewriting Art History in the Americas
48
— Season Africa2020
23
— TEAM: Teaching, E-learning, Agency, Mentoring
192
The indexed biographies correspond to artists born between 1500 and 1975.
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1939 — Tanzania | 1994 — United Kingdom
Fatma Shaaban Abdalla Abubakar
1939 — Tanzania | 1994 — United Kingdom
Fatma Shaaban Abdalla Abubakar
1939 — Tanzania | 1994 — United Kingdom
Fatma Shaaban Abdalla Abubakar
1944 | France
Thérèse Ampe-Jonas
1852 — Russian Empire (now Belarus) | 1933 — USSR (now Belarus)
Magdalena Andrzejkowicz (also Maria Magdalena Buttowt-Andrzejkowicz)
1852 — Russian Empire (now Belarus) | 1933 — USSR (now Belarus)
Magdalena Andrzejkowicz (also Maria Magdalena Buttowt-Andrzejkowicz)
1852 — Russian Empire (now Belarus) | 1933 — USSR (now Belarus)
Magdalena Andrzejkowicz (also Maria Magdalena Buttowt-Andrzejkowicz)
1957 | Israel
Judith Bartolani
1938 — United Kingdom | 2021 — Australia
Georgina Beier
1938 — United Kingdom | 2021 — Australia
Georgina Beier
1938 — United Kingdom | 2021 — Australia
Georgina Beier
1941 | United States
Lynda Benglis
1910 — Hungary | 2003 — Netherlands
Eva Besnyő
1910 — Hungary | 2003 — Netherlands
Eva Besnyő
1910 — Hungary | 2003 — Netherlands
Eva Besnyő
1974 | France
Karina Bisch
1969 | Netherlands
Sara Blokland
1952 | Suriname
Dineke Blom
1952 | Suriname
Dineke Blom
1914 — Italy | 1992 — Brazil
Lina Bo Bardi
1914 — Italy | 1992 — Brazil
Lina Bo Bardi
1914 — Italy | 1992 — Brazil
Lina Bo Bardi
1962 | Brazil
Kássia Borges Mytara
1962 | Brazil
Kássia Borges Mytara
1962 | Russia
Olga Chernysheva
1899 — 1982 | France
Yvonne Chevalier
1957 | Tunisia
Marie-Antoinette Chiarenza
1957 | Tunisia
Marie-Antoinette Chiarenza
1957 | Tunisia
Marie-Antoinette Chiarenza
1959 | Canada
Dana Claxton
1959 | Canada
Dana Claxton
0000 |
Céline Condorelli
1974 | France
Isabelle Cornaro
1974 | France
Isabelle Cornaro
1973 | France
Anne-Lise Coste (Uruk)
1973 | France
Anne-Lise Coste (Uruk)
1973 | France
Anne-Lise Coste (Uruk)
1974 | Algeria
Dalila Dalléas Bouzar
1974 | Algeria
Dalila Dalléas Bouzar
1968 | Luxembourg
Simone Decker
1968 | Luxembourg
Simone Decker
1968 | Luxembourg
Simone Decker
1943 | France
Anne Deguelle
1943 | France
Anne Deguelle
1971 | Kazakhstan
Saule Dyussenbina
1933 — 2021 | United States
Mary Beth Edelson
1933 — 2021 | United States
Mary Beth Edelson
1933 — 2021 | United States
Mary Beth Edelson
1965 | France
Nicole Eisenman
1961 | China
PAU Ellen
1961 | China
PAU Ellen
1961 | China
PAU Ellen
1920 — 1993 | Curaçao
Lucila Engels-Boskaljon
1965 | United States
Andrea Fraser
1956 | Germany
Katharina Fritsch
1960 — 2006 | Spain
Patricia Gadea
1960 — 2006 | Spain
Patricia Gadea
1960 — 2006 | Spain
Patricia Gadea
1948 | Germany
Isa Genzken
1938 | Colombia
Beatriz González
1938 | Colombia
Beatriz González
1965 | France
Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster
1965 | France
Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster
1974 | Poland
Aneta Grzeszykowska
1985 | United States
Guerrilla Girls
1784 — 1845 | France
Antoinette Cécile Hortense Haudebourt-Lescot, née Viel
1784 — 1845 | France
Antoinette Cécile Hortense Haudebourt-Lescot, née Viel
1866 — 1944 | Denmark
Marie Henriques
1866 — 1944 | Denmark
Marie Henriques
1940 — United States | 2019 — United Kingdom
Susan Hiller
1940 — United States | 2019 — United Kingdom
Susan Hiller
1954 | Tanzania
Lubaina Himid
1954 | Tanzania
Lubaina Himid
1912 — 1977 | Hungary
Judit Kárász
1912 — 1977 | Hungary
Judit Kárász
1912 — 1977 | Hungary
Judit Kárász
1954 | Germany
Karen Knorr
1954 | Germany
Karen Knorr
1954 | Germany
Karen Knorr
1951 | Spain
Teresa Lanceta
1951 | Spain
Teresa Lanceta
1951 | Spain
Teresa Lanceta
1947 | United States
Louise Lawler
1961 | United States
Zoe Leonard
1947 | United States
Sherrie Levine
1973 | Germany
Nadia Lichtig
1755 — Great Britain | 1845 — United Kingdom
Mary Linwood
1929 — Poland | 1999 — France
Lea Lublin
1929 — Poland | 1999 — France
Lea Lublin
1934 — 1999 | Uganda
Estelle Betty Manyolo Sangowawa
1934 — 1999 | Uganda
Estelle Betty Manyolo Sangowawa
1943 — 2014 | United States
Rosemary Mayer
1895 — Latvia | 1969 — Estonia
Kristine Mei
1895 — Latvia | 1969 — Estonia
Kristine Mei
1896 — Italy | 1942 — Mexico
Tina Modotti
1896 — Italy | 1942 — Mexico
Tina Modotti
1896 — Italy | 1942 — Mexico
Tina Modotti
1942 | France
Tania Mouraud
1973 | United Kingdom
Rosalind Nashashibi
1973 | United Kingdom
Rosalind Nashashibi
1947 | Mandatory Palestine
Efrat Natan
1947 | Mandatory Palestine
Efrat Natan
1947 | Mandatory Palestine
Efrat Natan
1961 | Romania
Lia Perjovschi
1747 — Bavaria | 1794 — Great Britain
Maria Katharina Prestel
1747 — Bavaria | 1794 — Great Britain
Maria Katharina Prestel
1930 — 2024 | United States
Faith Ringgold
1974 | Denmark
Pia Rönicke
1974 | Denmark
Pia Rönicke
1974 | Denmark
Pia Rönicke
1932 | United States
Joan Semmel
1932 | United States
Joan Semmel
1932 | United States
Joan Semmel
1944 | Mandatory Palestine
Miriam Sharon
1944 | Mandatory Palestine
Miriam Sharon
1944 | Mandatory Palestine
Miriam Sharon
1951 | États-Unis
Cindy Sherman
1924 — 2019 | United States
May Stevens
1924 — 2019 | United States
May Stevens
1930 | United States
Sturtevant
1960 — 2008 | United Kingdom
Maud Sulter
1960 — 2008 | United Kingdom
Maud Sulter
1905 — 2008 | Japan
Tamako Kataoka
1905 — 2008 | Japan
Tamako Kataoka
1905 — 2008 | Japan
Tamako Kataoka
1971 | United States
Mickalene Thomas
1962 | France
Agnès Thurnauer
1973 | Luxembourg
Su-Mei Tse
1973 | Luxembourg
Su-Mei Tse
1973 | Luxembourg
Su-Mei Tse
1959 | Australia
Judy Watson
1959 | Australia
Judy Watson
1959 | Australia
Judy Watson
1965 | United Kingdom
Alison Watt
1965 | United Kingdom
Alison Watt
1965 | United Kingdom
Alison Watt
1995 | thailand
Womanifesto Collective
1995 | thailand
Womanifesto Collective
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