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Fields
Architecture
7
Decorative arts & design
3
Visual arts
1408
Artistic Movements
Lyrical abstraction
22
Surrealism
55
Subjects
Abstraction
370
Allegory
128
Animals
176
Architecture
134
Autobiography
133
Self-portrait
191
Political issues
386
Social classes
98
Women's status
324
Consumerism
91
Human body
457
Colour
229
Dance
80
Discriminations
160
Documentary
132
Ecology
82
Writing
177
Childhood
116
Eroticism
81
Public space
95
Fantasy & dreams
86
Feminism
313
Geometry
158
War & conflicts
155
History
288
Art history & museum
74
Identity
222
Intimacy
113
Language
90
Light
88
Mannequins & dolls
41
Maternity
119
Media
64
Memory
212
Human migration
101
Fashion & clothing
67
Modernity
34
Death
73
Myths, tales & legends
102
Nature
270
Still life
159
Nude
164
Landscape
310
Urban landscape
161
Portrait
441
Postcolonialism
107
Racism
74
Religion & spirituality
202
Domestic scene
115
Sexuality
133
Traditions
240
Work
84
Domestic work
82
Vegetal
176
Everyday life
295
Violence
146
Mediums
Objects
222
Jewellery
15
Ceramic
83
Furniture
21
Fashion
13
Glassware
3
Graphic arts
823
Watercolour
193
Collage
211
Drawing (ink, pencil…)
539
Engraving & etching
233
Pastel & wax
110
Performing arts
34
Costume
38
Set design
60
Audiovisual
355
Video
248
Concepts
27
Curating
11
Space & installation
512
Accumulation
95
Assemblage
243
Mosaic
20
[Modes]
133
Site-specific
118
Monumental
131
Painting
843
Acrylic
169
Mural
40
Gouache
99
Oil
486
Performance
239
Photography
426
Analogue photography
243
Digital photography
99
Photojournalism
38
Photomontage
73
Sculpture
457
Cement & concrete
34
Wood
116
Bronze
98
Metal
139
Paper & cardboard
26
Plaster
83
Resin
33
Clay
98
Glass
25
Textile
211
Embroidery
74
Sewing
39
Countries
Africa
98
South Africa
13
Algeria
12
Congo
1
Egypt
14
Ghana
5
Kenya
3
Morocco
4
Mozambique
2
Nigeria
18
Senegal
4
Tunisia
8
Zambia
1
Central America and the Caribbean
41
North America
381
United States
334
South America
107
Asia
204
Europe
794
Austria
20
France
386
Italy
59
Portugal
8
United Kingdom
105
Middle East
109
Oceania
49
Periods of
activity
XVIe siècle
3
17th century
8
18th century
24
19th century
94
20th century
1280
1930s
290
1940s
315
1950s
395
1960s
527
1970s
629
1980s
735
1990s
881
21st century
832
2000s
831
2010s
739
2020s
541
Programmes
— + 1
23
— Amazons of Pop, 1961–73
13
— Women Artists of the 1960s in Africa
18
— 18th-Century Women Artists
28
— Southeast Asian Women Artists
27
— 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
— AWARE x Musée d’Orsay
36
— Women in Abstraction
31
— Le Louvre & AWARE
13
— Les architectes
6
— New Media, 1960s-1990s
10
— Netherlands–Caribbean, 19th–21st c.
12
— Photographers from Japan
3
— Rewriting Art History in the Americas
48
— TEAM: Teaching, E-learning, Agency, Mentoring
174
The indexed biographies correspond to artists born between 1664 and 1974.
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1935 — 2024 | Ghana
Felicia Abban
1935 — 2024 | Ghana
Felicia Abban
1934 — 2023 | Algeria
Souhila Bel Bahar
1966 | Zambia
Agnes Buya Yombwe
1967 | Senegal
Fatou Kiné Diakhaté
1956 | Morocco
Lalla Essaydi
1939 — 2020 | Algeria
Leila Ferhat
1939 — 2020 | Algeria
Leila Ferhat
1936 — 1997 | Nigeria
Josephine Ifueko Omigie
1936 — 1997 | Nigeria
Josephine Ifueko Omigie
1965 | Republic of the Congo
Bill Kouélany
1970 | Nigeria
Marcia Kure
1970 | Nigeria
Marcia Kure
1925 — 1984 | Nigeria
Ladi Kwali
1925 — 1984 | Nigeria
Ladi Kwali
1924 — Mozambique | 2012 — Italy
Bertina Lopes
1924 — Mozambique | 2012 — Italy
Bertina Lopes
1948 | Egypt
Huda Lutfi
1953 | Algeria
Akila Mouhoubi
1953 | Algeria
Akila Mouhoubi
1965 | Tunisia
Asma M’Naouar
1965 | Tunisia
Asma M’Naouar
1950 | Kenya
Magdalene Odundo
1950 | Kenya
Magdalene Odundo
1970 | United States
Wura-Natasha Ogunji
1970 | United States
Wura-Natasha Ogunji
1938 | Nigeria
Elizabeth Olowu
1942 | Nigeria
Colette Omogbai
1966 | Nigeria
Veronica Otigbo-Ekpei
1939 — Algeria | 2018 — Tunisia
Shasha Safir Guiga
1914 — United Kingdom | 2000 — United States
Constance Stuart Larrabee
1914 — United Kingdom | 2000 — United States
Constance Stuart Larrabee
1960 — 2008 | United Kingdom
Maud Sulter
1960 — 2008 | United Kingdom
Maud Sulter
1915 — Austria | 2009 — Nigeria
Susanne Wenger
1915 — Austria | 2009 — Nigeria
Susanne Wenger
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