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Fields
Artistic Movements
Outsider art
4
Conceptual art
79
Naïve art
12
Cubism
30
Expressionism
36
Minimalism
37
Realism
36
Symbolism
13
[Artist collectives]
114
Subjects
Abstraction
337
Allegory
105
Animals
161
Architecture
126
Autobiography
121
Self-portrait
171
Political issues
343
Social classes
80
Women's status
299
Consumerism
85
Human body
411
Colour
212
Discriminations
149
Documentary
118
Ecology
73
Writing
160
Childhood
106
Eroticism
76
Public space
82
Fantasy & dreams
84
Feminism
296
Geometry
150
War & conflicts
141
History
265
Art history & museum
65
Identity
199
Intimacy
103
Language
88
Light
81
Mannequins & dolls
41
Maternity
111
Memory
195
Human migration
94
Death
71
Music
63
Myths, tales & legends
94
Nation
53
Nature
235
Still life
150
Nude
152
Landscape
286
Urban landscape
148
Portrait
399
Postcolonialism
99
Romantic relationships
44
Religion & spirituality
179
Domestic scene
110
Sexuality
129
Time
29
Traditions
226
Domestic work
78
Vegetal
159
Everyday life
275
Violence
141
Travel
75
Mediums
Applied arts
206
Ceramic
76
Decor
57
Furniture
18
Graphic arts
771
Watercolour
182
Collage
202
Drawing (ink, pencil…)
507
Engraving & etching
224
Illustration
97
Artist book
83
Screen printing
71
Audiovisual
338
Film
123
Sound
75
Video
237
Installation
480
Accumulation
86
Assemblage
224
Environment
135
Light installation
44
[Modes]
124
Site-specific
110
Painting
767
Acrylic
157
Gouache
95
Oil
441
Performance
225
Photography
412
Analogue photography
236
Digital photography
93
Photojournalism
37
Photomontage
72
Sculpture
431
Wood
110
Bronze
93
Metal
131
Paper & cardboard
25
Plastic
47
Clay
94
Textile
204
Embroidery
72
Sewing
45
Countries
Africa
89
South Africa
12
Algeria
12
Egypt
12
Ghana
5
Madagascar
2
Morocco
4
Nigeria
15
Senegal
4
Sierra Leone
1
Tanzania
2
Tunisia
7
Zambia
1
Zimbabwe
2
Central America and the Caribbean
38
North America
362
Canada
25
United States
316
South America
99
Asia
171
Russia
32
Europe
729
France
359
Switzerland
35
Middle East
96
Lebanon
14
Palestine
11
Oceania
45
Periods of
activity
17th century
1
18th century
18
19th century
78
20th century
1191
1940s
296
1950s
367
1960s
484
1970s
583
1980s
682
1990s
816
21st century
775
2000s
776
2010s
693
2020s
504
Programmes
— + 1
23
— Amazons of Pop, 1961–73
13
— Women Artists of the 1960s in Africa
17
— 18th-Century Women Artists
25
— Southeast Asian Women Artists
18
— Women Artists in Japan, 19th–21st c.
23
— Radical Women: Latin American Art, 1960–85
13
— AWARE x Canada
9
— AWARE x Musée d’Orsay
36
— Women in Abstraction
31
— New Media, 1960s-1990s
7
— Netherlands–Caribbean, 19th–21st c.
11
— Rewriting Art History in the Americas
44
— Season Africa2020
23
— TEAM: Teaching, E-learning, Agency, Mentoring
163
The indexed biographies correspond to artists born between 1664 and 1974.
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1935 — 2024 | Ghana
Felicia Abban
1939 — Tanzania | 1994 — United Kingdom
Fatma Shaaban Abdalla Abubakar
1930 — 2009 | Nigeria
Constance Afiong « Afi » Ekong
1935 | Palestine
Tamam Al-Akhal
1963 | Egypt
Ghada Amer
1971 | Madagascar
Malala Andrialavidrazana
1969 | Russia
Louisa Babari
1971 | France
Yto Barrada
1931 — 1998 | Algeria
Baya
1934 — 2023 | Algeria
Souhila Bel Bahar
1933 — 2023 | Algeria
Djamila Bent Mohamed
1949 | Algeria
Samta Benyahia
1959 | Zimbabwe
Berry Bickle
1946 | Egypt
Anna Boghiguian
1927 — Sierra Leone | 1996 — United Kingdom
« Olayinka » Miranda Burney-Nicol
1966 | Zambia
Agnes Buya Yombwe
1945 | Sénégal
Seni Awa Camara
1955 — Tunisia | 2018 — Switzerland
Fatma Charfi
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