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Fields
Architecture
7
Decorative arts & design
3
Visual arts
1404
Artistic Movements
Lyrical abstraction
22
Academic art
10
Naïve art
12
Expressionism
36
Fauvism
5
Member of a collective
112
Surrealism
55
Subjects
Abstraction
369
Animals
175
Self-portrait
191
Political issues
385
Social classes
98
Women's status
322
Consumerism
91
Human body
453
Colour
228
Discriminations
160
Documentary
131
Writing
176
Childhood
115
Public space
95
Fantasy & dreams
86
Feminism
312
Gender fluidity
20
Geometry
157
History
287
Art history & museum
73
Homophobia
14
Identity
220
Language
90
Light
88
Mannequins & dolls
41
Maternity
118
Memory
212
Human migration
101
Fashion & clothing
67
Modernity
34
Death
72
Myths, tales & legends
102
Nation
56
Nature
267
Still life
158
Nude
164
Landscape
310
Urban landscape
160
Portrait
439
Postcolonialism
107
Queer
28
Racism
74
Religion & spirituality
201
Sexuality
133
Traditions
238
Work
84
Domestic work
82
Vegetal
173
Everyday life
295
Violence
146
Lesbian visibility
27
Travel
80
Mediums
Objects
222
Ceramic
83
Graphic arts
822
Watercolour
193
Collage
211
Drawing (ink, pencil…)
538
Engraving & etching
233
Illustration
105
Artist book
89
Pastel & wax
110
Screen printing
75
Performing arts
34
Costume
38
Audiovisual
354
Video
247
Concepts
27
Space & installation
511
Accumulation
94
Assemblage
242
[Modes]
133
Painting
840
Acrylic
167
Mural
39
Gouache
99
Oil
483
Performance
239
Photography
426
Analogue photography
243
Digital photography
99
Photomontage
73
Sculpture
456
Wood
116
Wax
18
Metal
138
Stone
47
Plaster
83
Clay
98
Textile
210
Embroidery
74
Countries
Africa
98
South Africa
13
Algeria
12
Egypt
14
Gabon
1
Ghana
5
Kenya
3
Mozambique
2
Nigeria
18
Uganda
3
Democratic Republic of the Congo
1
Tunisia
8
Zimbabwe
2
Central America and the Caribbean
41
North America
381
United States
334
South America
107
Asia
201
Europe
793
France
386
Italy
59
Portugal
8
United Kingdom
105
Middle East
109
Oceania
48
Periods of
activity
XVIe siècle
3
17th century
8
18th century
24
19th century
93
20th century
1276
1910s
153
1920s
227
1930s
289
1940s
314
1950s
395
1960s
527
1970s
628
1980s
733
1990s
878
21st century
829
2000s
828
2010s
738
2020s
540
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
24
— 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
— Season Africa2020
23
— TEAM: Teaching, E-learning, Agency, Mentoring
174
The indexed biographies correspond to artists born between 1664 and 1974.
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1925 — 1984 | Nigeria
Ladi Kwali
1923 — 2006 | Ghana
Grace Salome Kwami
1886 — 1973 | South Africa
Maggie Laubser
1940 — 2021 | Zimbabwe
Helen Lieros
1924 — Mozambique | 2012 — Italy
Bertina Lopes
1895 — ? | Democratic Republic of Congo
Antoinette Lubaki
1934 | Nigeria
Theresa Luck-Akinwale
1948 | Egypt
Huda Lutfi
1972 | United States
Maha Maamoun
1935 | South Africa
Esther Mahlangu
1934 — 1999 | Uganda
Estelle Betty Manyolo Sangowawa
1964 | Gabon
Myriam Mihindou
1953 | Algeria
Akila Mouhoubi
1972 | South Africa
Zanele Muholi
1944 | Uganda
Theresa Musoke
1965 | Tunisia
Asma M’Naouar
1898 — Egypt | 1974 — France
Amy Nimr
1932 | Kenya
Rebeka Njau
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