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Fields
Architecture
1
Visual arts
1381
Design
3
Artistic Movements
Geometric abstraction
45
Lyrical abstraction
22
Academic art
10
Outsider art
4
Kinetic art
13
Conceptual art
81
Art nouveau
6
Constructivism
18
Cubism
30
Expressionism
36
Land art
11
Minimalism
37
Nouveau Réalisme
6
New Objectivity
13
Surrealism
55
[Artist collectives]
120
Subjects
Abstraction
363
Allegory
119
Animals
170
Architecture
130
Autobiography
131
Self-portrait
186
Political issues
378
Women's status
318
Consumerism
90
Human body
444
Cosmos
50
Colour
222
Dance
80
Discriminations
158
Ecology
81
Writing
174
Childhood
114
Eroticism
81
Public space
87
Fantasy & dreams
86
Feminism
310
Geometry
154
War & conflicts
153
History
281
Identity
215
Industry
31
Intimacy
108
Irony
62
Language
90
Light
85
Disease
45
Mannequins & dolls
41
Maternity
117
Media
64
Memory
209
Human migration
101
Fashion & clothing
67
Modernity
34
Death
72
Myths, tales & legends
99
Nature
258
Nude
162
Landscape
302
Urban landscape
153
Portrait
429
Postcolonialism
107
Advertisement
49
Religion & spirituality
195
Domestic scene
112
Science
53
Sexuality
133
Traditions
236
Work
83
Domestic work
81
Drag
28
Vegetal
167
Everyday life
288
Old age
31
Violence
145
Lesbian visibility
27
Trans visibility
16
Travel
78
Mediums
Applied arts
217
Ceramic
81
Costumes
37
Decor
62
Stained glass
17
Graphic arts
810
Poster
37
Watercolour
190
Collage
210
Drawing (ink, pencil…)
529
Engraving & etching
231
Illustration
104
Artist book
88
Pastel & wax
108
Journal
26
Audiovisual
353
Digital
57
Sound
79
Video
245
Installation
499
Accumulation
92
Assemblage
236
Environment
140
Light installation
46
[Modes]
129
Site-specific
116
Monumental
129
Painting
822
Acrylic
163
Gouache
98
Oil
469
Tempera
31
Performance
239
Photography
422
Analogue photography
240
Digital photography
98
Photomontage
72
Sculpture
451
Concrete & cement
34
Wood
115
Metal
136
Paper & cardboard
26
Plastic
47
Plaster
81
Resin
32
Clay
98
Textile
216
Countries
Africa
96
Nigeria
18
Central America and the Caribbean
42
North America
376
South America
105
Asia
193
South Korea
8
Russia
33
Europe
772
Germany
113
Austria
18
Belgium
20
Denmark
13
France
379
Greece
5
Lithuania
7
Poland
29
Czech Republic
13
United Kingdom
103
Switzerland
37
Middle East
108
Jordan
4
Turkey
19
Oceania
48
Periods of
activity
XVIe siècle
3
17th century
6
18th century
21
19th century
88
20th century
1255
1900s
94
1910s
151
1920s
224
1930s
285
1940s
310
1950s
389
1960s
519
1970s
617
1980s
720
1990s
861
21st century
815
2000s
815
2010s
727
2020s
530
Programmes
— + 1
23
— Amazons of Pop, 1961–73
13
— Women Artists of the 1960s in Africa
18
— 18th-Century Women Artists
25
— 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
1
— AWARE x Musée d’Orsay
36
— Women in Abstraction
31
— Le Louvre & AWARE
11
— New Media, 1960s-1990s
10
— Netherlands–Caribbean, 19th–21st c.
12
— Rewriting Art History in the Americas
48
— Season Africa2020
23
— TEAM: Teaching, E-learning, Agency, Mentoring
172
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1885 — 1940 | Denmark
Gerda Wegener
1924 — Switzerland | 2021 — France
Sabine Weiss
1915 — Austria | 2009 — Nigeria
Susanne Wenger
1860 — Russia | 1938 — Switzerland
Marianne von Werefkin
1930 — 2005 | Belgium
Marthe Wéry
1963 | United Kingdom
Rachel Whiteread
1936 | United Kingdom
Gillian Wise
1956 | France
Mâkhi Xenakis
1938 | Egypt
Nil Yalter
1971 | South Korea
Haegue Yang
1893 — 1975 | United Kingdom
Madame Yevonde
1897 — Poland | 1949 — United States
Teresa Żarnowerówna (Teresa Żarnower)
1901 — Turkey | 1991 — Jordan
Fahrelnissa Zeid
1941 | Czech Republic
Jana Želibská
1949 | East Germany
Doris Ziegler
1933 — 1999 | Lithuania
Kazimiera Zimblytė
1916 — Germany | 1970 — France
Unica Zürn
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