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Fields
Architecture
18
Decorative arts & design
9
Visual arts
1496
Artistic Movements
Geometric abstraction
45
Lyrical abstraction
22
Academic art
10
Viennese Actionism
2
Appropriationism
5
Outsider art
4
Kinetic art
15
Conceptual art
93
Context art
12
Body art
11
Art Deco
3
Naïve art
12
Art nouveau
6
Digital art
19
Postconceptual art
6
Arte povera
2
Bauhaus
14
Artist collective
16
Constructivism
19
Copy Art
1
Institutional critique
11
Cubism
30
Cubo-futurism
9
Dada
6
Expressionism
36
Abstract expressionism
45
Fauvism
5
Fluxus
8
Futurism
9
Hyperrealism
5
Impressionism
13
Land art
12
Mail art
12
Member of a collective
112
Minimalism
37
Neo-expressionism
6
Nouveau Réalisme
6
New Objectivity
14
Neues Sehen
11
Op art
5
Straight photography
12
Pictorialism
9
Pop art
46
Postimpressionism
14
Postminimalism
7
Postmodernism
8
Primitivism
6
Purisme
2
Rayonism
3
Realism
37
Socialist Realism
9
Harlem Renaissance
4
Suprematism
6
Surrealism
56
Symbolism
14
Subjects
Abstraction
386
Adolescence
12
Allegory
144
Animals
195
Archives
7
Autobiography
142
Self-portrait
206
Body positivity
16
Political issues
416
Social classes
122
Women's status
350
Consumerism
98
Human body
494
Cosmos
63
Colour
236
Dance
86
Discriminations
168
Documentary
144
Ecology
107
Writing
188
Childhood
124
Eroticism
87
Public space
109
Fantasy & dreams
93
Feminism
337
Party & nightlife
37
Gender fluidity
21
Geography
21
Geometry
165
War & conflicts
163
History
306
Art history & museum
82
Homophobia
14
Identity
236
Industry
38
Intimacy
122
Irony
68
Games & toys
23
Language
93
Light
90
Machine & technology
39
Magic & esotericism
9
Disease
46
Mannequins & dolls
46
Maternity
127
Mathematics
10
Media
65
Memory
228
Human migration
106
Fashion & clothing
69
Modernity
34
Death
79
Music
67
Myths, tales & legends
106
Nation
56
Nature
301
Still life
169
Food
26
Nude
174
Landscape
333
Urban landscape
176
Spatial perception
36
Visual perception
54
Portrait
466
Postcolonialism
115
Sex positivity
16
Advertisement
52
Queer
29
Racism
77
Romantic relationships
51
Religion & spirituality
208
Domestic scene
118
Science
59
Sexuality
138
Entertainment
58
Sport
15
Surveillance
5
Time
31
Traditions
258
Work
87
Domestic work
92
Drag
28
Vegetal
190
Everyday life
318
Aging
35
Violence
154
Lesbian visibility
27
Trans visibility
17
Travel
82
Mediums
Objects
237
Jewellery
15
Ceramic
93
Medal
6
Furniture
25
Fashion
13
Silverware
5
Glassware
3
Graphic arts
864
Poster
40
Watercolour
200
Collage
214
Drawing (ink, pencil…)
571
Engraving & etching
242
Illustration
111
Artist book
94
Pastel & wax
112
Journal
26
Screen printing
79
Performing arts
39
Costume
40
Dance
10
Set design
61
Dolls & puppets
12
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
557
Accumulation
107
Architecture
21
Interior design
8
Assemblage
263
Environment
153
Light installation
49
Mosaic
20
Stained glass
18
[Modes]
147
Ephemeral
32
Site-specific
127
Monumental
138
Painting
893
Acrylic
180
Mural
44
Gouache
100
Oil
523
Miniature
9
Tempera
34
Performance
253
Photography
443
Analogue photography
252
Digital photography
104
Photojournalism
38
Photomontage
74
Historical techniques
31
Sculpture
480
Cement & concrete
36
Wood
123
Bronze
103
Wax
18
Marble
30
Metal
146
Paper & cardboard
27
Stone
49
Plastic
48
Plaster
85
Resin
34
Clay
101
Glass
28
Textile
224
Batik
1
Embroidery
81
Sewing
42
Crochet & knitting
9
Weaving
70
Countries
Africa
105
South Africa
13
Algeria
12
Benin
1
Cameroon
1
Congo
1
Egypt
14
Ethiopia
3
Gabon
1
Ghana
5
Kenya
3
Madagascar
2
Morocco
5
Mozambique
2
Nigeria
19
Uganda
3
Democratic Republic of the Congo
1
France (Reunion)
3
Senegal
4
Sierra Leone
2
Soudan
1
Tanzania
2
Tunisia
9
Zambia
1
Zimbabwe
3
Central America and the Caribbean
43
France (Antilles)
7
Costa Rica
2
Cuba
11
Curaçao
3
Guatemala
4
Haiti
7
Jamaica
5
Nicaragua
1
Panama
1
Puerto Rico
2
Trinidad and Tobago
1
North America
402
Canada
27
United States
349
Greenland
2
Mexico
36
South America
117
Argentina
36
Bolivia
2
Brazil
31
Chile
10
Colombia
11
Ecuador
2
Guyana
2
France (French Guiana)
3
Paraguay
1
Peru
7
Suriname
6
Uruguay
5
Venezuela
6
Asia
227
Bangladesh
2
Burma
2
Cambodia
1
China
29
South Korea
8
India
18
Indonesia
14
Japan
70
Kazakhstan
3
Malaysia
7
Nepal
1
Uzbekistan
2
Pakistan
6
Philippines
10
Russia
33
Singapore
8
Sri Lanka
1
Taiwan
5
Thailand
6
Vietnam
8
Europe
844
Albania
1
Germany
117
Austria
20
Belarus
3
Belgium
21
Bosnia-Herzegovina
3
Bulgaria
10
Cyprus
1
Croatia
10
Denmark
24
Spain
42
Estonia
16
Finland
6
France
401
Georgia
1
Greece
5
Hungary
42
Ireland
6
Iceland
4
Italy
67
Latvia
3
Lithuania
7
Muxembourg
5
North Macedonia
4
Moldova
2
Norway
14
Netherlands
35
Poland
33
Portugal
8
Czech Republic
14
Romania
9
United Kingdom
108
Serbia
5
Slovakia
3
Slovenia
1
Sweden
13
Switzerland
38
Ukraine
14
Middle East
112
Saudi Arabia
1
Armenia
1
Irak
5
Iran
6
Israel
51
Jordan
4
Kuwait
1
Lebanon
23
Palestine
17
Syria
4
Turkey
19
Oceania
51
Australia
41
New Zealand
11
Papua New Guinea
1
Periods of
activity
XVIe siècle
4
1540s
1
1550s
2
1560s
2
1570s
3
1580s
3
1590s
2
17th century
12
1600s
2
1610s
2
1620s
1
1630s
1
1640s
3
1650s
4
1660s
3
1670s
3
1680s
4
1690s
3
18th century
26
1710s
2
1720s
4
1730s
6
1740s
8
1750s
9
1760s
14
1770s
17
1780s
14
1790s
14
19th century
104
1800s
12
1810s
13
1820s
14
1830s
14
1840s
17
1850s
17
1860s
29
1870s
43
1880s
46
1890s
74
20th century
1352
1900s
103
1910s
161
1920s
235
1930s
302
1940s
328
1950s
413
1960s
561
1970s
671
1980s
781
1990s
935
21st century
890
2000s
889
2010s
789
2020s
587
Programmes
— + 1
30
— Amazons of Pop, 1961–73
13
— Women Artists of the 1960s in Africa
22
— 18th-Century Women Artists
29
— 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
— AWARE x Musée d’Orsay
36
— Common Ground
12
— Designers
3
— Women in Abstraction
31
— Le Louvre & AWARE
16
— Les architectes
13
— New Media, 1960s-1990s
15
— Netherlands–Caribbean, 19th–21st c.
12
— Photographers from Japan
5
— Rewriting Art History in the Americas
48
— Season Africa2020
23
— TEAM: Teaching, E-learning, Agency, Mentoring
196
The indexed biographies correspond to artists born between 1500 and 1975.
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Map
1930 — 2017 | Poland
Magdalena Abakanowicz
1930 — 2017 | Poland
Magdalena Abakanowicz
1898 — 1991 | United States
Berenice Abbott
1898 — 1991 | United States
Berenice Abbott
1898 — 1991 | United States
Berenice Abbott
1916 — Brazil | 1990 — Uruguay
Rosa Acle
1916 — Brazil | 1990 — Uruguay
Rosa Acle
1916 — Brazil | 1990 — Uruguay
Rosa Acle
1959 | Finland
Eija-Liisa Ahtila
1959 | Finland
Eija-Liisa Ahtila
1935 | Mandatory Palestine
Tamam Al-Akhal
1935 | Mandatory Palestine
Tamam Al-Akhal
1935 | Mandatory Palestine
Tamam Al-Akhal
1907 — 1993 | Mexico
Lola Álvarez Bravo
1971 | Madagascar
Malala Andrialavidrazana
1971 | Madagascar
Malala Andrialavidrazana
1923 — 2021 | France
Geneviève Asse
1923 — 2021 | France
Geneviève Asse
1946 | United States
Alice Aycock
1971 | Iran
Nairy Baghramian
1971 | Iran
Nairy Baghramian
1957 | France
Élisabeth Ballet
1959 | Brasil
Brígida Baltar
1941 | United States
Jennifer Bartlett
1929 | Romania
Marion Baruch
1929 | Romania
Marion Baruch
1929 | Romania
Marion Baruch
1934 — 2015 | Germany
Hilla Becher
1934 — 2015 | Germany
Hilla Becher
1934 — 2023 | Algeria
Souhila Bel Bahar
1949 | Algeria
Samta Benyahia
1949 | Algeria
Samta Benyahia
1949 | Algeria
Samta Benyahia
1941 — 2010 | Germany
Sibylle Bergemann
1941 — 2010 | Germany
Sibylle Bergemann
1910 — Hungary | 2003 — Netherlands
Eva Besnyő
1910 — Hungary | 2003 — Netherlands
Eva Besnyő
1910 — Hungary | 2003 — Netherlands
Eva Besnyő
1898 — 1933 | Germany
Aenne Biermann
1898 — 1933 | Germany
Aenne Biermann
1974 | France
Karina Bisch
1965 | Italy
Monica Bonvicini
1965 | Italy
Monica Bonvicini
1965 | Italy
Monica Bonvicini
1904 — 1971 | United States
Margaret Bourke-White
1969 | Austria
Barbara Breitenfellner
1969 | Austria
Barbara Breitenfellner
1969 | Austria
Barbara Breitenfellner
1899 — 1982 | France
Yvonne Chevalier
1907 — 1988 | Taiwan
Chen Chin
1907 — 1988 | Taiwan
Chen Chin
1916 — 2017 | Lebanon
Saloua Raouda Choucair
1916 — 2017 | Lebanon
Saloua Raouda Choucair
1916 — 2017 | Lebanon
Saloua Raouda Choucair
1944 — United States | 2014 — Canada
Lynne Cohen
0000 |
Céline Condorelli
1944 | United States
Linda Connor
1936 | France
Parvine Curie
1936 | France
Parvine Curie
1936 | France
Parvine Curie
1928 — Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes | 2014 — Croatia
Vera Dajht-Kralj
1928 — Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes | 2014 — Croatia
Vera Dajht-Kralj
1928 — Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes | 2014 — Croatia
Vera Dajht-Kralj
1952 | Israel
Nurit David
1968 | Luxembourg
Simone Decker
1968 | Luxembourg
Simone Decker
1968 | Luxembourg
Simone Decker
1950 | Israel
Drora Dominey
1950 | Israel
Drora Dominey
1950 | Israel
Drora Dominey
1915 — Romania | 1997 — France
Natalia Dumitresco
1915 — Romania | 1997 — France
Natalia Dumitresco
1969 | Myanmar
Chaw Ei Thein
1969 | Myanmar
Chaw Ei Thein
1969 | Myanmar
Chaw Ei Thein
1899 — 1995 | Japan
Eiko Yamazawa
1931 — Mandatory Palestine | 2018 — France
Jumana El-Husseini
1931 — Mandatory Palestine | 2018 — France
Jumana El-Husseini
1931 — Mandatory Palestine | 2018 — France
Jumana El-Husseini
1965 | France
Nathalie Elemento
1949 | Turkey
Ayşe Erkmen
1949 | Turkey
Ayşe Erkmen
1934 — 2010 | Mexico
Helen Escobedo
1956 | Morocco
Lalla Essaydi
1939 | Egypt
Wissam Fahmy
1942 | Syria
Simone Fattal
1942 | Syria
Simone Fattal
1942 | Syria
Simone Fattal
1955 | Cuba
Ana Flores
1955 | Cuba
Ana Flores
1967 | Spain
Alicia Framis
1967 | Spain
Alicia Framis
1967 | Spain
Alicia Framis
1924 — 1990 | Spain
Juana Francés
1924 — 1990 | Spain
Juana Francés
1948 | Germany
Isa Genzken
1953 | Israel
Tamar Getter
1953 | Israel
Tamar Getter
1972 | Luxembourg
Tina Gillen
1972 | Luxembourg
Tina Gillen
1972 | Luxembourg
Tina Gillen
1953 | United States
Joanne Greenbaum
1908 — Germany | 1994 — Israel
Liselotte Grschebina
1908 — Germany | 1994 — Israel
Liselotte Grschebina
1908 — Germany | 1994 — Israel
Liselotte Grschebina
1960 | France
Marie-Ange Guilleminot
1960 | France
Marie-Ange Guilleminot
1936 | Mandatory Palestine
Samia Halaby
1936 | Mandatory Palestine
Samia Halaby
1936 | Mandatory Palestine
Samia Halaby
1964 | Palestine
Rula Halawani
1942 | Pakistan
Salima Hashmi
1937 — India | 2020 — United Kingdom
Zarina Hashmi (dite Zarina)
1937 — India | 2020 — United Kingdom
Zarina Hashmi (dite Zarina)
1962 | Egypt
Susan Hefuna
1962 | Egypt
Susan Hefuna
1962 | Egypt
Susan Hefuna
1944 | Germany
Candida Höfer
1931 — United States | 2008 — Germany
Nan Hoover
1931 — United States | 2008 — Germany
Nan Hoover
1931 — United States | 2008 — Germany
Nan Hoover
1956 | Royaume-Uni
Ann Veronica Janssens
1956 | Royaume-Uni
Ann Veronica Janssens
1937 | Austria
Tess Jaray
1937 | Austria
Tess Jaray
1937 | Austria
Tess Jaray
1864 — 1952 | United States
Frances Benjamin Johnston
1864 — 1952 | United States
Frances Benjamin Johnston
1964 | France
Valérie Jouve
1964 | France
Valérie Jouve
1964 | France
Valérie Jouve
1912 — 1977 | Hungary
Judit Kárász
1912 — 1977 | Hungary
Judit Kárász
1912 — 1977 | Hungary
Judit Kárász
1936 | United States
Barbara Kasten
1923 — Lithuania | 2019 — United States
Aleksandra Kasuba
1923 — Lithuania | 2019 — United States
Aleksandra Kasuba
1904 — 1998 | Denmark
Rita Kernn-Larsen
1904 — 1998 | Denmark
Rita Kernn-Larsen
1904 — 1998 | Denmark
Rita Kernn-Larsen
1889 — 1943 | Norway
Ragnhild Keyser
1889 — 1943 | Norway
Ragnhild Keyser
1889 — 1943 | Norway
Ragnhild Keyser
1892 — 1976 | Germany
Benita Koch-Otte
1892 — 1976 | Germany
Benita Koch-Otte
1892 — 1976 | Germany
Benita Koch-Otte
1910 — 1997 | Turkey
Füreya Koral
1902 — 1977 | Hungary
Margit Kovács
1902 — 1977 | Hungary
Margit Kovács
1902 — 1977 | Hungary
Margit Kovács
1897 — Poland | 1985 — Germany
Germaine Krull
1897 — Poland | 1985 — Germany
Germaine Krull
1949 | France
Suzanne Lafont
1943 | France
Laura Lamiel
1910 — Canada | 1997 — United States
Ida Lansky
1900 — 1981 | Italy
Bice Lazzari
1900 — 1981 | Italy
Bice Lazzari
1898 — Poland | 1980 — Mexico
Tamara de Lempicka
1898 — Poland | 1980 — Mexico
Tamara de Lempicka
1898 — Poland | 1980 — Mexico
Tamara de Lempicka
1950 | United States
Erica Lennard
1900 — Ukraine | 1992 — Israel
Batia Lishansky
1900 — Ukraine | 1992 — Israel
Batia Lishansky
1900 — Ukraine | 1992 — Israel
Batia Lishansky
1960 | Germany
Vera Lutter
1975 | Vietnam
Ly Hoàng Ly
1975 | Vietnam
Ly Hoàng Ly
1878 — 1961 | Hungary
Olga Máté
1878 — 1961 | Hungary
Olga Máté
1878 — 1961 | Hungary
Olga Máté
1896 — Latvia | 1965 — Estonia
Lydia Mei
1896 — Latvia | 1965 — Estonia
Lydia Mei
1943 | France
Annette Messager
1907 — United States | 1977 — United Kingdom
Lee Miller
1907 — United States | 1977 — United Kingdom
Lee Miller
1907 — United States | 1977 — United Kingdom
Lee Miller
1943 | Argentina
Marta Minujín
1943 | Argentina
Marta Minujín
1901 — Austria | 1983 — United States
Lisette Model
1901 — Austria | 1983 — United States
Lisette Model
1901 — Austria | 1983 — United States
Lisette Model
1894 — Czech republic | 1989 — Switzerland
Lucia Moholy
1894 — Czech republic | 1989 — Switzerland
Lucia Moholy
1967 | United Kingdom
Sarah Morris
1936 — 1977 | United States
Ree Morton
1911 — Chile | 1952 — France
Juana Muller
1911 — Chile | 1952 — France
Juana Muller
1926 — 2011 | Spain
Aurèlia Muñoz
1963 | Slovakia
Ilona Németh
1922 — 2015 | Ghana
Theodosia Salome Okoh
1922 — 2015 | Ghana
Theodosia Salome Okoh
1961 | United States
Catherine Opie
1961 | United States
Catherine Opie
1966 | United Kingdom
Lucy Orta
1966 | United Kingdom
Lucy Orta
1930 — Sweden | 1995 — France
Barbro Östlihn
1930 — Sweden | 1995 — France
Barbro Östlihn
1930 — Sweden | 1995 — France
Barbro Östlihn
1907 — Georgia | 1988 — France
Vera Pagava
1907 — Georgia | 1988 — France
Vera Pagava
1956 | United Kingdom
Cornelia Parker
1913 — Argentina | 1982 — France
Alicia Penalba
1913 — Argentina | 1982 — France
Alicia Penalba
1754 — 1789 | Italy
Laura Piranesi
1941 | France
Anne Poirier
1941 | France
Anne Poirier
1953 | Guyana
Ingrid Pollard
1953 | Guyana
Ingrid Pollard
1968 | Poland
Joanna Rajkowska
1968 | Poland
Joanna Rajkowska
1968 | Poland
Joanna Rajkowska
1949 | France
Sophie Ristelhueber
1950 | Estonia
Sirje Runge
1926 — Cuba | 2024 — Puerto Rico
Zilia Sánchez
1926 — Cuba | 2024 — Puerto Rico
Zilia Sánchez
1926 — Cuba | 2024 — Puerto Rico
Zilia Sánchez
1969 | Israel
Yehudit Sasportas
1969 | Israel
Yehudit Sasportas
1969 | Israel
Yehudit Sasportas
1908 — 1975 | Hungary
Erzsébet Schaár
1959 | China
Shen Yuan
1959 | China
Shen Yuan
1959 | China
Shen Yuan
1944 | Jerusalem
Suha Shoman
1944 | Jerusalem
Suha Shoman
1934 — Germany | 2021 — France
Irmgard Sigg
1963 | Estonia
Liina Siib
1939 | Brazil
Regina Silveira
1939 | Brazil
Regina Silveira
1946 | United States
Sandy Skoglund
1946 | United States
Sandy Skoglund
1955 | United States
Seton Smith
1955 | United States
Seton Smith
1955 | United States
Seton Smith
1946 | Spain
Susana Solano
1972 | Poland
Monika Sosnowska
1972 | Poland
Monika Sosnowska
1972 | Poland
Monika Sosnowska
1959 | Thailand
Phaptawan Suwannakudt
1959 | Thailand
Phaptawan Suwannakudt
1959 | Thailand
Phaptawan Suwannakudt
1910 — 2012 | United States
Dorothea Tanning
1910 — 2012 | United States
Dorothea Tanning
1894 — Moravia (now Czech Republic) | 1980 — Israel
Anna Ticho
1894 — Moravia (now Czech Republic) | 1980 — Israel
Anna Ticho
1894 — Moravia (now Czech Republic) | 1980 — Israel
Anna Ticho
1950 — 2004 | Japon
Toeko Tatsuno
1921 — 2004 | United States
Anne Truitt
1921 — 2004 | United States
Anne Truitt
1964 | Brazil
Adriana Varejão
1908 — Spain | 1963 — Mexico
Remedios Varo
1908 — Spain | 1963 — Mexico
Remedios Varo
1908 — Spain | 1963 — Mexico
Remedios Varo
1908 — Portugal | 1992 — France
Maria Helena Vieira da Silva
1828 — 1888 | France
Claude Vignon (Marie-Noémi Cadiot-Constant Rouvier, dite)
1967 | United States
Marie Watt
1963 | United Kingdom
Rachel Whiteread
1936 | United Kingdom
Gillian Wise
1963 | China
Yin Xiuzhen
1897 — Poland | 1949 — United States
Teresa Żarnowerówna (Teresa Żarnower)
1897 — Poland | 1949 — United States
Teresa Żarnowerówna (Teresa Żarnower)
1949 | East Germany
Doris Ziegler
1949 | East Germany
Doris Ziegler
1965 | United States
Andrea Zittel
1965 | United States
Andrea Zittel
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