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Fields
Architecture
1
Visual arts
1362
Design
3
Artistic Movements
Conceptual art
81
Naïve art
12
Bauhaus
12
Cubism
30
Expressionism
36
Abstract expressionism
43
Land art
10
Mail art
12
Minimalism
37
Neo-expressionism
6
Nouveau Réalisme
6
New Objectivity
13
Neues Sehen
11
Op art
5
Straight photography
12
Pictorialism
9
Pop art
46
Postminimalism
7
Surrealism
54
[Artist collectives]
119
Subjects
Abstraction
358
Adolescence
11
Allegory
112
Animals
167
Architecture
127
Autobiography
129
Self-portrait
182
Body positivity
13
Political issues
371
Social classes
90
Women's status
312
Consumerism
88
Human body
435
Cosmos
47
Colour
221
Dance
80
Discriminations
157
Ecology
78
Writing
170
Childhood
114
Eroticism
79
Public space
87
Fantasy & dreams
86
Feminism
307
Party & nightlife
37
Gender fluidity
20
Geometry
154
War & conflicts
150
History
277
Art history & museum
67
Homophobia
14
Identity
210
Industry
31
Intimacy
106
Irony
60
Games & toys
16
Language
90
Light
84
Machine & technology
33
Magic & esotericism
9
Disease
44
Mannequins & dolls
41
Maternity
115
Media
64
Memory
207
Human migration
100
Fashion & clothing
67
Modernity
34
Death
72
Music
65
Myths, tales & legends
96
Nation
55
Nature
252
Still life
153
Food
20
Nude
158
Landscape
299
Urban landscape
153
Visual perception
48
Portrait
422
Postcolonialism
107
Sex positivity
15
Advertisement
49
Queer
27
Racism
74
Romantic relationships
46
Religion & spirituality
192
Domestic scene
110
Science
52
Sexuality
132
Entertainment
57
Sport
15
Time
29
Traditions
233
Work
82
Domestic work
81
Drag
28
Vegetal
163
Everyday life
284
Old age
31
Violence
145
Lesbian visibility
27
Trans visibility
16
Travel
77
Mediums
Applied arts
214
Jewellery & silverware
21
Decor
61
Furniture
19
Graphic arts
799
Poster
37
Watercolour
187
Collage
207
Drawing (ink, pencil…)
526
Engraving & etching
229
Illustration
102
Artist book
86
Pastel & wax
108
Journal
26
Screen printing
74
Audiovisual
351
Film
127
Digital
56
Sound
77
Video
243
Installation
493
Accumulation
92
Assemblage
231
Environment
139
Light installation
46
[Modes]
127
Ephemeral
26
Site-specific
113
Monumental
128
Painting
808
Acrylic
163
Mural
36
Oil
462
Tempera
31
Performance
235
Photography
421
Analogue photography
240
Digital photography
97
Photojournalism
37
Photomontage
72
Historical techniques
28
Sculpture
444
Concrete & cement
32
Wood
113
Bronze
95
Wax
18
Metal
133
Paper & cardboard
26
Stone
46
Plastic
47
Plaster
81
Clay
97
Glass
27
Textile
214
Embroidery
75
Sewing
46
Crochet & knitting
9
Weaving
63
Countries
Africa
93
South Africa
12
Algeria
12
Cameroon
1
Egypt
13
Ethiopia
1
Ghana
5
Morocco
4
Tunisia
7
Central America and the Caribbean
42
Costa Rica
2
Guatemala
4
Panama
1
North America
373
Canada
25
United States
326
Mexico
31
South America
103
Argentina
31
Brazil
29
Peru
7
Uruguay
5
Asia
190
China
27
India
16
Indonesia
8
Japan
60
Malaysia
4
Russia
33
Taiwan
3
Vietnam
7
Europe
762
Germany
113
Belgium
20
Spain
40
France
375
Hungary
41
Italy
53
Latvia
3
Lithuania
7
Netherlands
34
Poland
29
United Kingdom
102
Slovakia
3
Slovenia
1
Sweden
10
Switzerland
35
Middle East
106
Israel
51
Lebanon
22
Palestine
13
Oceania
47
Australia
37
New Zealand
11
Periods of
activity
XVIe siècle
3
17th century
6
18th century
20
1720s
4
1730s
5
1740s
7
1780s
11
1790s
11
19th century
86
1800s
8
1820s
11
1830s
12
1840s
15
1850s
14
1860s
24
1890s
63
20th century
1239
1900s
93
1910s
147
1920s
220
1930s
281
1940s
306
1950s
382
1960s
510
1970s
610
1980s
713
1990s
850
21st century
805
2000s
805
2010s
718
2020s
523
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
23
— Women Artists in Japan, 19th–21st c.
29
— Radical Women: Latin American Art, 1960–85
13
— AWARE & MACBA
7
— AWARE x Canada
9
— AWARE x Musée d’Orsay
36
— Women in Abstraction
31
— Le Louvre & AWARE
10
— 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
168
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
1898 — 1991 | United States
Berenice Abbott
1898 — 1991 | United States
Berenice Abbott
1898 — 1991 | United States
Berenice Abbott
1961 | Palestine
Buthina Abu Milhem
1907 — 1993 | Mexico
Lola Álvarez Bravo
1799 — 1871 | United Kingdom
Anna Atkins
1969 | Russia
Louisa Babari
1969 | Russia
Louisa Babari
1969 | Russia
Louisa Babari
1911 | China
LIANG Baibo
1911 | China
LIANG Baibo
1911 | China
LIANG Baibo
1908 — Spain | 1994 — Germany
Manuela Ballester Vilaseca
1908 — Spain | 1994 — Germany
Manuela Ballester Vilaseca
1908 — Spain | 1994 — Germany
Manuela Ballester Vilaseca
1872 — 1954 | France
Jeanne Bardey
1872 — 1954 | France
Jeanne Bardey
1971 | France
Yto Barrada
1971 | France
Yto Barrada
1971 | France
Yto Barrada
1937 | Algeria
Martine Barrat
1937 | Algeria
Martine Barrat
1937 | Algeria
Martine Barrat
1936 | France
Sophie Bassouls
1935 — 1981 | France
Claude Batho
1934 — 2015 | Germany
Hilla Becher
1934 — 2015 | Germany
Hilla Becher
1892 — Russia | 1981 — Latvia
Aleksandra Beļcova
1892 — Russia | 1981 — Latvia
Aleksandra Beļcova
1910 — Hungary | 2003 — Netherlands
Eva Besnyő
1910 — Hungary | 2003 — Netherlands
Eva Besnyő
1910 — Hungary | 2003 — Netherlands
Eva Besnyő
1955 | Switzerland
Ursula Biemann
1955 | Switzerland
Ursula Biemann
1955 | Switzerland
Ursula Biemann
1699 — Scotland | 1758 — Great Britain
Elizabeth Blackwell
1957 | Canada
Dominique Blain
1904 — 1991 | Slovakia
Irén Blüh (Irena Blühova)
1904 — 1971 | United States
Margaret Bourke-White
1893 — 1983 | Germany
Marianne Brandt
1893 — 1983 | Germany
Marianne Brandt
1893 — 1983 | Germany
Marianne Brandt
1969 | United States
Nao Bustamante
1969 | United States
Nao Bustamante
1969 | United States
Nao Bustamante
1926 — 2016 | Italy
Carla Cerati
1926 — 2016 | Italy
Carla Cerati
1919 — 2003 | Perú
Julia Chambi López
1970 | Sweden
Loulou Cherinet
1970 | Sweden
Loulou Cherinet
1970 | Sweden
Loulou Cherinet
1962 | Russia
Olga Chernysheva
1957 | Tunisia
Marie-Antoinette Chiarenza
1957 | Tunisia
Marie-Antoinette Chiarenza
1957 | Tunisia
Marie-Antoinette Chiarenza
1902 — 2004 | France
Denise Colomb
1958 — 2005 | Guatemala
Rosa Elena Curruchich
1957 | Argentina
Claudia del Río
1959 | Pays-Bas
Rineke Dijkstra
1974 | France
documentation céline duval (doc-cd)
1974 | France
documentation céline duval (doc-cd)
1942 | Argentina
Diana Dowek
1941 — 2016 | Malaysia
Nirmala Dutt Shanmughalingam
1941 — 2016 | Malaysia
Nirmala Dutt Shanmughalingam
1941 — 2016 | Malaysia
Nirmala Dutt Shanmughalingam
1942 | Panama
Sandra Eleta
1942 | Panama
Sandra Eleta
1942 | Panama
Sandra Eleta
1962 | Cameroon
Angèle Etoundi Essamba
1962 | Cameroon
Angèle Etoundi Essamba
1908 — Germany | 2000 — France
Gisèle Freund
1908 — Germany | 2000 — France
Gisèle Freund
1908 — Germany | 2000 — France
Gisèle Freund
1957 | Mexico
Flor Garduño
1959 | Argentina
Mónica Giron
1959 | Argentina
Mónica Giron
1959 | Argentina
Mónica Giron
1965 | Australia
Julie Gough
1965 | Australia
Julie Gough
1965 | Australia
Julie Gough
1948 | Israel
Haya Graetz-Ran
1948 | Israel
Haya Graetz-Ran
1940 | United States
Nancy Grossman
1940 | United States
Nancy Grossman
1908 — Germany | 1994 — Israel
Liselotte Grschebina
1908 — Germany | 1994 — Israel
Liselotte Grschebina
1908 — Germany | 1994 — Israel
Liselotte Grschebina
1964 | Palestine
Rula Halawani
1945 | United Kingdom
Maggi Hambling
1945 | United Kingdom
Maggi Hambling
1895 — 1967 | Japan
Haruko Hasegawa
1895 — 1967 | Japan
Haruko Hasegawa
1954 | Israel
Michal Heiman
1954 | Israel
Michal Heiman
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
1948 — New Zealand | 2014 — England
Alexis Hunter
1948 — New Zealand | 2014 — England
Alexis Hunter
2019 | Indonesia
Inkubator Inisiatif
1942 | Mexico
Graciela Iturbide
1969 | United States
Chantal Joffe
1964 | Bulgaria
Liz Johnson Artur
1964 | Bulgaria
Liz Johnson Artur
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
1954 | Germany
Karen Knorr
1954 | Germany
Karen Knorr
1954 | Germany
Karen Knorr
1897 — Poland | 1985 — Germany
Germaine Krull
1897 — Poland | 1985 — Germany
Germaine Krull
1944 | Morocco
Joëlle de La Casinière
1951 | Spain
Teresa Lanceta
1951 | Spain
Teresa Lanceta
1951 | Spain
Teresa Lanceta
1896 — Hungary | 1967 — France
Ergy Landau
1896 — Hungary | 1967 — France
Ergy Landau
1895 — 1965 | United States
Dorothea Lange
1955 | Argentina
Adriana Lestido
1955 | Argentina
Adriana Lestido
1955 | Argentina
Adriana Lestido
1964 | United States
Sharon Lockhart
1964 | United States
Sharon Lockhart
1964 | United States
Sharon Lockhart
1952 | Sweden
Eva Löfdahl
1952 | Sweden
Eva Löfdahl
1952 | Sweden
Eva Löfdahl
1962 — 2023 | Taiwan
HOU Lulu Shur-tzy
1962 — 2023 | Taiwan
HOU Lulu Shur-tzy
1962 — 2023 | Taiwan
HOU Lulu Shur-tzy
1948 | Egypt
Huda Lutfi
1960 | Germany
Vera Lutter
1972 | United States
Maha Maamoun
1972 | United States
Maha Maamoun
1926 — 2009 | United States
Vivian Maier
1926 — 2009 | United States
Vivian Maier
1963 | Mexico
Teresa Margolles
1912 — 2000 | Japon
Toshi Maruki
1964 | Lebanon
Rania Matar
1964 | Lebanon
Rania Matar
1907 — United States | 1977 — United Kingdom
Lee Miller
1907 — United States | 1977 — United Kingdom
Lee Miller
1907 — United States | 1977 — United Kingdom
Lee Miller
1947 | Japan
Miyako Ishiuchi
1947 | Japan
Miyako Ishiuchi
1933 — 2000 | Japan
Miyori Hayashi
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
1933 | Belgium
Edit Molnár
1933 | Belgium
Edit Molnár
1951 | United-States of America
Jeanne Moutoussamy-Ashe
1951 | United-States of America
Jeanne Moutoussamy-Ashe
1951 | United-States of America
Jeanne Moutoussamy-Ashe
1973 | United Kingdom
Rosalind Nashashibi
1973 | United Kingdom
Rosalind Nashashibi
1951 | Israel
Michal Na’aman
1951 | Israel
Michal Na’aman
1951 | Israel
Michal Na’aman
1921 — 2007 | France
Janine Niépce
1921 — 2007 | France
Janine Niépce
1930 — Sweden | 1995 — France
Barbro Östlihn
1930 — Sweden | 1995 — France
Barbro Östlihn
1930 — Sweden | 1995 — France
Barbro Östlihn
1942 | Germany
Ulrike Ottinger
1942 | Germany
Ulrike Ottinger
1942 | Germany
Ulrike Ottinger
1927 — 2004 | Brazil
Lygia Pape
1969 | Israel
Nira Pereg
1969 | Israel
Nira Pereg
1969 | Israel
Nira Pereg
1954 | Vietnam
Hanh Thi Pham
1954 | Vietnam
Hanh Thi Pham
1954 | Vietnam
Hanh Thi Pham
1907 — 2000 | Poland
Julia Pirotte
1907 — 2000 | Poland
Julia Pirotte
1907 — 2000 | Poland
Julia Pirotte
1961 | South Africa
Jo Ractliffe
1961 | South Africa
Jo Ractliffe
1968 | Poland
Joanna Rajkowska
1968 | Poland
Joanna Rajkowska
1968 | Poland
Joanna Rajkowska
1967 | Spain
Tere Recarens
1967 | Spain
Tere Recarens
1967 | Spain
Tere Recarens
1911 — 1991 | Hungary
Marian Reismann
1972 — Switzerland | 1963 — Germany
Pauline Boudry / Renate Lorenz
1972 — Switzerland | 1963 — Germany
Pauline Boudry / Renate Lorenz
1938 — 2015 | Uruguay
Nelbia Romero
1938 — 2015 | Uruguay
Nelbia Romero
1970 | Hungary
Eszter Salamon
1970 | Hungary
Eszter Salamon
1970 | Hungary
Eszter Salamon
1973 | Australia
Yhonnie Scarce
1973 | Australia
Yhonnie Scarce
1973 | Australia
Yhonnie Scarce
1941 | Germany
Deidi von Schaewen
1963 | United States
Collier Schorr
1944 | Mandatory Palestine
Miriam Sharon
1944 | Mandatory Palestine
Miriam Sharon
1944 | Mandatory Palestine
Miriam Sharon
1940 — Mandatory Palestine | 2022 — United Kingdom
Laila Shawa
1940 — Mandatory Palestine | 2022 — United Kingdom
Laila Shawa
1940 — Mandatory Palestine | 2022 — United Kingdom
Laila Shawa
1945 | India
Nilima Sheikh
1945 | India
Nilima Sheikh
1961 | India
Dayanita Singh
1961 | India
Dayanita Singh
1906 — Russian Empire (now Lithuania) | 1998 — Lithuania
Veronika Šleivytė
1906 — Russian Empire (now Lithuania) | 1998 — Lithuania
Veronika Šleivytė
1906 — Russian Empire (now Lithuania) | 1998 — Lithuania
Veronika Šleivytė
1904 — Germany | 1999 — Argentina
Grete Stern
1904 — Germany | 1999 — Argentina
Grete Stern
1762 — Great Britain | 1844 — United Kingdom
Sarah Stone
1914 — United Kingdom | 2000 — United States
Constance Stuart Larrabee
1914 — United Kingdom | 2000 — United States
Constance Stuart Larrabee
1910 — 1943 | Hungary
Kata Sugár
1968 | United States
Catherine Sullivan
1945 — 2023 | United States
Gail Tremblay
1945 — 2023 | United States
Gail Tremblay
1945 — 2023 | United States
Gail Tremblay
1952 | Vietnam
Trinh T. Minh-ha
1952 | Vietnam
Trinh T. Minh-ha
1882 — 1934 | United States
Doris Ulmann
1882 — 1934 | United States
Doris Ulmann
1928 — Belgium | 2019 — France
Agnès Varda
1928 — Belgium | 2019 — France
Agnès Varda
1974 | France
Marie Voignier
1974 | France
Marie Voignier
1961 | Australia
Lynette Wallworth
1963 | United Kingdom
Gillian Wearing
1909 — 2001 | United States
Eudora Welty
1967 | People’s Republic of China
Danwen Xing
1967 | People’s Republic of China
Danwen Xing
1972 | Israel
Rona Yefman
1972 | Israel
Rona Yefman
1972 | Israel
Rona Yefman
1973 | Japan
Yurie Nagashima
1973 | Japan
Yurie Nagashima
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