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Fields
Architecture
21
Decorative arts & design
11
Visual arts
1512
Artistic Movements
Geometric abstraction
46
Lyrical abstraction
22
Academic art
10
Viennese Actionism
2
Appropriationism
5
Outsider art
4
Kinetic art
15
Conceptual art
95
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
37
Abstract expressionism
45
Fauvism
5
Fluxus
8
Futurism
9
Hyperrealism
5
Impressionism
14
Land art
10
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
38
Socialist Realism
9
Harlem Renaissance
4
Suprematism
6
Surrealism
56
Symbolism
14
Subjects
Abstraction
391
Adolescence
14
Allegory
148
Animals
198
Architecture
144
Archives
9
Autobiography
144
Self-portrait
210
Body positivity
16
Political issues
421
Social classes
124
Women's status
353
Consumerism
98
Human body
504
Cosmos
66
Colour
238
Dance
86
Discriminations
168
Ecology
108
Writing
189
Childhood
126
Eroticism
87
Public space
110
Fantasy & dreams
94
Feminism
339
Party & nightlife
37
Gender fluidity
21
Geography
21
Geometry
166
War & conflicts
163
History
309
Art history & museum
84
Homophobia
14
Identity
241
Industry
38
Intimacy
124
Irony
69
Games & toys
25
Language
93
Light
93
Machine & technology
40
Magic & esotericism
9
Disease
48
Mannequins & dolls
46
Maternity
128
Mathematics
10
Media
66
Memory
231
Human migration
107
Fashion & clothing
70
Modernity
34
Death
80
Music
67
Myths, tales & legends
109
Nation
56
Nature
309
Still life
174
Food
26
Nude
179
Landscape
341
Urban landscape
181
Spatial perception
36
Visual perception
54
Portrait
476
Postcolonialism
116
Sex positivity
16
Advertisement
53
Queer
29
Racism
77
Romantic relationships
51
Religion & spirituality
212
Domestic scene
124
Science
59
Sexuality
138
Entertainment
58
Sport
15
Surveillance
5
Time
32
Traditions
263
Work
90
Domestic work
94
Drag
28
Vegetal
195
Everyday life
321
Aging
36
Violence
154
Lesbian visibility
27
Trans visibility
17
Travel
83
Mediums
Objects
239
Jewellery
15
Ceramic
93
Medal
6
Furniture
27
Fashion
13
Silverware
5
Glassware
3
Graphic arts
874
Poster
40
Watercolour
205
Collage
215
Drawing (ink, pencil…)
580
Engraving & etching
245
Illustration
112
Artist book
96
Pastel & wax
113
Journal
26
Screen printing
81
Performing arts
40
Costume
40
Dance
10
Set design
62
Dolls & puppets
13
Theater
2
Audiovisual
379
Film
138
Digital
62
Sound
84
Video
265
Concepts
42
Curating
12
Critical writing
19
Conceptual practices (instructions…)
19
Space & installation
564
Accumulation
108
Architecture
24
Interior design
10
Assemblage
265
Environment
154
Light installation
50
Mosaic
20
Stained glass
18
[Modes]
150
Ephemeral
32
Site-specific
129
Monumental
142
Painting
905
Acrylic
183
Mural
44
Gouache
101
Oil
534
Miniature
9
Tempera
35
Performance
254
Photography
445
Analogue photography
252
Digital photography
105
Photojournalism
38
Photomontage
74
Historical techniques
31
Sculpture
487
Cement & concrete
37
Wood
125
Bronze
106
Wax
18
Marble
30
Metal
149
Paper & cardboard
27
Stone
50
Plastic
49
Plaster
86
Resin
35
Clay
104
Glass
30
Textile
225
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
405
Canada
27
United States
352
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
231
Bangladesh
2
Burma
2
Cambodia
1
China
30
South Korea
9
India
18
Indonesia
14
Japan
71
Kazakhstan
5
Malaysia
7
Nepal
1
Uzbekistan
2
Pakistan
6
Philippines
10
Russia
33
Singapore
8
Sri Lanka
1
Taiwan
6
Thailand
6
Vietnam
8
Europe
858
Albania
1
Germany
118
Austria
20
Belarus
3
Belgium
21
Bosnia-Herzegovina
3
Bulgaria
10
Cyprus
1
Croatia
11
Denmark
25
Spain
43
Estonia
16
Finland
7
France
408
Georgia
1
Greece
5
Hungary
42
Ireland
6
Iceland
4
Italy
67
Latvia
3
Lithuania
7
Muxembourg
5
North Macedonia
4
Moldova
2
Norway
17
Netherlands
35
Poland
33
Portugal
8
Czech Republic
14
Romania
9
United Kingdom
110
Serbia
5
Slovakia
3
Slovenia
1
Sweden
15
Switzerland
38
Ukraine
15
Middle East
114
Saudi Arabia
1
Armenia
1
Irak
5
Iran
6
Israel
51
Jordan
4
Kuwait
1
Lebanon
23
Palestine
17
Syria
4
Turkey
21
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
13
1600s
2
1610s
2
1620s
1
1630s
1
1640s
3
1650s
4
1660s
3
1670s
4
1680s
5
1690s
4
18th century
27
1710s
3
1720s
4
1730s
6
1740s
8
1750s
9
1760s
14
1770s
17
1780s
14
1790s
14
19th century
107
1800s
12
1810s
13
1820s
14
1830s
14
1840s
17
1850s
17
1860s
29
1870s
45
1880s
48
1890s
77
20th century
1368
1900s
108
1910s
166
1920s
240
1930s
310
1940s
336
1950s
422
1960s
568
1970s
678
1980s
790
1990s
943
21st century
895
2000s
894
2010s
794
2020s
591
Programmes
— + 1
31
— 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
5
— Women in Abstraction
31
— Le Louvre & AWARE
17
— Les architectes
14
— 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
204
The indexed biographies correspond to artists born between 1500 and 1976.
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1940 — 1996 | Iceland
Róska (Ragnhildur Óskarsdóttir)
1940 — 1996 | Iceland
Róska (Ragnhildur Óskarsdóttir)
1940 — 1996 | Iceland
Róska (Ragnhildur Óskarsdóttir)
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
1956 | Syria
Hala Alabdalla
1956 | Syria
Hala Alabdalla
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)
1957 | Turkey
Handan Börüteçene
1957 | Turkey
Handan Börüteçene
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
1969 | Myanmar
Chaw Ei Thein
1969 | Myanmar
Chaw Ei Thein
1969 | Myanmar
Chaw Ei Thein
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
1866 — 1944 | Denmark
Marie Henriques
1866 — 1944 | Denmark
Marie Henriques
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
1975 | Switzerland
Sasha Huber
1975 | Switzerland
Sasha Huber
1975 | Switzerland
Sasha Huber
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
1974 | Chile
Loreto Millalén Iturriaga
1974 | Chile
Loreto Millalén Iturriaga
1974 | Chile
Loreto Millalén Iturriaga
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
1953 | Argentina
Cristina Piffer
1965 | Sweden
Katarina Pirak Sikku
1965 | Sweden
Katarina Pirak Sikku
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
1873 — 1966 | USA
Olive Rebecca Rush
1873 — 1966 | USA
Olive Rebecca Rush
1873 — 1966 | USA
Olive Rebecca Rush
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
1947 — Yugoslavia | 2001 — Croatia
Edita Schubert
1947 — Yugoslavia | 2001 — Croatia
Edita Schubert
1947 — Yugoslavia | 2001 — Croatia
Edita Schubert
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
1940 | Japan
Tokuko Ushioda
1965 | Japan
Tomoko Yoneda
1965 | Japan
Tomoko Yoneda
1965 | Japan
Tomoko Yoneda
1928 — 2019 | Japan
Toyoko Tokiwa
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
1962 | Italy
Claudia Triozzi
1962 | Italy
Claudia Triozzi
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
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