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Fields
Artistic Movements
Lyrical abstraction
21
Conceptual art
79
Postconceptual art
6
Expressionism
36
Abstract expressionism
42
Minimalism
37
Pop art
46
Postimpressionism
14
Surrealism
52
[Artist collectives]
114
Subjects
Abstraction
337
Allegory
105
Animals
161
Architecture
126
Autobiography
121
Self-portrait
170
Political issues
342
Social classes
80
Women's status
299
Consumerism
85
Human body
410
Cosmos
43
Colour
212
Dance
77
Discriminations
148
Documentary
117
Ecology
73
Childhood
106
Fantasy & dreams
84
Feminism
295
Geometry
150
War & conflicts
140
History
265
Identity
199
Intimacy
103
Language
88
Light
81
Machine & technology
33
Maternity
111
Memory
194
Human migration
94
Music
63
Myths, tales & legends
94
Nature
235
Food
20
Landscape
286
Visual perception
43
Portrait
399
Postcolonialism
98
Racism
65
Romantic relationships
44
Religion & spirituality
179
Sexuality
129
Entertainment
54
Surveillance
5
Traditions
226
Drag
27
Vegetal
159
Everyday life
274
Travel
74
Mediums
Applied arts
206
Jewellery & silverware
19
Graphic arts
770
Watercolour
182
Collage
201
Drawing (ink, pencil…)
506
Engraving & etching
224
Illustration
97
Artist book
82
Pastel & wax
105
Screen printing
71
Audiovisual
338
Film
123
Digital
50
Sound
74
Video
237
Installation
479
Accumulation
86
Assemblage
224
Environment
134
Light installation
44
[Modes]
124
Monumental
127
Painting
766
Acrylic
157
Mural
35
Gouache
95
Oil
441
Tempera
28
Performance
224
Photography
410
Analogue photography
235
Digital photography
93
Sculpture
430
Wood
110
Bronze
93
Marble
25
Metal
131
Stone
43
Plaster
78
Resin
32
Clay
94
Textile
204
Embroidery
72
Crochet & knitting
9
Weaving
58
Countries
Africa
89
Egypt
12
Zambia
1
Central America and the Caribbean
38
North America
361
Canada
25
United States
315
Mexico
30
South America
99
Asia
171
China
28
South Korea
8
Europe
728
Germany
112
Spain
40
France
358
Italy
48
United Kingdom
99
Switzerland
35
Middle East
96
Lebanon
14
Oceania
45
Australia
35
Periods of
activity
17th century
1
18th century
18
19th century
78
20th century
1189
1900s
88
1910s
143
1920s
215
1930s
274
1940s
296
1950s
367
1960s
484
1970s
582
1980s
680
1990s
814
21st century
773
2000s
774
2010s
691
2020s
502
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
18
— Women Artists in Japan, 19th–21st c.
23
— Radical Women: Latin American Art, 1960–85
13
— AWARE x Canada
9
— AWARE x Musée d’Orsay
36
— Women in Abstraction
31
— New Media, 1960s-1990s
7
— Netherlands–Caribbean, 19th–21st c.
11
— Rewriting Art History in the Americas
43
— Season Africa2020
23
— TEAM: Teaching, E-learning, Agency, Mentoring
163
The indexed biographies correspond to artists born between 1664 and 1974.
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1955 | Switzerland
Ursula Biemann
1936 — 1998 | United States
Bernice Bing
1931 | Italy
Tomaso Binga
1934 — Germany | 2023 — Italy
Irma Blank
1928 — 2017 | France
Pierrette Bloch
1946 | Egypt
Anna Boghiguian
1939 | France
Bernadette Bour
1911 — France | 2010 — United States
Louise Bourgeois
1962 | United-Kingdom
Sonia Boyce
1966 | Canada
Angela Bulloch
1966 | Zambia
Agnes Buya Yombwe
1953 | France
Sophie Calle
1871 — 1945 | Canada
Emily Carr
1917 — United Kingdom | 2011 — Mexico
Leonora Carrington
1951 — South Korea | 1982 — United States
Theresa Hak Kyung Cha
1942 | Spain
Mari Chordà
1924 — China | 2011 — Australia
Irene Chou
1916 — 2017 | Lebanon
Saloua Raouda Choucair
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