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Fields
Architecture
7
Decorative arts & design
3
Visual arts
1399
Artistic Movements
Lyrical abstraction
22
Outsider art
4
Conceptual art
83
Context art
12
Body art
11
Naïve art
12
Art nouveau
6
Postconceptual art
6
Artist collective
9
Institutional critique
11
Cubism
30
Abstract expressionism
43
Hyperrealism
5
Land art
11
Mail art
12
Member of a collective
112
Minimalism
37
Neo-expressionism
6
Nouveau Réalisme
6
Neues Sehen
11
Pop art
46
Postminimalism
7
Realism
36
Socialist Realism
8
Surrealism
55
Symbolism
13
Subjects
Abstraction
366
Adolescence
11
Allegory
124
Animals
173
Architecture
132
Autobiography
132
Self-portrait
191
Body positivity
13
Political issues
385
Social classes
98
Women's status
322
Consumerism
91
Human body
450
Cosmos
52
Colour
226
Dance
80
Discriminations
160
Documentary
131
Ecology
82
Writing
176
Childhood
115
Public space
94
Fantasy & dreams
86
Feminism
311
Party & nightlife
37
Gender fluidity
20
Geometry
156
War & conflicts
155
History
287
Art history & museum
73
Homophobia
14
Identity
219
Industry
31
Intimacy
112
Irony
64
Games & toys
17
Language
90
Light
87
Machine & technology
34
Magic & esotericism
9
Disease
45
Mannequins & dolls
41
Maternity
118
Media
64
Memory
212
Human migration
101
Fashion & clothing
67
Modernity
34
Death
72
Music
66
Myths, tales & legends
101
Nature
264
Still life
158
Food
20
Nude
163
Landscape
309
Urban landscape
159
Spatial perception
28
Portrait
438
Postcolonialism
107
Sex positivity
15
Advertisement
50
Queer
28
Racism
74
Romantic relationships
47
Religion & spirituality
200
Domestic scene
114
Science
53
Sexuality
133
Entertainment
57
Time
30
Traditions
238
Work
84
Domestic work
82
Drag
28
Vegetal
170
Everyday life
295
Aging
31
Violence
146
Lesbian visibility
27
Trans visibility
17
Travel
78
Mediums
Objects
220
Ceramic
82
Graphic arts
819
Poster
38
Watercolour
192
Collage
211
Drawing (ink, pencil…)
535
Engraving & etching
232
Illustration
105
Artist book
89
Pastel & wax
110
Journal
26
Screen printing
74
Performing arts
34
Costume
37
Set design
60
Audiovisual
354
Film
128
Digital
56
Sound
79
Video
247
Concepts
27
Space & installation
509
Accumulation
94
Assemblage
240
Environment
141
Light installation
48
[Modes]
131
Ephemeral
28
Site-specific
117
Monumental
130
Painting
836
Acrylic
164
Mural
38
Gouache
99
Oil
481
Performance
239
Photography
426
Analogue photography
243
Digital photography
99
Photojournalism
38
Photomontage
73
Historical techniques
28
Sculpture
454
Cement & concrete
34
Wood
116
Bronze
96
Marble
29
Metal
137
Paper & cardboard
26
Stone
47
Plastic
48
Plaster
82
Resin
33
Clay
98
Glass
25
Textile
208
Embroidery
74
Sewing
38
Crochet & knitting
9
Weaving
65
Countries
Africa
98
Egypt
14
Morocco
4
Central America and the Caribbean
41
Cuba
11
North America
379
United States
332
Mexico
31
South America
106
Argentina
31
Brazil
30
Chile
10
Colombia
8
Ecuador
1
Venezuela
5
Asia
201
India
17
Indonesia
9
Japan
67
Singapore
7
Taiwan
4
Vietnam
7
Europe
789
Germany
115
Austria
19
Belgium
21
Bulgaria
8
Croatia
10
Denmark
13
France
384
Hungary
41
Italy
59
Lithuania
7
Netherlands
34
Poland
30
Czech Republic
13
United Kingdom
105
Serbia
4
Slovakia
3
Sweden
10
Switzerland
37
Middle East
109
Israel
51
Lebanon
22
Syria
4
Turkey
19
Oceania
48
Australia
38
Periods of
activity
XVIe siècle
3
17th century
8
18th century
24
19th century
92
1860s
25
1870s
36
1880s
37
1890s
64
20th century
1271
1900s
94
1910s
152
1920s
226
1930s
289
1940s
314
1950s
394
1960s
526
1970s
627
1980s
731
1990s
874
21st century
826
2000s
825
2010s
735
2020s
537
Programmes
— + 1
23
— Amazons of Pop, 1961–73
13
— Women Artists of the 1960s in Africa
18
— 18th-Century Women Artists
28
— 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
3
— AWARE x Musée d’Orsay
36
— Women in Abstraction
31
— Le Louvre & AWARE
13
— Les architectes
6
— New Media, 1960s-1990s
10
— Netherlands–Caribbean, 19th–21st c.
12
— Photographers from Japan
3
— Rewriting Art History in the Americas
48
— Season Africa2020
23
— TEAM: Teaching, E-learning, Agency, Mentoring
173
The indexed biographies correspond to artists born between 1664 and 1974.
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1895 — 1978 | United Kingdom
Gluck (Hannah Gluckstein, dite)
1895 — 1978 | United Kingdom
Gluck (Hannah Gluckstein, dite)
1968 | Hungary
Rita Ackermann
1968 | Hungary
Rita Ackermann
1956 | Syria
Hala Alabdalla
1956 | Syria
Hala Alabdalla
1886 — 1964 | Switzerland
Aloïse (Aloïse Corbaz dite)
1886 — 1964 | Switzerland
Aloïse (Aloïse Corbaz dite)
1963 | Egypt
Ghada Amer
1963 | Egypt
Ghada Amer
1935 — 1972 | Belgium
Evelyne Axell
1936 — Czech Republic | 1996 — Slovakia
Mária Bartuszová
1936 — Czech Republic | 1996 — Slovakia
Mária Bartuszová
1943 | Austria
Renate Bertlmann
1974 | Belgium
Aline Bouvy
1974 | Belgium
Aline Bouvy
1974 | Belgium
Aline Bouvy
1969 | United Kingdom
Cecily Brown
1969 | United Kingdom
Cecily Brown
1969 | United States
Nao Bustamante
1969 | United States
Nao Bustamante
1969 | United States
Nao Bustamante
1931 — 2019 | Lebanon
Huguette Caland
1931 — 2019 | Lebanon
Huguette Caland
1931 — 2019 | Lebanon
Huguette Caland
1953 — 1996 | United Kingdom
Helen Chadwick
1864 — 1943 | France
Camille Claudel
1864 — 1943 | France
Camille Claudel
1959 | Hungary
Marianne Csaky
1959 | United States
Vaginal Davis
1939 — 2024 | Netherlands
Jacqueline de Jong
1939 — 2024 | Netherlands
Jacqueline de Jong
1926 | United States
Rosalyn Drexler
1946 | Hungary
Orshi Drozdik
1946 | Hungary
Orshi Drozdik
1946 | Hungary
Orshi Drozdik
1905 — 1985 | Bulgaria
Vaska Emanuilova
1956 | Morocco
Lalla Essaydi
1955 | Turkey
İnci Eviner
1907 — Argentina | 1996 — France
Leonor Fini
1907 — Argentina | 1996 — France
Leonor Fini
1965 | United States
Andrea Fraser
1951 | United States
Donna Gottschalk
1951 | United States
Donna Gottschalk
1939 — 2019 | United States
Barbara Hammer
1912 — Germany | 2005 — Argentina
Annemarie Heinrich
1912 — Germany | 2005 — Argentina
Annemarie Heinrich
1920 — Venezuela | 2020 — United States
Luchita Hurtado
1920 — Venezuela | 2020 — United States
Luchita Hurtado
1920 — Venezuela | 2020 — United States
Luchita Hurtado
1950 — 2006 | Lithuania
Elvyra Kairiūkštytė
1950 — 2006 | Lithuania
Elvyra Kairiūkštytė
1942 | Yugoslavia (Serbia)
Katalin Ladik
1942 | Yugoslavia (Serbia)
Katalin Ladik
1942 | Yugoslavia (Serbia)
Katalin Ladik
1845 — 1928 | France
Madeleine Lemaire (Jeanne Magdelaine Lemaire, dite)
1845 — 1928 | France
Madeleine Lemaire (Jeanne Magdelaine Lemaire, dite)
1937 — 2022 | Poland
Natalia LL
1952 | Sweden
Eva Löfdahl
1952 | Sweden
Eva Löfdahl
1952 | Sweden
Eva Löfdahl
1907 — 1997 | France
Dora Maar
1951 — 1994 | Argentina
Liliana Maresca
1951 — 1994 | Argentina
Liliana Maresca
1894 — 1973 | Brazil
Maria Martins
1894 — 1973 | Brazil
Maria Martins
1894 — 1973 | Brazil
Maria Martins
1956 — 2018 | Taiwan
YAN Ming-Huy
1956 — 2018 | Taiwan
YAN Ming-Huy
1956 — 2018 | Taiwan
YAN Ming-Huy
1960 | United Kingdom
Cathy de Monchaux
1954 | France
Marie Morel
1949 — 2015 | India
Mrinalini Mukherjee
1966 — 2006 | Indonesia
I Gusti Ayu Kadek Murniasih
1966 — 2006 | Indonesia
I Gusti Ayu Kadek Murniasih
1946 | United States
Catherine Murphy
1963 | Slovakia
Ilona Németh
1893 — 1978 | Mexico
Nahui Olin
1893 — 1978 | Mexico
Nahui Olin
1913 — Germany | 1985 — Switzerland
Meret Oppenheim
1913 — Germany | 1985 — Switzerland
Meret Oppenheim
1898 — France | 1978 — United Kingdom
Valentine Penrose
1898 — France | 1978 — United Kingdom
Valentine Penrose
1954 | Vietnam
Hanh Thi Pham
1954 | Vietnam
Hanh Thi Pham
1954 | Vietnam
Hanh Thi Pham
1931 — 1999 | Poland
Maria Pinińska-Bereś
1931 — 1999 | Poland
Maria Pinińska-Bereś
1934 — Czechoslovakia | 1999 — Czech Republic
Naděžda Plíšková
1934 — Czechoslovakia | 1999 — Czech Republic
Naděžda Plíšková
1918 — 2015 | Italy
Carol Rama
1972 — Switzerland | 1963 — Germany
Pauline Boudry / Renate Lorenz
1972 — Switzerland | 1963 — Germany
Pauline Boudry / Renate Lorenz
1962 | Switzerland
Pipilotti Rist
1962 | Switzerland
Pipilotti Rist
1941 | United States
Sheree Rose
1941 | United States
Sheree Rose
1926 — Cuba | 2024 — Puerto Rico
Zilia Sánchez
1926 — Cuba | 2024 — Puerto Rico
Zilia Sánchez
1926 — Cuba | 2024 — Puerto Rico
Zilia Sánchez
1955 | Israel
Iris Sara Schiller
1955 | Israel
Iris Sara Schiller
1939 — 2019 | United States
Carolee Schneemann
1892 — 1970 | Japan
Seien Shima
1916 — United Kingdom | 2010 — United States
Sylvia Sleigh
1916 — United Kingdom | 2010 — United States
Sylvia Sleigh
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
1969 | Indonesia
Melati Suryodarmo
1969 | Indonesia
Melati Suryodarmo
1969 | Indonesia
Melati Suryodarmo
1933 — Taiwan | 2024 — Japan
Mitsuko Tabe
1933 — Taiwan | 2024 — Japan
Mitsuko Tabe
1933 — Taiwan | 2024 — Japan
Mitsuko Tabe
1910 — 2012 | United States
Dorothea Tanning
1910 — 2012 | United States
Dorothea Tanning
1971 | United States
Mickalene Thomas
1945 | United States
Betty Tompkins
1902 — Czech Republic | 1982 — France
Toyen (Marie Čerminová dite)
1902 — Czech Republic | 1982 — France
Toyen (Marie Čerminová dite)
1952 | Germany
Rosemarie Trockel
1952 | Germany
Rosemarie Trockel
1932 — 2022 | Japan
Asuka Tsuboi
1932 — 2022 | Japan
Asuka Tsuboi
1932 — 2022 | Japan
Asuka Tsuboi
1951 | United Kingdom
Cosey Fanni Tutti (Christine Carol Newby, dite)
1953 — Poland | 2020 — France
Teresa Tyszkiewicz
1953 — Poland | 2020 — France
Teresa Tyszkiewicz
1952 | France
Françoise Vergier
1959 | Singapore
Suzann Victor
1959 | Singapore
Suzann Victor
1948 | Chile
Cecilia Vicuña
1948 | Chile
Cecilia Vicuña
1948 | Chile
Cecilia Vicuña
1965 | United Kingdom
Alison Watt
1965 | United Kingdom
Alison Watt
1965 | United Kingdom
Alison Watt
1885 — 1940 | Denmark
Gerda Wegener
1885 — 1940 | Denmark
Gerda Wegener
1940 — 1993 | United States
Hannah Wilke
1970 — 2014 | Singapour
Juliana Yasin
1970 — 2014 | Singapour
Juliana Yasin
1972 | Israel
Rona Yefman
1972 | Israel
Rona Yefman
1972 | Israel
Rona Yefman
1893 — 1975 | United Kingdom
Madame Yevonde
1962 | United States
Lisa Yuskavage
1941 | Czech Republic
Jana Želibská
1916 — Germany | 1970 — France
Unica Zürn
1916 — Germany | 1970 — France
Unica Zürn
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