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Fields
Architecture
1
Visual arts
1358
Design
3
Artistic Movements
Geometric abstraction
45
Lyrical abstraction
22
Academic art
10
Viennese Actionism
2
Appropriationism
5
Kinetic art
13
Conceptual art
81
Body art
11
Postconceptual art
6
Land art
10
Mail art
12
Minimalism
37
Neo-expressionism
6
Nouveau Réalisme
6
New Objectivity
13
Straight photography
12
Pop art
46
Postminimalism
7
Postmodernism
8
Realism
36
Socialist Realism
9
Harlem Renaissance
4
[Artist collectives]
119
Subjects
Abstraction
357
Adolescence
11
Allegory
110
Animals
167
Architecture
127
Autobiography
128
Self-portrait
181
Body positivity
13
Political issues
368
Social classes
88
Women's status
310
Consumerism
88
Human body
433
Cosmos
46
Colour
220
Dance
80
Discriminations
157
Documentary
125
Ecology
78
Writing
168
Childhood
113
Eroticism
78
Fantasy & dreams
86
Feminism
305
Party & nightlife
37
Gender fluidity
20
Geometry
154
War & conflicts
148
History
275
Art history & museum
67
Identity
208
Industry
31
Intimacy
105
Irony
60
Language
90
Light
84
Machine & technology
33
Disease
44
Mannequins & dolls
41
Maternity
115
Mathematics
10
Media
64
Memory
205
Human migration
99
Fashion & clothing
67
Modernity
34
Death
72
Music
65
Myths, tales & legends
96
Nation
54
Nature
249
Still life
153
Nude
157
Landscape
297
Urban landscape
153
Spatial perception
27
Visual perception
48
Portrait
421
Postcolonialism
106
Advertisement
49
Queer
27
Racism
74
Romantic relationships
45
Religion & spirituality
192
Domestic scene
110
Science
52
Sexuality
132
Sport
15
Surveillance
5
Time
29
Traditions
232
Work
82
Domestic work
81
Drag
28
Vegetal
163
Everyday life
284
Old age
31
Violence
144
Lesbian visibility
27
Trans visibility
16
Travel
77
Mediums
Applied arts
212
Ceramic
79
Costumes
37
Decor
60
Furniture
19
Mosaic
18
Graphic arts
795
Poster
37
Watercolour
187
Collage
206
Drawing (ink, pencil…)
523
Engraving & etching
229
Illustration
101
Artist book
85
Pastel & wax
108
Screen printing
74
Audiovisual
350
Film
126
Digital
56
Sound
77
Video
242
Installation
491
Accumulation
92
Assemblage
230
Environment
138
Light installation
46
[Modes]
126
Ephemeral
26
Site-specific
112
Monumental
128
Painting
804
Acrylic
162
Mural
36
Oil
461
Performance
234
Photography
421
Analogue photography
240
Digital photography
97
Photojournalism
37
Photomontage
72
Historical techniques
28
Sculpture
443
Concrete & cement
32
Wood
113
Bronze
95
Wax
18
Marble
29
Metal
133
Paper & cardboard
26
Stone
46
Plastic
47
Plaster
81
Resin
32
Clay
97
Glass
27
Textile
213
Embroidery
75
Sewing
46
Weaving
62
Countries
Africa
92
Egypt
13
Ethiopia
1
Ghana
5
Morocco
4
Nigeria
16
Central America and the Caribbean
41
Cuba
11
Guatemala
4
North America
372
Canada
25
United States
325
Mexico
31
South America
102
Argentina
31
Brazil
29
Chile
8
Colombia
7
Paraguay
1
Asia
188
China
27
Indonesia
8
Japan
59
Russia
33
Singapore
7
Europe
761
Germany
113
Austria
18
Belgium
20
Bulgaria
8
Croatia
10
Denmark
12
Spain
40
Estonia
13
Finland
5
France
375
Hungary
41
Italy
53
Lithuania
7
Netherlands
34
Poland
29
Czech Republic
12
Romania
9
United Kingdom
101
Slovakia
3
Sweden
10
Middle East
106
Irak
4
Israel
51
Lebanon
22
Palestine
13
Turkey
19
Oceania
47
Periods of
activity
XVIe siècle
3
17th century
6
18th century
20
1790s
11
19th century
85
1800s
8
1810s
10
1850s
14
1860s
23
1870s
34
1880s
35
1890s
62
20th century
1235
1900s
92
1910s
146
1920s
219
1930s
280
1940s
306
1950s
382
1960s
508
1970s
608
1980s
711
1990s
848
21st century
803
2000s
803
2010s
716
2020s
521
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
1959 | Finland
Eija-Liisa Ahtila
1959 | Finland
Eija-Liisa Ahtila
1886 — 1973 | Brazil
Tarsila do Amaral
1886 — 1973 | Brazil
Tarsila do Amaral
1946 | United States
Alice Aycock
1931 — 1998 | Guatemala
Margarita Azurdia
1931 — 1998 | Guatemala
Margarita Azurdia
1957 | France
Élisabeth Ballet
1941 | United States
Lynda Benglis
1825 — 1909 | France
Hélène Bertaux
1921 | Paraguay
Olga Blinder
1968 | Cuba
Tania Bruguera
1916 — 1985 | Argentina
Aída Zulema Carballo
1915 — United States | 2012 — Mexico
Elizabeth Catlett
1915 — United States | 2012 — Mexico
Elizabeth Catlett
1970 | Sweden
Loulou Cherinet
1970 | Sweden
Loulou Cherinet
1970 | Sweden
Loulou Cherinet
1944 — United States | 2014 — Canada
Lynne Cohen
1965 | Italy
Daniela Comani
1973 | France
Anne-Lise Coste (Uruk)
1973 | France
Anne-Lise Coste (Uruk)
1973 | France
Anne-Lise Coste (Uruk)
1956 | Croatia
Vlasta Delimar
1961 | China
PAU Ellen
1961 | China
PAU Ellen
1961 | China
PAU Ellen
1964 | Hungary
Ágnes Eperjesi
1949 | Turkey
Ayşe Erkmen
1949 | Turkey
Ayşe Erkmen
1956 | Morocco
Lalla Essaydi
1965 | United States
Andrea Fraser
1965 | Spain
Dora García
1965 | Spain
Dora García
1948 | Germany
Isa Genzken
1908 — Germany | 1994 — Israel
Liselotte Grschebina
1908 — Germany | 1994 — Israel
Liselotte Grschebina
1908 — Germany | 1994 — Israel
Liselotte Grschebina
1958 | Former Yougoslavia
Marina Gržinić
1985 | United States
Guerrilla Girls
1964 | Palestine
Rula Halawani
1896 — 1988 | Japan
Hisako Kajiwara
1944 | Germany
Candida Höfer
1950 | United States
Jenny Holzer
1966 | People’s Republic of China
Yu Hong
1956 | Spain
Cristina Iglesias
1956 | Spain
Cristina Iglesias
1945 | United States
Valerie Jaudon
1945 | United States
Valerie Jaudon
1972 | Lebanon
Lamia Joreige
1972 | Lebanon
Lamia Joreige
1912 — 1977 | Hungary
Judit Kárász
1912 — 1977 | Hungary
Judit Kárász
1912 — 1977 | Hungary
Judit Kárász
1923 — Lithuania | 2019 — United States
Aleksandra Kasuba
1923 — Lithuania | 2019 — United States
Aleksandra Kasuba
1902 — 1977 | Hungary
Margit Kovács
1902 — 1977 | Hungary
Margit Kovács
1902 — 1977 | Hungary
Margit Kovács
1945 | United States
Barbara Kruger
1947 | United States
Louise Lawler
1892 — 1967 | Russia
Sarra Lébédéva
1892 — 1967 | Russia
Sarra Lébédéva
1955 | Argentina
Adriana Lestido
1955 | Argentina
Adriana Lestido
1955 | Argentina
Adriana Lestido
1890 — 1981 | United-States
Elizabeth Lochrie
1890 — 1981 | United-States
Elizabeth Lochrie
1940 | Romania
Ana Lupaș
1948 | Egypt
Huda Lutfi
1972 | United States
Maha Maamoun
1972 | United States
Maha Maamoun
1926 — 2009 | United States
Vivian Maier
1926 — 2009 | United States
Vivian Maier
1961 | China
LEUNG Mee-ping
1961 | China
LEUNG Mee-ping
1961 | China
LEUNG Mee-ping
1956 | Brazil
Simone Michelin
1867 — 1936 | Argentina
Lola Mora
1867 — 1936 | Argentina
Lola Mora
1867 — 1936 | Argentina
Lola Mora
1936 — 1977 | United States
Ree Morton
1947 | Mandatory Palestine
Efrat Natan
1947 | Mandatory Palestine
Efrat Natan
1947 | Mandatory Palestine
Efrat Natan
1957 | France
Marylène Negro
1963 | Slovakia
Ilona Németh
1970 | United States
Wura-Natasha Ogunji
1970 | United States
Wura-Natasha Ogunji
1938 | Nigeria
Elizabeth Olowu
1966 | United Kingdom
Lucy Orta
1966 | United Kingdom
Lucy Orta
1966 | Nigeria
Veronica Otigbo-Ekpei
1923 — Hungary | 2008 — France
Marta Pan
1923 — Hungary | 2008 — France
Marta Pan
1923 — Hungary | 2008 — France
Marta Pan
1945 | Poland
Ewa Partum
1945 | Poland
Ewa Partum
1969 | Israel
Nira Pereg
1969 | Israel
Nira Pereg
1969 | Israel
Nira Pereg
1948 | United States
Adrian Piper
1948 | United States
Adrian Piper
1968 | Poland
Joanna Rajkowska
1968 | Poland
Joanna Rajkowska
1968 | Poland
Joanna Rajkowska
1943 — 2020 | Chile
Lotty Rosenfeld
1943 | United States
Martha Rosler
1943 | United States
Martha Rosler
1972 | Bulgaria
Boryana Rossa
1950 | Estonia
Sirje Runge
1942 — Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic) | 2003 — Czech Republic
Zorka Ságlová
1942 — Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic) | 2003 — Czech Republic
Zorka Ságlová
1930 — France | 2002 — United States
Niki de Saint Phalle
1930 — France | 2002 — United States
Niki de Saint Phalle
1930 — France | 2002 — United States
Niki de Saint Phalle
1958 | Colombia
Doris Salcedo
1908 — 1975 | Hungary
Erzsébet Schaár
1948 | Lithuania
Esther Shalev-Gerz
1948 | Lithuania
Esther Shalev-Gerz
1948 | Lithuania
Esther Shalev-Gerz
1944 | Mandatory Palestine
Miriam Sharon
1944 | Mandatory Palestine
Miriam Sharon
1944 | Mandatory Palestine
Miriam Sharon
1963 | Estonia
Liina Siib
1955 | United States
Seton Smith
1955 | United States
Seton Smith
1955 | United States
Seton Smith
1972 | Poland
Monika Sosnowska
1972 | Poland
Monika Sosnowska
1972 | Poland
Monika Sosnowska
1959 | United States
Jessica Stockholder
1959 | United States
Jessica Stockholder
1946 | Japan
Tsuneko Taniuchi
1946 | Japan
Tsuneko Taniuchi
1946 | Japan
Tsuneko Taniuchi
1940 | Austria
VALIE EXPORT
1940 | Austria
VALIE EXPORT
1959 | Singapore
Suzann Victor
1959 | Singapore
Suzann Victor
1828 — 1888 | France
Claude Vignon (Marie-Noémi Cadiot-Constant Rouvier, dite)
1963 | United Kingdom
Rachel Whiteread
1964 | Palestine
Manar Zuabi
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