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Fields
Architecture
17
Decorative arts & design
8
Visual arts
1489
Artistic Movements
Geometric abstraction
45
Lyrical abstraction
22
Academic art
10
Viennese Actionism
2
Appropriationism
5
Kinetic art
15
Conceptual art
93
Context art
12
Body art
11
Digital art
19
Postconceptual art
6
Bauhaus
14
Artist collective
16
Institutional critique
11
Cubo-futurism
9
Land art
12
Mail art
12
Member of a collective
112
Minimalism
37
Neo-expressionism
6
Nouveau Réalisme
6
New Objectivity
14
Straight photography
12
Pop art
46
Postminimalism
7
Postmodernism
8
Realism
37
Socialist Realism
9
Harlem Renaissance
4
Subjects
Abstraction
382
Adolescence
12
Allegory
143
Animals
195
Architecture
142
Autobiography
141
Self-portrait
205
Body positivity
16
Political issues
415
Social classes
120
Women's status
348
Consumerism
97
Human body
493
Cosmos
61
Colour
235
Dance
86
Discriminations
167
Documentary
144
Ecology
105
Writing
187
Childhood
124
Eroticism
87
Fantasy & dreams
93
Feminism
335
Party & nightlife
37
Gender fluidity
21
Geography
20
Geometry
163
War & conflicts
162
History
304
Art history & museum
81
Identity
234
Industry
37
Intimacy
122
Irony
68
Language
93
Light
90
Machine & technology
39
Disease
46
Mannequins & dolls
46
Maternity
127
Mathematics
10
Media
65
Memory
226
Human migration
106
Fashion & clothing
69
Modernity
34
Death
79
Music
67
Myths, tales & legends
106
Nation
56
Nature
298
Still life
169
Food
26
Nude
174
Landscape
332
Urban landscape
176
Spatial perception
36
Visual perception
54
Portrait
464
Postcolonialism
114
Advertisement
52
Queer
29
Racism
77
Romantic relationships
51
Religion & spirituality
207
Domestic scene
118
Science
59
Sexuality
138
Sport
15
Surveillance
5
Time
31
Traditions
255
Work
86
Domestic work
90
Drag
28
Vegetal
189
Everyday life
317
Aging
35
Violence
154
Lesbian visibility
27
Trans visibility
17
Travel
82
Mediums
Objects
234
Ceramic
92
Furniture
25
Graphic arts
863
Poster
40
Watercolour
200
Collage
214
Drawing (ink, pencil…)
570
Engraving & etching
242
Illustration
111
Artist book
94
Pastel & wax
112
Screen printing
79
Performing arts
39
Costume
40
Dance
10
Set design
61
Audiovisual
377
Film
136
Digital
62
Sound
84
Video
264
Concepts
40
Curating
11
Critical writing
17
Conceptual practices (instructions…)
19
Space & installation
553
Accumulation
107
Architecture
20
Interior design
8
Assemblage
261
Environment
152
Light installation
49
Mosaic
20
Stained glass
18
[Modes]
146
Ephemeral
31
Site-specific
126
Monumental
138
Painting
889
Acrylic
180
Mural
44
Oil
522
Performance
253
Photography
441
Analogue photography
252
Digital photography
104
Photojournalism
38
Photomontage
73
Historical techniques
31
Sculpture
479
Cement & concrete
36
Wood
122
Bronze
103
Wax
18
Marble
30
Metal
145
Paper & cardboard
27
Stone
49
Plastic
48
Plaster
85
Resin
34
Clay
101
Glass
28
Textile
223
Embroidery
81
Sewing
42
Weaving
70
Countries
Africa
103
South Africa
13
Egypt
14
Ethiopia
3
Ghana
5
Morocco
5
Nigeria
18
Central America and the Caribbean
43
Cuba
11
Guatemala
4
North America
401
Canada
27
United States
348
Mexico
36
South America
117
Argentina
36
Brazil
31
Chile
10
Colombia
11
Paraguay
1
Asia
225
Burma
2
China
28
India
18
Indonesia
13
Japan
70
Russia
33
Singapore
8
Vietnam
8
Europe
840
Germany
117
Austria
20
Belgium
21
Bulgaria
10
Croatia
10
Denmark
24
Spain
42
Estonia
16
Finland
6
France
400
Hungary
42
Italy
66
Lithuania
7
Muxembourg
5
Netherlands
35
Poland
32
Czech Republic
14
Romania
9
United Kingdom
108
Slovakia
3
Sweden
13
Ukraine
13
Middle East
112
Irak
5
Israel
51
Lebanon
23
Palestine
17
Turkey
19
Oceania
50
Periods of
activity
XVIe siècle
4
17th century
12
18th century
26
1790s
14
19th century
104
1800s
12
1810s
13
1850s
17
1860s
29
1870s
43
1880s
46
1890s
74
20th century
1347
1900s
103
1910s
161
1920s
235
1930s
301
1940s
326
1950s
412
1960s
559
1970s
669
1980s
778
1990s
931
21st century
885
2000s
884
2010s
785
2020s
583
Programmes
— + 1
30
— Amazons of Pop, 1961–73
13
— Women Artists of the 1960s in Africa
22
— 18th-Century Women Artists
28
— 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
11
— Women in Abstraction
31
— Le Louvre & AWARE
16
— Les architectes
12
— 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
193
The indexed biographies correspond to artists born between 1500 and 1975.
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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
1914 — Italy | 1992 — Brazil
Lina Bo Bardi
1914 — Italy | 1992 — Brazil
Lina Bo Bardi
1914 — Italy | 1992 — Brazil
Lina Bo Bardi
1968 | Cuba
Tania Bruguera
1916 — 1985 | Argentina
Aída Zulema Carballo
1863 — 1945 | Denmark
Anne Marie Carl-Nielsen
1863 — 1945 | Denmark
Anne Marie Carl-Nielsen
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)
1965 | France
matali crasset (Nathalie Crasset, dite)
1965 | France
matali crasset (Nathalie Crasset, dite)
1968 | Luxembourg
Simone Decker
1968 | Luxembourg
Simone Decker
1968 | Luxembourg
Simone Decker
1956 | Croatia
Vlasta Delimar
1969 | Myanmar
Chaw Ei Thein
1969 | Myanmar
Chaw Ei Thein
1969 | Myanmar
Chaw Ei Thein
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
1929 — Algeria | 2023 — France
Renée Gailhoustet
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
1950 — Iraq | 2016 — USA
Zaha Hadid
1950 — Iraq | 2016 — USA
Zaha Hadid
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
1975 | Vietnam
Ly Hoàng Ly
1975 | Vietnam
Ly Hoàng Ly
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
1900 — Latvia | 1975 — Estonia
Natalie Mei
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
1931 | Zambia
Denise Scott Brown
1931 | Zambia
Denise Scott Brown
1931 | Zambia
Denise Scott Brown
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
1928 — 2019 | Japan
Toyoko Tokiwa
1940 — 2026 | Austria
VALIE EXPORT
1940 — 2026 | Austria
VALIE EXPORT
1959 | Singapore
Suzann Victor
1959 | Singapore
Suzann Victor
1828 — 1888 | France
Claude Vignon (Marie-Noémi Cadiot-Constant Rouvier, dite)
1947 — 1990 | Mexico
Pola Weiss Alvarez
1963 | United Kingdom
Rachel Whiteread
1964 | Palestine
Manar Zuabi
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