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Fields
Architecture
7
Decorative arts & design
3
Visual arts
1423
Artistic Movements
Geometric abstraction
45
Lyrical abstraction
22
Academic art
10
Viennese Actionism
2
Appropriationism
5
Kinetic art
13
Conceptual art
85
Context art
12
Body art
11
Digital art
18
Postconceptual art
6
Artist collective
10
Institutional critique
11
Cubo-futurism
9
Land art
11
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
8
Harlem Renaissance
4
Subjects
Abstraction
372
Adolescence
11
Allegory
129
Animals
178
Architecture
134
Autobiography
134
Self-portrait
195
Body positivity
13
Political issues
388
Social classes
100
Women's status
328
Consumerism
91
Human body
463
Cosmos
55
Colour
230
Dance
80
Discriminations
161
Documentary
133
Ecology
82
Writing
178
Childhood
118
Eroticism
81
Fantasy & dreams
86
Feminism
315
Party & nightlife
37
Gender fluidity
20
Geography
16
Geometry
158
War & conflicts
156
History
291
Art history & museum
75
Identity
225
Industry
31
Intimacy
116
Irony
64
Language
90
Light
88
Machine & technology
34
Disease
45
Mannequins & dolls
41
Maternity
120
Mathematics
10
Media
64
Memory
214
Human migration
102
Fashion & clothing
68
Modernity
34
Death
73
Music
66
Myths, tales & legends
102
Nation
56
Nature
273
Still life
159
Nude
165
Landscape
315
Urban landscape
163
Spatial perception
29
Visual perception
52
Portrait
449
Postcolonialism
108
Advertisement
50
Queer
28
Racism
75
Romantic relationships
47
Religion & spirituality
205
Domestic scene
117
Science
54
Sexuality
134
Sport
15
Surveillance
5
Time
30
Traditions
243
Work
84
Domestic work
84
Drag
28
Vegetal
176
Everyday life
300
Aging
33
Violence
147
Lesbian visibility
27
Trans visibility
17
Travel
80
Mediums
Objects
223
Ceramic
84
Furniture
21
Graphic arts
827
Poster
38
Watercolour
193
Collage
211
Drawing (ink, pencil…)
541
Engraving & etching
234
Illustration
106
Artist book
90
Pastel & wax
111
Screen printing
76
Performing arts
34
Costume
38
Dance
7
Set design
60
Audiovisual
356
Film
129
Digital
57
Sound
81
Video
249
Concepts
27
Curating
11
Critical writing
11
Conceptual practices (instructions…)
10
Space & installation
514
Accumulation
95
Architecture
7
Interior design
1
Assemblage
245
Environment
141
Light installation
48
Mosaic
20
[Modes]
133
Ephemeral
28
Site-specific
118
Monumental
131
Painting
852
Acrylic
169
Mural
41
Oil
495
Performance
240
Photography
431
Analogue photography
248
Digital photography
100
Photojournalism
38
Photomontage
73
Historical techniques
29
Sculpture
461
Cement & concrete
35
Wood
117
Bronze
98
Wax
18
Marble
29
Metal
140
Paper & cardboard
26
Stone
47
Plastic
48
Plaster
84
Resin
33
Clay
98
Glass
25
Textile
212
Embroidery
75
Sewing
39
Weaving
66
Countries
Africa
98
South Africa
13
Egypt
14
Ethiopia
2
Ghana
5
Morocco
4
Nigeria
18
Central America and the Caribbean
42
Cuba
11
Guatemala
4
North America
382
Canada
26
United States
335
Mexico
31
South America
107
Argentina
31
Brazil
30
Chile
10
Colombia
9
Paraguay
1
Asia
207
China
27
Indonesia
10
Japan
68
Russia
33
Singapore
7
Europe
804
Germany
116
Austria
20
Belgium
21
Bulgaria
8
Croatia
10
Denmark
23
Spain
40
Estonia
16
Finland
5
France
386
Hungary
41
Italy
60
Lithuania
7
Luxembourg
5
Netherlands
34
Poland
31
Czech Republic
13
Romania
9
United Kingdom
105
Slovakia
3
Sweden
10
Middle East
110
Irak
5
Israel
51
Lebanon
22
Palestine
15
Turkey
19
Oceania
49
Periods of
activity
XVIe siècle
4
17th century
8
18th century
24
1790s
13
19th century
101
1800s
11
1810s
13
1850s
16
1860s
27
1870s
41
1880s
44
1890s
72
20th century
1290
1900s
101
1910s
159
1920s
231
1930s
292
1940s
316
1950s
396
1960s
531
1970s
633
1980s
739
1990s
885
21st century
837
2000s
836
2010s
742
2020s
544
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
29
— 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
— 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
5
— Rewriting Art History in the Americas
48
— Season Africa2020
23
— TEAM: Teaching, E-learning, Agency, Mentoring
176
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
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)
1968 | Luxembourg
Simone Decker
1968 | Luxembourg
Simone Decker
1968 | Luxembourg
Simone Decker
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
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
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 | 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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