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Fields
Architecture
16
Decorative arts & design
5
Visual arts
1473
Artistic Movements
Geometric abstraction
45
Academic art
10
Conceptual art
90
Context art
12
Body art
11
Naïve art
12
Art nouveau
6
Digital art
18
Bauhaus
14
Institutional critique
11
Expressionism
36
Abstract expressionism
44
Fluxus
8
Impressionism
13
Land art
12
Mail art
12
Member of a collective
112
Minimalism
37
Nouveau Réalisme
6
New Objectivity
14
Straight photography
12
Pop art
46
Realism
37
Surrealism
56
Subjects
Abstraction
380
Adolescence
11
Allegory
138
Animals
189
Architecture
142
Archives
4
Autobiography
139
Self-portrait
202
Body positivity
16
Political issues
411
Social classes
117
Women's status
344
Consumerism
96
Human body
485
Cosmos
59
Colour
232
Dance
84
Discriminations
165
Documentary
142
Ecology
100
Writing
185
Childhood
121
Eroticism
85
Public space
108
Fantasy & dreams
90
Feminism
332
Party & nightlife
37
Gender fluidity
21
Geography
18
Geometry
162
War & conflicts
159
History
298
Art history & museum
80
Homophobia
14
Identity
228
Industry
34
Irony
67
Games & toys
20
Language
93
Light
90
Machine & technology
39
Magic & esotericism
9
Disease
45
Mannequins & dolls
44
Maternity
126
Media
65
Memory
222
Human migration
106
Fashion & clothing
68
Modernity
34
Death
76
Music
66
Myths, tales & legends
104
Nation
56
Nature
291
Still life
166
Food
24
Nude
172
Landscape
330
Urban landscape
176
Spatial perception
36
Visual perception
54
Portrait
459
Postcolonialism
113
Sex positivity
16
Advertisement
52
Queer
29
Racism
76
Romantic relationships
50
Religion & spirituality
205
Domestic scene
118
Science
57
Sexuality
137
Entertainment
58
Sport
15
Surveillance
5
Time
31
Traditions
250
Work
86
Domestic work
89
Drag
28
Vegetal
186
Everyday life
312
Aging
35
Violence
151
Lesbian visibility
27
Trans visibility
17
Travel
82
Mediums
Objects
228
Jewellery
15
Ceramic
88
Medal
6
Graphic arts
853
Poster
40
Watercolour
199
Collage
214
Drawing (ink, pencil…)
560
Engraving & etching
239
Illustration
110
Artist book
93
Pastel & wax
112
Journal
26
Screen printing
79
Performing arts
38
Dance
10
Set design
61
Audiovisual
373
Film
136
Digital
60
Sound
84
Video
262
Concepts
38
Critical writing
15
Conceptual practices (instructions…)
19
Space & installation
544
Accumulation
105
Assemblage
256
Environment
151
Light installation
49
Mosaic
20
[Modes]
142
Ephemeral
31
Site-specific
123
Monumental
136
Painting
878
Acrylic
174
Mural
44
Gouache
100
Oil
515
Performance
250
Photography
439
Analogue photography
251
Digital photography
104
Photojournalism
38
Photomontage
73
Historical techniques
31
Sculpture
478
Cement & concrete
35
Wood
122
Bronze
103
Wax
18
Metal
143
Stone
49
Plastic
48
Plaster
85
Resin
34
Clay
101
Glass
26
Textile
220
Embroidery
80
Sewing
40
Weaving
69
Countries
Africa
103
Algeria
12
Ethiopia
3
Madagascar
2
Morocco
5
Central America and the Caribbean
43
North America
394
Canada
27
United States
343
Mexico
33
South America
114
Argentina
35
Brazil
31
Chile
10
Colombia
9
Guyana
2
Venezuela
6
Asia
222
China
27
South Korea
8
India
18
Indonesia
12
Japan
70
Malaysia
6
Pakistan
6
Singapore
8
Taiwan
5
Vietnam
8
Europe
829
Germany
117
Austria
20
Belgium
21
Bosnia-Herzegovina
3
Bulgaria
9
Croatia
10
Denmark
24
Spain
41
Estonia
16
France
396
Hungary
42
Iceland
4
Italy
64
Lithuania
7
Poland
32
Portugal
8
Czech Republic
14
United Kingdom
107
Slovakia
3
Sweden
12
Ukraine
13
Middle East
112
Saudi Arabia
1
Israel
51
Lebanon
23
Palestine
17
Oceania
50
Australia
40
Periods of
activity
XVIe siècle
4
17th century
9
18th century
26
1770s
17
1780s
14
19th century
104
1860s
29
1870s
43
1880s
46
1890s
74
20th century
1333
1900s
102
1910s
160
1920s
234
1930s
299
1940s
324
1950s
407
1960s
552
1970s
659
1980s
770
1990s
919
21st century
873
2000s
872
2010s
774
2020s
573
Programmes
— + 1
29
— Amazons of Pop, 1961–73
13
— Women Artists of the 1960s in Africa
22
— 18th-Century Women Artists
28
— Southeast Asian Women Artists
34
— 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
10
— Women in Abstraction
31
— Le Louvre & AWARE
14
— Les architectes
12
— New Media, 1960s-1990s
14
— 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
187
The indexed biographies correspond to artists born between 1664 and 1974.
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1940 — 1996 | Iceland
Róska (Ragnhildur Óskarsdóttir)
1940 — 1996 | Iceland
Róska (Ragnhildur Óskarsdóttir)
1940 — 1996 | Iceland
Róska (Ragnhildur Óskarsdóttir)
1950 | United States
Martine Aballéa
1972 | Israel
Hannan Abu-Hussein
1972 | Israel
Hannan Abu-Hussein
1972 | Israel
Hannan Abu-Hussein
1968 | Hungary
Rita Ackermann
1968 | Hungary
Rita Ackermann
1959 — 2018 | United States
Laura Aguilar
1956 | Saudi Arabia
Hend Al-Mansour
1956 | Saudi Arabia
Hend Al-Mansour
1956 | Saudi Arabia
Hend Al-Mansour
1934 — 2018 | Portugal
Helena Almeida
1859 — 1935 | Denmark
Anna Ancher
1935 — 2022 | Brazil
Sonia Andrade
1971 | Madagascar
Malala Andrialavidrazana
1971 | Madagascar
Malala Andrialavidrazana
1943 | Spain
Pilar Aymerich
1943 | Spain
Pilar Aymerich
1943 | Spain
Pilar Aymerich
1959 | Brasil
Brígida Baltar
1957 | Israel
Judith Bartolani
1935 — 1981 | France
Claude Batho
1855 — 1942 | United States
Cecilia Beaux
1969 | Italy
Vanessa Beecroft
1969 | Italy
Vanessa Beecroft
1949 | Algeria
Samta Benyahia
1949 | Algeria
Samta Benyahia
1949 | Algeria
Samta Benyahia
1943 | Austria
Renate Bertlmann
1904 — 1991 | Slovakia
Irén Blüh (Irena Blühova)
1937 | Germany
Anna Blume
1752 — 1794 | France
Anne-Rosalie Bocquet Filleul
1959 | Australia
Polly Borland
1959 | Australia
Polly Borland
1959 | Australia
Polly Borland
1961 — 1995 | France
Sylvia Bossu
1961 — 1995 | France
Sylvia Bossu
1970 | France
Rebecca Bournigault
1970 | France
Rebecca Bournigault
1969 | United Kingdom
Cecily Brown
1969 | United Kingdom
Cecily Brown
1955 | Canada
Geneviève Cadieux
1955 | Canada
Geneviève Cadieux
1953 | France
Sophie Calle
1965 | Colombia
Johanna Calle
1965 | Colombia
Johanna Calle
1815 — India | 1879 — Sri Lanka
Julia Margaret Cameron
1815 — India | 1879 — Sri Lanka
Julia Margaret Cameron
1926 — 2016 | Italy
Carla Cerati
1926 — 2016 | Italy
Carla Cerati
1953 — 1996 | United Kingdom
Helen Chadwick
1954 | Taiwan
Shu Lea Cheang
1954 | Taiwan
Shu Lea Cheang
1955 | Morocco
Florence Chevallier
1955 | Morocco
Florence Chevallier
1958 | Ethiopia
Sheba Chhachhi
1958 | Ethiopia
Sheba Chhachhi
1958 | Ethiopia
Sheba Chhachhi
1964 | Belgium
Berlinde De Bruyckere
1956 | Croatia
Vlasta Delimar
1859 — 1935 | France
Virginie Demont-Breton
1958 | India
Anita Dube
1958 | India
Anita Dube
1963 | United Kingdom
Tracey Emin
1932 — Bulgaria | 2020 — Israel
Bianca Eshel-Gershuni
1932 — Bulgaria | 2020 — Israel
Bianca Eshel-Gershuni
1932 — Bulgaria | 2020 — Israel
Bianca Eshel-Gershuni
1956 | Morocco
Lalla Essaydi
1929 | Argentina
Ilse Fuskova (Felka)
1958 | Argentina
Ana Gallardo
1940 — 2021 | Malaysia
Sylvia Lee Goh
1940 — 2021 | Malaysia
Sylvia Lee Goh
1953 | United States
Nan Goldin
1953 | United States
Nan Goldin
1953 | United States
Nan Goldin
1951 | United States
Donna Gottschalk
1951 | United States
Donna Gottschalk
1877 — 1967 | France
Geneviève Granger
1959 | United States
Renée Green
1944 | Germany
Janina Green
1944 | Germany
Janina Green
1944 | Germany
Janina Green
1940 — Mexico | 2022 — Portugal
Lourdes Grobet
1940 — Mexico | 2022 — Portugal
Lourdes Grobet
1940 — Mexico | 2022 — Portugal
Lourdes Grobet
1960 | France
Marie-Ange Guilleminot
1960 | France
Marie-Ange Guilleminot
1920 — 1960 | Australia
Joy Hester
1920 — 1960 | Australia
Joy Hester
1950 | United States
Jenny Holzer
1920 — Venezuela | 2020 — United States
Luchita Hurtado
1920 — Venezuela | 2020 — United States
Luchita Hurtado
1920 — Venezuela | 2020 — United States
Luchita Hurtado
1967 | Malaysia
Eng Hwee Chu
1969 | United States
Chantal Joffe
1936 | United States
Joan Jonas
1907 — 1954 | Mexico
Frida Kahlo
1907 — 1954 | Mexico
Frida Kahlo
1969 | United States
Sonya Kelliher-Combs
1969 | United States
Sonya Kelliher-Combs
1937 — Japan | 2015 — United States
Shigeko Kubota
1937 — Japan | 2015 — United States
Shigeko Kubota
1937 — Japan | 2015 — United States
Shigeko Kubota
1935 | Czech Republic
Alena Kučerová
1947 | Poland
Zofia Kulik
1956 | Mexico
Magali (Margarita Rosa) Lara (Zavala)
1898 — Prussia (now Pasłęk, Poland) | 1993 — Sweden
Lotte Laserstein
1898 — Prussia (now Pasłęk, Poland) | 1993 — Sweden
Lotte Laserstein
1919 — 2014 | Austria
Maria Lassnig
1919 — 2014 | Austria
Maria Lassnig
1955 | Argentina
Adriana Lestido
1955 | Argentina
Adriana Lestido
1955 | Argentina
Adriana Lestido
1955 | Argentina
Ana López
1955 | Argentina
Ana López
1962 — 2023 | Taiwan
HOU Lulu Shur-tzy
1962 — 2023 | Taiwan
HOU Lulu Shur-tzy
1962 — 2023 | Taiwan
HOU Lulu Shur-tzy
1964 | Lebanon
Rania Matar
1964 | Lebanon
Rania Matar
1956 — 2018 | Taiwan
YAN Ming-Huy
1956 — 2018 | Taiwan
YAN Ming-Huy
1956 — 2018 | Taiwan
YAN Ming-Huy
1954 | France
Marie Morel
1966 — 2006 | Indonesia
I Gusti Ayu Kadek Murniasih
1966 — 2006 | Indonesia
I Gusti Ayu Kadek Murniasih
1941 — 1980 | Estonia
Marju Mutsu
1893 — 1978 | Mexico
Nahui Olin
1893 — 1978 | Mexico
Nahui Olin
1946 | Spain
Isabel Oliver Cuevas
1933 | Japan
Yoko Ono
1933 | Japan
Yoko Ono
1961 | United States
Catherine Opie
1961 | United States
Catherine Opie
1910 — 2012 | France
Lucile Passavant
1910 — 2012 | France
Lucile Passavant
1910 — 2012 | France
Lucile Passavant
1969 | Guyana
Moira Pernambuco
1969 | Guyana
Moira Pernambuco
1965 | United States
Elizabeth Peyton
1965 | United States
Elizabeth Peyton
1954 | Vietnam
Hanh Thi Pham
1954 | Vietnam
Hanh Thi Pham
1954 | Vietnam
Hanh Thi Pham
1934 | United-states
Yvonne Rainer
1968 | Poland
Joanna Rajkowska
1968 | Poland
Joanna Rajkowska
1968 | Poland
Joanna Rajkowska
1941 | United States
Sheree Rose
1941 | United States
Sheree Rose
1967 | Japan
Sakiko Nomura
1958 | Colombia
Doris Salcedo
1939 — 2019 | United States
Carolee Schneemann
1963 | United States
Collier Schorr
1963 | France
Zineb Sedira
1963 | France
Zineb Sedira
1963 | France
Zineb Sedira
1932 | United States
Joan Semmel
1932 | United States
Joan Semmel
1932 | United States
Joan Semmel
1969 | Estonia
Ene-Liis Semper
1969 | Pakistan
Shahzia Sikander
1969 | Pakistan
Shahzia Sikander
1926 — 2014 | Czech Republic
Adriena Šimotová
1961 | India
Dayanita Singh
1961 | India
Dayanita Singh
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
1938 — 2019 | Australia
Madonna Staunton
1938 — 2019 | Australia
Madonna Staunton
1938 — 2019 | Australia
Madonna Staunton
1940 — Czechoslovakia (Czech Republic) | 2005 — Czech Republic
Eva Švankmajerová
1940 — Czechoslovakia (Czech Republic) | 2005 — Czech Republic
Eva Švankmajerová
1966 | Indonesia
Fiona Tan
1966 | Indonesia
Fiona Tan
1966 | Indonesia
Fiona Tan
1956 | United States
Nomi Tannhauser
1956 | United States
Nomi Tannhauser
1956 | United States
Nomi Tannhauser
1900 — 1981 | Bosnia and Herzegovina
Mileva Todorović
1900 — 1981 | Bosnia and Herzegovina
Mileva Todorović
1940 | Japan
Tokuko Ushioda
1965 | Japan
Tomoko Yoneda
1965 | Japan
Tomoko Yoneda
1965 | Japan
Tomoko Yoneda
1928 — 2019 | Japan
Toyoko Tokiwa
1967 | Estonia
Mare Tralla
1967 | Estonia
Mare Tralla
1964 | Brazil
Adriana Varejão
1959 | Singapore
Suzann Victor
1959 | Singapore
Suzann Victor
1948 | Chile
Cecilia Vicuña
1948 | Chile
Cecilia Vicuña
1948 | Chile
Cecilia Vicuña
1885 — 1940 | Denmark
Gerda Wegener
1885 — 1940 | Denmark
Gerda Wegener
1947 | Poland
Yocheved Weinfeld
1947 | Poland
Yocheved Weinfeld
1947 | Poland
Yocheved Weinfeld
1948 | United States
Deborah Willis
1948 | United States
Deborah Willis
1958 — 1981 | United States
Francesca Woodman
1958 — 1981 | United States
Francesca Woodman
1967 | People’s Republic of China
Danwen Xing
1967 | People’s Republic of China
Danwen Xing
1967 — 2018 | China
CUI Xiuwen
1967 — 2018 | China
CUI Xiuwen
1971 | South Korea
Haegue Yang
1971 | South Korea
Haegue Yang
1971 | South Korea
Haegue Yang
1972 | Israel
Rona Yefman
1972 | Israel
Rona Yefman
1972 | Israel
Rona Yefman
1973 | Japan
Yurie Nagashima
1973 | Japan
Yurie Nagashima
1962 | United States
Lisa Yuskavage
1941 | Czech Republic
Jana Želibská
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