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Fields
Architecture
8
Decorative arts & design
3
Visual arts
1425
Artistic Movements
Outsider art
4
Conceptual art
85
Digital art
18
Postconceptual art
6
Institutional critique
11
Fluxus
8
Member of a collective
112
Nouveau Réalisme
6
Surrealism
55
Subjects
Abstraction
372
Allegory
130
Animals
178
Architecture
135
Autobiography
134
Self-portrait
196
Political issues
390
Social classes
101
Women's status
329
Consumerism
91
Human body
464
Colour
231
Dance
80
Discriminations
161
Documentary
133
Ecology
83
Writing
178
Childhood
118
Eroticism
81
Public space
96
Fantasy & dreams
86
Feminism
315
Party & nightlife
37
Gender fluidity
20
Geography
16
War & conflicts
156
History
291
Art history & museum
75
Homophobia
14
Identity
225
Intimacy
116
Language
90
Light
88
Machine & technology
34
Mannequins & dolls
41
Maternity
120
Media
64
Memory
215
Human migration
103
Fashion & clothing
68
Death
73
Music
66
Myths, tales & legends
102
Nation
56
Nature
273
Still life
159
Food
21
Nude
166
Landscape
315
Urban landscape
164
Portrait
449
Postcolonialism
108
Sex positivity
15
Advertisement
50
Queer
28
Racism
75
Romantic relationships
47
Religion & spirituality
205
Science
54
Sexuality
134
Entertainment
57
Sport
15
Surveillance
5
Time
30
Traditions
244
Work
84
Drag
28
Vegetal
177
Everyday life
301
Aging
33
Violence
147
Lesbian visibility
27
Trans visibility
17
Travel
80
Mediums
Objects
224
Ceramic
85
Graphic arts
828
Poster
38
Watercolour
193
Collage
211
Drawing (ink, pencil…)
542
Engraving & etching
234
Illustration
106
Artist book
90
Pastel & wax
111
Performing arts
34
Costume
38
Set design
60
Audiovisual
357
Film
130
Digital
58
Sound
81
Video
250
Concepts
27
Curating
11
Conceptual practices (instructions…)
10
Space & installation
517
Accumulation
96
Assemblage
246
Environment
142
Light installation
48
[Modes]
135
Ephemeral
29
Site-specific
119
Monumental
133
Painting
853
Acrylic
169
Mural
41
Gouache
100
Oil
496
Tempera
34
Performance
241
Photography
431
Analogue photography
248
Digital photography
100
Photojournalism
38
Photomontage
73
Sculpture
461
Bronze
98
Metal
140
Paper & cardboard
26
Plastic
48
Plaster
84
Resin
33
Clay
98
Textile
212
Embroidery
75
Sewing
39
Countries
Africa
99
Central America and the Caribbean
42
Cuba
11
Jamaica
5
North America
383
United States
336
Mexico
31
South America
107
Argentina
31
Chile
10
Peru
7
Asia
208
China
27
South Korea
8
Japan
68
Taiwan
4
Europe
805
Germany
116
Croatia
10
France
387
Greece
5
Hungary
41
Ireland
5
Italy
60
Lithuania
7
Luxembourg
5
Netherlands
34
Poland
31
United Kingdom
105
Switzerland
37
Middle East
110
Israel
51
Oceania
49
Australia
39
Periods of
activity
XVIe siècle
4
17th century
8
18th century
24
19th century
101
20th century
1292
1900s
102
1910s
160
1920s
232
1930s
293
1940s
317
1950s
396
1960s
532
1970s
634
1980s
740
1990s
886
21st century
839
2000s
838
2010s
744
2020s
546
Programmes
— + 1
23
— Amazons of Pop, 1961–73
13
— Women Artists of the 1960s in Africa
19
— 18th-Century Women Artists
28
— Southeast Asian Women Artists
30
— 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
7
— 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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1872 — 1954 | France
Jeanne Bardey
1872 — 1954 | France
Jeanne Bardey
1967 | Israel
Aya Ben Ron
1967 | Israel
Aya Ben Ron
1967 | Israel
Aya Ben Ron
1970 | France
Rebecca Bournigault
1970 | France
Rebecca Bournigault
1916 — 1985 | Argentina
Aída Zulema Carballo
1926 — 2016 | Italy
Carla Cerati
1926 — 2016 | Italy
Carla Cerati
1954 | Taiwan
Shu Lea Cheang
1954 | Taiwan
Shu Lea Cheang
1942 | Argentina
Diana Dowek
1946 | Hungary
Orshi Drozdik
1946 | Hungary
Orshi Drozdik
1946 | Hungary
Orshi Drozdik
1961 | China
PAU Ellen
1961 | China
PAU Ellen
1961 | China
PAU Ellen
1944 | Chile
Paz Errázuriz
1960 | United States
Coco Fusco
1960 | United States
Coco Fusco
1960 | United States
Coco Fusco
1953 | United States
Nan Goldin
1953 | United States
Nan Goldin
1953 | United States
Nan Goldin
1959 | Mexico
Silvia Gruner
1959 | Mexico
Silvia Gruner
1939 — 2019 | United States
Barbara Hammer
1964 | China
Chengyao He
1964 | China
Chengyao He
1964 | China
Chengyao He
1951 — 2021 | Japan
Tāri Itō
1951 — 2021 | Japan
Tāri Itō
1951 — 2021 | Japan
Tāri Itō
1942 | Mexico
Graciela Iturbide
1907 — 1954 | Mexico
Frida Kahlo
1907 — 1954 | Mexico
Frida Kahlo
1950 — 2006 | Lithuania
Elvyra Kairiūkštytė
1950 — 2006 | Lithuania
Elvyra Kairiūkštytė
1938 — 2016 | Croatia
Nives Kavurić-Kurtović
1963 | Poland
Katarzyna Kozyra
1937 — Japan | 2015 — United States
Shigeko Kubota
1937 — Japan | 2015 — United States
Shigeko Kubota
1937 — Japan | 2015 — United States
Shigeko Kubota
1946 | Poland
Ewa Kuryluk
1946 | Poland
Ewa Kuryluk
1946 | Poland
Ewa Kuryluk
1929 | Japan
Yayoi Kusama
1929 | Japan
Yayoi Kusama
1929 | Japan
Yayoi Kusama
1967 | United States
Simone Leigh
1961 | United States
Zoe Leonard
1935 | Luxembourg
Berthe Lutgen
1935 | Luxembourg
Berthe Lutgen
1935 | Luxembourg
Berthe Lutgen
1956 | Ireland
Alice Maher
1956 | Ireland
Alice Maher
1956 | Ireland
Alice Maher
1951 — 1994 | Argentina
Liliana Maresca
1951 — 1994 | Argentina
Liliana Maresca
1953 | South Korea
Yong Soon Min
1953 | South Korea
Yong Soon Min
1953 | South Korea
Yong Soon Min
1900 — 1984 | United States
Alice Neel
1900 — 1984 | United States
Alice Neel
1900 — 1984 | United States
Alice Neel
1961 | United States
Catherine Opie
1961 | United States
Catherine Opie
1968 | Poland
Joanna Rajkowska
1968 | Poland
Joanna Rajkowska
1968 | Poland
Joanna Rajkowska
1918 — 2015 | Italy
Carol Rama
1941 | United States
Sheree Rose
1941 | United States
Sheree Rose
1950 — 2013 | United Kingdom
Monica Ross
1950 — 2013 | United Kingdom
Monica Ross
1933 — 2007 | Lithuania
Marija Teresė Rožanskaitė
1933 — 2007 | Lithuania
Marija Teresė Rožanskaitė
1938 — 2019 | Australia
Madonna Staunton
1938 — 2019 | Australia
Madonna Staunton
1938 — 2019 | Australia
Madonna Staunton
1926 — Poland | 1973 — France
Alina Szapocznikow
1926 — Poland | 1973 — France
Alina Szapocznikow
1928 — Belgium | 2019 — France
Agnès Varda
1928 — Belgium | 2019 — France
Agnès Varda
1951 — 1997 | Switzerland
Hannah Villiger
1951 — 1997 | Switzerland
Hannah Villiger
1951 — 1997 | Switzerland
Hannah Villiger
1940 — 1993 | United States
Hannah Wilke
1956 | France
Mâkhi Xenakis
1956 | France
Mâkhi Xenakis
1965 | Peru
Gaudencia Aquilina Yupari Quispe
1965 | Peru
Gaudencia Aquilina Yupari Quispe
1916 — Germany | 1970 — France
Unica Zürn
1916 — Germany | 1970 — France
Unica Zürn
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