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Fields
Architecture
1
Visual arts
1384
Design
3
Artistic Movements
Outsider art
4
Conceptual art
82
Postconceptual art
6
Fluxus
8
Nouveau Réalisme
6
Surrealism
55
[Artist collectives]
120
Subjects
Abstraction
364
Allegory
120
Animals
170
Architecture
130
Autobiography
131
Self-portrait
187
Political issues
379
Social classes
92
Women's status
318
Consumerism
90
Human body
444
Colour
223
Dance
80
Discriminations
158
Documentary
129
Ecology
81
Writing
174
Childhood
114
Eroticism
81
Public space
88
Fantasy & dreams
86
Feminism
310
Party & nightlife
37
Gender fluidity
20
War & conflicts
153
History
282
Art history & museum
71
Homophobia
14
Identity
216
Intimacy
108
Language
90
Light
85
Machine & technology
33
Mannequins & dolls
41
Maternity
117
Media
64
Memory
210
Human migration
101
Fashion & clothing
67
Death
72
Music
66
Myths, tales & legends
100
Nation
55
Nature
258
Still life
155
Food
20
Nude
162
Landscape
303
Urban landscape
153
Portrait
430
Postcolonialism
107
Sex positivity
15
Advertisement
49
Queer
27
Racism
74
Romantic relationships
47
Religion & spirituality
197
Science
53
Sexuality
133
Entertainment
57
Sport
15
Surveillance
5
Time
29
Traditions
237
Work
83
Drag
28
Vegetal
167
Everyday life
289
Old age
31
Violence
145
Lesbian visibility
27
Trans visibility
16
Travel
78
Mediums
Applied arts
219
Ceramic
82
Costumes
38
Decor
63
Graphic arts
811
Poster
37
Watercolour
191
Collage
210
Drawing (ink, pencil…)
530
Engraving & etching
231
Illustration
105
Artist book
89
Pastel & wax
108
Audiovisual
353
Film
128
Digital
57
Sound
79
Video
245
Installation
499
Accumulation
92
Assemblage
237
Environment
140
Light installation
46
[Modes]
129
Ephemeral
28
Site-specific
116
Monumental
129
Painting
823
Acrylic
163
Mural
38
Gouache
98
Oil
470
Tempera
31
Performance
239
Photography
422
Analogue photography
240
Digital photography
98
Photojournalism
37
Photomontage
72
Sculpture
451
Bronze
96
Metal
136
Paper & cardboard
26
Plastic
47
Plaster
81
Resin
32
Clay
98
Textile
216
Embroidery
75
Sewing
46
Countries
Africa
96
Central America and the Caribbean
42
Cuba
11
Jamaica
5
North America
377
United States
330
Mexico
31
South America
105
Argentina
31
Chile
10
Peru
7
Asia
194
China
27
South Korea
8
Japan
62
Taiwan
4
Europe
774
Germany
113
Croatia
10
France
380
Greece
5
Hungary
41
Ireland
5
Italy
53
Lithuania
7
Netherlands
34
Poland
29
United Kingdom
103
Switzerland
37
Middle East
108
Israel
51
Oceania
48
Australia
38
Periods of
activity
XVIe siècle
3
17th century
6
18th century
21
19th century
89
20th century
1257
1900s
94
1910s
152
1920s
225
1930s
286
1940s
311
1950s
390
1960s
521
1970s
618
1980s
721
1990s
862
21st century
816
2000s
816
2010s
727
2020s
530
Programmes
— + 1
23
— Amazons of Pop, 1961–73
13
— Women Artists of the 1960s in Africa
18
— 18th-Century Women Artists
25
— Southeast Asian Women Artists
24
— 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
1
— AWARE x Musée d’Orsay
36
— Women in Abstraction
31
— Le Louvre & AWARE
12
— 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
173
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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