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Fields
Architecture
17
Decorative arts & design
8
Visual arts
1486
Artistic Movements
Geometric abstraction
45
Academic art
10
Appropriationism
5
Conceptual art
92
Art Deco
3
Naïve art
12
Art nouveau
6
Artist collective
15
Constructivism
19
Institutional critique
11
Cubism
30
Expressionism
36
Abstract expressionism
45
Fluxus
8
Impressionism
13
Mail art
12
Member of a collective
112
Minimalism
37
Nouveau Réalisme
6
Neues Sehen
11
Straight photography
12
Pictorialism
9
Pop art
46
Postminimalism
7
Realism
37
Socialist Realism
9
Harlem Renaissance
4
Surrealism
56
Symbolism
14
Subjects
Abstraction
381
Adolescence
12
Allegory
142
Animals
194
Architecture
142
Autobiography
141
Self-portrait
205
Body positivity
16
Political issues
414
Social classes
119
Women's status
348
Consumerism
96
Human body
492
Cosmos
61
Colour
233
Dance
86
Discriminations
166
Documentary
143
Ecology
103
Writing
187
Childhood
124
Eroticism
87
Public space
109
Fantasy & dreams
93
Feminism
334
Party & nightlife
37
Geometry
163
War & conflicts
161
History
303
Art history & museum
81
Identity
234
Industry
37
Intimacy
122
Irony
68
Games & toys
23
Language
93
Light
90
Machine & technology
39
Magic & esotericism
9
Disease
46
Mannequins & dolls
46
Media
65
Memory
225
Human migration
106
Fashion & clothing
69
Modernity
34
Death
78
Music
66
Myths, tales & legends
106
Nation
56
Nature
297
Still life
169
Food
26
Nude
174
Landscape
331
Urban landscape
176
Spatial perception
36
Visual perception
54
Portrait
463
Postcolonialism
114
Sex positivity
16
Advertisement
52
Queer
29
Racism
77
Romantic relationships
51
Religion & spirituality
207
Domestic scene
118
Science
59
Sexuality
138
Entertainment
58
Time
31
Traditions
255
Work
86
Domestic work
90
Drag
28
Vegetal
189
Everyday life
317
Aging
35
Violence
152
Lesbian visibility
27
Travel
82
Mediums
Objects
234
Jewellery
15
Ceramic
92
Medal
6
Graphic arts
861
Poster
40
Watercolour
200
Collage
214
Drawing (ink, pencil…)
568
Engraving & etching
240
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
Conceptual practices (instructions…)
19
Space & installation
552
Accumulation
107
Assemblage
260
Environment
152
Light installation
49
Mosaic
20
[Modes]
145
Ephemeral
31
Site-specific
126
Monumental
137
Painting
887
Acrylic
179
Mural
44
Gouache
100
Oil
520
Tempera
34
Performance
253
Photography
441
Analogue photography
252
Digital photography
104
Photojournalism
38
Photomontage
73
Historical techniques
31
Sculpture
478
Cement & concrete
36
Wood
122
Bronze
103
Marble
30
Metal
144
Paper & cardboard
27
Stone
49
Plastic
48
Plaster
85
Resin
34
Clay
101
Glass
27
Textile
223
Embroidery
81
Sewing
42
Crochet & knitting
9
Weaving
70
Countries
Africa
103
South Africa
13
Algeria
12
Ethiopia
3
Morocco
5
Nigeria
18
Uganda
3
France (Reunion)
2
Senegal
4
Central America and the Caribbean
43
France (Antilles)
7
Cuba
11
Curaçao
3
Haiti
7
North America
399
Canada
27
United States
346
Mexico
36
South America
116
Argentina
35
Bolivia
2
Brazil
31
Chile
10
Colombia
11
Paraguay
1
Peru
7
Uruguay
5
Venezuela
6
Asia
225
China
28
India
18
Japan
70
Malaysia
7
Philippines
10
Taiwan
5
Vietnam
8
Europe
839
Germany
117
Austria
20
Belgium
21
Bulgaria
10
Croatia
10
Denmark
24
Spain
42
Estonia
16
Finland
6
France
399
Greece
5
Hungary
42
Italy
66
Lithuania
7
Norway
13
Netherlands
35
Poland
32
Czech Republic
14
United Kingdom
108
Switzerland
38
Ukraine
13
Middle East
112
Irak
5
Israel
51
Lebanon
23
Palestine
17
Turkey
19
Oceania
50
Australia
40
New Zealand
11
Periods of
activity
XVIe siècle
4
17th century
12
18th century
26
19th century
104
1850s
17
1860s
29
1870s
43
1880s
46
1890s
74
20th century
1344
1900s
103
1910s
161
1920s
235
1930s
301
1940s
326
1950s
411
1960s
557
1970s
667
1980s
777
1990s
929
21st century
883
2000s
882
2010s
783
2020s
581
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
192
The indexed biographies correspond to artists born between 1500 and 1975.
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1916 — Brazil | 1990 — Uruguay
Rosa Acle
1916 — Brazil | 1990 — Uruguay
Rosa Acle
1916 — Brazil | 1990 — Uruguay
Rosa Acle
1933 — 2001 | Argentina
Alicia d’ Amico
1907 — Colombie | 2005 — Colombia
Débora Arango Pérez
1907 — Colombie | 2005 — Colombia
Débora Arango Pérez
1907 — Colombie | 2005 — Colombia
Débora Arango Pérez
1926 — 2013 | United States
Ruth Asawa
1872 — 1937 | France
Jane Atché (dite Jal)
1872 — 1937 | France
Jane Atché (dite Jal)
1901 — 1980 | Estonia
Aino Bach
1927 — 1977 | Bolivia
María Esther Ballivián
1927 — 1977 | Bolivia
María Esther Ballivián
1927 — 1977 | Bolivia
María Esther Ballivián
1971 | France
Yto Barrada
1971 | France
Yto Barrada
1971 | France
Yto Barrada
1970 | France
Virginie Barré
1970 | France
Virginie Barré
1975 | Denmark
Nina Beier
1975 | Denmark
Nina Beier
1934 | Belgium
Marianne Berenhaut
1943 | Austria
Renate Bertlmann
1881 — Spain | 1932 — France
María Blanchard
1881 — Spain | 1932 — France
María Blanchard
1921 | Paraguay
Olga Blinder
1911 — France | 2010 — United States
Louise Bourgeois
1911 — France | 2010 — United States
Louise Bourgeois
1900 — 1995 | United States
Selma Hortense Burke
1900 — 1995 | United States
Selma Hortense Burke
1945 — 2026 | Senegal
Seni Awa Camara
1945 — 2026 | Senegal
Seni Awa Camara
1815 — India | 1879 — Sri Lanka
Julia Margaret Cameron
1815 — India | 1879 — Sri Lanka
Julia Margaret Cameron
1959 | Cuba
María Magdalena Campos-Pons
1959 | Cuba
María Magdalena Campos-Pons
1970 | Turkey
CANAN (Şenol)
1844 — United States | 1926 — France
Mary Cassatt
1844 — United States | 1926 — France
Mary Cassatt
1915 — United States | 2012 — Mexico
Elizabeth Catlett
1915 — United States | 2012 — Mexico
Elizabeth Catlett
1844 — 1924 | France
Marie Cazin
1844 — 1924 | France
Marie Cazin
1844 — 1924 | France
Marie Cazin
1958 | Ethiopia
Sheba Chhachhi
1958 | Ethiopia
Sheba Chhachhi
1958 | Ethiopia
Sheba Chhachhi
1907 — 1988 | Taiwan
Chen Chin
1907 — 1988 | Taiwan
Chen Chin
1942 | Spain
Mari Chordà
1942 | Spain
Mari Chordà
1942 | Spain
Mari Chordà
1924 — China | 2011 — Australia
Irene Chou
1924 — China | 2011 — Australia
Irene Chou
1920 — 1988 | Brazil
Lygia Clark
1920 — 1988 | Brazil
Lygia Clark
1964 | Argentina
Nicola Costantino
1964 | Argentina
Nicola Costantino
1964 | Argentina
Nicola Costantino
1936 | France
Parvine Curie
1936 | France
Parvine Curie
1936 | France
Parvine Curie
1861 — Finland | 1919 — Italy
Elin Danielson-Gambogi
1861 — Finland | 1919 — Italy
Elin Danielson-Gambogi
1861 — Finland | 1919 — Italy
Elin Danielson-Gambogi
1859 — 1935 | France
Virginie Demont-Breton
1967 | Australia
Karla Dickens
1967 | Australia
Karla Dickens
1959 | Pays-Bas
Rineke Dijkstra
1914 — 2002 | Peru
Apolonia Dorregaray Veli
1914 — 2002 | Peru
Apolonia Dorregaray Veli
1965 | France
Nicole Eisenman
1932 — Bulgaria | 2020 — Israel
Bianca Eshel-Gershuni
1932 — Bulgaria | 2020 — Israel
Bianca Eshel-Gershuni
1932 — Bulgaria | 2020 — Israel
Bianca Eshel-Gershuni
1940 — 2024 | Philippines
Brenda Fajardo
1971 | La Réunion, France
Florans Féliks-Waro
1971 | La Réunion, France
Florans Féliks-Waro
1939 — 2020 | Algeria
Leila Ferhat
1939 — 2020 | Algeria
Leila Ferhat
1929 | Argentina
Ilse Fuskova (Felka)
1958 | Argentina
Ana Gallardo
1921 — 1985 | Hungary
Ilka Gedő
1940 — 2021 | Malaysia
Sylvia Lee Goh
1940 — 2021 | Malaysia
Sylvia Lee Goh
1847 — 1883 | France
Eva Gonzalès
1877 — 1967 | France
Geneviève Granger
1944 | Germany
Janina Green
1944 | Germany
Janina Green
1944 | Germany
Janina Green
1970 | United States
Teri Greeves
1970 | United States
Teri Greeves
1970 | United States
Teri Greeves
1959 | Mexico
Silvia Gruner
1959 | Mexico
Silvia Gruner
1974 | Poland
Aneta Grzeszykowska
1945 — 2025 | Norway
Elisabeth Astrup Haarr
1945 — 2025 | Norway
Elisabeth Astrup Haarr
1945 — 2025 | Norway
Elisabeth Astrup Haarr
1947 | Mandatory Palestine
Juhaina Habibi Kandalaft
1947 | Mandatory Palestine
Juhaina Habibi Kandalaft
1947 | Mandatory Palestine
Juhaina Habibi Kandalaft
1964 | China
Chengyao He
1964 | China
Chengyao He
1964 | China
Chengyao He
1915 — 1999 | Curaçao
May Henriquez
1915 — 1999 | Curaçao
May Henriquez
1915 — 1999 | Curaçao
May Henriquez
1903 — 1975 | United Kingdom
Barbara Hepworth
1903 — 1975 | United Kingdom
Barbara Hepworth
1940 — United States | 2019 — United Kingdom
Susan Hiller
1940 — United States | 2019 — United Kingdom
Susan Hiller
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
1902 — 1955 | Mexico
María Izquierdo
1969 | United States
Chantal Joffe
1909 — 1981 | Martinique, France
Marie-Thérèse Julien Lung-Fou
1909 — 1981 | Martinique, France
Marie-Thérèse Julien Lung-Fou
1875 — 1961 | Bulgaria
Elena Karamihaylova
1875 — 1961 | Bulgaria
Elena Karamihaylova
1875 — 1961 | Bulgaria
Elena Karamihaylova
1852 — 1934 | United States
Gertrude Käsebier
1938 — 2016 | Croatia
Nives Kavurić-Kurtović
1941 | United States
Mary Kelly
1941 | United States
Mary Kelly
1941 | United States
Mary Kelly
1867 — Russia | 1945 — Germany
Käthe Kollwitz
1867 — Russia | 1945 — Germany
Käthe Kollwitz
1942 | New Zealand
Maureen Lander
1956 | Mexico
Magali (Margarita Rosa) Lara (Zavala)
1955 | Argentina
Adriana Lestido
1955 | Argentina
Adriana Lestido
1955 | Argentina
Adriana Lestido
1970 | Brazil
Lídia Lisboa
1962 | China
Xiao Lu
1962 | China
Xiao Lu
1962 | China
Xiao Lu
1951 — 1994 | Argentina
Liliana Maresca
1951 — 1994 | Argentina
Liliana Maresca
1930 — France | 2016 — United States
Marisol Escobar (dite Marisol)
1930 — France | 2016 — United States
Marisol Escobar (dite Marisol)
1964 | Lebanon
Rania Matar
1964 | Lebanon
Rania Matar
1878 — 1961 | Hungary
Olga Máté
1878 — 1961 | Hungary
Olga Máté
1878 — 1961 | Hungary
Olga Máté
1901 — Germany | 1987 — United Kingdom
Else Meidner
1901 — Germany | 1987 — United Kingdom
Else Meidner
1901 — Germany | 1987 — United Kingdom
Else Meidner
1876 — 1907 | Germany
Paula Modersohn-Becker
1876 — 1907 | Germany
Paula Modersohn-Becker
1936 | France
Claudine Monchaussé
1949 — 2015 | India
Mrinalini Mukherjee
1944 | Uganda
Theresa Musoke
1944 | Uganda
Theresa Musoke
1876 — Poland | 1967 — France
Mela Muter
1876 — Poland | 1967 — France
Mela Muter
1876 — Poland | 1967 — France
Mela Muter
1941 — 1980 | Estonia
Marju Mutsu
1900 — 1984 | United States
Alice Neel
1900 — 1984 | United States
Alice Neel
1900 — 1984 | United States
Alice Neel
1946 | Spain
Isabel Oliver Cuevas
1938 | Nigeria
Elizabeth Olowu
1888 — Ukraine | 1968 — Israel
Chana Orloff
1888 — Ukraine | 1968 — Israel
Chana Orloff
1888 — Ukraine | 1968 — Israel
Chana Orloff
1903 — 1966 | France
Odette Pauvert
1903 — 1966 | France
Odette Pauvert
1959 | Cuba
Marta María Pérez
1922 — Hungary | 2020 — United Kingdom
Suzanne Perlman
1922 — Hungary | 2020 — United Kingdom
Suzanne Perlman
1922 — Hungary | 2020 — United Kingdom
Suzanne Perlman
1965 | Sierra Leone
Patricia Piccinini
1965 | Sierra Leone
Patricia Piccinini
1983 — 1993 | Mexico
Polvo de Gallina Negra
1968 | Poland
Joanna Rajkowska
1968 | Poland
Joanna Rajkowska
1968 | Poland
Joanna Rajkowska
1895 — Lithuania | 1975 — Italy
Antonietta Raphaël Mafai
1895 — Lithuania | 1975 — Italy
Antonietta Raphaël Mafai
1895 — Lithuania | 1975 — Italy
Antonietta Raphaël Mafai
1901 — Chili | 1972 — Chile
Laura Rodig Pizarro
1901 — Chili | 1972 — Chile
Laura Rodig Pizarro
1943 | Germany
Ulrike Rosenbach
1943 | Germany
Ulrike Rosenbach
1894 — Sweden | 1970 — Norway
Hannah Ryggen
1894 — Sweden | 1970 — Norway
Hannah Ryggen
1926 | United States
Betye Saar
1924 — 2005 | Haïti
Louisiane Saint-Fleurant
1970 | United Kingdom
Jenny Saville
1970 | United Kingdom
Jenny Saville
1970 | United Kingdom
Jenny Saville
1955 | Israel
Iris Sara Schiller
1955 | Israel
Iris Sara Schiller
1922 — Germany | 2013 — Israel
Ruth Schloss
1922 — Germany | 2013 — Israel
Ruth Schloss
1922 — Germany | 2013 — Israel
Ruth Schloss
1963 | France
Zineb Sedira
1963 | France
Zineb Sedira
1963 | France
Zineb Sedira
1971 | Canada
Heather Shillinglaw
1875 — 1949 | Japan
Shōen Uemura
1953 | Czech Republic
Jana Sterbak
1953 | Czech Republic
Jana Sterbak
1855 — Austria | 1927 — United-Kingdom
Marianne Stokes (née Maria Léopoldine Preindlsberger)
1855 — Austria | 1927 — United-Kingdom
Marianne Stokes (née Maria Léopoldine Preindlsberger)
1855 — Austria | 1927 — United-Kingdom
Marianne Stokes (née Maria Léopoldine Preindlsberger)
1914 — United Kingdom | 2000 — United States
Constance Stuart Larrabee
1914 — United Kingdom | 2000 — United States
Constance Stuart Larrabee
1940 — Czechoslovakia (Czech Republic) | 2005 — Czech Republic
Eva Švankmajerová
1940 — Czechoslovakia (Czech Republic) | 2005 — Czech Republic
Eva Švankmajerová
1844 — 1933 | United-Kingdom
Annie Louisa Swynnerton
1844 — 1933 | United-Kingdom
Annie Louisa Swynnerton
1926 — Poland | 1973 — France
Alina Szapocznikow
1926 — Poland | 1973 — France
Alina Szapocznikow
1933 — Taiwan | 2024 — Japan
Mitsuko Tabe
1933 — Taiwan | 2024 — Japan
Mitsuko Tabe
1933 — Taiwan | 2024 — Japan
Mitsuko Tabe
1946 | Japan
Tsuneko Taniuchi
1946 | Japan
Tsuneko Taniuchi
1946 | Japan
Tsuneko Taniuchi
1940 | Japan
Tokuko Ushioda
1928 — Belgium | 2019 — France
Agnès Varda
1928 — Belgium | 2019 — France
Agnès Varda
1952 | France
Françoise Vergier
1953 | United States
Carrie Mae Weems
1953 | United States
Carrie Mae Weems
1953 | United States
Carrie Mae Weems
1947 — 1990 | Mexico
Pola Weiss Alvarez
1956 | France
Mâkhi Xenakis
1956 | France
Mâkhi Xenakis
1967 — 2018 | China
CUI Xiuwen
1967 — 2018 | China
CUI Xiuwen
1921 — Iraq | 2015 — Israel
Claire Yaniv
1921 — Iraq | 2015 — Israel
Claire Yaniv
1921 — Iraq | 2015 — Israel
Claire Yaniv
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