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Fields
Architecture
12
Decorative arts & design
4
Visual arts
1448
Artistic Movements
Geometric abstraction
45
Viennese Actionism
2
Appropriationism
5
Conceptual art
86
Context art
12
Digital art
18
Postconceptual art
6
Bauhaus
13
Artist collective
11
Constructivism
19
Institutional critique
11
Cubism
30
Dada
6
Expressionism
36
Abstract expressionism
44
Land art
12
Member of a collective
112
Nouveau Réalisme
6
Pictorialism
9
Pop art
46
Postmodernism
8
Subjects
Abstraction
372
Adolescence
11
Allegory
132
Animals
182
Architecture
141
Archives
4
Autobiography
136
Self-portrait
200
Body positivity
14
Political issues
401
Social classes
110
Women's status
335
Consumerism
95
Human body
471
Cosmos
56
Colour
232
Dance
81
Discriminations
163
Documentary
139
Ecology
93
Writing
178
Childhood
119
Eroticism
83
Public space
102
Fantasy & dreams
87
Feminism
321
Party & nightlife
37
Gender fluidity
20
Geography
18
Geometry
159
War & conflicts
158
History
294
Art history & museum
79
Homophobia
14
Identity
226
Industry
32
Intimacy
118
Irony
65
Games & toys
18
Language
90
Light
90
Machine & technology
36
Disease
45
Mannequins & dolls
42
Maternity
120
Mathematics
10
Memory
217
Human migration
105
Fashion & clothing
68
Modernity
34
Death
74
Music
66
Myths, tales & legends
102
Nation
56
Nature
285
Still life
161
Food
23
Nude
167
Landscape
322
Urban landscape
168
Spatial perception
33
Visual perception
53
Portrait
454
Postcolonialism
111
Sex positivity
15
Advertisement
51
Queer
28
Racism
75
Romantic relationships
47
Religion & spirituality
205
Domestic scene
117
Science
56
Sexuality
135
Entertainment
58
Surveillance
5
Time
30
Traditions
245
Work
86
Domestic work
86
Drag
28
Vegetal
182
Everyday life
305
Violence
148
Lesbian visibility
27
Travel
81
Mediums
Objects
224
Ceramic
86
Furniture
21
Silverware
5
Graphic arts
838
Poster
38
Watercolour
195
Collage
212
Drawing (ink, pencil…)
551
Engraving & etching
235
Artist book
91
Pastel & wax
111
Journal
26
Screen printing
77
Performing arts
37
Costume
39
Audiovisual
365
Film
132
Digital
59
Sound
81
Video
256
Concepts
34
Conceptual practices (instructions…)
14
Space & installation
529
Accumulation
98
Assemblage
248
Environment
148
Light installation
48
[Modes]
138
Site-specific
120
Monumental
135
Painting
865
Acrylic
170
Gouache
100
Oil
504
Performance
247
Photography
434
Analogue photography
250
Digital photography
101
Photomontage
73
Sculpture
468
Wood
119
Bronze
100
Metal
140
Paper & cardboard
26
Plastic
48
Plaster
84
Clay
101
Textile
214
Embroidery
76
Sewing
39
Crochet & knitting
9
Weaving
67
Countries
Africa
102
Congo
1
Tanzania
2
Tunisia
9
Central America and the Caribbean
42
North America
388
United States
340
Mexico
32
South America
109
Argentina
31
Brazil
31
Colombia
9
Asia
217
China
27
Malaysia
6
Russia
33
Europe
813
Germany
116
Austria
20
Belgium
21
Croatia
10
Spain
40
Estonia
16
Finland
5
France
390
Greece
5
Italy
62
Netherlands
34
Poland
31
Czech Republic
13
United Kingdom
106
Serbia
5
Switzerland
37
Middle East
110
Israel
51
Oceania
49
Australia
39
New Zealand
11
Periods of
activity
XVIe siècle
4
17th century
8
18th century
25
19th century
103
20th century
1310
1910s
160
1920s
232
1930s
294
1940s
318
1950s
399
1960s
542
1970s
646
1980s
753
1990s
901
21st century
858
2000s
857
2010s
761
2020s
561
Programmes
— + 1
25
— Amazons of Pop, 1961–73
13
— Women Artists of the 1960s in Africa
21
— 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
6
— Women in Abstraction
31
— Le Louvre & AWARE
14
— Les architectes
9
— New Media, 1960s-1990s
12
— 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
177
The indexed biographies correspond to artists born between 1664 and 1974.
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1959 | Finland
Eija-Liisa Ahtila
1959 | Finland
Eija-Liisa Ahtila
1935 — 2022 | Brazil
Sonia Andrade
1943 | Spain
Eugènia Balcells
1943 | Spain
Eugènia Balcells
1943 | Spain
Eugènia Balcells
1964 | France
Carole Benzaken
1964 | France
Carole Benzaken
1946 — 2025 | United States
Dara Birnbaum
1946 — 2025 | United States
Dara Birnbaum
1946 — 2025 | United States
Dara Birnbaum
1962 | Kenya
Cosima von Bonin
1893 — 1983 | Germany
Marianne Brandt
1893 — 1983 | Germany
Marianne Brandt
1893 — 1983 | Germany
Marianne Brandt
1969 | United States
Nao Bustamante
1969 | United States
Nao Bustamante
1969 | United States
Nao Bustamante
1947 — 2013 | United States
Sarah Charlesworth
1947 — 2013 | United States
Sarah Charlesworth
1957 | Tunisia
Marie-Antoinette Chiarenza
1957 | Tunisia
Marie-Antoinette Chiarenza
1957 | Tunisia
Marie-Antoinette Chiarenza
1933 — 2013 | Greece
Chryssa
1933 — 2013 | Greece
Chryssa
1965 | Italy
Daniela Comani
1941 — 2009 | Germany
Hanne Darboven
1941 — 2009 | Germany
Hanne Darboven
1940 — 2012 | Argentina
Mirtha Dermisache
1926 | United States
Rosalyn Drexler
1941 — 2016 | Malaysia
Nirmala Dutt Shanmughalingam
1941 — 2016 | Malaysia
Nirmala Dutt Shanmughalingam
1941 — 2016 | Malaysia
Nirmala Dutt Shanmughalingam
1965 | France
Nicole Eisenman
1961 | China
PAU Ellen
1961 | China
PAU Ellen
1961 | China
PAU Ellen
1944 | Spain
Ángela García Codoñer
1944 | Spain
Ángela García Codoñer
1938 | Colombia
Beatriz González
1938 | Colombia
Beatriz González
1958 | Former Yougoslavia
Marina Gržinić
1954 | Tanzania
Lubaina Himid
1954 | Tanzania
Lubaina Himid
1889 — 1978 | Germany
Hannah Höch
1889 — 1978 | Germany
Hannah Höch
1949 | Croatia
Sanja Iveković
1941 | Spain
Concha Jerez
1941 | Spain
Concha Jerez
1955 | United States
Karen Kilimnik
1965 | Republic of the Congo
Bill Kouélany
1945 | United States
Barbara Kruger
1944 | Morocco
Joëlle de La Casinière
1938 — 1976 | Italy
Ketty La Rocca
1938 — 1976 | Italy
Ketty La Rocca
1947 | United States
Sherrie Levine
1937 — 2022 | Poland
Natalia LL
1962 | United Kingdom
Sarah Lucas
1933 | Italy
Lucia Marcucci
1941 | France
Sarah Moon
1967 | United Kingdom
Sarah Morris
1934 — 2024 | United States
Lorraine O’Grady
1934 — 2024 | United States
Lorraine O’Grady
1946 | Spain
Isabel Oliver Cuevas
1942 | Germany
Ulrike Ottinger
1942 | Germany
Ulrike Ottinger
1942 | Germany
Ulrike Ottinger
1965 | Spain
Mabel Palacín
1983 — 1993 | Mexico
Polvo de Gallina Negra
1964 | New Zealand
Lisa Reihana
1943 | United States
Martha Rosler
1943 | United States
Martha Rosler
1950 — 2013 | United Kingdom
Monica Ross
1950 — 2013 | United Kingdom
Monica Ross
1965 | Austria
Constanze Ruhm
1965 | Austria
Constanze Ruhm
1962 | France
Anne-Marie Schneider
1962 | France
Anne-Marie Schneider
1963 | United States
Collier Schorr
1965 | Israel
Miri Segal
1969 | Estonia
Ene-Liis Semper
1951 | États-Unis
Cindy Sherman
1963 | Estonia
Liina Siib
1960 | United States
Lorna Simpson
1940 — 2025 | United States
Jaune Quick-to-See Smith
1930 | United States
Sturtevant
1960 | Serbia
Milica Tomić
1945 — 2023 | United States
Gail Tremblay
1945 — 2023 | United States
Gail Tremblay
1945 — 2023 | United States
Gail Tremblay
1954 | United States
Hulleah J. Tsinhnahjinnie
1954 | United States
Hulleah J. Tsinhnahjinnie
1954 | United States
Hulleah J. Tsinhnahjinnie
1953 — Poland | 2020 — France
Teresa Tyszkiewicz
1953 — Poland | 2020 — France
Teresa Tyszkiewicz
1940 | Austria
VALIE EXPORT
1940 | Austria
VALIE EXPORT
1991 | Australia
VNS Matrix
1940 — 1993 | United States
Hannah Wilke
1897 — Poland | 1949 — United States
Teresa Żarnowerówna (Teresa Żarnower)
1897 — Poland | 1949 — United States
Teresa Żarnowerówna (Teresa Żarnower)
1941 | Czech Republic
Jana Želibská
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