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Fields
Architecture
17
Decorative arts & design
8
Visual arts
1485
Artistic Movements
Geometric abstraction
45
Viennese Actionism
2
Appropriationism
5
Conceptual art
92
Context art
12
Digital art
19
Postconceptual art
6
Bauhaus
14
Artist collective
15
Constructivism
19
Institutional critique
11
Cubism
30
Dada
6
Expressionism
36
Abstract expressionism
45
Land art
12
Member of a collective
112
Nouveau Réalisme
6
Pictorialism
9
Pop art
46
Postmodernism
8
Subjects
Abstraction
381
Adolescence
12
Allegory
142
Animals
194
Architecture
142
Archives
6
Autobiography
141
Self-portrait
205
Body positivity
16
Political issues
414
Social classes
119
Women's status
348
Consumerism
96
Human body
491
Cosmos
61
Colour
233
Dance
85
Discriminations
166
Documentary
143
Ecology
103
Writing
187
Childhood
124
Eroticism
87
Public space
109
Fantasy & dreams
93
Feminism
334
Party & nightlife
37
Gender fluidity
21
Geography
19
Geometry
163
War & conflicts
161
History
303
Art history & museum
81
Homophobia
14
Identity
234
Industry
37
Intimacy
122
Irony
68
Games & toys
23
Language
93
Light
90
Machine & technology
39
Disease
46
Mannequins & dolls
46
Maternity
127
Mathematics
10
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
Surveillance
5
Time
31
Traditions
254
Work
86
Domestic work
90
Drag
28
Vegetal
189
Everyday life
316
Violence
152
Lesbian visibility
27
Travel
82
Mediums
Objects
234
Ceramic
92
Furniture
25
Silverware
5
Graphic arts
861
Poster
40
Watercolour
200
Collage
214
Drawing (ink, pencil…)
568
Engraving & etching
240
Artist book
94
Pastel & wax
112
Journal
26
Screen printing
79
Performing arts
39
Costume
40
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
[Modes]
145
Site-specific
126
Monumental
137
Painting
886
Acrylic
179
Gouache
100
Oil
519
Performance
253
Photography
441
Analogue photography
252
Digital photography
104
Photomontage
73
Sculpture
478
Wood
122
Bronze
103
Metal
144
Paper & cardboard
27
Plastic
48
Plaster
85
Clay
101
Textile
223
Embroidery
81
Sewing
42
Crochet & knitting
9
Weaving
70
Countries
Africa
103
Congo
1
Tanzania
2
Tunisia
9
Central America and the Caribbean
43
North America
399
United States
346
Mexico
36
South America
116
Argentina
35
Brazil
31
Colombia
11
Asia
225
China
28
Kazakhstan
3
Malaysia
7
Russia
33
Europe
838
Germany
117
Austria
20
Belgium
21
Croatia
10
Spain
42
Estonia
16
Finland
6
France
399
Greece
5
Italy
66
Netherlands
35
Poland
32
Czech Republic
14
United Kingdom
108
Serbia
5
Switzerland
38
Middle East
112
Israel
51
Oceania
50
Australia
40
New Zealand
11
Periods of
activity
XVIe siècle
4
17th century
12
18th century
26
19th century
104
20th century
1343
1910s
161
1920s
235
1930s
301
1940s
326
1950s
411
1960s
556
1970s
666
1980s
776
1990s
928
21st century
882
2000s
881
2010s
782
2020s
580
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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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
1969 | Kazakhstan
Almagul Menlibayeva
1969 | Kazakhstan
Almagul Menlibayeva
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 — 2026 | Austria
VALIE EXPORT
1940 — 2026 | 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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