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Fields
Architecture
17
Decorative arts & design
8
Visual arts
1491
Artistic Movements
Geometric abstraction
45
Lyrical abstraction
22
Outsider art
4
Kinetic art
15
Conceptual art
93
Body art
11
Naïve art
12
Art nouveau
6
Digital art
19
Arte povera
2
Bauhaus
14
Artist collective
16
Constructivism
19
Cubism
30
Cubo-futurism
9
Dada
6
Expressionism
36
Abstract expressionism
45
Fluxus
8
Futurism
9
Impressionism
13
Land art
12
Mail art
12
Member of a collective
112
Minimalism
37
New Objectivity
14
Op art
5
Straight photography
12
Pop art
46
Postminimalism
7
Rayonism
3
Realism
37
Suprematism
6
Surrealism
56
Subjects
Abstraction
383
Adolescence
12
Allegory
143
Animals
195
Architecture
142
Archives
7
Autobiography
141
Self-portrait
205
Political issues
415
Social classes
120
Women's status
348
Consumerism
97
Human body
494
Cosmos
62
Colour
235
Dance
86
Discriminations
167
Documentary
144
Ecology
106
Writing
187
Childhood
124
Eroticism
87
Public space
109
Fantasy & dreams
93
Feminism
335
Party & nightlife
37
Geography
20
Geometry
164
War & conflicts
162
History
305
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
Media
65
Memory
227
Human migration
106
Fashion & clothing
69
Modernity
34
Death
79
Myths, tales & legends
106
Nation
56
Nature
300
Still life
169
Nude
174
Landscape
332
Urban landscape
176
Spatial perception
36
Visual perception
54
Portrait
465
Postcolonialism
115
Sex positivity
16
Advertisement
52
Queer
29
Racism
77
Religion & spirituality
207
Domestic scene
118
Science
59
Sexuality
138
Entertainment
58
Sport
15
Time
31
Traditions
256
Work
86
Domestic work
90
Drag
28
Vegetal
190
Everyday life
317
Violence
154
Trans visibility
17
Travel
82
Mediums
Objects
236
Ceramic
92
Fashion
13
Silverware
5
Graphic arts
863
Watercolour
200
Collage
214
Drawing (ink, pencil…)
570
Engraving & etching
242
Illustration
111
Artist book
94
Pastel & wax
112
Journal
26
Screen printing
79
Performing arts
39
Costume
40
Dance
10
Set design
61
Dolls & puppets
12
Audiovisual
377
Film
136
Digital
62
Sound
84
Video
264
Concepts
40
Conceptual practices (instructions…)
19
Space & installation
554
Accumulation
107
Assemblage
262
Environment
152
Light installation
49
[Modes]
146
Ephemeral
31
Site-specific
126
Monumental
138
Painting
889
Acrylic
180
Mural
44
Gouache
100
Oil
522
Tempera
34
Performance
253
Photography
441
Analogue photography
252
Digital photography
104
Photojournalism
38
Photomontage
73
Sculpture
480
Cement & concrete
36
Wood
123
Bronze
103
Wax
18
Marble
30
Metal
146
Paper & cardboard
27
Plastic
48
Plaster
85
Resin
34
Clay
101
Glass
28
Textile
223
Embroidery
81
Crochet & knitting
9
Weaving
70
Countries
Africa
104
Algeria
12
Egypt
14
Ghana
5
Nigeria
18
Tanzania
2
Central America and the Caribbean
43
Cuba
11
Curaçao
3
Jamaica
5
North America
401
Canada
27
United States
348
South America
117
Argentina
36
Brazil
31
Peru
7
Uruguay
5
Asia
225
China
28
India
18
Japan
70
Pakistan
6
Russia
33
Singapore
8
Europe
841
Germany
117
Spain
42
France
400
Hungary
42
Ireland
6
Italy
66
Muxembourg
5
Netherlands
35
Poland
33
Czech Republic
14
United Kingdom
108
Serbia
5
Switzerland
38
Middle East
112
Irak
5
Israel
51
Jordan
4
Lebanon
23
Palestine
17
Syria
4
Turkey
19
Oceania
50
Australia
40
Periods of
activity
XVIe siècle
4
17th century
12
18th century
26
19th century
104
1860s
29
1870s
43
1880s
46
1890s
74
20th century
1348
1900s
103
1910s
161
1920s
235
1930s
302
1940s
327
1950s
412
1960s
559
1970s
669
1980s
778
1990s
931
21st century
886
2000s
885
2010s
786
2020s
584
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
194
The indexed biographies correspond to artists born between 1500 and 1975.
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1939 — Tanzania | 1994 — United Kingdom
Fatma Shaaban Abdalla Abubakar
1939 — Tanzania | 1994 — United Kingdom
Fatma Shaaban Abdalla Abubakar
1939 — Tanzania | 1994 — United Kingdom
Fatma Shaaban Abdalla Abubakar
1968 | Hungary
Rita Ackermann
1968 | Hungary
Rita Ackermann
1916 — Brazil | 1990 — Uruguay
Rosa Acle
1916 — Brazil | 1990 — Uruguay
Rosa Acle
1916 — Brazil | 1990 — Uruguay
Rosa Acle
1922 — 1997 | Pakistan
Zubeida Agha
1922 — 1997 | Pakistan
Zubeida Agha
1922 — 1997 | Pakistan
Zubeida Agha
1935 | Mandatory Palestine
Tamam Al-Akhal
1935 | Mandatory Palestine
Tamam Al-Akhal
1935 | Mandatory Palestine
Tamam Al-Akhal
1940 — 2015 | Spain
Elena Asins
1940 — 2015 | Spain
Elena Asins
1940 — 2015 | Spain
Elena Asins
1969 | Russia
Louisa Babari
1969 | Russia
Louisa Babari
1969 | Russia
Louisa Babari
1872 — 1938 | Switzerland
Alice Bailly
1872 — 1938 | Switzerland
Alice Bailly
1931 — 1998 | Algeria
Baya
1931 — 1998 | Algeria
Baya
1931 — 1998 | Algeria
Baya
1844 — 1923 | France
Sarah Bernhardt
1928 — 2017 | France
Pierrette Bloch
1962 | United-Kingdom
Sonia Boyce
1942 — 2008 | Argentina
Mildred Burton
1942 — 2008 | Argentina
Mildred Burton
1940 | Argentina
Delia Cancela
1940 | Argentina
Delia Cancela
1940 | Argentina
Delia Cancela
1844 — United States | 1926 — France
Mary Cassatt
1844 — United States | 1926 — France
Mary Cassatt
1899 — 1982 | France
Yvonne Chevalier
1941 — 2009 | Germany
Hanne Darboven
1941 — 2009 | Germany
Hanne Darboven
1959 | United States
Vaginal Davis
1955 | Turkey
İnci Eviner
1937 | Spain
Esther Ferrer
1937 | Spain
Esther Ferrer
1895 — Poland | 1975 — France
Alice Halicka
1895 — Poland | 1975 — France
Alice Halicka
1895 — Poland | 1975 — France
Alice Halicka
1942 | United States
Jann Haworth
1942 | United States
Jann Haworth
1887 — 1968 | France
Valentine Hugo
1966 | Ireland
Jaki Irvine
1908 — Ukraine | 1958 — Poland
Maria Jarema
1908 — Ukraine | 1958 — Poland
Maria Jarema
1922 — 2014 | Serbia
Olga Jevrić
1964 | Bulgaria
Liz Johnson Artur
1964 | Bulgaria
Liz Johnson Artur
1898 — China | 1986 — Switzerland
Fang Junbi (Fan Tchun-pi)
1898 — China | 1986 — Switzerland
Fang Junbi (Fan Tchun-pi)
1898 — China | 1986 — Switzerland
Fang Junbi (Fan Tchun-pi)
1973 | France
Katia Kameli
1973 | France
Katia Kameli
1933 | United States
Alison Knowles
1937 — Japan | 2015 — United States
Shigeko Kubota
1937 — Japan | 2015 — United States
Shigeko Kubota
1937 — Japan | 2015 — United States
Shigeko Kubota
1973 | Germany
Nadia Lichtig
1936 — Singapore | 1997 — United Kingdom
Kim Lim
1936 — Singapore | 1997 — United Kingdom
Kim Lim
1912 — 1986 | Switzerland
Verena Loewensberg
1912 — Canada | 2004 — United States
Agnes Martin
1912 — Canada | 2004 — United States
Agnes Martin
1927 — Russia | 2008 — France
Lidia Masterkova
1927 — Russia | 2008 — France
Lidia Masterkova
1926 — 2019 | Italy
Marisa Merz
1926 — 2019 | Italy
Marisa Merz
1937 — Pakistan | 1990 — India
Nasreen Mohamedi
1937 — Pakistan | 1990 — India
Nasreen Mohamedi
1937 — Pakistan | 1990 — India
Nasreen Mohamedi
1907 — 1975 | Germany
Hanna Nagel
1907 — 1975 | Germany
Hanna Nagel
1932 — 2016 | United States
Pauline Oliveros
1933 | Japan
Yoko Ono
1933 | Japan
Yoko Ono
1938 | Turkey
Füsun Onur
1938 | Turkey
Füsun Onur
1886 — 1961 | Russia
Nadejda Oudaltsova
1886 — 1961 | Russia
Nadejda Oudaltsova
1886 — 1961 | Russia
Nadejda Oudaltsova
1922 — Hungary | 2020 — United Kingdom
Suzanne Perlman
1922 — Hungary | 2020 — United Kingdom
Suzanne Perlman
1922 — Hungary | 2020 — United Kingdom
Suzanne Perlman
1886 — 1952 | Russia
Véra Pestel
1886 — 1952 | Russia
Véra Pestel
1946 | United Kingdom
Judy Pfaff
1946 | United Kingdom
Judy Pfaff
1943 | Mexico
Edda Renouf
1943 | Mexico
Edda Renouf
1943 | Mexico
Edda Renouf
1962 | Switzerland
Pipilotti Rist
1962 | Switzerland
Pipilotti Rist
1973 | France
Mathilde Rosier
1973 | France
Mathilde Rosier
1973 | France
Mathilde Rosier
1942 — Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic) | 2003 — Czech Republic
Zorka Ságlová
1942 — Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic) | 2003 — Czech Republic
Zorka Ságlová
1929 — Japan | 2025 — Germany
Takako Saito
1929 — Japan | 2025 — Germany
Takako Saito
1929 — Japan | 2025 — Germany
Takako Saito
1917 — Germany | 1943 — Poland
Charlotte Salomon
1933 — 1988 | Japan
Seiko Kanno
1933 — 1988 | Japan
Seiko Kanno
1933 — 1988 | Japan
Seiko Kanno
1938 | Japan
Mieko Shiomi
1938 | Japan
Mieko Shiomi
1924 — USA | 1983 — France
Gail Singer
1901 — 1971 | Cuba
Loló Soldevilla
1901 — 1971 | Cuba
Loló Soldevilla
1897 — Germany | 1983 — Switzerland
Gunta Stölzl
1897 — Germany | 1983 — Switzerland
Gunta Stölzl
1897 — Germany | 1983 — Switzerland
Gunta Stölzl
1960 | France
Nathalie Talec
1961 | Jamaica
Jasmine Thomas-Girvan
1968 | Italy
Tatiana Trouvé
1973 | Luxembourg
Su-Mei Tse
1973 | Luxembourg
Su-Mei Tse
1973 | Luxembourg
Su-Mei Tse
1967 | Nigeria
Fatimah Tuggar
1967 | Nigeria
Fatimah Tuggar
1967 | Nigeria
Fatimah Tuggar
1951 | United Kingdom
Cosey Fanni Tutti (Christine Carol Newby, dite)
1908 — Syria | 2005 — Jordan
Madiha Umar
1908 — Syria | 2005 — Jordan
Madiha Umar
1908 — Syria | 2005 — Jordan
Madiha Umar
1946 | United States
Nina Yankowitz
1946 | United States
Nina Yankowitz
1965 | Peru
Gaudencia Aquilina Yupari Quispe
1965 | Peru
Gaudencia Aquilina Yupari Quispe
1964 | Palestine
Manar Zuabi
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