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Fields
Artistic Movements
Conceptual art
79
Symbolism
13
[Artist collectives]
115
Subjects
Abstraction
337
Animals
161
Architecture
126
Autobiography
122
Self-portrait
171
Body positivity
11
Political issues
346
Social classes
80
Women's status
299
Consumerism
85
Human body
412
Colour
212
Dance
78
Discriminations
150
Documentary
119
Writing
161
Eroticism
76
Feminism
297
Party & nightlife
37
War & conflicts
142
History
266
Art history & museum
65
Identity
200
Intimacy
103
Irony
59
Language
89
Mannequins & dolls
41
Media
64
Memory
195
Human migration
95
Death
71
Music
63
Myths, tales & legends
94
Nation
53
Nature
235
Landscape
286
Visual perception
43
Portrait
400
Racism
67
Religion & spirituality
179
Domestic scene
110
Sexuality
129
Entertainment
55
Traditions
227
Domestic work
78
Drag
28
Vegetal
159
Everyday life
276
Violence
141
Travel
75
Mediums
Applied arts
207
Ceramic
76
Decor
58
Furniture
19
Graphic arts
772
Watercolour
182
Collage
202
Drawing (ink, pencil…)
507
Engraving & etching
224
Pastel & wax
105
Screen printing
71
Audiovisual
339
Film
123
Sound
76
Video
238
Installation
480
Accumulation
86
Assemblage
224
Environment
135
Light installation
44
[Modes]
124
Site-specific
110
Painting
767
Oil
441
Performance
227
Photography
412
Analogue photography
236
Digital photography
93
Photomontage
72
Historical techniques
28
Sculpture
432
Wood
110
Metal
131
Clay
95
Glass
26
Textile
204
Embroidery
72
Sewing
45
Weaving
58
Countries
Africa
89
South Africa
12
Algeria
12
Madagascar
2
Nigeria
15
Sierra Leone
1
Zimbabwe
2
Central America and the Caribbean
38
Nicaragua
1
North America
362
Canada
25
United States
316
Greenland
2
South America
99
Brazil
28
Suriname
6
Asia
171
India
15
Russia
32
Europe
732
Denmark
12
France
361
Netherlands
32
United Kingdom
99
Middle East
96
Oceania
45
Periods of
activity
17th century
1
18th century
18
19th century
80
20th century
1192
1940s
296
1950s
367
1960s
484
1970s
583
1980s
682
1990s
817
21st century
777
2000s
777
2010s
695
2020s
506
Programmes
— + 1
23
— Amazons of Pop, 1961–73
13
— Women Artists of the 1960s in Africa
17
— 18th-Century Women Artists
25
— Southeast Asian Women Artists
18
— Women Artists in Japan, 19th–21st c.
23
— Radical Women: Latin American Art, 1960–85
13
— AWARE x Canada
9
— AWARE x Musée d’Orsay
36
— Women in Abstraction
31
— New Media, 1960s-1990s
7
— Netherlands–Caribbean, 19th–21st c.
11
— Rewriting Art History in the Americas
44
— Season Africa2020
23
— TEAM: Teaching, E-learning, Agency, Mentoring
163
The indexed biographies correspond to artists born between 1664 and 1974.
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1930 — 2009 | Nigeria
Constance Afiong « Afi » Ekong
1971 | Madagascar
Malala Andrialavidrazana
1958 — Greenland | 2007 — Denmark
Pia Arke
1969 | Russia
Louisa Babari
1931 — 1986 | Nicaragua
June Beer
1960 | Canada
Rebecca Belmore
1933 — 2023 | Algeria
Djamila Bent Mohamed
1959 | Zimbabwe
Berry Bickle
1962 | India
Sutapa Biswas
1957 | Canada
Dominique Blain
1969 | Netherlands
Sara Blokland
1952 | Suriname
Dineke Blom
1957 | United States
Cheryl Ann Bolden
1962 | Brazil
Kássia Borges Mytara
1962 | United-Kingdom
Sonia Boyce
1952 | United States
Elenora “Rukiya” Brown
1927 — Sierra Leone | 1996 — United Kingdom
« Olayinka » Miranda Burney-Nicol
1969 | United States
Nao Bustamante
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