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Fields
Architecture
1
Visual arts
1335
Design
3
Artistic Movements
Conceptual art
79
Realism
36
[Artist collectives]
118
Subjects
Abstraction
348
Autobiography
127
Self-portrait
179
Body positivity
11
Political issues
362
Social classes
86
Women's status
306
Human body
424
Cosmos
45
Dance
80
Discriminations
154
Documentary
123
Writing
165
Childhood
111
Eroticism
76
Public space
85
Fantasy & dreams
85
Feminism
301
Party & nightlife
37
War & conflicts
147
History
271
Art history & museum
67
Homophobia
14
Identity
206
Intimacy
103
Irony
60
Language
90
Light
83
Machine & technology
33
Mannequins & dolls
41
Maternity
113
Media
64
Memory
203
Human migration
98
Fashion & clothing
66
Modernity
34
Myths, tales & legends
95
Nation
54
Still life
152
Landscape
294
Urban landscape
153
Portrait
416
Postcolonialism
102
Advertisement
49
Romantic relationships
45
Religion & spirituality
188
Sexuality
129
Time
29
Traditions
231
Domestic work
80
Everyday life
278
Violence
142
Lesbian visibility
27
Mediums
Applied arts
209
Jewellery & silverware
20
Costumes
37
Decor
59
Mosaic
17
Graphic arts
782
Poster
36
Watercolour
185
Collage
204
Drawing (ink, pencil…)
513
Engraving & etching
226
Illustration
98
Pastel & wax
108
Journal
26
Screen printing
71
Audiovisual
348
Film
126
Digital
54
Sound
77
Video
241
Installation
484
Accumulation
87
Assemblage
226
Environment
136
[Modes]
125
Painting
786
Acrylic
162
Gouache
96
Oil
452
Performance
230
Photography
418
Analogue photography
239
Digital photography
96
Photojournalism
37
Photomontage
72
Sculpture
438
Wood
111
Metal
132
Paper & cardboard
25
Plastic
47
Glass
27
Textile
210
Sewing
46
Crochet & knitting
9
Countries
Africa
91
South Africa
12
Ghana
5
Central America and the Caribbean
39
North America
369
Canada
25
United States
322
South America
102
Asia
179
Japan
54
Europe
750
France
368
United Kingdom
100
Middle East
102
Oceania
46
Australia
36
Periods of
activity
XVIe siècle
1
17th century
3
18th century
20
19th century
83
20th century
1216
1910s
145
1920s
217
1930s
277
1940s
301
1950s
376
1960s
498
1970s
598
1980s
698
1990s
835
21st century
793
2000s
793
2010s
707
2020s
514
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
20
— Women Artists in Japan, 19th–21st c.
27
— Radical Women: Latin American Art, 1960–85
13
— AWARE & MACBA
7
— AWARE x Canada
9
— AWARE x Musée d’Orsay
36
— Women in Abstraction
31
— Le Louvre & AWARE
8
— New Media, 1960s-1990s
9
— Netherlands–Caribbean, 19th–21st c.
12
— Rewriting Art History in the Americas
46
— Season Africa2020
23
— TEAM: Teaching, E-learning, Agency, Mentoring
167
The indexed biographies correspond to artists born between 1664 and 1974.
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1948 | United States
Joyce J. Scott
1964 | South Africa
Berni Searle
1960 | United States
Lorna Simpson
1969 | Canada
Skawennati
1950 | United States
Ming Smith
1924 — 2019 | United States
May Stevens
1914 — United Kingdom | 2000 — United States
Constance Stuart Larrabee
1960 — 2008 | United Kingdom
Maud Sulter
1946 | Japan
Tsuneko Taniuchi
1971 | United States
Mickalene Thomas
1991 | Australia
VNS Matrix
1909 — 2003 | United States
Ruth G. Waddy
1969 | United States
Kara Walker
1953 | United States
Carrie Mae Weems
1887 — 1948 | United States
Laura Wheeler Waring
1951 | United States of America
Philemona Williamson
1948 | United States
Deborah Willis
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