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Fields
Architecture
16
Decorative arts & design
7
Visual arts
1479
Artistic Movements
Geometric abstraction
45
Academic art
10
Conceptual art
91
Naïve art
12
Bauhaus
14
Artist collective
15
Institutional critique
11
Cubism
30
Expressionism
36
Abstract expressionism
44
Fauvism
5
Hyperrealism
5
Impressionism
13
Member of a collective
112
Minimalism
37
Neo-expressionism
6
New Objectivity
14
Pop art
46
Postimpressionism
14
Postminimalism
7
Postmodernism
8
Realism
37
Surrealism
56
Subjects
Abstraction
381
Adolescence
11
Allegory
140
Animals
192
Architecture
142
Archives
4
Autobiography
139
Self-portrait
203
Body positivity
16
Political issues
412
Social classes
118
Women's status
347
Consumerism
96
Human body
488
Cosmos
60
Colour
233
Dance
85
Discriminations
165
Documentary
142
Ecology
102
Writing
186
Childhood
123
Eroticism
86
Public space
109
Fantasy & dreams
91
Feminism
333
Party & nightlife
37
Gender fluidity
21
Geometry
162
War & conflicts
159
History
299
Art history & museum
81
Identity
231
Industry
36
Intimacy
121
Irony
68
Games & toys
22
Language
93
Light
90
Machine & technology
39
Mannequins & dolls
46
Maternity
126
Media
65
Memory
223
Human migration
106
Fashion & clothing
69
Modernity
34
Death
77
Music
66
Myths, tales & legends
105
Nation
56
Nature
294
Still life
167
Food
25
Nude
173
Landscape
330
Urban landscape
176
Spatial perception
36
Visual perception
54
Portrait
461
Postcolonialism
113
Advertisement
52
Queer
29
Racism
76
Romantic relationships
51
Religion & spirituality
205
Domestic scene
118
Science
58
Sexuality
138
Entertainment
58
Time
31
Traditions
252
Work
86
Drag
28
Vegetal
188
Everyday life
314
Aging
35
Violence
152
Lesbian visibility
27
Travel
82
Mediums
Objects
231
Jewellery
15
Ceramic
90
Fashion
13
Glassware
3
Graphic arts
856
Poster
40
Watercolour
199
Collage
214
Drawing (ink, pencil…)
563
Engraving & etching
240
Illustration
111
Artist book
93
Pastel & wax
112
Journal
26
Screen printing
79
Performing arts
38
Dance
10
Set design
61
Audiovisual
375
Film
136
Sound
84
Video
263
Concepts
39
Curating
11
Critical writing
16
Conceptual practices (instructions…)
19
Space & installation
549
Accumulation
107
Assemblage
259
Environment
152
Light installation
49
Stained glass
18
[Modes]
143
Ephemeral
31
Site-specific
124
Monumental
136
Painting
881
Acrylic
176
Mural
44
Gouache
100
Oil
517
Tempera
34
Performance
251
Photography
440
Analogue photography
252
Digital photography
104
Photojournalism
38
Photomontage
73
Historical techniques
31
Sculpture
478
Cement & concrete
35
Wood
122
Bronze
103
Metal
143
Paper & cardboard
27
Stone
49
Plaster
85
Resin
34
Clay
101
Glass
26
Textile
220
Embroidery
80
Sewing
40
Crochet & knitting
9
Weaving
69
Countries
Africa
103
South Africa
13
Algeria
12
Egypt
14
Kenya
3
Mozambique
2
Nigeria
18
Uganda
3
Central America and the Caribbean
43
Curaçao
3
Guatemala
4
Haiti
7
North America
396
Canada
27
United States
345
Mexico
34
South America
115
Argentina
35
Brazil
31
Chile
10
Colombia
10
Guyana
2
Peru
7
Uruguay
5
Asia
224
China
28
India
18
Japan
70
Philippines
10
Russia
33
Singapore
8
Thailand
6
Vietnam
8
Europe
834
Germany
117
Austria
20
Belgium
21
Bulgaria
9
Croatia
10
Denmark
24
Spain
41
Finland
6
France
398
Hungary
42
Iceland
4
Italy
66
Muxembourg
5
Norway
13
Netherlands
35
Portugal
8
Czech Republic
14
United Kingdom
108
Slovakia
3
Sweden
12
Switzerland
38
Ukraine
13
Middle East
112
Israel
51
Oceania
50
Australia
40
New Zealand
11
Periods of
activity
XVIe siècle
4
17th century
11
18th century
26
1760s
14
1770s
17
1780s
14
1790s
14
19th century
104
1850s
17
1860s
29
1870s
43
1880s
46
1890s
74
20th century
1339
1900s
102
1910s
160
1920s
234
1930s
299
1940s
324
1950s
408
1960s
553
1970s
662
1980s
773
1990s
925
21st century
878
2000s
877
2010s
779
2020s
577
Programmes
— + 1
29
— Amazons of Pop, 1961–73
13
— Women Artists of the 1960s in Africa
22
— 18th-Century Women Artists
28
— Southeast Asian Women Artists
35
— 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
15
— Les architectes
12
— New Media, 1960s-1990s
14
— 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
190
The indexed biographies correspond to artists born between 1664 and 1974.
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1940 — 1996 | Iceland
Róska (Ragnhildur Óskarsdóttir)
1940 — 1996 | Iceland
Róska (Ragnhildur Óskarsdóttir)
1940 — 1996 | Iceland
Róska (Ragnhildur Óskarsdóttir)
1972 | Israel
Hannan Abu-Hussein
1972 | Israel
Hannan Abu-Hussein
1972 | Israel
Hannan Abu-Hussein
1944 | Denmark
Lene Adler Petersen
1944 | Denmark
Lene Adler Petersen
1944 | Denmark
Lene Adler Petersen
1950 — Belgium | 2015 — France
Chantal Akerman
1950 — Belgium | 2015 — France
Chantal Akerman
1950 — Belgium | 2015 — France
Chantal Akerman
1963 | Egypt
Ghada Amer
1963 | Egypt
Ghada Amer
1937 — 2020 | United States
Emma Amos
1937 — 2020 | United States
Emma Amos
1937 — 2020 | United States
Emma Amos
1944 | France
Thérèse Ampe-Jonas
1859 — 1935 | Denmark
Anna Ancher
1939 — 2026 | France
Raymonde Arcier
1969 | Hungary
Emese Benczúr
1962 | India
Sutapa Biswas
1962 | India
Sutapa Biswas
1962 | India
Sutapa Biswas
1904 — 1991 | Slovakia
Irén Blüh (Irena Blühova)
1927 — 2014 | Spain
Esther Boix
1927 — 2014 | Spain
Esther Boix
1927 — 2014 | Spain
Esther Boix
1874 — 1948 | United States
Fra Broadwell Dinwiddie Dana
1874 — 1948 | United States
Fra Broadwell Dinwiddie Dana
1879 — 1955 | Thailand
Lady Erb Bunnag
1879 — 1955 | Thailand
Lady Erb Bunnag
1935 — 2021 | Peru
Teresa Burga
1935 — 2021 | Peru
Teresa Burga
1965 | Colombia
Johanna Calle
1965 | Colombia
Johanna Calle
1749 — 1808 | Netherlands
Christina Chalon
1939 | United States
Judy Chicago
1939 | United States
Judy Chicago
1958 — 2005 | Guatemala
Rosa Elena Curruchich
1861 — Finland | 1919 — Italy
Elin Danielson-Gambogi
1861 — Finland | 1919 — Italy
Elin Danielson-Gambogi
1861 — Finland | 1919 — Italy
Elin Danielson-Gambogi
1956 | Croatia
Vlasta Delimar
1859 — 1935 | France
Virginie Demont-Breton
1888 — 1973 | Sweden
Siri Derkert
1888 — 1973 | Sweden
Siri Derkert
1932 — Bulgaria | 2020 — Israel
Bianca Eshel-Gershuni
1932 — Bulgaria | 2020 — Israel
Bianca Eshel-Gershuni
1932 — Bulgaria | 2020 — Israel
Bianca Eshel-Gershuni
1939 — 2020 | Algeria
Leila Ferhat
1939 — 2020 | Algeria
Leila Ferhat
1948 | Brazil
Sonia Gomes
1948 | Brazil
Sonia Gomes
1948 | Brazil
Sonia Gomes
1948 | Israel
Haya Graetz-Ran
1948 | Israel
Haya Graetz-Ran
1944 | Germany
Janina Green
1944 | Germany
Janina Green
1944 | Germany
Janina Green
1945 — 2025 | Norway
Elisabeth Astrup Haarr
1945 — 2025 | Norway
Elisabeth Astrup Haarr
1945 — 2025 | Norway
Elisabeth Astrup Haarr
1944 | United States
Harmony Hammond
1951 | Singapore
Amanda Heng
1951 | Singapore
Amanda Heng
1951 | Singapore
Amanda Heng
1956 — 2008 | Colombia
María Teresa Hincapié
1956 — 2008 | Colombia
María Teresa Hincapié
1869 — New Zealand | 1947 — United Kingdom
Frances Hodgkins
1869 — New Zealand | 1947 — United Kingdom
Frances Hodgkins
1869 — New Zealand | 1947 — United Kingdom
Frances Hodgkins
1930 — 2024 | Luxembourg
Germaine Hoffmann
1930 — 2024 | Luxembourg
Germaine Hoffmann
1966 | People’s Republic of China
Yu Hong
1948 — New Zealand | 2014 — England
Alexis Hunter
1948 — New Zealand | 2014 — England
Alexis Hunter
1936 — 1997 | Nigeria
Josephine Ifueko Omigie
1936 — 1997 | Nigeria
Josephine Ifueko Omigie
1868 — Great Britain | 1928 — United states
Evelyn Lee Jephson Cameron
1868 — Great Britain | 1928 — United states
Evelyn Lee Jephson Cameron
1949 — 2003 | Austria
Birgit Jürgenssen
1928 — Kenya | 2021 — Ireland
Rosemary Namuli Karuga
1941 | United States
Mary Kelly
1941 | United States
Mary Kelly
1941 | United States
Mary Kelly
1856 — 1942 | United States
Anna Elizabeth Klumpke
1856 — 1942 | United States
Anna Elizabeth Klumpke
1944 | United States
Kay Kurt
1925 — 1984 | Nigeria
Ladi Kwali
1925 — 1984 | Nigeria
Ladi Kwali
1886 — 1973 | South Africa
Maggie Laubser
1955 | Argentina
Ana López
1955 | Argentina
Ana López
1914 — 2012 | Philippines
Anita Magsaysay-Ho
1935 | South Africa
Esther Mahlangu
1974 | Guatemala
Sandra Monterroso
1974 | Guatemala
Sandra Monterroso
1974 | Guatemala
Sandra Monterroso
1908 — Ottoman Empire (today North Macedonia) | 1996 — Bulgaria
Vera Todorova Nedkova
1908 — Ottoman Empire (today North Macedonia) | 1996 — Bulgaria
Vera Todorova Nedkova
1921 — 2007 | France
Janine Niépce
1921 — 2007 | France
Janine Niépce
1966 | South Africa
Ntombephi « Induna » Ntobela
1950 | Kenya
Magdalene Odundo
1950 | Kenya
Magdalene Odundo
1970 | United States
Wura-Natasha Ogunji
1970 | United States
Wura-Natasha Ogunji
1946 | Spain
Isabel Oliver Cuevas
1906 — 1985 | Canada
Jessie Oonark
1964 | France
Florence Paradeis
1967 | Brésil
Rosana Paulino
1922 — Hungary | 2020 — United Kingdom
Suzanne Perlman
1922 — Hungary | 2020 — United Kingdom
Suzanne Perlman
1922 — Hungary | 2020 — United Kingdom
Suzanne Perlman
1934 — Czechoslovakia | 1999 — Czech Republic
Naděžda Plíšková
1934 — Czechoslovakia | 1999 — Czech Republic
Naděžda Plíšková
1953 | Guyana
Ingrid Pollard
1953 | Guyana
Ingrid Pollard
1983 — 1993 | Mexico
Polvo de Gallina Negra
1972 — Switzerland | 1963 — Germany
Pauline Boudry / Renate Lorenz
1972 — Switzerland | 1963 — Germany
Pauline Boudry / Renate Lorenz
1901 — Chili | 1972 — Chile
Laura Rodig Pizarro
1901 — Chili | 1972 — Chile
Laura Rodig Pizarro
1943 | United States
Martha Rosler
1943 | United States
Martha Rosler
1894 — Sweden | 1970 — Norway
Hannah Ryggen
1894 — Sweden | 1970 — Norway
Hannah Ryggen
1945 | Mozambique
Reinata Sadimba
1945 | Mozambique
Reinata Sadimba
1945 | Mozambique
Reinata Sadimba
1939 — 2025 | United States
Sylvia Salazar Simpson
1939 — 2025 | United States
Sylvia Salazar Simpson
1951 | États-Unis
Cindy Sherman
1961 | India
Dayanita Singh
1961 | India
Dayanita Singh
1953 | Czech Republic
Jana Sterbak
1953 | Czech Republic
Jana Sterbak
1940 — Czechoslovakia (Czech Republic) | 2005 — Czech Republic
Eva Švankmajerová
1940 — Czechoslovakia (Czech Republic) | 2005 — Czech Republic
Eva Švankmajerová
1946 | Japan
Tsuneko Taniuchi
1946 | Japan
Tsuneko Taniuchi
1946 | Japan
Tsuneko Taniuchi
1952 | Vietnam
Trinh T. Minh-ha
1952 | Vietnam
Trinh T. Minh-ha
1962 | Italy
Claudia Triozzi
1962 | Italy
Claudia Triozzi
1952 | Germany
Rosemarie Trockel
1952 | Germany
Rosemarie Trockel
1924 — Haiti | 1994 — France
Luce Turnier
1924 — Haiti | 1994 — France
Luce Turnier
1924 — Haiti | 1994 — France
Luce Turnier
1963 | Spain
Eulàlia Valldosera
1963 | Spain
Eulàlia Valldosera
1963 | Spain
Eulàlia Valldosera
1971 | France
Joana Vasconcelos
1954 | United Kingdom
Prue Venables
1954 | United Kingdom
Prue Venables
1954 | United Kingdom
Prue Venables
1876 — 1918 | Spain
Lluïsa Vidal i Puig
1876 — 1918 | Spain
Lluïsa Vidal i Puig
1876 — 1918 | Spain
Lluïsa Vidal i Puig
1895 — 1960 | Uruguay
Petrona Viera
1967 | United States
Marie Watt
1860 — Russia | 1938 — Switzerland
Marianne von Werefkin
1860 — Russia | 1938 — Switzerland
Marianne von Werefkin
1860 — Russia | 1938 — Switzerland
Marianne von Werefkin
1954 | United States
Sue Williams
1954 | United States
Sue Williams
1949 | East Germany
Doris Ziegler
1949 | East Germany
Doris Ziegler
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