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Fields
Architecture
14
Decorative arts & design
4
Visual arts
1456
Artistic Movements
Geometric abstraction
45
Academic art
10
Appropriationism
5
Conceptual art
88
Context art
12
Naïve art
12
Artist collective
13
Institutional critique
11
Cubism
30
Expressionism
36
Abstract expressionism
44
Impressionism
12
Land art
12
Member of a collective
112
Minimalism
37
Neues Sehen
11
Op art
5
Straight photography
12
Pictorialism
9
Pop art
46
Postimpressionism
14
Postminimalism
7
Primitivism
6
Realism
37
Socialist Realism
8
Harlem Renaissance
4
Surrealism
56
Subjects
Abstraction
373
Adolescence
11
Allegory
133
Animals
184
Architecture
141
Autobiography
138
Self-portrait
202
Political issues
406
Social classes
115
Women's status
339
Consumerism
95
Human body
474
Cosmos
56
Colour
232
Dance
81
Discriminations
165
Documentary
142
Ecology
97
Writing
181
Childhood
119
Eroticism
84
Public space
106
Fantasy & dreams
88
Feminism
324
Party & nightlife
37
Geography
18
Geometry
159
War & conflicts
158
History
297
Art history & museum
80
Identity
227
Industry
32
Intimacy
119
Irony
66
Games & toys
19
Language
92
Light
90
Machine & technology
37
Magic & esotericism
9
Disease
45
Mannequins & dolls
42
Maternity
122
Media
64
Memory
220
Human migration
105
Fashion & clothing
68
Modernity
34
Death
75
Music
66
Myths, tales & legends
102
Nation
56
Nature
288
Still life
161
Food
23
Nude
168
Landscape
324
Urban landscape
170
Spatial perception
35
Visual perception
54
Portrait
456
Postcolonialism
112
Advertisement
51
Racism
76
Romantic relationships
47
Religion & spirituality
205
Domestic scene
117
Science
57
Sexuality
136
Entertainment
58
Sport
15
Surveillance
5
Time
30
Traditions
246
Work
86
Domestic work
87
Drag
28
Vegetal
183
Everyday life
308
Aging
35
Violence
149
Lesbian visibility
27
Mediums
Objects
226
Jewellery
15
Ceramic
87
Furniture
21
Graphic arts
842
Poster
40
Watercolour
197
Collage
213
Drawing (ink, pencil…)
554
Engraving & etching
237
Illustration
107
Artist book
92
Pastel & wax
111
Journal
26
Screen printing
79
Performing arts
38
Costume
39
Set design
61
Dolls & puppets
12
Audiovisual
371
Film
135
Sound
84
Video
261
Concepts
36
Critical writing
15
Space & installation
535
Accumulation
99
Architecture
16
Assemblage
250
Environment
148
Light installation
48
Stained glass
18
[Modes]
139
Ephemeral
31
Site-specific
120
Monumental
135
Painting
868
Acrylic
171
Mural
43
Gouache
100
Oil
507
Tempera
34
Performance
249
Photography
437
Analogue photography
251
Digital photography
102
Photojournalism
38
Photomontage
73
Historical techniques
30
Sculpture
471
Cement & concrete
35
Wood
120
Bronze
101
Wax
18
Metal
140
Stone
48
Plastic
48
Plaster
84
Resin
33
Clay
101
Textile
217
Embroidery
78
Sewing
40
Weaving
69
Countries
Africa
103
South Africa
13
Algeria
12
Egypt
14
Gabon
1
Tunisia
9
Zimbabwe
3
Central America and the Caribbean
43
Haiti
7
Jamaica
5
North America
392
Canada
27
United States
342
Greenland
2
Mexico
33
South America
109
Argentina
31
Brazil
31
Colombia
9
Guyana
2
Asia
219
China
27
South Korea
8
Indonesia
12
Japan
70
Philippines
10
Russia
33
Singapore
8
Sri Lanka
1
Vietnam
8
Europe
818
Germany
116
Austria
20
Belgium
21
Bosnia-Herzegovina
3
Denmark
23
Spain
40
Estonia
16
France
392
Hungary
42
Ireland
5
Italy
63
Lithuania
7
Muxembourg
5
Netherlands
34
Poland
31
United Kingdom
107
Sweden
12
Switzerland
38
Middle East
110
Israel
51
Palestine
15
Oceania
50
Australia
40
Periods of
activity
XVIe siècle
4
17th century
8
18th century
25
19th century
103
1840s
17
1850s
16
1860s
28
1870s
42
1880s
45
1890s
73
20th century
1318
1900s
102
1910s
160
1920s
232
1930s
295
1940s
319
1950s
400
1960s
544
1970s
650
1980s
759
1990s
909
21st century
864
2000s
863
2010s
767
2020s
566
Programmes
— + 1
27
— Amazons of Pop, 1961–73
13
— Women Artists of the 1960s in Africa
22
— 18th-Century Women Artists
28
— Southeast Asian Women Artists
34
— 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
8
— Women in Abstraction
31
— Le Louvre & AWARE
14
— Les architectes
10
— 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
178
The indexed biographies correspond to artists born between 1664 and 1974.
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1946 — Philippines | 2004 — Singapore
Pacita Abad
1946 — Philippines | 2004 — Singapore
Pacita Abad
1946 — Philippines | 2004 — Singapore
Pacita Abad
1972 | Israel
Raida Adon
1972 | Israel
Raida Adon
1972 | Israel
Raida Adon
1950 — Belgium | 2015 — France
Chantal Akerman
1950 — Belgium | 2015 — France
Chantal Akerman
1950 — Belgium | 2015 — France
Chantal Akerman
1885 — 1969 | France
Lou Albert-Lasard
1885 — 1969 | France
Lou Albert-Lasard
1885 — 1969 | France
Lou Albert-Lasard
1946 | USA
Lita Albuquerque
1946 | USA
Lita Albuquerque
1970 | Mexico
Natividad Amador
1886 — 1973 | Brazil
Tarsila do Amaral
1886 — 1973 | Brazil
Tarsila do Amaral
1932 | Colombia
Olga de Amaral
1958 — Greenland | 2007 — Denmark
Pia Arke
1958 — Greenland | 2007 — Denmark
Pia Arke
1967 | Bosnia-Herzegovina
Maja Bajević
1967 | Bosnia-Herzegovina
Maja Bajević
1970 | France
Virginie Barré
1970 | France
Virginie Barré
1964 | France
Carole Benzaken
1964 | France
Carole Benzaken
1959 | Zimbabwe
Berry Bickle
1946 | Egypt
Anna Boghiguian
1946 | Egypt
Anna Boghiguian
1820 — Italy | 1904 — France
Mathilde Létizia Wilhelmine Bonaparte
1820 — Italy | 1904 — France
Mathilde Létizia Wilhelmine Bonaparte
1953 | France
Sophie Calle
1871 — 1945 | Canada
Emily Carr
1871 — 1945 | Canada
Emily Carr
1871 — 1945 | Canada
Emily Carr
1939 | United States
Barbara Chase-Riboud
1902 — 2004 | France
Denise Colomb
1944 | United States
Linda Connor
1876 — 1925 | France
Lucie Cousturier
1936 | France
Parvine Curie
1936 | France
Parvine Curie
1936 | France
Parvine Curie
1959 | Pays-Bas
Rineke Dijkstra
1939 | Egypt
Wissam Fahmy
1911 — Denmark | 1984 — France
Sonja Ferlov Mancoba
1911 — Denmark | 1984 — France
Sonja Ferlov Mancoba
1908 — 2001 | Japan
Fuku Akino
1908 — 2001 | Japan
Fuku Akino
1972 | Luxembourg
Tina Gillen
1972 | Luxembourg
Tina Gillen
1972 | Luxembourg
Tina Gillen
1940 — Mexico | 2022 — Portugal
Lourdes Grobet
1940 — Mexico | 2022 — Portugal
Lourdes Grobet
1940 — Mexico | 2022 — Portugal
Lourdes Grobet
1878 — 1961 | USA
Josephine Hale
1878 — 1961 | USA
Josephine Hale
1895 — Poland | 1975 — France
Alice Halicka
1895 — Poland | 1975 — France
Alice Halicka
1895 — Poland | 1975 — France
Alice Halicka
1926 — Jamaica | 2018 — United States
Dorothy Henriques-Wells
1940 — United States | 2019 — United Kingdom
Susan Hiller
1940 — United States | 2019 — United Kingdom
Susan Hiller
1908 — 1966 | Netherlands
Frieda Hunziker
1908 — 1966 | Netherlands
Frieda Hunziker
1937 | Austria
Tess Jaray
1937 | Austria
Tess Jaray
1937 | Austria
Tess Jaray
1905 — 1998 | United States
Lois Mailou Jones
1905 — 1998 | United States
Lois Mailou Jones
1905 — 1998 | United States
Lois Mailou Jones
1964 | France
Valérie Jouve
1964 | France
Valérie Jouve
1964 | France
Valérie Jouve
1957 | South Korea
Kimsooja
1957 | South Korea
Kimsooja
1957 | South Korea
Kimsooja
1957 | South Africa
Vivienne Koorland
1957 | South Africa
Vivienne Koorland
1957 | South Africa
Vivienne Koorland
1944 | Morocco
Joëlle de La Casinière
1896 — Hungary | 1967 — France
Ergy Landau
1896 — Hungary | 1967 — France
Ergy Landau
1912 — 1973 | Hungary
Klára Langer
1912 — 1973 | Hungary
Klára Langer
1952 | Sweden
Eva Löfdahl
1952 | Sweden
Eva Löfdahl
1952 | Sweden
Eva Löfdahl
1972 | United States
Maha Maamoun
1972 | United States
Maha Maamoun
1912 — 2000 | Japon
Toshi Maruki
1927 — Singapore | 2020 —
Chen Cheng Mei
1964 | Gabon
Myriam Mihindou
1964 | Gabon
Myriam Mihindou
1960 | Argentina
Mónica Millán
1960 | Argentina
Mónica Millán
1960 | Argentina
Mónica Millán
1941 | France
Sarah Moon
1951 | United-States of America
Jeanne Moutoussamy-Ashe
1951 | United-States of America
Jeanne Moutoussamy-Ashe
1951 | United-States of America
Jeanne Moutoussamy-Ashe
1951 | Spain
Isabel Muñoz
1951 | Spain
Isabel Muñoz
1910 — 2005 | France
Aurélie Nemours
1921 — 2007 | France
Janine Niépce
1921 — 2007 | France
Janine Niépce
1887 — 1986 | United States
Georgia O’Keeffe
1887 — 1986 | United States
Georgia O’Keeffe
1893 — 1978 | Mexico
Nahui Olin
1893 — 1978 | Mexico
Nahui Olin
1871 — 1955 | Russie
Anna Ostroumova Lebedeva
1942 | Germany
Ulrike Ottinger
1942 | Germany
Ulrike Ottinger
1942 | Germany
Ulrike Ottinger
1964 | France
Françoise Pétrovitch
1904 — 1992 | United States
Delilah W. Pierce
1953 | Guyana
Ingrid Pollard
1953 | Guyana
Ingrid Pollard
1895 — Lithuania | 1975 — Italy
Antonietta Raphaël Mafai
1895 — Lithuania | 1975 — Italy
Antonietta Raphaël Mafai
1895 — Lithuania | 1975 — Italy
Antonietta Raphaël Mafai
1967 | Spain
Tere Recarens
1967 | Spain
Tere Recarens
1967 | Spain
Tere Recarens
1918 — South Korea | 2009 — France
Seund Ja Rhee
1918 — South Korea | 2009 — France
Seund Ja Rhee
1957 | France
Anne Rochette
1957 | France
Anne Rochette
1974 | Denmark
Pia Rönicke
1974 | Denmark
Pia Rönicke
1974 | Denmark
Pia Rönicke
1926 | United States
Betye Saar
1963 | France
Zineb Sedira
1963 | France
Zineb Sedira
1963 | France
Zineb Sedira
1894 — 1966 | South Africa
Irma Stern
1894 — 1966 | South Africa
Irma Stern
1882 — Ireland | 1978 — United Kingdom
Mary Swanzy
1882 — Ireland | 1978 — United Kingdom
Mary Swanzy
1960 | France
Nathalie Talec
1916 — Russia | 2011 — Estonia
Olga Terri
1916 — Russia | 2011 — Estonia
Olga Terri
1952 | Vietnam
Trinh T. Minh-ha
1952 | Vietnam
Trinh T. Minh-ha
1928 — Belgium | 2019 — France
Agnès Varda
1928 — Belgium | 2019 — France
Agnès Varda
1908 — Spain | 1963 — Mexico
Remedios Varo
1908 — Spain | 1963 — Mexico
Remedios Varo
1908 — Spain | 1963 — Mexico
Remedios Varo
1953 | France
Catherine Viollet
1974 | France
Marie Voignier
1974 | France
Marie Voignier
1963 | China
Yin Xiuzhen
1971 | South Korea
Haegue Yang
1971 | South Korea
Haegue Yang
1971 | South Korea
Haegue Yang
1945 — 2012 | Australia
Gulumbu Yunupingu
1965 | United States
Andrea Zittel
1965 | United States
Andrea Zittel
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