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Fields
Architecture
21
Decorative arts & design
11
Visual arts
1513
Artistic Movements
Geometric abstraction
46
Lyrical abstraction
22
Academic art
10
Viennese Actionism
2
Appropriationism
5
Outsider art
4
Kinetic art
15
Conceptual art
95
Context art
12
Body art
11
Art Deco
3
Naïve art
12
Art nouveau
6
Digital art
19
Postconceptual art
6
Arte povera
2
Bauhaus
14
Artist collective
16
Constructivism
19
Copy Art
1
Institutional critique
11
Cubism
30
Cubo-futurism
9
Dada
6
Expressionism
37
Abstract expressionism
45
Fauvism
5
Fluxus
8
Futurism
9
Hyperrealism
5
Impressionism
14
Land art
10
Mail art
12
Member of a collective
112
Minimalism
37
Neo-expressionism
6
Nouveau Réalisme
6
New Objectivity
14
Neues Sehen
11
Op art
5
Straight photography
12
Pictorialism
9
Pop art
46
Postimpressionism
14
Postminimalism
7
Postmodernism
8
Primitivism
6
Purisme
2
Rayonism
3
Realism
38
Socialist Realism
9
Harlem Renaissance
4
Suprematism
6
Surrealism
56
Symbolism
14
Subjects
Abstraction
391
Adolescence
14
Allegory
148
Animals
198
Architecture
144
Archives
9
Autobiography
144
Self-portrait
210
Body positivity
16
Political issues
421
Social classes
124
Women's status
353
Consumerism
98
Human body
504
Cosmos
66
Colour
238
Dance
86
Discriminations
168
Documentary
146
Ecology
108
Writing
189
Childhood
126
Eroticism
87
Public space
110
Fantasy & dreams
94
Feminism
339
Party & nightlife
37
Gender fluidity
21
Geography
21
Geometry
166
War & conflicts
163
History
309
Art history & museum
84
Homophobia
14
Identity
242
Industry
38
Intimacy
124
Irony
69
Games & toys
25
Language
93
Light
93
Machine & technology
40
Magic & esotericism
9
Disease
48
Mannequins & dolls
46
Maternity
128
Mathematics
10
Media
66
Memory
232
Human migration
108
Fashion & clothing
70
Modernity
34
Death
80
Music
67
Myths, tales & legends
109
Nation
56
Nature
310
Still life
174
Food
26
Nude
179
Landscape
341
Urban landscape
181
Spatial perception
36
Visual perception
54
Portrait
476
Postcolonialism
116
Sex positivity
16
Advertisement
53
Queer
29
Racism
77
Romantic relationships
51
Religion & spirituality
212
Domestic scene
124
Science
59
Sexuality
138
Entertainment
58
Sport
15
Surveillance
5
Time
32
Traditions
264
Work
90
Domestic work
94
Drag
28
Vegetal
195
Everyday life
321
Aging
36
Violence
154
Lesbian visibility
27
Trans visibility
17
Travel
83
Mediums
Objects
239
Jewellery
15
Ceramic
93
Medal
6
Furniture
27
Fashion
13
Silverware
5
Glassware
3
Graphic arts
874
Poster
40
Watercolour
205
Collage
215
Drawing (ink, pencil…)
581
Engraving & etching
246
Illustration
112
Artist book
96
Pastel & wax
113
Journal
26
Screen printing
82
Performing arts
40
Costume
40
Dance
10
Set design
62
Dolls & puppets
13
Theater
2
Audiovisual
379
Film
138
Digital
62
Sound
84
Video
265
Concepts
42
Curating
12
Critical writing
19
Conceptual practices (instructions…)
19
Space & installation
565
Accumulation
108
Architecture
24
Interior design
10
Assemblage
265
Light installation
50
Mosaic
20
Stained glass
18
[Modes]
150
Ephemeral
32
Site-specific
129
Monumental
142
Painting
905
Acrylic
184
Mural
44
Gouache
101
Oil
534
Miniature
9
Tempera
35
Performance
254
Photography
445
Analogue photography
252
Digital photography
105
Photojournalism
38
Photomontage
74
Historical techniques
31
Sculpture
488
Cement & concrete
37
Wood
125
Bronze
106
Wax
18
Marble
30
Metal
149
Paper & cardboard
27
Stone
50
Plastic
49
Plaster
86
Resin
35
Clay
104
Glass
30
Textile
225
Batik
1
Embroidery
81
Sewing
42
Crochet & knitting
9
Weaving
70
Countries
Africa
105
South Africa
13
Algeria
12
Benin
1
Cameroon
1
Congo
1
Egypt
14
Ethiopia
3
Gabon
1
Ghana
5
Guinea-Bissau
1
Kenya
3
Madagascar
2
Morocco
5
Mozambique
2
Nigeria
19
Uganda
3
Democratic Republic of the Congo
1
France (Reunion)
3
Senegal
4
Sierra Leone
2
Soudan
1
Tanzania
2
Tunisia
9
Zambia
1
Zimbabwe
3
Central America and the Caribbean
43
France (Antilles)
7
Costa Rica
2
Cuba
11
Curaçao
3
Guatemala
4
Haiti
7
Jamaica
5
Nicaragua
1
Panama
1
Puerto Rico
2
Trinidad and Tobago
1
North America
405
Canada
27
United States
352
Greenland
2
Mexico
36
South America
117
Argentina
36
Bolivia
2
Brazil
31
Chile
10
Colombia
11
Ecuador
2
Guyana
2
France (French Guiana)
3
Paraguay
1
Peru
7
Suriname
6
Uruguay
5
Venezuela
6
Asia
231
Bangladesh
2
Burma
2
Cambodia
1
China
30
South Korea
9
India
18
Indonesia
14
Japan
71
Kazakhstan
5
Malaysia
7
Nepal
1
Uzbekistan
2
Pakistan
6
Philippines
10
Russia
33
Singapore
8
Sri Lanka
1
Taiwan
6
Thailand
6
Vietnam
8
Europe
858
Albania
1
Germany
118
Austria
20
Belarus
3
Belgium
21
Bosnia-Herzegovina
3
Bulgaria
10
Cyprus
1
Croatia
11
Denmark
25
Spain
43
Estonia
16
Finland
7
France
408
Georgia
1
Greece
5
Hungary
42
Ireland
6
Iceland
4
Italy
67
Latvia
3
Lithuania
7
Muxembourg
5
North Macedonia
4
Moldova
2
Norway
17
Netherlands
35
Poland
33
Portugal
9
Czech Republic
14
Romania
9
United Kingdom
110
Serbia
5
Slovakia
3
Slovenia
1
Sweden
15
Switzerland
38
Ukraine
15
Middle East
114
Saudi Arabia
1
Armenia
1
Irak
5
Iran
6
Israel
51
Jordan
4
Kuwait
1
Lebanon
23
Palestine
17
Syria
4
Turkey
21
Oceania
51
Australia
41
New Zealand
11
Papua New Guinea
1
Periods of
activity
XVIe siècle
4
1540s
1
1550s
2
1560s
2
1570s
3
1580s
3
1590s
2
17th century
13
1600s
2
1610s
2
1620s
1
1630s
1
1640s
3
1650s
4
1660s
3
1670s
4
1680s
5
1690s
4
18th century
27
1710s
3
1720s
4
1730s
6
1740s
8
1750s
9
1760s
14
1770s
17
1780s
14
1790s
14
19th century
107
1800s
12
1810s
13
1820s
14
1830s
14
1840s
17
1850s
17
1860s
29
1870s
45
1880s
48
1890s
77
20th century
1368
1900s
108
1910s
166
1920s
240
1930s
310
1940s
336
1950s
422
1960s
568
1970s
679
1980s
791
1990s
944
21st century
895
2000s
895
2010s
795
2020s
592
Programmes
— + 1
31
— Amazons of Pop, 1961–73
13
— Women Artists of the 1960s in Africa
22
— 18th-Century Women Artists
29
— 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
12
— Designers
5
— Women in Abstraction
31
— Le Louvre & AWARE
17
— Les architectes
14
— 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
204
The indexed biographies correspond to artists born between 1500 and 1976.
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1930 — 2017 | Poland
Magdalena Abakanowicz
1930 — 2017 | Poland
Magdalena Abakanowicz
1950 | United States
Martine Aballéa
1924 — 2014 | Italy
Carla Accardi
1924 — 2014 | Italy
Carla Accardi
1951 | Indonesia
Siti Adiyati Subangun
1951 | Indonesia
Siti Adiyati Subangun
1951 | Indonesia
Siti Adiyati Subangun
1956 | Saudi Arabia
Hend Al-Mansour
1956 | Saudi Arabia
Hend Al-Mansour
1956 | Saudi Arabia
Hend Al-Mansour
1944 | France
Thérèse Ampe-Jonas
1946 | United States
Alice Aycock
1972 | Nigeria
Lucy Azubuike
1957 | France
Élisabeth Ballet
1952 | Philippines
Genara Fernandez Banzon
1952 | Philippines
Genara Fernandez Banzon
1952 | Philippines
Genara Fernandez Banzon
1953 | Brazil
Lenora de Barros
1958 | France
Cécile Bart
1929 | Romania
Marion Baruch
1929 | Romania
Marion Baruch
1929 | Romania
Marion Baruch
1975 | Denmark
Nina Beier
1975 | Denmark
Nina Beier
1967 | Israel
Aya Ben Ron
1967 | Israel
Aya Ben Ron
1967 | Israel
Aya Ben Ron
1949 | Algeria
Samta Benyahia
1949 | Algeria
Samta Benyahia
1949 | Algeria
Samta Benyahia
1934 | Belgium
Marianne Berenhaut
1957 | Canada
Dominique Blain
1957 | Turkey
Handan Börüteçene
1957 | Turkey
Handan Börüteçene
1961 — 1995 | France
Sylvia Bossu
1961 — 1995 | France
Sylvia Bossu
1911 — France | 2010 — United States
Louise Bourgeois
1911 — France | 2010 — United States
Louise Bourgeois
1974 | Belgium
Aline Bouvy
1974 | Belgium
Aline Bouvy
1974 | Belgium
Aline Bouvy
1962 | United-Kingdom
Sonia Boyce
1930 — Croatia (before Yugoslavia) | 2022 — Italy
Jagoda Buić
1930 — Croatia (before Yugoslavia) | 2022 — Italy
Jagoda Buić
1930 — Croatia (before Yugoslavia) | 2022 — Italy
Jagoda Buić
1935 — 2021 | Peru
Teresa Burga
1935 — 2021 | Peru
Teresa Burga
1933 — Colombia | 1982 — France
Feliza Bursztyn
1933 — Colombia | 1982 — France
Feliza Bursztyn
1933 — Colombia | 1982 — France
Feliza Bursztyn
1940 | Argentina
Delia Cancela
1940 | Argentina
Delia Cancela
1940 | Argentina
Delia Cancela
1939 — 2015 | United States
Rosemarie Castoro
1958 | Ethiopia
Sheba Chhachhi
1958 | Ethiopia
Sheba Chhachhi
1958 | Ethiopia
Sheba Chhachhi
1939 | United States
Judy Chicago
1939 | United States
Judy Chicago
1972 | Japan
Chiharu Shiota
1972 | Japan
Chiharu Shiota
1933 — 2013 | Greece
Chryssa
1933 — 2013 | Greece
Chryssa
0000 |
Céline Condorelli
1964 | Argentina
Nicola Costantino
1964 | Argentina
Nicola Costantino
1964 | Argentina
Nicola Costantino
1964 | France
Dominique De Beir
1964 | France
Dominique De Beir
1943 | France
Anne Deguelle
1943 | France
Anne Deguelle
1931 | Hungary
Ágnes Dénes
1960 | United Kingdom
Ndidi Dike
1960 | United Kingdom
Ndidi Dike
1958 | India
Anita Dube
1958 | India
Anita Dube
1949 | Turkey
Ayşe Erkmen
1949 | Turkey
Ayşe Erkmen
1955 | Turkey
İnci Eviner
1961 | Indonesia
Arahmaiani Feisal
1961 | Indonesia
Arahmaiani Feisal
1961 | Indonesia
Arahmaiani Feisal
1971 | La Réunion, France
Florans Féliks-Waro
1971 | La Réunion, France
Florans Féliks-Waro
1955 | Cuba
Ana Flores
1955 | Cuba
Ana Flores
1967 | Spain
Alicia Framis
1967 | Spain
Alicia Framis
1967 | Spain
Alicia Framis
1943 | France
Monique Frydman
1965 | Spain
Dora García
1965 | Spain
Dora García
1965 | Senegal
Pélagie Gbaguidi
1965 | Senegal
Pélagie Gbaguidi
1933 | Brazil
Anna Bella Geiger
1973 | France
Agnès Geoffray
1973 | France
Agnès Geoffray
1973 | France
Agnès Geoffray
1953 | Israel
Tamar Getter
1953 | Israel
Tamar Getter
1965 | France
Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster
1965 | France
Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster
1965 | Australia
Julie Gough
1965 | Australia
Julie Gough
1965 | Australia
Julie Gough
1957 | India
Sheela Gowda
1957 | India
Sheela Gowda
1959 | United States
Renée Green
1960 | France
Marie-Ange Guilleminot
1960 | France
Marie-Ange Guilleminot
1971 | North Macedonia
Elpida Hadzi-Vasileva
1956 | United States
Ann Hamilton
1951 | Singapore
Amanda Heng
1951 | Singapore
Amanda Heng
1951 | Singapore
Amanda Heng
1940 — United States | 2019 — United Kingdom
Susan Hiller
1940 — United States | 2019 — United Kingdom
Susan Hiller
1938 — 2014 | United States
Nancy Holt
1938 — 2014 | United States
Nancy Holt
1938 — 2014 | United States
Nancy Holt
1956 | Spain
Cristina Iglesias
1956 | Spain
Cristina Iglesias
1969 | Hungary
Mariann Imre
1966 | Ireland
Jaki Irvine
1956 | Royaume-Uni
Ann Veronica Janssens
1956 | Royaume-Uni
Ann Veronica Janssens
1964 | France
Véronique Joumard
1936 | United States
Barbara Kasten
1923 — Lithuania | 2019 — United States
Aleksandra Kasuba
1923 — Lithuania | 2019 — United States
Aleksandra Kasuba
1955 | United States
Karen Kilimnik
1942 | United States
Joyce Kozloff
1942 | United States
Joyce Kozloff
1929 — 2026 | Japan
Yayoi Kusama
1929 — 2026 | Japan
Yayoi Kusama
1929 — 2026 | Japan
Yayoi Kusama
1945 | United States
Suzanne Lacy
1973 | France
Emmanuelle Lainé
1967 | United States
Simone Leigh
1973 | Germany
Nadia Lichtig
1952 | Sweden
Eva Löfdahl
1952 | Sweden
Eva Löfdahl
1952 | Sweden
Eva Löfdahl
1960 | France
Frédérique Lucien
1962 — 2023 | Taiwan
HOU Lulu Shur-tzy
1962 — 2023 | Taiwan
HOU Lulu Shur-tzy
1962 — 2023 | Taiwan
HOU Lulu Shur-tzy
1940 | Romania
Ana Lupaș
1975 | Vietnam
Ly Hoàng Ly
1975 | Vietnam
Ly Hoàng Ly
1957 | Taiwan
Wu Mali
1957 | Taiwan
Wu Mali
1963 | Mexico
Teresa Margolles
1966 | Italia
Eva Marisaldi
1943 — 2014 | United States
Rosemary Mayer
1946 | Romania
Wanda Mihuleac
1946 | Romania
Wanda Mihuleac
1943 | Argentina
Marta Minujín
1943 | Argentina
Marta Minujín
1933 — 2000 | Japan
Miyori Hayashi
1960 | United Kingdom
Cathy de Monchaux
1949 — 2015 | India
Mrinalini Mukherjee
1926 — 2011 | Spain
Aurèlia Muñoz
1932 | Japan
Fujiko Nakaya
1947 | Mandatory Palestine
Efrat Natan
1947 | Mandatory Palestine
Efrat Natan
1947 | Mandatory Palestine
Efrat Natan
1957 | France
Marylène Negro
1963 | Slovakia
Ilona Németh
1899 — Ukraine | 1988 — United States
Louise Nevelson
1899 — Ukraine | 1988 — United States
Louise Nevelson
1933 | Japan
Yoko Ono
1933 | Japan
Yoko Ono
1938 | Turkey
Füsun Onur
1938 | Turkey
Füsun Onur
1932 — 2020 | Argentina
Margarita Paksa
1932 — 2020 | Argentina
Margarita Paksa
1932 — 2020 | Argentina
Margarita Paksa
1927 — 2004 | Brazil
Lygia Pape
1956 | United Kingdom
Cornelia Parker
1946 | United Kingdom
Judy Pfaff
1946 | United Kingdom
Judy Pfaff
1971 | Italy
Paola Pivi
1968 | Poland
Joanna Rajkowska
1968 | Poland
Joanna Rajkowska
1968 | Poland
Joanna Rajkowska
1957 | Thaïlande
Araya Rasdjarmrearnsook
1957 | Thaïlande
Araya Rasdjarmrearnsook
1961 | Japan
Rei Naito
1972 — Switzerland | 1963 — Germany
Pauline Boudry / Renate Lorenz
1972 — Switzerland | 1963 — Germany
Pauline Boudry / Renate Lorenz
1962 | Switzerland
Pipilotti Rist
1962 | Switzerland
Pipilotti Rist
1951 | Iceland
Rúrí
1942 — Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic) | 2003 — Czech Republic
Zorka Ságlová
1942 — Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic) | 2003 — Czech Republic
Zorka Ságlová
1930 — France | 2002 — United States
Niki de Saint Phalle
1930 — France | 2002 — United States
Niki de Saint Phalle
1930 — France | 2002 — United States
Niki de Saint Phalle
1958 | Colombia
Doris Salcedo
1961 | Thailand
Pinaree Sanpitak
1961 | Thailand
Pinaree Sanpitak
1969 | Israel
Yehudit Sasportas
1969 | Israel
Yehudit Sasportas
1969 | Israel
Yehudit Sasportas
1965 | Israel
Miri Segal
1948 | Lithuania
Esther Shalev-Gerz
1948 | Lithuania
Esther Shalev-Gerz
1948 | Lithuania
Esther Shalev-Gerz
1944 | Mandatory Palestine
Miriam Sharon
1944 | Mandatory Palestine
Miriam Sharon
1944 | Mandatory Palestine
Miriam Sharon
1969 | Pakistan
Shahzia Sikander
1969 | Pakistan
Shahzia Sikander
1939 | Brazil
Regina Silveira
1939 | Brazil
Regina Silveira
1926 — 2014 | Czech Republic
Adriena Šimotová
1946 | United States
Sandy Skoglund
1946 | United States
Sandy Skoglund
1946 | Spain
Susana Solano
1972 | Poland
Monika Sosnowska
1972 | Poland
Monika Sosnowska
1972 | Poland
Monika Sosnowska
1967 | Switzerland
Gerda Steiner
1953 | Czech Republic
Jana Sterbak
1953 | Czech Republic
Jana Sterbak
1930 | United States
Sturtevant
1969 | United States
Sarah Sze
1919 — Kingdom of Hungary (Czech Republic) | 1994 — France
Vera Székely
1919 — Kingdom of Hungary (Czech Republic) | 1994 — France
Vera Székely
1919 — Kingdom of Hungary (Czech Republic) | 1994 — France
Vera Székely
1932 — 2005 | Japan
Atsuko Tanaka
1946 | Japan
Tsuneko Taniuchi
1946 | Japan
Tsuneko Taniuchi
1946 | Japan
Tsuneko Taniuchi
1910 — 2012 | United States
Dorothea Tanning
1910 — 2012 | United States
Dorothea Tanning
1973 | Netherland
Jennifer Tee
1973 | Netherland
Jennifer Tee
1961 | China
Lin Tianmiao
1961 | China
Lin Tianmiao
1973 | Brazil
Clarissa Tossin
1973 | Brazil
Clarissa Tossin
1962 | Italy
Claudia Triozzi
1962 | Italy
Claudia Triozzi
1968 | Italy
Tatiana Trouvé
1928 — Belgium | 2019 — France
Agnès Varda
1928 — Belgium | 2019 — France
Agnès Varda
1959 | Singapore
Suzann Victor
1959 | Singapore
Suzann Victor
1948 | Chile
Cecilia Vicuña
1948 | Chile
Cecilia Vicuña
1948 | Chile
Cecilia Vicuña
1974 | Germany
Ulla von Brandenburg
1974 | Germany
Ulla von Brandenburg
1969 | United States
Kara Walker
1961 | Australia
Lynette Wallworth
1930 — 2005 | Belgium
Marthe Wéry
1941 | United Kingdom
Sue Williamson
1967 — 2018 | China
CUI Xiuwen
1967 — 2018 | China
CUI Xiuwen
1949 | Hong Kong
CHOI Yan-chi
1949 | Hong Kong
CHOI Yan-chi
1971 | South Korea
Haegue Yang
1971 | South Korea
Haegue Yang
1971 | South Korea
Haegue Yang
1965 | United States
Andrea Zittel
1965 | United States
Andrea Zittel
1964 | Palestine
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