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Fields
Architecture
7
Decorative arts & design
3
Visual arts
1398
Artistic Movements
Geometric abstraction
45
Appropriationism
5
Kinetic art
13
Conceptual art
83
Context art
12
Body art
11
Digital art
18
Artist collective
9
Institutional critique
11
Expressionism
36
Fluxus
8
Land art
11
Mail art
12
Member of a collective
112
Minimalism
37
Neo-expressionism
6
Nouveau Réalisme
6
Pop art
46
Postminimalism
7
Postmodernism
8
Surrealism
55
Subjects
Abstraction
366
Allegory
124
Animals
173
Architecture
132
Autobiography
132
Self-portrait
191
Body positivity
13
Political issues
385
Social classes
98
Women's status
322
Consumerism
91
Human body
450
Cosmos
52
Colour
226
Dance
80
Discriminations
160
Documentary
131
Ecology
82
Writing
176
Childhood
115
Eroticism
81
Public space
94
Fantasy & dreams
86
Feminism
311
Party & nightlife
37
Gender fluidity
20
Geography
15
Geometry
156
War & conflicts
155
History
287
Art history & museum
73
Identity
219
Industry
31
Intimacy
112
Irony
64
Games & toys
17
Language
90
Light
87
Machine & technology
34
Magic & esotericism
9
Disease
45
Mannequins & dolls
41
Maternity
118
Mathematics
10
Media
64
Memory
212
Human migration
101
Fashion & clothing
67
Modernity
34
Death
72
Music
66
Myths, tales & legends
100
Nation
56
Nature
263
Still life
158
Food
20
Nude
163
Landscape
308
Urban landscape
159
Spatial perception
28
Visual perception
52
Portrait
438
Postcolonialism
107
Advertisement
50
Queer
28
Racism
74
Romantic relationships
47
Religion & spirituality
200
Domestic scene
114
Science
53
Sexuality
133
Entertainment
57
Sport
15
Time
30
Traditions
238
Work
84
Domestic work
82
Drag
28
Vegetal
170
Everyday life
295
Aging
31
Violence
146
Travel
78
Mediums
Objects
220
Ceramic
82
Furniture
21
Fashion
13
Glassware
3
Graphic arts
819
Poster
38
Watercolour
192
Collage
211
Drawing (ink, pencil…)
535
Engraving & etching
232
Illustration
105
Artist book
89
Pastel & wax
110
Journal
26
Screen printing
74
Performing arts
34
Costume
37
Dance
7
Set design
60
Audiovisual
354
Film
128
Digital
56
Sound
79
Video
247
Concepts
27
Curating
11
Critical writing
11
Conceptual practices (instructions…)
10
Space & installation
509
Accumulation
94
Architecture
7
Assemblage
240
Light installation
48
Mosaic
20
Stained glass
17
[Modes]
131
Ephemeral
28
Site-specific
117
Monumental
130
Painting
835
Acrylic
164
Mural
38
Gouache
98
Oil
480
Tempera
32
Performance
239
Photography
426
Analogue photography
243
Digital photography
99
Photomontage
73
Historical techniques
28
Sculpture
454
Cement & concrete
34
Wood
116
Bronze
96
Wax
18
Marble
29
Metal
137
Paper & cardboard
26
Stone
47
Plastic
48
Plaster
82
Resin
33
Clay
98
Glass
25
Textile
208
Embroidery
74
Sewing
38
Weaving
65
Countries
Africa
98
South Africa
13
Algeria
12
Benin
1
Ethiopia
2
Nigeria
18
Senegal
4
Central America and the Caribbean
41
Cuba
11
Jamaica
5
North America
379
Canada
26
United States
332
Mexico
31
South America
106
Argentina
31
Brazil
30
Chile
10
Colombia
8
Peru
7
Asia
201
China
27
South Korea
8
India
17
Indonesia
9
Japan
67
Pakistan
4
Philippines
10
Singapore
7
Taiwan
4
Thailand
4
Europe
788
Germany
115
Belgium
21
Croatia
10
Spain
40
France
384
Greece
5
Hungary
41
Ireland
5
Iceland
3
Italy
58
Lithuania
7
North Macedonia
4
Netherlands
34
Poland
30
Portugal
8
Czech Republic
13
Romania
9
United Kingdom
105
Slovakia
3
Slovenia
1
Sweden
10
Switzerland
37
Middle East
109
Saudi Arabia
1
Israel
51
Palestine
14
Turkey
19
Oceania
48
Australia
38
Periods of
activity
XVIe siècle
3
17th century
8
18th century
23
19th century
92
20th century
1271
1920s
226
1930s
289
1940s
314
1950s
394
1960s
526
1970s
627
1980s
731
1990s
874
21st century
826
2000s
825
2010s
735
2020s
537
Programmes
— + 1
23
— Amazons of Pop, 1961–73
13
— Women Artists of the 1960s in Africa
18
— 18th-Century Women Artists
27
— Southeast Asian Women Artists
24
— 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
3
— AWARE x Musée d’Orsay
36
— Women in Abstraction
31
— Le Louvre & AWARE
13
— Les architectes
6
— New Media, 1960s-1990s
10
— Netherlands–Caribbean, 19th–21st c.
12
— Photographers from Japan
3
— Rewriting Art History in the Americas
48
— Season Africa2020
23
— TEAM: Teaching, E-learning, Agency, Mentoring
173
The indexed biographies correspond to artists born between 1664 and 1974.
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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
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
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
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
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)
Jagoda Buić
1930 | Croatia (before Yugoslavia)
Jagoda Buić
1930 | Croatia (before Yugoslavia)
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
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 | Japan
Yayoi Kusama
1929 | Japan
Yayoi Kusama
1929 | 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
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
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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