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Fields
Artistic Movements
Geometric abstraction
43
Lyrical abstraction
21
Conceptual art
79
Body art
11
Naïve art
12
Bauhaus
11
Constructivism
18
Cubism
30
Abstract expressionism
42
Fluxus
8
Futurism
9
Land art
10
Mail art
12
Minimalism
37
Nouveau Réalisme
6
Neues Sehen
11
Op art
3
Straight photography
12
Pop art
46
Postimpressionism
14
Primitivism
6
Suprematism
6
Surrealism
52
[Artist collectives]
115
Subjects
Abstraction
340
Adolescence
11
Allegory
106
Animals
163
Architecture
126
Autobiography
124
Self-portrait
175
Body positivity
11
Political issues
351
Social classes
81
Women's status
301
Consumerism
85
Human body
415
Cosmos
43
Colour
212
Dance
78
Discriminations
150
Documentary
120
Ecology
74
Writing
162
Childhood
108
Eroticism
76
Public space
85
Fantasy & dreams
84
Feminism
298
Party & nightlife
37
Gender fluidity
20
Geometry
150
War & conflicts
143
History
267
Art history & museum
65
Homophobia
14
Identity
201
Industry
31
Intimacy
103
Irony
60
Games & toys
15
Language
89
Light
81
Machine & technology
33
Magic & esotericism
7
Disease
44
Mannequins & dolls
41
Maternity
112
Mathematics
9
Media
64
Memory
197
Human migration
97
Fashion & clothing
66
Modernity
34
Death
72
Music
63
Myths, tales & legends
94
Nation
53
Nature
236
Still life
151
Food
20
Nude
152
Landscape
287
Urban landscape
149
Visual perception
43
Portrait
407
Postcolonialism
99
Advertisement
49
Queer
27
Racism
67
Romantic relationships
44
Religion & spirituality
181
Domestic scene
110
Science
49
Sexuality
129
Entertainment
55
Surveillance
5
Time
29
Traditions
227
Work
78
Domestic work
78
Drag
28
Vegetal
159
Everyday life
277
Old age
30
Violence
142
Lesbian visibility
27
Trans visibility
16
Travel
75
Mediums
Applied arts
208
Jewellery & silverware
20
Ceramic
77
Costumes
37
Decor
59
Furniture
19
Mosaic
15
Stained glass
15
Graphic arts
776
Poster
35
Watercolour
183
Collage
202
Drawing (ink, pencil…)
509
Engraving & etching
224
Illustration
97
Pastel & wax
107
Journal
26
Screen printing
71
Audiovisual
340
Film
124
Digital
51
Sound
76
Video
239
Installation
481
Accumulation
86
Assemblage
224
Environment
135
Light installation
44
[Modes]
124
Ephemeral
26
Site-specific
110
Monumental
127
Painting
773
Acrylic
157
Gouache
95
Oil
444
Tempera
28
Performance
227
Photography
413
Analogue photography
236
Digital photography
93
Photojournalism
37
Photomontage
72
Historical techniques
28
Sculpture
435
Concrete & cement
31
Wood
111
Bronze
95
Wax
18
Marble
28
Metal
131
Paper & cardboard
25
Plastic
47
Plaster
79
Resin
32
Clay
96
Glass
26
Textile
205
Embroidery
72
Sewing
45
Crochet & knitting
9
Weaving
58
Countries
Africa
89
Egypt
12
Ghana
5
Uganda
3
Central America and the Caribbean
38
Costa Rica
2
Panama
1
North America
363
Canada
25
United States
317
Mexico
30
South America
99
Argentina
31
Brazil
28
Asia
170
South Korea
8
Japan
50
Philippines
10
Russia
32
Singapore
5
Europe
740
Albania
1
Germany
112
Austria
17
Belgium
20
Denmark
12
Spain
40
France
367
Hungary
39
Italy
50
Lithuania
7
Poland
28
Portugal
8
Czech Republic
12
Romania
9
United Kingdom
100
Switzerland
35
Ukraine
11
Middle East
99
Israel
50
Oceania
45
Periods of
activity
17th century
2
18th century
20
1720s
4
1730s
5
1740s
7
19th century
82
20th century
1196
1910s
143
1920s
215
1930s
274
1940s
296
1950s
368
1960s
487
1970s
587
1980s
686
1990s
820
21st century
780
2000s
780
2010s
697
2020s
506
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
18
— Women Artists in Japan, 19th–21st c.
23
— Radical Women: Latin American Art, 1960–85
13
— AWARE x Canada
9
— AWARE x Musée d’Orsay
36
— Women in Abstraction
31
— Le Louvre & AWARE
7
— New Media, 1960s-1990s
7
— Netherlands–Caribbean, 19th–21st c.
11
— Rewriting Art History in the Americas
44
— Season Africa2020
23
— TEAM: Teaching, E-learning, Agency, Mentoring
163
The indexed biographies correspond to artists born between 1664 and 1974.
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1925 — Switzerland | 2015 — France
Eva Aeppli
1925 — Switzerland | 2015 — France
Eva Aeppli
1933 — 2001 | Argentina
Alicia d’ Amico
1944 | France
Thérèse Ampe-Jonas
1929 — 2023 | United States
Ida Applebroog
1929 — 2023 | United States
Ida Applebroog
1929 — 2023 | United States
Ida Applebroog
1959 | Japan
Asako Narahashi
1940 — 2015 | Spain
Elena Asins
1940 — 2015 | Spain
Elena Asins
1940 — 2015 | Spain
Elena Asins
1943 | Spain
Eugènia Balcells
1943 | Spain
Eugènia Balcells
1943 | Spain
Eugènia Balcells
1957 | Israel
Judith Bartolani
1936 | France
Sophie Bassouls
1879 — 1961 | United Kingdom
Vanessa Bell
1879 — 1961 | United Kingdom
Vanessa Bell
1879 — 1961 | United Kingdom
Vanessa Bell
1899 — Germany | 1998 — United States
Ilse Bing
1899 — Germany | 1998 — United States
Ilse Bing
1899 — Germany | 1998 — United States
Ilse Bing
1699 — Scotland | 1758 — Great Britain
Elizabeth Blackwell
1934 — Germany | 2023 — Italy
Irma Blank
1934 — Germany | 2023 — Italy
Irma Blank
1946 | Egypt
Anna Boghiguian
1946 | Egypt
Anna Boghiguian
1969 | Austria
Barbara Breitenfellner
1969 | Austria
Barbara Breitenfellner
1969 | Austria
Barbara Breitenfellner
1894 — France | 1954 — Jersey
Claude Cahun
1894 — France | 1954 — Jersey
Claude Cahun
1894 — France | 1954 — Jersey
Claude Cahun
1953 | France
Sophie Calle
1942 | France
Béatrice Casadesus
1930 — 2022 | Portugal
Lourdes Castro
1930 — 2022 | Portugal
Lourdes Castro
1951 — South Korea | 1982 — United States
Theresa Hak Kyung Cha
1951 — South Korea | 1982 — United States
Theresa Hak Kyung Cha
1951 — South Korea | 1982 — United States
Theresa Hak Kyung Cha
1942 | Spain
Mari Chordà
1942 | Spain
Mari Chordà
1942 | Spain
Mari Chordà
1973 | France
Anne-Lise Coste (Uruk)
1973 | France
Anne-Lise Coste (Uruk)
1973 | France
Anne-Lise Coste (Uruk)
1964 | France
Dominique De Beir
1964 | France
Dominique De Beir
1931 | Hungary
Ágnes Dénes
1940 — 2012 | Argentina
Mirtha Dermisache
1974 | France
documentation céline duval (doc-cd)
1974 | France
documentation céline duval (doc-cd)
1933 — 2021 | United States
Mary Beth Edelson
1933 — 2021 | United States
Mary Beth Edelson
1933 — 2021 | United States
Mary Beth Edelson
1942 | Panama
Sandra Eleta
1942 | Panama
Sandra Eleta
1942 | Panama
Sandra Eleta
1963 | United Kingdom
Tracey Emin
1893 — Russia | 1937 — Kazakhstan
Vera Ermolaeva
1893 — Russia | 1937 — Kazakhstan
Vera Ermolaeva
1893 — Russia | 1937 — Kazakhstan
Vera Ermolaeva
1932 | Italy
Giosetta Fioroni
1932 | Italy
Giosetta Fioroni
1960 | Russia
Olga Florenskaïa
1924 — Czech Republic | 2006 — France
Ruth Francken
1924 — Czech Republic | 2006 — France
Ruth Francken
1959 | Argentina
Mónica Giron
1959 | Argentina
Mónica Giron
1959 | Argentina
Mónica Giron
1909 — 1976 | France
Roberta González
1946 | Spain
Eulàlia Grau
1946 | Spain
Eulàlia Grau
1946 | Spain
Eulàlia Grau
1954 | Israel
Michal Heiman
1954 | Israel
Michal Heiman
1938 — 2014 | United States
Nancy Holt
1938 — 2014 | United States
Nancy Holt
1938 — 2014 | United States
Nancy Holt
1887 — 1968 | France
Valentine Hugo
1933 — United States | 2022 — Germany
Dorothy Iannone
1941 | Spain
Concha Jerez
1941 | Spain
Concha Jerez
1964 | Bulgaria
Liz Johnson Artur
1964 | Bulgaria
Liz Johnson Artur
1933 | United States
Alison Knowles
1944 | Morocco
Joëlle de La Casinière
1956 | Mexico
Magali (Margarita Rosa) Lara (Zavala)
1961 | United States
Zoe Leonard
1936 — Singapore | 1997 — United Kingdom
Kim Lim
1936 — Singapore | 1997 — United Kingdom
Kim Lim
1964 | Israel
Hila Lulu Lin Farah Kufer Birim
1964 | Israel
Hila Lulu Lin Farah Kufer Birim
1964 | Israel
Hila Lulu Lin Farah Kufer Birim
1957 | Philippines
Lani Maestro
1957 | Philippines
Lani Maestro
1957 | Philippines
Lani Maestro
1934 — 1999 | Uganda
Estelle Betty Manyolo Sangowawa
1934 — 1999 | Uganda
Estelle Betty Manyolo Sangowawa
1933 | Italy
Lucia Marcucci
1928 | Hungary
Anna Mark
1928 | Hungary
Anna Mark
1943 — 2014 | United-States of America
Rosemary Mayer
1943 | France
Annette Messager
1946 | Romania
Wanda Mihuleac
1946 | Romania
Wanda Mihuleac
1960 | Brazil
Beatriz Milhazes
1953 | South Korea
Yong Soon Min
1953 | South Korea
Yong Soon Min
1953 | South Korea
Yong Soon Min
1957 | France
Marylène Negro
1910 — 2005 | France
Aurélie Nemours
1933 | Japan
Yoko Ono
1933 | Japan
Yoko Ono
1927 — 2004 | Brazil
Lygia Pape
1967 | Brésil
Rosana Paulino
1964 | France
Françoise Pétrovitch
1941 | France
Anne Poirier
1941 | France
Anne Poirier
1953 | Guyana
Ingrid Pollard
1953 | Guyana
Ingrid Pollard
1961 | France
Françoise Quardon
2014 | France
Rester. Étranger
1918 — South Korea | 2009 — France
Seund Ja Rhee
1918 — South Korea | 2009 — France
Seund Ja Rhee
1972 | Japan
Rinko Kawauchi
1949 | France
Sophie Ristelhueber
1974 | Denmark
Pia Rönicke
1974 | Denmark
Pia Rönicke
1974 | Denmark
Pia Rönicke
1913 — Nowadays Ukraine | 2004 — Poland
Erna Rosenstein
1913 — Nowadays Ukraine | 2004 — Poland
Erna Rosenstein
1950 — 2013 | United Kingdom
Monica Ross
1950 — 2013 | United Kingdom
Monica Ross
1929 | Japan
Takako Saito
1929 | Japan
Takako Saito
1929 | Japan
Takako Saito
1917 — Germany | 1943 — Poland
Charlotte Salomon
1959 | Japan
Yoshiko Shimada
1959 | Japan
Yoshiko Shimada
1959 | Japan
Yoshiko Shimada
1906 — Russian Empire (now Lithuania) | 1998 — Lithuania
Veronika Šleivytė
1906 — Russian Empire (now Lithuania) | 1998 — Lithuania
Veronika Šleivytė
1906 — Russian Empire (now Lithuania) | 1998 — Lithuania
Veronika Šleivytė
1894 — Lithuania | 1958 — Russia
Varvara Stepanova
1894 — Lithuania | 1958 — Russia
Varvara Stepanova
1973 | Brazil
Clarissa Tossin
1973 | Brazil
Clarissa Tossin
1968 | Albania
Ornela Vorpsi
1968 | Albania
Ornela Vorpsi
1968 | Albania
Ornela Vorpsi
1958 — 1981 | United States
Francesca Woodman
1958 — 1981 | United States
Francesca Woodman
1972 | Israel
Rona Yefman
1972 | Israel
Rona Yefman
1972 | Israel
Rona Yefman
1897 — Poland | 1949 — United States
Teresa Żarnowerówna (Teresa Żarnower)
1897 — Poland | 1949 — United States
Teresa Żarnowerówna (Teresa Żarnower)
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