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Fields
Architecture
21
Decorative arts & design
11
Visual arts
1515
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
392
Adolescence
14
Allegory
149
Animals
200
Architecture
144
Archives
10
Autobiography
145
Self-portrait
210
Body positivity
16
Political issues
423
Social classes
124
Women's status
354
Consumerism
98
Human body
506
Cosmos
68
Colour
238
Dance
86
Discriminations
170
Documentary
147
Ecology
110
Writing
189
Childhood
126
Eroticism
87
Fantasy & dreams
94
Feminism
340
Party & nightlife
37
Gender fluidity
21
Geography
22
Geometry
166
War & conflicts
164
History
310
Art history & museum
84
Homophobia
14
Identity
244
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
233
Human migration
108
Fashion & clothing
70
Modernity
35
Death
80
Music
67
Myths, tales & legends
110
Nation
57
Nature
312
Still life
174
Food
26
Nude
180
Landscape
342
Urban landscape
181
Spatial perception
36
Visual perception
54
Portrait
476
Postcolonialism
118
Sex positivity
16
Advertisement
53
Queer
29
Racism
78
Romantic relationships
51
Religion & spirituality
212
Domestic scene
124
Science
59
Sexuality
139
Entertainment
58
Sport
15
Surveillance
5
Time
32
Traditions
265
Work
90
Domestic work
94
Drag
28
Vegetal
196
Everyday life
321
Aging
36
Violence
154
Lesbian visibility
27
Trans visibility
17
Travel
83
Mediums
Objects
240
Jewellery
16
Ceramic
93
Medal
6
Furniture
28
Fashion
13
Silverware
5
Glassware
3
Graphic arts
876
Poster
40
Watercolour
205
Collage
215
Drawing (ink, pencil…)
582
Engraving & etching
247
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
380
Film
138
Digital
62
Sound
84
Video
266
Concepts
42
Curating
12
Critical writing
19
Conceptual practices (instructions…)
19
Space & installation
567
Accumulation
108
Architecture
24
Interior design
10
Assemblage
267
Environment
154
Light installation
50
Mosaic
20
Stained glass
18
[Modes]
152
Ephemeral
32
Site-specific
129
Monumental
144
Painting
906
Acrylic
184
Mural
44
Gouache
101
Oil
534
Miniature
9
Tempera
35
Performance
255
Photography
445
Analogue photography
252
Digital photography
105
Photojournalism
38
Photomontage
74
Historical techniques
31
Sculpture
490
Cement & concrete
37
Wood
126
Bronze
107
Wax
18
Marble
30
Metal
150
Paper & cardboard
27
Stone
50
Plastic
50
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
406
Canada
28
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
52
Australia
41
New Zealand
12
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
1370
1900s
108
1910s
166
1920s
240
1930s
310
1940s
336
1950s
422
1960s
568
1970s
679
1980s
791
1990s
946
21st century
897
2000s
897
2010s
797
2020s
594
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
206
The indexed biographies correspond to artists born between 1500 and 1976.
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1935 — 2024 | Ghana
Felicia Abban
1935 — 2024 | Ghana
Felicia Abban
1898 — 1991 | United States
Berenice Abbott
1898 — 1991 | United States
Berenice Abbott
1898 — 1991 | United States
Berenice Abbott
1959 | Finland
Eija-Liisa Ahtila
1959 | Finland
Eija-Liisa Ahtila
1886 — 1973 | Brazil
Tarsila do Amaral
1886 — 1973 | Brazil
Tarsila do Amaral
1946 | United States
Alice Aycock
1931 — 1998 | Guatemala
Margarita Azurdia
1931 — 1998 | Guatemala
Margarita Azurdia
1957 | France
Élisabeth Ballet
1941 | United States
Lynda Benglis
1825 — 1909 | France
Hélène Bertaux
1921 | Paraguay
Olga Blinder
1914 — Italy | 1992 — Brazil
Lina Bo Bardi
1914 — Italy | 1992 — Brazil
Lina Bo Bardi
1914 — Italy | 1992 — Brazil
Lina Bo Bardi
1968 | Cuba
Tania Bruguera
1916 — 1985 | Argentina
Aída Zulema Carballo
1863 — 1945 | Denmark
Anne Marie Carl-Nielsen
1863 — 1945 | Denmark
Anne Marie Carl-Nielsen
1915 — United States | 2012 — Mexico
Elizabeth Catlett
1915 — United States | 2012 — Mexico
Elizabeth Catlett
1970 | Sweden
Loulou Cherinet
1970 | Sweden
Loulou Cherinet
1970 | Sweden
Loulou Cherinet
1944 — United States | 2014 — Canada
Lynne Cohen
1965 | Italy
Daniela Comani
1973 | France
Anne-Lise Coste (Uruk)
1973 | France
Anne-Lise Coste (Uruk)
1973 | France
Anne-Lise Coste (Uruk)
1965 | France
matali crasset (Nathalie Crasset, dite)
1965 | France
matali crasset (Nathalie Crasset, dite)
1968 | Luxembourg
Simone Decker
1968 | Luxembourg
Simone Decker
1968 | Luxembourg
Simone Decker
1956 | Croatia
Vlasta Delimar
1969 | Myanmar
Chaw Ei Thein
1969 | Myanmar
Chaw Ei Thein
1969 | Myanmar
Chaw Ei Thein
1961 | China
PAU Ellen
1961 | China
PAU Ellen
1961 | China
PAU Ellen
1964 | Hungary
Ágnes Eperjesi
1949 | Turkey
Ayşe Erkmen
1949 | Turkey
Ayşe Erkmen
1956 | Morocco
Lalla Essaydi
1965 | United States
Andrea Fraser
1929 — Algeria | 2023 — France
Renée Gailhoustet
1965 | Spain
Dora García
1965 | Spain
Dora García
1948 | Germany
Isa Genzken
1908 — Germany | 1994 — Israel
Liselotte Grschebina
1908 — Germany | 1994 — Israel
Liselotte Grschebina
1908 — Germany | 1994 — Israel
Liselotte Grschebina
1958 | Former Yougoslavia
Marina Gržinić
1985 | United States
Guerrilla Girls
1950 — Iraq | 2016 — USA
Zaha Hadid
1950 — Iraq | 2016 — USA
Zaha Hadid
1964 | Palestine
Rula Halawani
1896 — 1988 | Japan
Hisako Kajiwara
1944 | Germany
Candida Höfer
1950 | United States
Jenny Holzer
1966 | People’s Republic of China
Yu Hong
1956 | Spain
Cristina Iglesias
1956 | Spain
Cristina Iglesias
1945 | United States
Valerie Jaudon
1945 | United States
Valerie Jaudon
1972 | Lebanon
Lamia Joreige
1972 | Lebanon
Lamia Joreige
1912 — 1977 | Hungary
Judit Kárász
1912 — 1977 | Hungary
Judit Kárász
1912 — 1977 | Hungary
Judit Kárász
1923 — Lithuania | 2019 — United States
Aleksandra Kasuba
1923 — Lithuania | 2019 — United States
Aleksandra Kasuba
1902 — 1977 | Hungary
Margit Kovács
1902 — 1977 | Hungary
Margit Kovács
1902 — 1977 | Hungary
Margit Kovács
1945 | United States
Barbara Kruger
1947 | United States
Louise Lawler
1892 — 1967 | Russia
Sarra Lébédéva
1892 — 1967 | Russia
Sarra Lébédéva
1955 | Argentina
Adriana Lestido
1955 | Argentina
Adriana Lestido
1955 | Argentina
Adriana Lestido
1890 — 1981 | United-States
Elizabeth Lochrie
1890 — 1981 | United-States
Elizabeth Lochrie
1940 | Romania
Ana Lupaș
1948 | Egypt
Huda Lutfi
1975 | Vietnam
Ly Hoàng Ly
1975 | Vietnam
Ly Hoàng Ly
1972 | United States
Maha Maamoun
1972 | United States
Maha Maamoun
1926 — 2009 | United States
Vivian Maier
1926 — 2009 | United States
Vivian Maier
1961 | China
LEUNG Mee-ping
1961 | China
LEUNG Mee-ping
1961 | China
LEUNG Mee-ping
1900 — Latvia | 1975 — Estonia
Natalie Mei
1956 | Brazil
Simone Michelin
1867 — 1936 | Argentina
Lola Mora
1867 — 1936 | Argentina
Lola Mora
1867 — 1936 | Argentina
Lola Mora
1936 — 1977 | United States
Ree Morton
1947 | Mandatory Palestine
Efrat Natan
1947 | Mandatory Palestine
Efrat Natan
1947 | Mandatory Palestine
Efrat Natan
1957 | France
Marylène Negro
1963 | Slovakia
Ilona Németh
1970 | United States
Wura-Natasha Ogunji
1970 | United States
Wura-Natasha Ogunji
1938 | Nigeria
Elizabeth Olowu
1966 | United Kingdom
Lucy Orta
1966 | United Kingdom
Lucy Orta
1966 | Nigeria
Veronica Otigbo-Ekpei
1923 — Hungary | 2008 — France
Marta Pan
1923 — Hungary | 2008 — France
Marta Pan
1923 — Hungary | 2008 — France
Marta Pan
1945 | Poland
Ewa Partum
1945 | Poland
Ewa Partum
1969 | Israel
Nira Pereg
1969 | Israel
Nira Pereg
1969 | Israel
Nira Pereg
1948 | United States
Adrian Piper
1948 | United States
Adrian Piper
1968 | Poland
Joanna Rajkowska
1968 | Poland
Joanna Rajkowska
1968 | Poland
Joanna Rajkowska
1943 — 2020 | Chile
Lotty Rosenfeld
1943 | United States
Martha Rosler
1943 | United States
Martha Rosler
1972 | Bulgaria
Boryana Rossa
1950 | Estonia
Sirje Runge
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
1908 — 1975 | Hungary
Erzsébet Schaár
1931 | Zambia
Denise Scott Brown
1931 | Zambia
Denise Scott Brown
1931 | Zambia
Denise Scott Brown
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
1963 | Estonia
Liina Siib
1955 | United States
Seton Smith
1955 | United States
Seton Smith
1955 | United States
Seton Smith
1972 | Poland
Monika Sosnowska
1972 | Poland
Monika Sosnowska
1972 | Poland
Monika Sosnowska
1959 | United States
Jessica Stockholder
1959 | United States
Jessica Stockholder
1924 — Taiwan | 2014 — Japan
Minami Tada
1924 — Taiwan | 2014 — Japan
Minami Tada
1924 — Taiwan | 2014 — Japan
Minami Tada
1946 | Japan
Tsuneko Taniuchi
1946 | Japan
Tsuneko Taniuchi
1946 | Japan
Tsuneko Taniuchi
1928 — 2019 | Japan
Toyoko Tokiwa
1940 — 2026 | Austria
VALIE EXPORT
1940 — 2026 | Austria
VALIE EXPORT
1959 | Singapore
Suzann Victor
1959 | Singapore
Suzann Victor
1828 — 1888 | France
Claude Vignon (Marie-Noémi Cadiot-Constant Rouvier, dite)
1947 — 1990 | Mexico
Pola Weiss Alvarez
1963 | United Kingdom
Rachel Whiteread
1964 | Palestine
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