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Fields
Architecture
14
Decorative arts & design
4
Visual arts
1458
Artistic Movements
Outsider art
4
Conceptual art
88
Digital art
18
Postconceptual art
6
Institutional critique
11
Fluxus
8
Member of a collective
112
Nouveau Réalisme
6
Surrealism
56
Subjects
Abstraction
373
Allegory
133
Animals
186
Architecture
141
Autobiography
138
Self-portrait
202
Political issues
406
Social classes
115
Women's status
339
Consumerism
96
Human body
475
Colour
232
Dance
81
Discriminations
165
Documentary
142
Ecology
98
Writing
181
Childhood
119
Eroticism
84
Public space
106
Fantasy & dreams
88
Feminism
325
Party & nightlife
37
Gender fluidity
20
Geography
18
War & conflicts
158
History
297
Art history & museum
80
Homophobia
14
Identity
227
Intimacy
119
Language
92
Light
90
Machine & technology
37
Mannequins & dolls
42
Maternity
123
Media
64
Memory
220
Human migration
105
Fashion & clothing
68
Death
75
Music
66
Myths, tales & legends
102
Nation
56
Nature
289
Still life
162
Food
23
Nude
169
Landscape
324
Urban landscape
170
Portrait
456
Postcolonialism
112
Sex positivity
15
Advertisement
51
Queer
28
Racism
76
Romantic relationships
47
Religion & spirituality
205
Science
57
Sexuality
136
Entertainment
58
Sport
15
Surveillance
5
Time
30
Traditions
246
Work
86
Drag
28
Vegetal
184
Everyday life
309
Aging
35
Violence
150
Lesbian visibility
27
Trans visibility
17
Travel
82
Mediums
Objects
226
Ceramic
87
Graphic arts
843
Poster
40
Watercolour
197
Collage
213
Drawing (ink, pencil…)
554
Engraving & etching
238
Illustration
107
Artist book
92
Pastel & wax
111
Performing arts
38
Costume
39
Set design
61
Audiovisual
371
Film
135
Digital
60
Sound
84
Video
261
Concepts
37
Curating
11
Conceptual practices (instructions…)
17
Space & installation
536
Accumulation
100
Assemblage
251
Environment
149
Light installation
48
[Modes]
140
Ephemeral
31
Site-specific
121
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
Sculpture
472
Bronze
102
Metal
140
Paper & cardboard
26
Plastic
48
Plaster
84
Resin
33
Clay
101
Textile
217
Embroidery
78
Sewing
40
Countries
Africa
103
Central America and the Caribbean
43
Cuba
11
Jamaica
5
North America
392
United States
342
Mexico
33
South America
109
Argentina
31
Chile
10
Peru
7
Asia
219
China
27
South Korea
8
Japan
70
Taiwan
4
Europe
820
Germany
117
Croatia
10
France
392
Greece
5
Hungary
42
Ireland
5
Italy
63
Lithuania
7
Muxembourg
5
Netherlands
35
Poland
31
United Kingdom
107
Switzerland
38
Middle East
110
Israel
51
Oceania
50
Australia
40
Periods of
activity
XVIe siècle
4
17th century
9
18th century
26
19th century
103
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
28
— 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
9
— 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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1872 — 1954 | France
Jeanne Bardey
1872 — 1954 | France
Jeanne Bardey
1967 | Israel
Aya Ben Ron
1967 | Israel
Aya Ben Ron
1967 | Israel
Aya Ben Ron
1970 | France
Rebecca Bournigault
1970 | France
Rebecca Bournigault
1916 — 1985 | Argentina
Aída Zulema Carballo
1926 — 2016 | Italy
Carla Cerati
1926 — 2016 | Italy
Carla Cerati
1954 | Taiwan
Shu Lea Cheang
1954 | Taiwan
Shu Lea Cheang
1942 | Argentina
Diana Dowek
1946 | Hungary
Orshi Drozdik
1946 | Hungary
Orshi Drozdik
1946 | Hungary
Orshi Drozdik
1961 | China
PAU Ellen
1961 | China
PAU Ellen
1961 | China
PAU Ellen
1944 | Chile
Paz Errázuriz
1960 | United States
Coco Fusco
1960 | United States
Coco Fusco
1960 | United States
Coco Fusco
1953 | United States
Nan Goldin
1953 | United States
Nan Goldin
1953 | United States
Nan Goldin
1959 | Mexico
Silvia Gruner
1959 | Mexico
Silvia Gruner
1939 — 2019 | United States
Barbara Hammer
1964 | China
Chengyao He
1964 | China
Chengyao He
1964 | China
Chengyao He
1951 — 2021 | Japan
Tāri Itō
1951 — 2021 | Japan
Tāri Itō
1951 — 2021 | Japan
Tāri Itō
1942 | Mexico
Graciela Iturbide
1907 — 1954 | Mexico
Frida Kahlo
1907 — 1954 | Mexico
Frida Kahlo
1950 — 2006 | Lithuania
Elvyra Kairiūkštytė
1950 — 2006 | Lithuania
Elvyra Kairiūkštytė
1938 — 2016 | Croatia
Nives Kavurić-Kurtović
1963 | Poland
Katarzyna Kozyra
1937 — Japan | 2015 — United States
Shigeko Kubota
1937 — Japan | 2015 — United States
Shigeko Kubota
1937 — Japan | 2015 — United States
Shigeko Kubota
1946 | Poland
Ewa Kuryluk
1946 | Poland
Ewa Kuryluk
1946 | Poland
Ewa Kuryluk
1929 | Japan
Yayoi Kusama
1929 | Japan
Yayoi Kusama
1929 | Japan
Yayoi Kusama
1967 | United States
Simone Leigh
1961 | United States
Zoe Leonard
1935 | Luxembourg
Berthe Lutgen
1935 | Luxembourg
Berthe Lutgen
1935 | Luxembourg
Berthe Lutgen
1956 | Ireland
Alice Maher
1956 | Ireland
Alice Maher
1956 | Ireland
Alice Maher
1951 — 1994 | Argentina
Liliana Maresca
1951 — 1994 | Argentina
Liliana Maresca
1953 | South Korea
Yong Soon Min
1953 | South Korea
Yong Soon Min
1953 | South Korea
Yong Soon Min
1900 — 1984 | United States
Alice Neel
1900 — 1984 | United States
Alice Neel
1900 — 1984 | United States
Alice Neel
1961 | United States
Catherine Opie
1961 | United States
Catherine Opie
1968 | Poland
Joanna Rajkowska
1968 | Poland
Joanna Rajkowska
1968 | Poland
Joanna Rajkowska
1918 — 2015 | Italy
Carol Rama
1941 | United States
Sheree Rose
1941 | United States
Sheree Rose
1950 — 2013 | United Kingdom
Monica Ross
1950 — 2013 | United Kingdom
Monica Ross
1933 — 2007 | Lithuania
Marija Teresė Rožanskaitė
1933 — 2007 | Lithuania
Marija Teresė Rožanskaitė
1938 — 2019 | Australia
Madonna Staunton
1938 — 2019 | Australia
Madonna Staunton
1938 — 2019 | Australia
Madonna Staunton
1926 — Poland | 1973 — France
Alina Szapocznikow
1926 — Poland | 1973 — France
Alina Szapocznikow
1928 — Belgium | 2019 — France
Agnès Varda
1928 — Belgium | 2019 — France
Agnès Varda
1951 — 1997 | Switzerland
Hannah Villiger
1951 — 1997 | Switzerland
Hannah Villiger
1951 — 1997 | Switzerland
Hannah Villiger
1940 — 1993 | United States
Hannah Wilke
1956 | France
Mâkhi Xenakis
1956 | France
Mâkhi Xenakis
1965 | Peru
Gaudencia Aquilina Yupari Quispe
1965 | Peru
Gaudencia Aquilina Yupari Quispe
1916 — Germany | 1970 — France
Unica Zürn
1916 — Germany | 1970 — France
Unica Zürn
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