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Fields
Architecture
1
Visual arts
1363
Design
3
Artistic Movements
Geometric abstraction
45
Lyrical abstraction
22
Appropriationism
5
Kinetic art
13
Conceptual art
81
Body art
11
Art Deco
3
Art nouveau
6
Bauhaus
12
Constructivism
18
Cubism
30
Expressionism
36
Fluxus
8
Hyperrealism
5
Neues Sehen
11
Op art
5
Straight photography
12
Pictorialism
9
Pop art
46
Postmodernism
8
Realism
36
Surrealism
54
[Artist collectives]
119
Subjects
Abstraction
358
Allegory
113
Animals
167
Architecture
127
Autobiography
129
Self-portrait
183
Political issues
371
Social classes
90
Women's status
313
Consumerism
88
Human body
436
Cosmos
48
Colour
221
Dance
80
Discriminations
157
Documentary
126
Ecology
78
Writing
170
Childhood
114
Eroticism
79
Public space
87
Fantasy & dreams
86
Feminism
307
Party & nightlife
37
Gender fluidity
20
Geometry
154
War & conflicts
150
History
278
Art history & museum
67
Identity
211
Intimacy
107
Irony
60
Games & toys
16
Language
90
Light
84
Machine & technology
33
Disease
44
Mannequins & dolls
41
Maternity
116
Media
64
Memory
208
Human migration
100
Modernity
34
Death
72
Music
65
Myths, tales & legends
96
Nation
55
Nature
252
Still life
153
Food
20
Nude
159
Landscape
299
Urban landscape
153
Portrait
422
Postcolonialism
107
Advertisement
49
Racism
74
Religion & spirituality
192
Domestic scene
110
Science
52
Sexuality
132
Entertainment
57
Surveillance
5
Time
29
Traditions
233
Work
82
Domestic work
81
Drag
28
Vegetal
163
Everyday life
284
Old age
31
Violence
145
Lesbian visibility
27
Trans visibility
16
Travel
77
Mediums
Applied arts
214
Ceramic
79
Costumes
37
Decor
61
Furniture
19
Stained glass
17
Graphic arts
799
Poster
37
Watercolour
187
Collage
207
Drawing (ink, pencil…)
526
Engraving & etching
229
Illustration
102
Artist book
86
Pastel & wax
108
Journal
26
Screen printing
74
Audiovisual
351
Film
127
Digital
56
Sound
77
Video
243
Installation
493
Accumulation
92
Assemblage
231
Environment
139
Light installation
46
[Modes]
127
Ephemeral
26
Site-specific
113
Monumental
128
Painting
809
Acrylic
163
Mural
36
Gouache
98
Oil
463
Performance
235
Photography
421
Analogue photography
240
Digital photography
97
Photojournalism
37
Photomontage
72
Sculpture
444
Concrete & cement
32
Wood
113
Bronze
95
Wax
18
Metal
133
Paper & cardboard
26
Stone
46
Plastic
47
Plaster
81
Resin
32
Clay
97
Glass
27
Textile
214
Embroidery
75
Sewing
46
Crochet & knitting
9
Weaving
63
Countries
Africa
93
Egypt
13
Ghana
5
Morocco
4
Nigeria
17
Central America and the Caribbean
42
France (Antilles)
7
North America
373
Canada
25
United States
326
Mexico
31
South America
103
Argentina
31
Venezuela
5
Asia
191
China
27
India
16
Japan
60
Uzbekistan
2
Russia
33
Europe
762
Germany
113
Croatia
10
Denmark
12
Spain
40
France
375
Hungary
41
Ireland
5
Italy
53
Lithuania
7
North Macedonia
4
Netherlands
34
Poland
29
Portugal
8
Czech Republic
12
Romania
9
United Kingdom
102
Serbia
4
Switzerland
35
Ukraine
12
Middle East
106
Iran
6
Israel
51
Palestine
13
Turkey
19
Oceania
47
Australia
37
Periods of
activity
XVIe siècle
3
17th century
6
18th century
20
19th century
86
1810s
10
1820s
11
1830s
12
1840s
15
1850s
14
1860s
24
1870s
35
20th century
1240
1900s
93
1910s
147
1920s
220
1930s
281
1940s
306
1950s
382
1960s
510
1970s
610
1980s
713
1990s
851
21st century
806
2000s
806
2010s
719
2020s
524
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
24
— Women Artists in Japan, 19th–21st c.
29
— Radical Women: Latin American Art, 1960–85
13
— AWARE & MACBA
7
— AWARE x Canada
9
— AWARE x Musée d’Orsay
36
— Women in Abstraction
31
— Le Louvre & AWARE
10
— New Media, 1960s-1990s
10
— Netherlands–Caribbean, 19th–21st c.
12
— Rewriting Art History in the Americas
48
— Season Africa2020
23
— TEAM: Teaching, E-learning, Agency, Mentoring
168
The indexed biographies correspond to artists born between 1664 and 1974.
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1961 | Palestine
Buthina Abu Milhem
1965 — 2024 | Turkey
Gülçin Aksoy
1965 — 2024 | Turkey
Gülçin Aksoy
1879 — 1962 | France
Laure Albin Guillot
1908 — Spain | 1994 — Germany
Manuela Ballester Vilaseca
1908 — Spain | 1994 — Germany
Manuela Ballester Vilaseca
1908 — Spain | 1994 — Germany
Manuela Ballester Vilaseca
1963 | India
Rina Banerjee
1963 | India
Rina Banerjee
1963 | India
Rina Banerjee
1969 | Italy
Vanessa Beecroft
1969 | Italy
Vanessa Beecroft
1941 — 2010 | Germany
Sibylle Bergemann
1941 — 2010 | Germany
Sibylle Bergemann
1974 | France
Karina Bisch
1959 | Australia
Polly Borland
1959 | Australia
Polly Borland
1959 | Australia
Polly Borland
1940 | Argentina
Delia Cancela
1940 | Argentina
Delia Cancela
1940 | Argentina
Delia Cancela
1953 — 1996 | United Kingdom
Helen Chadwick
1964 | Argentina
Nicola Costantino
1964 | Argentina
Nicola Costantino
1964 | Argentina
Nicola Costantino
1956 | Croatia
Vlasta Delimar
1922 — 2019 | Iran
Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian
1922 — 2019 | Iran
Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian
1964 | China
WONG Lai-ching Fiona
1964 | China
WONG Lai-ching Fiona
1964 | China
WONG Lai-ching Fiona
1967 | Spain
Alicia Framis
1967 | Spain
Alicia Framis
1967 | Spain
Alicia Framis
1907 — 1988 | United States
Toni Frissell
1959 | Argentina
Mónica Giron
1959 | Argentina
Mónica Giron
1959 | Argentina
Mónica Giron
1923 — 2008 | Canada
Betty Goodwin
1970 | United States
Teri Greeves
1970 | United States
Teri Greeves
1970 | United States
Teri Greeves
1960 | France
Marie-Ange Guilleminot
1960 | France
Marie-Ange Guilleminot
1893 — United States | 1982 — France
Florence Henri
1893 — United States | 1982 — France
Florence Henri
1887 — 1968 | France
Valentine Hugo
1908 — 1966 | Netherlands
Frieda Hunziker
1908 — 1966 | Netherlands
Frieda Hunziker
1964 | Martinique, France
Valérie John
1964 | Martinique, France
Valérie John
1964 | Bulgaria
Liz Johnson Artur
1964 | Bulgaria
Liz Johnson Artur
1967 | Uzbekistan
Dilyara Kaipova
1966 | Morocco
Majida Khattari
1966 | Morocco
Majida Khattari
1941 | Turkey
Nur Koçak
1941 | Turkey
Nur Koçak
1941 | Turkey
Nur Koçak
1945 | United States
Barbara Kruger
1970 | Nigeria
Marcia Kure
1970 | Nigeria
Marcia Kure
1942 | Yugoslavia (Serbia)
Katalin Ladik
1942 | Yugoslavia (Serbia)
Katalin Ladik
1942 | Yugoslavia (Serbia)
Katalin Ladik
1898 — Poland | 1980 — Mexico
Tamara de Lempicka
1898 — Poland | 1980 — Mexico
Tamara de Lempicka
1898 — Poland | 1980 — Mexico
Tamara de Lempicka
1950 | United States
Erica Lennard
1882 — Poland | 1973 — France
Sarah Lipska
1882 — Poland | 1973 — France
Sarah Lipska
1940 | Romania
Ana Lupaș
1948 | Egypt
Huda Lutfi
1949 | Germany
Ute Mahler
1949 | Germany
Ute Mahler
1970 | North Macedonia
Jana Maneva-Čuposka
1907 — United States | 1977 — United Kingdom
Lee Miller
1907 — United States | 1977 — United Kingdom
Lee Miller
1907 — United States | 1977 — United Kingdom
Lee Miller
1947 | Japan
Miyako Ishiuchi
1947 | Japan
Miyako Ishiuchi
1941 | France
Sarah Moon
1932 — Morocco | 2018 — United States
Nicola L.
1932 — Morocco | 2018 — United States
Nicola L.
1932 — Morocco | 2018 — United States
Nicola L.
1906 — 1985 | Canada
Jessie Oonark
1913 — Germany | 1985 — Switzerland
Meret Oppenheim
1913 — Germany | 1985 — Switzerland
Meret Oppenheim
1947 | France
ORLAN
1947 | France
ORLAN
1800 — 1885 | United States
Sarah Miriam Peale
1800 — 1885 | United States
Sarah Miriam Peale
1800 — 1885 | United States
Sarah Miriam Peale
1931 — 1999 | Poland
Maria Pinińska-Bereś
1931 — 1999 | Poland
Maria Pinińska-Bereś
1958 | Ireland
Kathy Prendergast
1967 | Lithuania
Eglė Rakauskaitė (Egle Rake)
1929 | Japan
Takako Saito
1929 | Japan
Takako Saito
1929 | Japan
Takako Saito
1969 | Mexico
Paula Santiago
1969 | Mexico
Paula Santiago
1969 | Mexico
Paula Santiago
1951 | États-Unis
Cindy Sherman
1969 | Canada
Skawennati
1969 | Canada
Skawennati
1940 — 2025 | United States
Jaune Quick-to-See Smith
1894 — Lithuania | 1958 — Russia
Varvara Stepanova
1894 — Lithuania | 1958 — Russia
Varvara Stepanova
1953 | Czech Republic
Jana Sterbak
1953 | Czech Republic
Jana Sterbak
1871 — 1944 | United States
Florine Stettheimer
1871 — 1944 | United States
Florine Stettheimer
1932 — 2005 | Japan
Atsuko Tanaka
1910 — Japan | 2001 — United States
Fumie Taniguchi
1910 — Japan | 2001 — United States
Fumie Taniguchi
1927 — Italy | 1995 — Venezuela
Tecla Tofano
1927 — Italy | 1995 — Venezuela
Tecla Tofano
1909 — Hungary | 1990 — France
Klára Spinner, dite Claire Vasarely
1909 — Hungary | 1990 — France
Klára Spinner, dite Claire Vasarely
1965 | United Kingdom
Alison Watt
1965 | United Kingdom
Alison Watt
1965 | United Kingdom
Alison Watt
1885 — 1940 | Denmark
Gerda Wegener
1885 — 1940 | Denmark
Gerda Wegener
1940 — 1993 | United States
Hannah Wilke
1928 — Mandatory Palestine | 2010 — Israel
Ruth Zarfati Sterenshuss
1928 — Mandatory Palestine | 2010 — Israel
Ruth Zarfati Sterenshuss
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