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Fields
Architecture
7
Decorative arts & design
3
Visual arts
1420
Artistic Movements
Geometric abstraction
45
Lyrical abstraction
22
Outsider art
4
Kinetic art
13
Conceptual art
85
Body art
11
Naïve art
12
Art nouveau
6
Digital art
18
Arte povera
2
Bauhaus
13
Constructivism
18
Cubism
30
Cubo-futurism
9
Dada
6
Expressionism
36
Abstract expressionism
43
Fluxus
8
Futurism
9
Impressionism
12
Land art
11
Mail art
12
Member of a collective
112
Minimalism
37
New Objectivity
14
Op art
5
Straight photography
12
Pop art
46
Postminimalism
7
Rayonism
3
Realism
36
Suprematism
6
Surrealism
55
Subjects
Abstraction
371
Adolescence
11
Allegory
129
Animals
177
Architecture
134
Archives
3
Autobiography
134
Self-portrait
194
Political issues
387
Social classes
99
Women's status
326
Consumerism
91
Human body
461
Cosmos
55
Colour
230
Dance
80
Discriminations
161
Documentary
133
Ecology
82
Writing
178
Childhood
117
Eroticism
81
Public space
95
Fantasy & dreams
86
Feminism
313
Party & nightlife
37
Geography
16
Geometry
158
War & conflicts
156
History
290
Art history & museum
74
Homophobia
14
Identity
225
Industry
31
Intimacy
115
Irony
64
Games & toys
17
Language
90
Light
88
Machine & technology
34
Disease
45
Mannequins & dolls
41
Maternity
120
Mathematics
10
Media
64
Memory
214
Human migration
102
Fashion & clothing
68
Modernity
34
Death
73
Myths, tales & legends
102
Nation
56
Nature
273
Still life
159
Nude
164
Landscape
315
Urban landscape
163
Spatial perception
29
Visual perception
52
Portrait
447
Postcolonialism
108
Sex positivity
15
Advertisement
50
Queer
28
Racism
75
Religion & spirituality
205
Domestic scene
116
Science
54
Sexuality
133
Entertainment
57
Sport
15
Time
30
Traditions
242
Work
84
Domestic work
83
Drag
28
Vegetal
176
Everyday life
299
Violence
147
Trans visibility
17
Travel
80
Mediums
Objects
223
Ceramic
84
Fashion
13
Silverware
5
Graphic arts
827
Watercolour
193
Collage
211
Drawing (ink, pencil…)
541
Engraving & etching
234
Illustration
106
Artist book
90
Pastel & wax
111
Journal
26
Screen printing
76
Performing arts
34
Costume
38
Dance
7
Set design
60
Dolls & puppets
11
Audiovisual
356
Film
129
Digital
57
Sound
81
Video
249
Concepts
27
Conceptual practices (instructions…)
10
Space & installation
514
Accumulation
95
Assemblage
245
Environment
141
Light installation
48
[Modes]
133
Ephemeral
28
Site-specific
118
Monumental
131
Painting
850
Acrylic
169
Mural
41
Gouache
99
Oil
493
Tempera
34
Performance
240
Photography
430
Analogue photography
247
Digital photography
100
Photojournalism
38
Photomontage
73
Sculpture
461
Cement & concrete
35
Wood
117
Bronze
98
Wax
18
Marble
29
Metal
140
Paper & cardboard
26
Plastic
48
Plaster
84
Resin
33
Clay
98
Glass
25
Textile
212
Embroidery
75
Crochet & knitting
9
Weaving
66
Countries
Africa
98
Algeria
12
Egypt
14
Ghana
5
Nigeria
18
Tanzania
2
Central America and the Caribbean
42
Cuba
11
Curaçao
3
Jamaica
5
North America
381
Canada
26
United States
334
South America
107
Argentina
31
Brazil
30
Peru
7
Uruguay
5
Asia
206
China
27
India
17
Japan
68
Pakistan
4
Russia
33
Singapore
7
Europe
803
Germany
116
Spain
40
France
386
Hungary
41
Ireland
5
Italy
60
Luxembourg
5
Netherlands
34
Poland
31
Czech Republic
13
United Kingdom
105
Serbia
4
Switzerland
37
Middle East
110
Irak
5
Israel
51
Jordan
4
Lebanon
22
Palestine
15
Syria
4
Turkey
19
Oceania
49
Australia
39
Periods of
activity
XVIe siècle
4
17th century
8
18th century
24
19th century
100
1860s
27
1870s
40
1880s
43
1890s
71
20th century
1287
1900s
99
1910s
158
1920s
230
1930s
291
1940s
315
1950s
396
1960s
530
1970s
632
1980s
738
1990s
884
21st century
836
2000s
835
2010s
741
2020s
543
Programmes
— + 1
23
— Amazons of Pop, 1961–73
13
— Women Artists of the 1960s in Africa
18
— 18th-Century Women Artists
28
— Southeast Asian Women Artists
28
— 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
— 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
176
The indexed biographies correspond to artists born between 1664 and 1974.
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1939 — Tanzania | 1994 — United Kingdom
Fatma Shaaban Abdalla Abubakar
1939 — Tanzania | 1994 — United Kingdom
Fatma Shaaban Abdalla Abubakar
1939 — Tanzania | 1994 — United Kingdom
Fatma Shaaban Abdalla Abubakar
1968 | Hungary
Rita Ackermann
1968 | Hungary
Rita Ackermann
1916 — Brazil | 1990 — Uruguay
Rosa Acle
1916 — Brazil | 1990 — Uruguay
Rosa Acle
1916 — Brazil | 1990 — Uruguay
Rosa Acle
1922 — 1997 | Pakistan
Zubeida Agha
1922 — 1997 | Pakistan
Zubeida Agha
1922 — 1997 | Pakistan
Zubeida Agha
1935 | Mandatory Palestine
Tamam Al-Akhal
1935 | Mandatory Palestine
Tamam Al-Akhal
1935 | Mandatory Palestine
Tamam Al-Akhal
1940 — 2015 | Spain
Elena Asins
1940 — 2015 | Spain
Elena Asins
1940 — 2015 | Spain
Elena Asins
1969 | Russia
Louisa Babari
1969 | Russia
Louisa Babari
1969 | Russia
Louisa Babari
1872 — 1938 | Switzerland
Alice Bailly
1872 — 1938 | Switzerland
Alice Bailly
1931 — 1998 | Algeria
Baya
1931 — 1998 | Algeria
Baya
1931 — 1998 | Algeria
Baya
1844 — 1923 | France
Sarah Bernhardt
1928 — 2017 | France
Pierrette Bloch
1962 | United-Kingdom
Sonia Boyce
1942 — 2008 | Argentina
Mildred Burton
1942 — 2008 | Argentina
Mildred Burton
1940 | Argentina
Delia Cancela
1940 | Argentina
Delia Cancela
1940 | Argentina
Delia Cancela
1844 — United States | 1926 — France
Mary Cassatt
1844 — United States | 1926 — France
Mary Cassatt
1899 — 1982 | France
Yvonne Chevalier
1941 — 2009 | Germany
Hanne Darboven
1941 — 2009 | Germany
Hanne Darboven
1959 | United States
Vaginal Davis
1955 | Turkey
İnci Eviner
1937 | Spain
Esther Ferrer
1937 | Spain
Esther Ferrer
1895 — Poland | 1975 — France
Alice Halicka
1895 — Poland | 1975 — France
Alice Halicka
1895 — Poland | 1975 — France
Alice Halicka
1942 | United States
Jann Haworth
1942 | United States
Jann Haworth
1887 — 1968 | France
Valentine Hugo
1966 | Ireland
Jaki Irvine
1908 — Ukraine | 1958 — Poland
Maria Jarema
1908 — Ukraine | 1958 — Poland
Maria Jarema
1922 — 2014 | Serbia
Olga Jevrić
1964 | Bulgaria
Liz Johnson Artur
1964 | Bulgaria
Liz Johnson Artur
1898 — China | 1986 — Switzerland
Fang Junbi (Fan Tchun-pi)
1898 — China | 1986 — Switzerland
Fang Junbi (Fan Tchun-pi)
1898 — China | 1986 — Switzerland
Fang Junbi (Fan Tchun-pi)
1973 | France
Katia Kameli
1973 | France
Katia Kameli
1933 | United States
Alison Knowles
1937 — Japan | 2015 — United States
Shigeko Kubota
1937 — Japan | 2015 — United States
Shigeko Kubota
1937 — Japan | 2015 — United States
Shigeko Kubota
1973 | Germany
Nadia Lichtig
1936 — Singapore | 1997 — United Kingdom
Kim Lim
1936 — Singapore | 1997 — United Kingdom
Kim Lim
1912 — 1986 | Switzerland
Verena Loewensberg
1912 — Canada | 2004 — United States
Agnes Martin
1912 — Canada | 2004 — United States
Agnes Martin
1927 — Russia | 2008 — France
Lidia Masterkova
1927 — Russia | 2008 — France
Lidia Masterkova
1926 — 2019 | Italy
Marisa Merz
1926 — 2019 | Italy
Marisa Merz
1937 — Pakistan | 1990 — India
Nasreen Mohamedi
1937 — Pakistan | 1990 — India
Nasreen Mohamedi
1937 — Pakistan | 1990 — India
Nasreen Mohamedi
1907 — 1975 | Germany
Hanna Nagel
1907 — 1975 | Germany
Hanna Nagel
1932 — 2016 | United States
Pauline Oliveros
1933 | Japan
Yoko Ono
1933 | Japan
Yoko Ono
1938 | Turkey
Füsun Onur
1938 | Turkey
Füsun Onur
1886 — 1961 | Russia
Nadejda Oudaltsova
1886 — 1961 | Russia
Nadejda Oudaltsova
1886 — 1961 | Russia
Nadejda Oudaltsova
1922 — Hungary | 2020 — United Kingdom
Suzanne Perlman
1922 — Hungary | 2020 — United Kingdom
Suzanne Perlman
1922 — Hungary | 2020 — United Kingdom
Suzanne Perlman
1886 — 1952 | Russia
Véra Pestel
1886 — 1952 | Russia
Véra Pestel
1946 | United Kingdom
Judy Pfaff
1946 | United Kingdom
Judy Pfaff
1943 | Mexico
Edda Renouf
1943 | Mexico
Edda Renouf
1943 | Mexico
Edda Renouf
1962 | Switzerland
Pipilotti Rist
1962 | Switzerland
Pipilotti Rist
1973 | France
Mathilde Rosier
1973 | France
Mathilde Rosier
1973 | France
Mathilde Rosier
1942 — Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic) | 2003 — Czech Republic
Zorka Ságlová
1942 — Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic) | 2003 — Czech Republic
Zorka Ságlová
1929 — Japan | 2025 — Germany
Takako Saito
1929 — Japan | 2025 — Germany
Takako Saito
1929 — Japan | 2025 — Germany
Takako Saito
1917 — Germany | 1943 — Poland
Charlotte Salomon
1933 — 1988 | Japan
Seiko Kanno
1933 — 1988 | Japan
Seiko Kanno
1933 — 1988 | Japan
Seiko Kanno
1938 | Japan
Mieko Shiomi
1938 | Japan
Mieko Shiomi
1901 — 1971 | Cuba
Loló Soldevilla
1901 — 1971 | Cuba
Loló Soldevilla
1897 — Germany | 1983 — Switzerland
Gunta Stölzl
1897 — Germany | 1983 — Switzerland
Gunta Stölzl
1897 — Germany | 1983 — Switzerland
Gunta Stölzl
1960 | France
Nathalie Talec
1961 | Jamaica
Jasmine Thomas-Girvan
1968 | Italy
Tatiana Trouvé
1973 | Luxembourg
Su-Mei Tse
1973 | Luxembourg
Su-Mei Tse
1973 | Luxembourg
Su-Mei Tse
1967 | Nigeria
Fatimah Tuggar
1967 | Nigeria
Fatimah Tuggar
1967 | Nigeria
Fatimah Tuggar
1951 | United Kingdom
Cosey Fanni Tutti (Christine Carol Newby, dite)
1908 — Syria | 2005 — Jordan
Madiha Umar
1908 — Syria | 2005 — Jordan
Madiha Umar
1908 — Syria | 2005 — Jordan
Madiha Umar
1946 | United States
Nina Yankowitz
1946 | United States
Nina Yankowitz
1965 | Peru
Gaudencia Aquilina Yupari Quispe
1965 | Peru
Gaudencia Aquilina Yupari Quispe
1964 | Palestine
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