Women Artists
A brush with... Claudette Johnson
An in-depth interview with the artist on her cultural experiences and greatest influences, from Toni Morrison's writings to Picasso's Les Demoiselles d’Avignon
How women played a bigger role in the Renaissance and beyond
Two exhibitions, in Boston and Baltimore, celebrate the overlooked women artists who were working in Europe from the 15th century onwards
Forthcoming New York exhibition on women artists will present Komal Shah and Gaurav Garg’s collection to the public for the first time
The couple have put together a major collection of 300 works by mostly modern and contemporary women artists
First suppressed, then disregarded, Korea’s pioneering experimental women artists of the 1960s are finally taking centre stage
Recent exhibitions are shining a deserved light on a generation of artists who defied patriarchal norms to make their work
Female Land artists come out of the shadows at Dallas's Nasher Sculpture Center
The exhibition will shed new light on lesser-known, often ephemeral, works by women
Europe's 'first museum dedicated to art by women artists' to open in southern France
Former trader Christian Levett's rebranded institution will present works by Joan Mitchell, Howardena Pindell and Cecily Brown among others
How Afghanistan’s art degrees are disappearing
The Taliban’s restrictions on women’s freedom, the absence of expertise and a collapsed economy are limiting opportunities in higher education
‘Like a striptease’: Gypsy Rose Lee’s legacy lives on as her works remain elusive
New York theatre producer attempts to collect works by women of a landmark 1943 exhibition
Woman's best friend too: Dublin show on trailblazing Renaissance painter Lavinia Fontana puts dogs centre stage
Numerous spaniels featured in the National Gallery of Ireland exhibition are likened to Paris Hilton's chihuahuas by show's curator
From Morocco to Malaysia: new publication traces the US artist Betye Saar’s journeys of discovery
Richly produced book documents how the nonagenarian artist’s work has been informed by her decades of travel
‘Everything was taken from me’: how Lotte Laserstein’s paintbox saved her during Nazi-era exile
Largest exhibition of the German-born artist opens at the Moderna Museet in her adopted home of Sweden
How Lavinia Fontana went from ‘prospect’ to first professional woman artist
An exhibition of the 16th-century Italian painter at the National Gallery of Ireland tells the story of her unique circumstances and reveals the results of a recently restored work
Paula Rego’s monumental mural filled with famous female figures—and National Gallery staff—to go on show in London
Ten-metre long painting will be displayed alongside the 15th-century altarpiece that served as its inspiration
Is Lithuania set to become the new centre of performance art?
The launch of the Vilnius Biennial of Performance Art builds on the Baltic country's success at the 2019 Venice Biennale, where its operatic art installation scooped the Golden Lion
Happy International Women's Day! Female artists still dwarfed by male counterparts at auction—but ‘ultra-contemporary’ sales offer hope
New report by Artsy finds that work by women accounted for less than 10% of auction sales in 2022
Russian empress Catherine the Great and her women artists: a complex tale of gender, art and patronage
Engaging, accessible and beautifully illustrated book provides a welcome and stimulating contribution to scholarship on 18th-century art
Women artists gain wall space at Tate Britain as museum rehangs collection
Popular galleries dedicated to Pre-Raphaelite artists and JMW Turner will also be rehung with new rooms dedicated to John Constable and William Blake
Afghan universities and art centres ban female students as Taliban clamps down
A future generation of artists could be lost as well as the livelihoods of their teachers
Weird sisters are doing it for themselves: Sarah Lucas curates show of 23 female peers across generations
Plus, a show at Gagosian Paris brings together three British big-hitters
Surrealist collection with ‘pioneering’ interest in exiled and women artists heads to Christie’s
Paintings by Remedios Varo, Leonora Carrington and Dorothea Tanning among the 25 works to be sold in London
Abstract Expressionism’s forgotten women and their international contemporaries emerge from the shadows
An ambitious exhibition at London’s Whitechapel Gallery will celebrate the female artists from around the world who, against the odds, helped redefine art in the post-war period
London exhibition remembers lost feminist pioneer Helen Chadwick
The artist, who tragically died aged 42, left a legacy of profound and often witty work
Black American women artists represent just 0.1% of auction sales, report shows
New data shows there has been little real progress in fighting sexism and racism between 2008 and 2022
The top art books of 2022—chosen by The Art Newspaper's books team
Struggling for Christmas gifts? Take a look at the publications we enjoyed over the past year—from an exploration of art and motherhood to an interrogation of the culture wars
Fertile inspiration: how the humble egg has played an enduring role in women’s art
This except from Taschen's new book The Gourmand’s Egg: A Collection of Stories and Recipes shows how artists including Judy Chicago and Sarah Lucas have used egg imagery
Do UK museums ignore violence against women?
Despite the availability of work by high-profile artists, leading institutions are reticent about confronting a pressing issue
'I tend not to see men, strangely': photographer Hannah Starkey on constructing a more truthful world inhabited by women
As Hepworth Wakefield hosts a major retrospective of her work, the British artist explains why she has spent 25 years training her lens almost exclusively on women
Climate action: what is the art world doing?
Plus, the US National Gallery of Art’s women artists fund and one of the last paintings of Paula Modersohn-Becker
Five years after #MeToo, what has changed for female artists?
Recently, some major galleries have signed high-profile women, many of whom launched artistic careers long before the industry cared
Laila Shawa—a revolutionary Palestinian artist who found international fame—has died, aged 82
The artist and activist, described as the ‘mother of Arabic revolutionary art’ has work in the collections of the British Museum and the Ashmolean