Women Artists
Venice's great women artists step into the limelight through major restoration project
New initiative by Save Venice will focus on more than 30 female artists who worked in the region between the 16th and 18th centuries, from Marietta Robusti to Rosalba Carriera
Beyond Artemisia: Italy’s forgotten women artists revealed in new book
This well-researched volume confirms that female artists were far more numerous—and talented—than previously recorded
Wadsworth reunites pastel quartet by Rosalba Carriera, 18th-century artist of kings and nobles
Two rediscovered pastels by Carriera, one of the few women artists from the era who gained international acclaim in her lifetime, were reunited with two more from the same series
It's a woman’s world: what sold on Frieze's VIP day
Work by women, much of it featuring women's bodies, has been attracting the attention of buyers at the London fair
National Gallery of Australia commissions its most expensive ever piece of art
Lindy Lee's A$14m sculpture will be one of the country's first environmentally sustainable public works
Great women in art history make a comeback: the New Woman at the Met and Aware in Paris
Plus, Rania Matar's photographic portraits
Triumphant in their time, yet largely erased later: a Met exhibition explores ‘The New Woman Behind the Camera’
Chronicling the work of female photographers from the 1920s to the 1950s, a show organised with the National Gallery of Art breaks significant ground
'Art is our spiritual oxygen': new shows to see in London and New York
We discuss Matthew Barney, Igshaan Adams, Eileen Agar and Louise Bourgeois
It took 300 years for the art world to recognise Artemisia Gentileschi—now NFTs are reinforcing the bias towards Western male artists
The latest digital craze is only perpetuating the structural sexism inherent in art history
Sotheby’s launches first auction dedicated to women artists—but why do we still need a segregated sale in 2021?
Online sale will span the 17th to the 21st centuries featuring artists including Dorothea Tanning, Hannah Höch and Barbara Hepworth
Extract | The day Anthony van Dyck received ‘wise advice from the words of a blind woman’—the 17th-century artist Sofonisba Anguissola
New book by Jennifer Higgie gives astute insights into brilliant women artists shut out of art history
No great women artists? How Linda Nochlin tore apart the art historical narrative 50 years ago
The feminist writer’s renowned essay ‘Why have there been no great women artists?’ challenged the myth of male genius and called for a new way of thinking
Foundation that championed women’s art in Florence will close down after restoring 70 works by artists including Artemisia Gentileschi
The philanthropic organisation Advancing Women Artists will halt conservation projects due to lack of funds
Say my name, say my name: huge exhibition aims to put Australian women artists on the map
The show at Canberra's National Gallery of Australia spans the past 120 years and includes works by Nora Heysen, Tracey Moffatt and the Tjanpi Desert Weavers
Madrid's Prado museum accused of misogyny in open letter after misattributing work to female artist
Uninvited Guests exhibition has "been done from a misogynistic point of view and still projects the misogyny of the 19th century,” says one signatory
Campaign launched to enshrine Corita Kent’s former Los Angeles studio as a historical landmark
The studio where the “nun-turned-artist” produced colourful, conscious works in the 1960s could be demolished
Met adds Clara Peeters still-life to its petit bouquet of works by early women painters
The Flemish painter was at the top of the museum’s wish list and helps fill a large gender gap in the collection
Museum devoted to Palestinian art to celebrate international women's day with exhibition
The show features more than 200 works by women artists such as Samia Halaby and Laila Shawa
Park Avenue Armory to commission 100 women artists for centennial of 19th amendment
Partner institutions across the city will help select artists to commemorate milestone anniversary of womens’ right to vote
Here come the 'angels of anarchy': Surrealist women to steal the shows in 2020
Exhibitions in UK, Europe and US speak to growing public appetite for scholarship on the women of art history
Sculptor Gego closes Brazil museum’s year of women artists
São Paulo survey at Masp shows work by one of the leading figures of the 1950s kinetic and geometric abstraction movement
Female artists outperform men when their work returns to auction, report finds
A data study by Sotheby's Mei Moses reveals a 73% increase for work by women in repeat sales, while men lagged at 8%
Let us now praise famous women : Museums finally find their feminine side
A wave of exhibitions of influential female artists begins this month on both sides of the Atlantic
Women artists dominate Art Basel Miami Beach’s new “Survey” section
The new section explores art from the 60s and 70s
Little movement—and no women on top—for Artindex France
Anri Sala tops the list for the second time
Images of female sexuality abound at Frieze New York as artists find new ways to challenge perceptions
Women doing it for (and to) themselves
Cheim & Read’s year of women artists
Exhibitions included artists Joan Mitchell, Jenny Holzer and more
Women artists are doing it for themselves at Frieze Masters
The London fair features a raft of women, including Judy Chicago, who are eschewing assembly-line art
Women artists lead the way in Brazil
Unlike their Western counterparts, female Brazilian artists are at the forefront of the market