Reflections on the Audacious Art Activist and Trailblazer Augusta Savage

by artherstory | Mar 29, 2024 | News/Blog

Guest post by Sandy Rattley, Audacious Women Productions Augusta Savage working on an animal sculpture. Courtesy of the National Archives_1935–1947. Augusta Savage is an amazing woman who undoubtedly fits the description of “audacious,” as she overcame countless odds...

Women Artists from Savannah at the Telfair Academy Museum

by artherstory | Mar 15, 2024 | News/Blog

Guest post by Julie Allan, BFA candidate, Savannah College of Art and Design The Telfair Academy: The Vision of Mary Telfair Located in Savannah’s historic district, The Telfair Academy displays the American past in art, architecture and...

Female Artists and their Remarkable Careers: An Appeal to Rethink Art History

by artherstory | Jan 17, 2024 | News/Blog

A Review of Ingenious Women at Bucerius Kunst Forum Guest post by Jenny Körber, Universität Hamburg Fig. 1: Exhibition view, Ingenious Women. Women artists and their companions (October 14, 2023–January 28, 2024) at the Bucerius Kunst Forum, Hamburg. Photo:...

Making Her Mark, An Essential Corrective in the History of Art

by artherstory | Jan 4, 2024 | News/Blog

Guest post by Chadd Scott, founder, See Great Art Marie-Victorie Jaquotot and Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory, Tea Service of Famous Women (cabaret des femmes célèbres), 1811–1812. The Clark Art Institute. The preeminent American exhibition of female European Old...

Carlotta Gargalli 1788–1840: “The Elisabetta Sirani of the Day”

by artherstory | Dec 16, 2023 | News/Blog

Guest post by Alessandra Masu, author, journalist and art historian Finally, Italy also has a museum truly open to women artists: Museo Ottocento Bologna. It is a museum dedicated to Bolognese artists (men and women) of nineteenth and twentieth...