by Erika Gaffney | Dec 31, 2025 | News/Blog
Already we are seeing announcements ofart museum shows planned for 2026 about women artists from the distant past through the present. Here we focus (almost) exclusively on art exhibitions about women artists from the Renaissance to about the mid-20th century. Some...
by Erika Gaffney | Nov 29, 2025 | News/Blog
Here we list all the new books about women artists—from the past, and also from the present—that have come to our attention, published in the third quarter of this calendar year. Each description is drawn from the blurb on the publisher’s website. Do you know of other...
by Erika Gaffney | Nov 26, 2025 | News/Blog
Art Herstory’s newest retail partner is the shop at The Hyde Collection! The store carries Art Herstory holiday cards—Christmas Roses and Poinsettia and Calla Lily—and also two custom-created, still-life themed Art Herstory note card sampler six-packs. These...
by Erika Gaffney | Nov 12, 2025 | News/Blog
Guest post by Jun Dong, independent curator Photo of Ethel Stein in youth; Sapar Contemporary Gallery Entering quietude The first impression on entering Ethel Stein: Master of the Loom at Sapar Contemporary is quietude. The room feels weightless, filled with works...
by Erika Gaffney | Oct 25, 2025 | News/Blog
Still relevant after 400 years Though we don’t know with certainty in what year sixteenth-century painter Sofonisba Anguissola was born, we know her death date: November 16, 1625. Thus November 2025 marks a significant anniversary, the 400th since the departure...
