by Erika Gaffney | Jul 13, 2026 | News/Blog
Seventy-two years ago today, on July 13, 1954, iconic painter Frida Kahlo departed this mortal sphere. While the artist is no longer physically with us, her legacy endures in an extraordinary variety of manifestations across twenty-first century culture. “Frida...
by Erika Gaffney | Jun 16, 2026 | News/Blog
Just in time for summer reading, we present a list of recent fiction books about specific, mostly historic women artists—from the distant past to the 21st century. This post includes novels published from 2018, the year of Art Herstory’s inception, to the...
by Erika Gaffney | May 12, 2026 | News/Blog
Julia McEntee Dillon and Blanche Lazzell by Erika Gaffney, Art Herstory Founder Left: Bouquet in Chinese Jar, c. 1910, by Julia McEntee Dillon; Friends of Historic KingstonRight: The White Petunia, block cut 1932, printed 1954, by Blanche Lazzell;...
by Erika Gaffney | Apr 29, 2026 | 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 first quarter of 2026. Each description is drawn from the blurb on the publisher’s website. Do you know of other titles that...
by Erika Gaffney | Feb 24, 2026 | 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 fourth quarter of 2025. Each description is drawn from the blurb on the publisher’s website. Do you know of other titles that...