by artherstory | Sep 15, 2026 | News/Blog
Guest post by C.J. Denton, author of La Pittura There is a version of Artemisia Gentileschi that has become very familiar. She is young. She has survived a brutal assault and the arguably crueler ordeal of a public trial. She paints Judith leaning over Holofernes,...
by Erika Gaffney | Aug 30, 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 second 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 | Aug 30, 2026 | News/Blog
Each year Art Herstory offers a new holiday card design, which features (of course!) a work by a historic woman artist. Our recent holiday cards reproduce art by 19th- or 20th-century artists; in many cases, the theme is botanical. This year, for the image on our...
by artherstory | Aug 13, 2026 | News/Blog
Guest post by Erich Reich, Studierenden-Kunstmarkt Paula Modersohn-Becker was born in Dresden on February 8, 1876. This year the art world celebrates her 150th birthday, and she has earned the party. In a career of barely a decade she produced more than 700 paintings...
by Erika Gaffney | Aug 1, 2026 | News/Blog
Here we list children’s books about women artists—from the distant past to the present—published in 2025 or later. Each description is drawn from the blurb on the publisher’s website. If you know of other titles that should be on this list, please let us know by...
by Erika Gaffney | Aug 1, 2026 | News/Blog
Here we list children’s books about women artists—from the distant past to the present—published from around the time of Art Herstory’s launch in 2018, to 2024. Each description is drawn from the blurb on the publisher’s website. If you know of other...
