by Erika Gaffney | Dec 20, 2023 | News/Blog
There’s a new boutique in Saranac Lake—and Art Herstory cards are among its unique, top-grade offerings! Bloom opened its doors in November 2023. The boutique offers colorful and fresh-styled women’s clothing and accessories. Local craftspeople supply some...
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...
by artherstory | Dec 12, 2023 | News/Blog
Guest post by Alexandra Kiely, independent art historian The American abstract painter Alma Woodsey Thomas (1891–1978) did not fit well into stereotypes. She was a Black female artist who dedicated much of her life to teaching—in stark contrast to the largely white...
by Erika Gaffney | Nov 30, 2023 | News/Blog
Outdoor and indoor signage for the Making Her Mark exhibition at the Baltimore Museum of Art. Author photos. How to characterize an art exhibition as sweeping and ambitious as Making Her Mark: A History of Women Artists in Europe, 1400–1800? The first term that...
by Erika Gaffney | Nov 28, 2023 | 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 artherstory | Nov 28, 2023 | News/Blog
Thoughts on Maestras at Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza Guest post by Jitske Jasperse, Instituto de Historia, CCHS, Madrid Fig. 1 Nodes of which women artists were part. Displayed on the wall of Maestras, Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza in Madrid. Photo:...
