by Erika Gaffney | Jan 5, 2020 | News/Blog
Since Art Herstory’s September 2019 post about new books focusing on history’s women artists, several new titles have been published. We list those that have come to our attention, mostly we quote the publisher’s description. If you know of other...
by Erika Gaffney | Dec 22, 2019 | Exhibits, News/Blog
Thoughts on an important focus exhibition There are still a couple of weeks in which to see “Women Artists of the Dutch Golden Age” at the National Museum of Women in the Arts (NMWA). If you live in the DC area, or if you visit the area over the holidays, make a point...
by wpengine | Dec 12, 2019 | News/Blog
Guest post by Carol M. Cram, Founder, Art in Fiction The Sisters, 1869, by Berthe Morisot. Held at the National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Women have painted for centuries, so why don’t we know more about history’s female artists? Fortunately, several major...
by wpengine | Dec 1, 2019 | News/Blog
Guest post by Kathleen E. Kennedy, Associate Professor, Centre for Medieval Studies, University of Bristol Portrait miniature, 1534, by Hans Holbein; may be Susanna Horenbout (Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna; source, Wikipedia) Susanna Horenbout (c. 1500–c. 1554)...
by Erika Gaffney | Nov 29, 2019 | News/Blog
Visit your local museum store on December 1, and #BeAPatron Don’t miss an exclusive shopping experience: Museum Store Sunday is coming up this weekend! For the third year in a row, museum gift shops around the world present you with a one-of-a-kind shopping...
by wpengine | Nov 25, 2019 | News/Blog
Guest post by Angela Ghirardi, Professor of the History of Art at the University of Bologna until 2018 Suor Orsola Maddalena Caccia—or simply Sister Orsola, as she signs herself in one instance, in the 1648 altarpiece discussed below—was an Ursuline nun. She...
