Women in Art Celebrations | Women’s History Month 2025

As we all know, March is Women’s History Month! Here we present, in chronological order, an illustrated list of events having to do with women in art. We include all March (and slightly beyond) events we have heard about that focus on women artists, though not all are necessarily designated Women’s History Month celebrations, per se. Some of the events are free to attend; others are fee-based. If you are aware of any events not listed here, do email details to us (erika@artherstory.net) or comment below.

March 1

Silvano Levy delivers the talk Mary Wykeham: Surrealist out of the Shadows at The Hepworth Wakefield, where a solo presentation of paintings and prints by Wykeham features within the exhibition Forbidden Territories: 100 Years of Surreal Landscapes. Levy is the author of a new book about the artist. Register here.

March 3

The University of Hartford celebrates Women’s History Month and the publication of I’m So Happy You Are Here: Japanese Women Photographers from the 1950s to Now with a talk by photography historian Carrie Cushman. Register here.

March 4

The 4th annual Women in the Museum Symposium takes place at Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum. The theme is “Fabric of Fame: Materiality Versus the Canon.” This year’s edition focuses on the materiality of the physical (art) object as a gateway into the history of women makers, users and trendsetters. Hybrid event; register here for online attendance, or here for in-person attendance.

March 6

To mark the 50th anniversary of the United Nations International Women’s Year (IWY) the 2025 Betty Churcher AO Memorial Oration celebrates diverse voices and the contributions of artists internationally. An exclusive conversation between Judy Chicago and Katy Hessel will be followed by a panel discussion with leading Australian artists Alison Alder, Marie Hagerty, Raquel Ormella and r e a, hosted by Tracy Cooper-Lavery, Head, Art Across Australia and Chair of the National Gallery’s Gender Equity Action Group. Hybrid event; register here for online attendance, or here for in-person attendance.

Common Threads Press hosts an evening with Sharbreon Plummer, curator of the exhibition Of Salt and Spirit: Black Quilters in the American South at the Mississippi Museum of Art, and also author of Diasporic Threads: Black Women, Fibre and Textiles. She will walk the audience through her research and the curatorial work that underpins the exhibition, followed by a Q&A session.

March 7

Discover the incredible stories of female artists featured in the Toledo Museum of Art’s European collection, guided by Megan Reddicks Pignataro, Research Associate in European Art. On the tour It’s a She Thing: European Women Artists at TMA (1600–1900), visitors will learn about influential artists from Artemisia Gentileschi to Marie-Victoire Jaquotot, whose groundbreaking work continues to inspire today. The tour is free but registration is required and limited.

March 8

The Evelyn De Morgan Closing Event at Wolverhampton Art Gallery explores—with expert talks, a creative workshop and the option to attend an evening performance by Flexus Dance Collective—themes within De Morgan’s work that relate to International Women’s Day 2025. Register here.
Memphis is brimming with powerful, innovative, and trailblazing women shaping the arts. Organized by Dixon Gallery and Gardens and Theatre Memphis, the annual event Women in the Arts brings together a host of women of all ages for a day of performances, demonstrations, classes, and dialogues ranging from personal stories to championing gender equality.
Suzanne Fagence presents Exploring the lives of Jane Morris, Effie Gray and Margaret Cameron as part of York International Women’s Week.

March 12

There Were Important Women in the History of Prints, hosted by the Paul Mellon Centre, celebrates the collaborative (and Open Access!) volume Female Printmakers, Printsellers, and Print Publishers in the 18th Century: The Imprint of Women, c. 1700–1830. Hybrid event; register here.

March 13

Paris A. Spies-Gans delivers the Anna Jameson lecture “The Spirit of a Particular Age”: Women Artists and the Challenges of an Integrated Art History. This lecture will consider the complicated legacies surrounding women artists and notions of historical truth. Hybrid event; register here for Zoom attendance, or here for in-person attendance. The Anna Jameson Lecture series is generously supported by the Diane Apostolos-Cappadona Trust.

March 14

In Mary Cassatt and the Making of a Transatlantic Legacy at the NYPL’s Vartan Gregorian Center for Research in the Humanities, art historian Ruth E. Iskin offers a fresh perspective on the renowned painter and printmaker. Iskin, author of the new book Mary Cassatt between Paris and New York, will discuss with Tulane University professor of European art Michelle Foa the lasting impact of Cassatt’s work on the art world and the broader political and cultural landscape. Register here.

March 21

The British Museum presents The Women Who Made Picasso, in which a distinguished panel discusses accomplished women whose contributions Picasso’s fame has until recently overshadowed. Register here.

March 29

Catherine Hall-van den Elsen—author of the book Luisa Roldan—delivers the Philadelphia Museum of Art’s Eda G. Diskant Lecture: The Extraordinary Life of Luisa Roldán. Hybrid event; register here for online attendance, or here for in-person attendance.

March 31

Jacqueline Marie Musacchio’s talk The Art and Life of Francesca Alexander at the Boston Athenaeum draws on the work of the self-taught 19th-century artist—and other sources including letters, diaries, guidebooks, newspapers and magazines—to discuss Alexander’s art, and her place in history. Musacchio is the author of a new book about the American-born 19th-century artist, philanthropist and celebrity.

And beyond…

April 4

In an episode of NCFS Unbound, a series of virtual book dialogues sponsored by the Nineteenth-Century French Studies Association, Ruth E. Iskin talks with Vanessa Schwartz about her book Mary Cassatt between Paris and New York.

April 8

In the talk Women Pioneers of the Arts and Craft Movement at the National Galleries of Scotland, Karen Livingstone introduced her new book of the same name. The book celebrates the work and ambition of the women who were at the heart of the most influential art and design movement of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, including May Morris, Gertrude Jekyll and Annie Garnett. Hybrid event; book here for online (YouTube) version, or here for in-person version.

April 24

Rosalba Carriera | Portraits of 18th Century Venice, a lecture at the National Galleries of Scotland by Christopher Baker, Editor of The Burlington Magazine and a former Director at the National Galleries of Scotland, will survey Carriera’s extraordinary career and critical fortunes.

May 4

Paris Spies-Gans delivers the lecture Breaking Barriers: Sophie Frémiet and the Rise of Women Artists in Europe at The Getty. Paris will delve into Frémiet’s era “to upend longstanding assumptions about women’s opportunities and wrongly forgotten triumphs.” Hybrid event; register here for Zoom attendance, or here for in-person attendance.

Celebrations of Women in Art during Women’s History Month and Beyond, 2025