The Possibility of Michaelina Wautier

Thoughts on Michaelina Wautier: Painter at the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna Guest post by Allison van den Hoek, author of INDELICATE: Michaelina Wautier’s Untold Story Within these walls covered with works by Michaelina Wautier, “the greatest artistic...

Early Modern Women Artists at Auction in 2025

by Erika Gaffney, Art Herstory Founder The year 2025 saw major new auction records set for art by women, both living and historic. Selling for US $13.6 million, Marlene Dumas’ Miss January became the most expensive artwork by a living female artist sold at...

Rachel Ruysch: The Art of Nature

Guest post by Stephanie Dickey, art historian Feature image: Rachel Ruysch, Still Life with Flowers, 1709, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Promised Gift of Rose-Marie and Eijk van Otterlo, in support of the Center for Netherlandish Art Picture this. The year is...