by Erika Gaffney | Mar 2, 2024 | News/Blog
As we all know, March is Women’s History Month! Here we present, in more or less chronological order, an illustrated list of events having to do with women in art. Some of the events are free to attend; others are fee-based. If you are aware of any events not listed...
by Erika Gaffney | Dec 27, 2023 | News/Blog
Great news: in terms of museum exhibitions, 2024 is shaping up to be exciting for women artists from early modernity through the present. Here, though, we focus (almost) exclusively on women artists from the Renaissance to the early 20th century. Keep checking back;...
by artherstory | Oct 7, 2023 | News/Blog
Guest post by Suzanne Karr Schmidt, Newberry Library Rarely does a major cultural institution host an exhibition for an artist who is not already represented in its collections. Even more rarely does such an exhibition feature a female artist. When I walked into the...
by Erika Gaffney | May 13, 2022 | News/Blog
This Spring, Art Herstory is excited to announce eight new note card designs! Two artists—Clara Peeters and Rachel Ruysch—make a repeat appearance. But with this year’s card additions we introduce six “new” female Old Masters: Rosalba Carriera,...
by wpengine | Oct 23, 2020 | News/Blog
Guest post by Angela Oberer Art historians have documented the growing market of eager art lovers and collectors seeking to buy sensually and erotically charged images by the end of the seventeenth century. Still, it remains a somewhat puzzling fact that, as a woman...
