by artherstory | Jan 29, 2026 | News/Blog
Guest post by Alessandra Masu, author, journalist and art historian After the inauguration of the new Sala delle Pittrici (Hall of Women Painters) at Palazzo Braschi in Rome, I spent part of the holidays visiting three pioneering exhibitions on women artists in Modern...
by artherstory | Jan 24, 2026 | News/Blog
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...
by Erika Gaffney | Dec 31, 2025 | News/Blog
Already we are seeing announcements of 2026 art museum shows about women artists from the distant past through the present. Here we focus (almost) exclusively on art exhibitions about women artists born before the end of the 19th century. Some are large-scale shows,...
by artherstory | Dec 27, 2025 | News/Blog
The “Sala delle Pittrici” at Museo di Roma–Palazzo Braschi Guest post by Alessandra Masu, author, journalist and art historian As of December 5, 2025, the Museo di Roma–Palazzo Braschi presents the new Room “Roma Pittrice:...
by Erika Gaffney | Nov 29, 2025 | 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...
