by Erika Gaffney | Feb 17, 2026 | News/Blog
by Erika Gaffney, Art Herstory Founder Early this month, the National Gallery of Art disclosed its purchase of Mary Magdalene in Ecstasy, a painting by Baroque artist Artemisia Gentileschi. The announcement has resonated throughout the art world. According to the...
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 Erika Gaffney | Nov 26, 2025 | News/Blog
Art Herstory’s newest retail partner is the shop at The Hyde Collection! The store carries Art Herstory holiday cards—Christmas Roses and Poinsettia and Calla Lily—and also two custom-created, still-life themed Art Herstory note card sampler six-packs. These...
by artherstory | Oct 31, 2025 | News/Blog
by Erika Gaffney, Art Herstory Founder Installation view of title banner of Women Artists from Antwerp to Amsterdam, 1600–1750 at the National Museum of Women in the Arts (photo, Kevin Allen) Women Artists from Antwerp to Amsterdam, 1600–1750 is the first survey...
