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Beyond Blood, Battle Scars and Beheading: How Artemisia Gentileschi Became Painting Itself
Guest post by C.J. Denton, author of La Pittura There is a version of Artemisia Gentileschi that has become very familiar. She is young. She has survived a brutal assault and the arguably crueler ordeal of a public trial. She paints Judith leaning over Holofernes,...Women’s Depictions of Midwives in Early Modern Art
Guest post by Jane Salvage, nurse, activist and author Midwives in art and legend Giotto’s fresco of Jesus’ birth is a Christmas card favorite. All the familiar figures are there. But have you ever noticed the two women bathing and swaddling the baby? They are...Recent Museum Acquisitions of Art by Early Modern Women
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...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...
