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 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...
by artherstory | Nov 14, 2024 | News/Blog
Guest post by Cathy Hall-van den Elsen, Independent scholar Researching the life and work of the Spanish sculptor Luisa Roldán has been a lifelong endeavor. In 2020, as Covid set in and I waited for the publication of my book Luisa Roldán, I wondered about other...
by artherstory | Jan 17, 2024 | News/Blog
A Review of Ingenious Women at Bucerius Kunst Forum Guest post by Jenny Körber, Universität Hamburg Fig. 1: Exhibition view, Ingenious Women. Women artists and their companions (October 14, 2023–January 28, 2024) at the Bucerius Kunst Forum, Hamburg. Photo:...
