by Erika Gaffney | Jun 21, 2020 | News/Blog
Here we list all the new books about women artists that have come to our attention, published in the second quarter of this calendar year. Descriptions are drawn from the blurb on the publisher’s website. If you know of other titles that should be on this list, please...
by wpengine | Apr 20, 2020 | News/Blog
Guest post by Mary D. Garrard, American University (Emerita) In spring 2020, two female Old Master solo exhibitions would have occurred simultaneously: Artemisia Gentileschi, at the National Gallery, London, and Giovanna Garzoni, at Palazzo Pitti in Florence. The...
by wpengine | Apr 16, 2020 | News/Blog
Guest post by Sheila ffolliott, Professor Emerita of Art History, George Mason University This post follows upon Merry Wiesner-Hanks’ guest piece Why Do Old Mistresses Matter Today? posted here on 21 April 2019. It is also a pendant post of The Politics of...
by wpengine | Apr 14, 2020 | News/Blog
Women Artists and Their Contended Place in Public History Guest post by Sheila Barker, The Medici Archive Project This essay is a pendant post of Do We Have Any Great Women Artists Yet?, by Sheila ffolliott. Women Now, Whitney Annual protest by Ad Hoc Women Artists’...
by Erika Gaffney | Jan 16, 2020 | News/Blog
“Women Artists of the Dutch Golden Age” has recently closed at the National Museum of Women in the Arts. On February 2, “A Tale of Two Women Painters” closes at the Prado. So, what do fans of female Old Masters have to look forward to? In a...
