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 | 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 Erika Gaffney | Oct 14, 2025 | News/Blog
History’s Dutch and Flemish women artists are having a moment! Currently there are at least three art exhibitions focused on early modern female makers of the Low Countries. Three of these shows incorporate an international traveling component. In addition,...
by artherstory | Apr 12, 2025 | News/Blog
Guest post by Sylvia Barbara Soberton, author, independent researcher and art historian The Horenbouts, a family of Flemish painters, came to England in the 1520s to work at the court of Henry VIII. By that time Gerard was already established as a skilled artist. He...
by Erika Gaffney | Dec 31, 2024 | News/Blog
Already 2025 has much to offer in terms of art museum shows about women artists from the distant past through the present. Here, though, we focus (almost) exclusively on art exhibitions about women artists from the Renaissance to about the mid-20th century. Some are...
