Marie Laurencin and the Autonomy of Self-Representation

Guest post by Mary Creed Fig. 1. Marie Laurencin, Self-Portrait, 1906. Colored pencil and pencil on notebook paper. Museum of Modern Art, New York. © 2021 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris In an attempt to tell a more inclusive story of modern art,...

The Many Faces of Suzanne Valadon

Guest post by Suzanne Singletary, Professor and Associate Dean, Thomas Jefferson University On view at Philadelphia’s Barnes Foundation until January 9, Suzanne Valadon: Model, Painter, and Rebel is the first major retrospective in North America of the...

Adélaïde Labille-Guiard: Artist, Friend, Teacher

Guest post by Jessica L. Fripp, Texas Christian University On the value of women In 1876, the heirs of the French painter Adélaïde Labille-Guiard donated two works, the Self-Portrait with Two Pupils, Marie-Gabrielle Capet and Marie Marguerite Carreaux de...