by Erika Gaffney | May 17, 2021 | News/Blog
In a previous Art Herstory post, we highlighted one dozen women artists from the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. At the time, we noted that the twelve painters and sculptors in that list represented only a small percentage of female makers of centuries...
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 | Jul 8, 2019 | News/Blog
A Curator’s Perspective Guest post by Judith W. Mann, Curator of European Art to 1800, the Saint Louis Art Museum On the occasion of what would have been Artemisia Gentileschi’s 426th birthday (July 8), it is worth reflecting on events of the last year that...
by Erika Gaffney | May 13, 2019 | News/Blog
As promised in a previous blog post (Michelangelo’s Sisters: (Re)Introducing Female Old Masters) here is a post that highlights the names and works of twelve female Old Masters. These dozen names represent only a small percentage of the women who were not only...