by Erika Gaffney | Mar 8, 2020 | News/Blog
The initial sub-series profiles female artists of the Renaissance and Baroque Allegory of Fame, c. 1630–35, by Artemisia Gentileschi. The Bennett Collection. Illuminating Women Artists, published by London-based publisher Lund Humphries, launches at a critical moment...
by Erika Gaffney | Jul 16, 2019 | News/Blog
Q&A about Judith Leyster (1609–1660), the protagonist of Callaghan’s 2018 novel We notice an exciting new trend in publishing: real women artists from the distant past feature as protagonists in new works of historical fiction, and as subjects of scholarly...
by wpengine | Jun 8, 2019 | News/Blog
Guest post by Katherine A. McIver, Professor Emerita of Art History, University of Alabama at Birmingham Thinking about the upcoming exhibition at the Prado, Madrid (October 2019) celebrating the Renaissance women artists Sofonisba Anguissola (1532–1625) and Lavinia...