by artherstory | Apr 11, 2026 | News/Blog
Guest post by Jane Salvage, nurse, activist and author Midwives in art and legend Giotto’s fresco of Jesus’ birth is a Christmas card favorite. All the familiar figures are there. But have you ever noticed the two women bathing and swaddling the baby? They are...
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 | Sep 23, 2025 | News/Blog
Guest post by Howard Burton, author and documentary filmmaker One of the great advantages in dedicating an entire film to one particular painting is that it gives you ample opportunity to take a lingering, comprehensive look at the surrounding historical context in...
by Erika Gaffney | Apr 29, 2025 | News/Blog
Here we list all the new books about women artists—from the past, and also from the present—that have come to our attention, published in the first quarter of this calendar year. Each description is drawn from the blurb on the publisher’s website. Do you know of other...
by artherstory | Feb 20, 2025 | News/Blog
Guest post by Sivan Maoz, MA Graduate, The Warburg Institute, London The biblical story of Judith recounts how a young Jewish widow saved her people by using her wit and charm to behead the Assyrian general Holofernes. Central to this narrative is Judith’s...
