by wpengine | Feb 16, 2021 | News/Blog
Guest post by Jesse Locker, Portland State University Though plagued with delays, lockdowns, and closures, the Artemisia Gentileschi exhibition at the National Gallery in London, which closed in January 2021, marked a transformation in the general public’s...
by wpengine | Oct 27, 2020 | News/Blog
Guest post by Sheila McTighe, The Courtauld Institute of Art Threatened by pandemic closure but rescued to great acclaim, this exhibition of Artemisia Gentileschi’s work promises to be a turning point in the appreciation of early modern women artists. How will it...
by Erika Gaffney | Jan 16, 2020 | News/Blog
“Women Artists of the Dutch Golden Age” has recently closed at the National Museum of Women in the Arts. On February 2, “A Tale of Two Women Painters” closes at the Prado. So, what do fans of female Old Masters have to look forward to? In a...
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 | Jun 3, 2019 | News/Blog
A Birthday Tribute to “the Amsterdam Pallas” Posy of flowers, with a red admiral butterfly, on a marble ledge, c. 1700, by Rachel Ruysch. Private collection; source, Wikimedia. Three hundred fifty-five years ago on this day, June 3, Rachel Ruysch was...