by artherstory | Jan 14, 2025 | News/Blog
by Erika Gaffney, Art Herstory Founder Outdoor signage at Alte Pinakothek, Munich, for Rachel Ruysch: Nature into Art. Author photo. The world has waited a very long time—300 years, give or take—for the first monographic exhibition of the Amsterdam-based flower...
by Erika Gaffney | Dec 31, 2024 | News/Blog
In terms of art museum shows, 2025 already has much to offer women artists from early modernity through the present. Here, though, we focus (almost) exclusively on art exhibitions about women artists from the Renaissance to about the mid-20th century. Keep checking...
by Erika Gaffney | Dec 27, 2023 | News/Blog
Great news: in terms of museum exhibitions, 2024 is shaping up to be exciting for women artists from early modernity through the present. Here, though, we focus (almost) exclusively on women artists from the Renaissance to the early 20th century. Keep checking back;...
by artherstory | Nov 8, 2023 | News/Blog
A New Acquisition for the National Gallery of Ireland Guest post by Lizzie Marx, Curator of Dutch and Flemish Art at the National Gallery of Ireland An Animate Still Life In 1742, when Dutch artist Rachel Ruysch was 78 or 79, she painted the delightful...
by Erika Gaffney | Dec 28, 2022 | News/Blog
Maria Hadfield Cosway has recently closed at the Fondazione Maria Cosway. On January 15, Sofonisba—History’s Forgotten Miracle closes at Nivaagaards Malerisamling and Beatrix Potter: Drawn to Nature closes at London’s Victoria and Albert Museum. What do fans of...
