by artherstory | Mar 28, 2025 | News/Blog
Guest post by Alessia Motti, Art History student, La Sapienza University of Rome Suor Plautilla Nelli (1524–1588) was a nun-artist in the convent of Santa Caterina in Cafaggio. She is one of the few female artists mentioned in Vasari’s The Lives of the Artists....
by wpengine | Jul 16, 2021 | News/Blog
Guest post by Camille Nouhant Figure 1. Outside view of the Castello del Buonconsiglio, in front of which the exhibition poster stands. The limitations of group exhibitions for women artists Much has been done for female artists, ever since the pioneering...
by wpengine | Aug 24, 2020 | News/Blog
Guest post by Elizabeth Lev, Duquesne in Rome Caravaggio is now a household name; sometimes it seems that he was the sole artistic genus of the turn of the seventeenth century. As with any superstar player, though, there were dozens of hungry talents nipping at his...