by Erika Gaffney | Jul 12, 2023 | 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 second quarter of this calendar year. Each description is drawn from the blurb on the publisher’s website. Do you know of...
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...
by Erika Gaffney | May 13, 2022 | News/Blog
This Spring, Art Herstory is excited to announce eight new note card designs! Two artists—Clara Peeters and Rachel Ruysch—make a repeat appearance. But with this year’s card additions we introduce six “new” female Old Masters: Rosalba Carriera,...
by Erika Gaffney | Dec 9, 2021 | News/Blog
There hasn’t been an exhibition in the US along the lines of By Her Hand: Artemisia Gentileschi and Women Artists in Italy, 1500–1800 since 2007, when the National Museum of Women in the Arts (NMWA) hosted Italian Women Artists from Renaissance to...
by wpengine | Apr 15, 2021 | News/Blog
Guest post by Xavier F. Salomon, The Frick Collection An Anniversary April 15 marks the 264th anniversary of the death of the Venetian painter Rosalba Carriera (1673–1757). Rosalba lived her entire life in a house on the Grand Canal, near the parish church...