by Erika Gaffney | Oct 25, 2025 | News/Blog
Still relevant after 400 years Though we don’t know with certainty in what year sixteenth-century painter Sofonisba Anguissola was born, we know her death date: November 16, 1625. Thus November 2025 marks a significant anniversary, the 400th since the departure...
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 artherstory | Nov 14, 2024 | News/Blog
Guest post by Cathy Hall-van den Elsen, Independent scholar Researching the life and work of the Spanish sculptor Luisa Roldán has been a lifelong endeavor. In 2020, as Covid set in and I waited for the publication of my book Luisa Roldán, I wondered about other...
by Erika Gaffney | Jul 31, 2024 | 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 artherstory | May 21, 2024 | News/Blog
Guest post by Isabelle Hawkins, Honors student in art history, McGill University The Education of the Virgin, 1680s, by Luisa Roldán. Polychrome paint and wood, 76 x 63 x 43 cm. Los Angeles County Museum of Art. One of the many intriguing pieces on display at Making...
