by Erika Gaffney | Jun 16, 2026 | News/Blog
Just in time for summer reading, we present a list of recent fiction books about specific, mostly historic women artists—from the distant past to the 21st century. This post includes novels published from 2018, the year of Art Herstory’s inception, to the...
by Erika Gaffney | Feb 17, 2026 | News/Blog
by Erika Gaffney, Art Herstory Founder Early this month, the National Gallery of Art disclosed its purchase of Mary Magdalene in Ecstasy, a painting by Baroque artist Artemisia Gentileschi. The announcement has resonated throughout the art world. According to the...
by Erika Gaffney | Dec 31, 2025 | News/Blog
Already we are seeing announcements of 2026 art museum shows about women artists from the distant past through the present. Here we focus (almost) exclusively on art exhibitions about women artists born before the end of the 19th century. Some are large-scale shows,...
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...
