by Erika Gaffney | Jan 16, 2020 | News/Blog
“Women Artists of the Dutch Golden Age” has recently closed at the National Museum of Women in the Arts. On February 2, “A Tale of Two Women Painters” closes at the Prado. So, what do fans of female Old Masters have to look forward to? In a...
by Erika Gaffney | Dec 22, 2019 | Exhibits, News/Blog
Thoughts on an important focus exhibition There are still a couple of weeks in which to see “Women Artists of the Dutch Golden Age” at the National Museum of Women in the Arts (NMWA). If you live in the DC area, or if you visit the area over the holidays, make a point...
by wpengine | Nov 16, 2019 | News/Blog
Guest post by Ann Golob, Researcher, Advancing Women Artists The eighteenth century was a time of tremendous change in Florence, Italy. Politically, the Medici era was coming to an end and the basic infrastructure of the city was in a state of decline. Florence—like...
by artherstory | Nov 10, 2019 | News/Blog
Thoughts on the marquee event of the Museo del Prado’s 200th-anniversary celebration Guest post by Natasha Moura, Madrid-based art blogger, educator, writer and cultural manager The exhibition A Tale of Two Women Painters just opened at the Museo del Prado in...
by Erika Gaffney | Oct 30, 2019 | News/Blog
Vase of Flowers, n.d., by Mary Moser. Source, The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK. When Britain’s Royal Academy was founded in 1769, there were two women among the thirty-six founding members—Angelica Kauffman (also known as Maria Anna Angelika...
