by wpengine | Sep 17, 2019 | News/Blog
Guest post by Paula Butterfield, author of La Luministe and other works of historical fiction Berthe Morisot, Woman at Her Toilette, 1875/80. Art Institute of Chicago. Years after their brief affair, musician Evans Herman wrote a nostalgic poem for Joan...
by Erika Gaffney | Sep 13, 2019 | News/Blog
This month yields a bumper crop of new books about history’s women artists from the Renaissance to the twentieth century. We list those that have come to our attention, quoting the publisher’s description. If you know of other titles that should be on this...
by wpengine | Sep 2, 2019 | News/Blog
American University, Washington, DC, 24–25 September 2021 Self-portrait with Easel, 1640s, by Michaelina Wautier (So. Netherlands, 1617–1689). Held in a private collection; source, Wikimedia. Update, May 14, 2020 The Feminist Art History Conference has been postponed,...
by Erika Gaffney | Aug 18, 2019 | News/Blog
The National Gallery of Ireland; source, Wikipedia. According to an article published on August 11, 2019 in The Sunday Times of London, the National Gallery of Ireland (NGI) has decided to prioritize the acquisition of works by female artists. The NGI’s decision...
by Erika Gaffney | Jul 30, 2019 | News/Blog
Agneta (or Agnes) Blok, Dutch Mennonite art collector and horticulturalist, as Flora Batava on a commemorative medal by Jan Boskam, 1700. Wikipedia. The organizers seek proposals for papers to fill out an RSA panel (or panels) titled Early...
