Category: Blog

Discover how Mexico City, Berlin, Paris, New Mexico, and Florence shaped the lives, perspectives, and artistic practices of five remarkable women artists.

Step inside the historic homes of Frida Kahlo, Georgia O’Keeffe, and Dora Gordine, and discover the spaces, surroundings, and creative lives that shaped their art.

Clara Peeters was one of the earliest artists to specialize in still life, quietly establishing her presence in art history through meticulously painted objects, hidden self-portraits, and tiny reflections of herself. Her paintings reveal a fascinating world of food, wealth, trade, craftsmanship, and identity.

For generations, women were encouraged to make art but discouraged from becoming professional artists. This article explores how women challenged exclusion from nineteenth-century art academies, fought for access to life drawing and professional education, and built their own institutions when established ones refused them.

Annie Richard’s intricate beadwork brings together nature, geometry, mathematics, memory, and a deeply meditative creative process. Since discovering bead embroidery in 2019, she has worked with thousands of individual glass beads to create detailed compositions featuring mandalas, circular forms, and geometric patterns. Inspired in part by her mother’s lifelong connection to beadwork, Annie sees mathematics and art as complementary ways of understanding the world. Her recent use of watercolour beneath the beadwork adds a more fluid and unexpected element to her otherwise precise practice.

Four short films under 10 minutes that explore burnout, observation, ambition, comparison, and the importance of making space for your own creativity.

Discover the woman behind Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa, from Lisa Gherardini’s identity and the painting’s mysterious smile to its infamous theft and lasting influence on generations of artists.

The final months of the year don't have to become a race against the calendar. This guide explores how artists can reflect on their creative journey, set meaningful priorities, protect their energy, and finish 2026 with purpose instead of pressure.

Discover the Portraits Virtual Exhibition by Women in Arts Network, featuring an inspiring collection of women artists from around the world. Through painting, photography, textiles, sculpture, and mixed media, these selected works explore identity, memory, emotion, culture, and human connection, revealing how portraiture continues to evolve as one of art's most powerful forms of storytelling.

Explore how four iconic women artists transformed their creative vision over time, from their earliest known surviving paintings to their final major works. Discover the stories behind Artemisia Gentileschi, Frida Kahlo, Georgia O’Keeffe, and Hilma af Klint, and see how decades of experience, personal challenges, and artistic exploration shaped the masterpieces they left behind.