Category: Art History

Discover five powerful paintings by women artists who challenged conventions, pushed against expectations, and carved out space for themselves in art history.

Five women artists who challenged the boundaries of modern art before Frida Kahlo, from Berthe Morisot and Suzanne Valadon to Hilma af Klint.

Five women artists, from Gwen John to Agnes Martin, offer five different ways of seeing solitude through quiet rooms, self-portraiture, emotional memory, expansive landscapes and stillness.

Meet five women who stepped beyond the role of the muse to become artists in their own right, from Suzanne Valadon to Lee Miller.

Five women artists who used pseudonyms and alternate identities to navigate the art world, reinvent themselves, and explore questions of gender, identity, and creative freedom.

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.

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.