New documentary celebrates women pioneers in performance art – The Art Newspaper
The legendary Woman’s Building, on the edge of downtown Los Angeles, was a nexus where art and activism…
National Gallery in London adds to its collection of women artists with Angelica Kauffman donation – The Art Newspaper
The National Gallery in London has acquired a key work by the Swiss 18th-century artist Angelica Kauffman, bringing…
Defiant women and daring paintings: Emin, Webster and Wylie create a buzz in the UK’s exhibition calendar – The Art Newspaper
While it has felt like everything else is going to hell in a handcart, the UK’s art world…
Michaelina Wautier’s work was lost, hidden or misattributed to men—now her rediscovered paintings are going on show in London – The Art Newspaper
In 1993, a chance encounter in the stores of Vienna’s Kunsthistorisches Museum between the Flemish art expert Katlijne…
At Tokyo’s National Museum of Modern Art, the anti-action art of Japan’s women artists finds a new lease of life – The Art Newspaper
In her 2002 autobiography, Infinity Net, the Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama describes going to extraordinary lengths to leave…
Women Old Masters to Know
A few years after art historian Linda Nochlin famously asked “Why Have There Been No Great Women Artists?”in…