Stories of Black Britishness by Lubaina Himid
Winner of prestigious awards, including the Turner Prize, Lubaina Himid has a long and prolific career as an artist, curator, and teacher. Her art...
Natalia Tiberio 1 October 2024
Women Artists
Luisa Roldán: The Groundbreaking Career of Spain’s First Woman Sculptor
She wrote letters to kings, was Spain’s first documented woman sculptor, and became the official escultora de cámara, or court sculptor, to...
Natalia Iacobelli 30 September 2024
What Do You Know About Frida Kahlo? Take the Frida Quiz!
Kate Wojtczak 28 September 2024
Surrealist Meret Oppenheim in 5 Artworks
Exploring five works by female Surrealist Meret Oppenheim
Candy Bedworth 26 September 2024
Jane Morris: A Pre-Raphaelite Artist and Muse
Jane Morris (1839-1914) was an English embroiderer and artists’ model who embodied the Pre-Raphaelite ideal of beauty. She was a model and muse to...
Marija Canjuga 26 September 2024
May Morris: A Remarkable Arts & Crafts Woman
May Morris (1862–1938) once described herself as a “remarkable woman… though none of you seemed to think so.” These words proved painfully...
Emily Snow 26 September 2024
Book Review: Great Women Sculptors. Premiering in September!
There have been a plethora of recent surveys of women artists, including Phaidon’s own Great Women Artists (2019) and Great Women Painters...
Catriona Miller 23 September 2024
5 Reasons to See Frida: Beyond the Myth Exhibition at the Dallas Museum of Art
Frida Kahlo, the Mexican artist known for her powerful and surreal self-portraits, is honored through a unique exhibition at the Dallas Museum of Art...
Mary Margaret Swets 19 September 2024
Discover Slavic Art Deco – The Story of Zofia Stryjeńska
Zofia Stryjeńska was a prominent Polish artist active during the interwar period. Known as the “Lady of Polish Art,” she gained...
Katarzyna Waszak 17 September 2024
Lyubov Panchenko: Remembering the Ukrainian Artist
Despite extreme opposition, Lyubov Panchenko dared to celebrate her Ukrainian identity through colorful folk art collages. Tragically, the...
Emily Snow 17 September 2024
Harriet Powers: A Black Female Folk Artist Who Regained Her Glory
For much of the 20th century, the work of Harriet Powers, an enslaved and later emancipated Black folk artist, was erased from the art historical...
Kristin Urban 17 September 2024
Masterpiece Story: The Portrait of Empress Dowager Cixi by Katharine Augusta Carl
Art and politics have been closely intertwined throughout global history. This article studies the case of The Empress Dowager Cixi of China by...
Iolanda Munck 11 September 2024
