Arahmaiani, one of Indonesia’s most respected contemporary artists, is recognized for powerful commentaries on social, political, and cultural issues.

Mary Cassatt, Elizabeth Nourse, Berthe Morisot, and Rosa Bonheur were as central to Impressionism’s shifting and often contradictory currents as their male counterparts.

Even if art history's not your forte, you're likely to be able to name a few influential female visual artists. Georgia O'Keeffe? Yoko Ono? Frida Kahlo? The names are big; but dwelling in art history are numerous names that should be far bigger than…

Read THE DAILY PIC on a Grace Hartigan's 'Brides' at the Whitney: Proof that abstraction wasn't the only game in town in 1950s New York.

A couple of weeks ago Kim and I went to see Max Ernst at MoMA and while we were at it we also went to see the Louise Bourgeois exhibition. Louise Bourgeois was born in 1911 in France and died in 2010…

Amrita Sher-Gil continues to fascinate and engage people’s curiosity decades after her untimely death in 1941. An artist of repute, she’s remembered for her reb

The first museum retrospective of the work of Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian, the Iranian grande dame of geometric art, on display at Portugal’s Serralves Museum, moving to New York this March

Quilt by Harriet Powers

Femme et oiseau en peinture - Gabriele Münter (1877-1962) déjeuner face aux oiseaux Gabriele Münter (1877-1962) déjeuner face aux oiseaux

Harriet Backer, Chez moi. 1887

Pina Bausch’s last work, created in the six months before her death in June 2009, takes its title from a line in a song by the Chilean singer Violeta Parra, who committed suicide in 1967. The dance…

“I witnessed it all, and through photography I perpetuated their rebellion.” Paz Errázuriz tells Irina Baconsky about defying the Pinochet regime to capture her country’s marginalised communities

Mayako Nakamura is a Japanese artist who has a wonderful place to show you, in her paintings. Her lines traverse outlines of reality whilst taking you on paths of dreams and abstraction.

Marta Colvin, escultora chilena, nacida en Chillán en 1907 y muerta en Santiago el año 1995. Cuando estaba en el colegio, en artes visuales, tenía que buscar un recorte de alguna escultura y pegarla en el cuaderno. Hice la tarea y encontré una donde unas manos sostenían un cerebro. Esta mujer la esculpió. Mi sorpresa fue cuando varios años más tarde llegué al Instituto de Neurocirugía Asenjo a realizar mi segunda práctica, sin muchas ganas, y la escultura fue la primera en recibirme frente al edificio que posteriormente se convertiría en el lugar más grato y de mayor aprendizaje por el que he pasado durante este último tiempo. Acabo de terminar un reemplazo en ese lugar y al principio pensé que no llegaba a ningún lado y que mi buen recuerdo se iba a convertir en tres semanas de pesadilla. Pero no, todo terminó bien. Busqué las manos pero no las encontré...

This fall, female figurative painters are out in full force. Here are the shows you can't miss.

Found-objects recycler made a splash in 1972 with "The Liberation of Aunt Jemima."

the inspiration is slowly coming back now, and these images by Hannah Höch helps a lot (images from google pictures)

Séraphine Pick biography, exhibitions and artworks. Follow artist. Enquire about Séraphine Pick artworks for sale.

Bonus Download: New to painting? Start with my free Beginner's Guide to Painting. Marie Bashkirtseff, Robert-Fleury's Atelier at Académie Julian for female art students, 1881 Back during the old master times, if you wanted to become an artist it was expected that you attend a prestigious art school or atelier so you could learn from

The Donna and Howard Stone Gallery for Film, Video, and New Media features a new work by Finnish artist Eija-Liisa Ahtila. Ahtila’s films, culled from research and interviews with individuals suffering from psychotic disorders, are sensual, profoundly moving vignettes. Her chosen subject matter lends itself easily to perceptual distortions, as series of images flow seamlessly between reality and illusion and draw the viewer into uncanny and deeply fractured environments.

Huguette Caland is one of the most famous Lebanese artists of all time. Although she currently resides in California, Lebanon is often reflected in her work. Huguette’s work is characterized by its…

The Professional National Indian Artists Incorporation, or the Indian Group of Seven as it’s more widely known, was founded in 1973 to promote Abor...