2026 is all about celebrating female artists over on my Substack and website. To end the first half of the year, I've welcomed the first of two incredible guest contributors. Welcome @artherstory.bsky.social, talking all about Catharina van Hemessen!
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Guest Post from Erika Gaffney of Art Herstory – celebrating women artists of centuries past! Visit https://artherstory.net for more.
Call for Papers: AAH Summer Symposium 2026 - The Fragment: Form, Method, and Meaning
The Association for Art History's Summer Symposium is a one-day annual event highlighting current postgraduate and early career research.
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⏰ Deadline approaching: Submit your session proposal by 1 July 2026.
The AAH Conference 2027 returns 7–9 April 2027 in collaboration with the University of Exeter.
The Annual Conference reflects the Association for Art History’s commitment to a broad and inclusive art history.
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OK! I'll Wear Gardening Gloves
Made a rare exception, putting on cotton gloves to examine a gorgeous floral English embroidered dos-à-dos binding at the Fisher Library yesterday! (The metallic thread made them necessary.) Like the Newberry puzzle binding, it's 17th c. and religious in nature...
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Suzanne Karr Schmidt
The Eighth Wonder of the World: Sarah Biffin
Herstorical Tours blog
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New post on the Art Herstory blog!
Recent Novels About Women Artists
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Just in time for summer reading (in one hemisphere, anyway) - we present a list of recent fiction about actual, mostly historic women artists—from the C16th to the C21st.
Self-Portrait with inscription ‘Mon maman dada,’ n.d., from a sketchbook by #AnnaFranciscaDeBruyns (Flemish, 1604-56). Held by Department of Prints and Drawings, 6507/40r°, Royal Museum of Fine Arts, Brussels; source, brill.com/display/book... #artherstory #womenartists
Fruit Still Life, c. 1815, by #IphigénieMiletMoreau, Viscountess Decaux (#IphigenieDeCaux; French, 1778-1862), who was born #otd, June 17. Held by Hoogsteder & Hoogsteder. #womenartists #artherstory
Self-portrait, 1821. On her sleeve can be seen her paintbrush, sewn in. I came across Sarah Biffin’s extroadinary story a few years back and then was reminded of it at a recent exhibition of rare Eliz...
Parement d’autel dit de la Nativité / Altar Frontal Known as The Nativity, later C17th, attr #MarieLemairedesAnges (French, 1641-1717), who took her vows #otd, June 16. Held at Musée des Ursulines de Québec; source, www.aci-iac.ca/art-books/qu... #nuntastic #MarieLemaire #artherstory #womenartists
📣 Postdoc opportunity!
@ucflangs.bsky.social is recruiting a MHRA-funded postdoc to implement recommendations from the Languages & Policy report and and strengthen research–policy collaboration.
Supervised by @wendya-b.bsky.social and @cforsdick.bsky.social.
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A new postdoctoral researcher is sought for policy work, in association with the UCFL: applications close 30 June.
