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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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Tal día como hoy 16 de junio 👇
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On now at Ogunquit Museum of Art -
Maggie Strater: In Her Own Light
ogunquitmuseum.org/exhibition/m...
Conner Strater trained at PAFA, then forged her own artistic path as a painter, sculptor, and active participant in early C20th art circles.
The show runs through November 15.
GKSihat (she/her)
The Obamas Unveil First-Ever Official Dual Portrait
The richly layered painting was created by artist Njideka Akunyili Crosby using her signature photo-transfer technique.
by Isa Farfan for @hyperallergic.com
hyperallergic.com/the-obamas-u...
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
A Lady as Venus, Mourning Adonis, 1682-5, by #AnneKilligrew (1660-1685), who died #otd, June 16. On view in the Tate Britain show “Now You See Us: #WomenArtists in Britain, 1520-1920,” www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tat..., on through Oct 13 #artherstory
Edmonia Lewis, the Misunderstood Sculptor Who Brought Stone to Life
By Zachary Fine for @newyorker.com
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
The artist-subjects of the novels include #SofonisbaAnguissola #ArtemisiaGentileschi #JudithLeyster #ElisabettaSirani #AdelaideLabilleGuiard #AngelicaKauffman #MariaVanOosterwijck #BertheMorisot #EdmoniaLewis #GwenJohn #ClaudeCahun #DorotheaLange #JeanneHébuterne #DoraMaar #LeonoraCarrington & more!
The Eighth Wonder of the World: Sarah Biffin
Herstorical Tours blog
www.herstoricaltours.co.uk/post/herstor...
New post on the Art Herstory blog!
Recent Novels About Women Artists
artherstory.net/recent-novel...
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.
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Guest Post from Erika Gaffney of Art Herstory – celebrating women artists of centuries past! Visit https://artherstory.net for more.
