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Women Artists

A dramatic Baroque painting shows two women beheading a man on a bed, with strong contrasts of light and shadow.

Artemisia Gentileschi’s Revenge Is Still Radical

A rare gathering of three of her works at the Columbus Museum of Art showcases how much—and how little—has changed.
By Dian Parker
A marble bust of a woman in profile, showcasing detailed facial features, a textured hairstyle, and draped clothing, placed on a square pedestal against a neutral background.

One Fine Show: “Edmonia Lewis, Said in Stone” at the Peabody Essex Museum

The sculptor found her audience with political memorabilia and rose to international fame in her own lifetime
By Dan Duray

One Fine Show: “Ann Hamilton, still and moving • the tactile image” at the Cleveland Museum of Art

Using light and texture, she transforms archival museum objects into enigmatic visual presences that feel both ancient and newly discovered.
By Dan Duray
An abstract painting in reds, oranges, yellows and blacks that resembles an early cave painting but stylized

“Abstract Expressionists: The Women” Adds an Essential Chapter to the Movement’s History

By Mary Gregory
An early 20th-century Expressionist village scene depicts colorful, angular houses with snow-covered rooftops under a gray sky, with a single black-clad figure walking along a winding, snowy street.

At the Guggenheim, Gabriele Münter Takes her Place

By Dian Parker
A framed painting shows hooded figures gathered around a bed-like structure with animal-human characters and symbolic objects, reflecting Carrington’s surreal staged rituals.

Curtains and Cauldrons: The Delicate Politics of Exhibiting Leonora Carrington

By Guia Cortassa
A group of Guerrilla Girls members wearing gorilla masks pose playfully together outdoors in front of a chain-link fence.

At the Getty Research Institute, the Guerrilla Girls Mark 40 Years of Calling Out the Art World

By Jordan Riefe
A Sotheby’s auctioneer raises his gavel as Frida Kahlo’s painting and a $47 million bid appear on a large screen behind him while a seated audience watches.

In Its Best Week Since 2021, Sotheby’s Hit $1.173B With a $54.7M Kahlo Finale

By Elisa Carollo
A wide view of Paula Cooper Gallery’s main room shows four large abstract oil paintings by Jay DeFeo hanging on white walls under a high wooden ceiling with exposed beams. The concrete floor reflects the muted light, emphasizing the tension between the dark, moody compositions and the open, minimal space.

Five Groundbreaking Postwar Women Artists Lead New York’s Fall Art Season

By Elisa Carollo
A performer covered in clay bends forward with sculpted clay forms attached to their back, evoking themes of transformation, burden, and creation.

‘Body Vessel Clay’ Offers a Material Portal to the Ancestral Plane

By Chenoa Baker

Reevaluating Rose Hilton

By Ruth Millington
The exterior of Sotheby’s London features a striking golden Surrealist facade with two giant sculpted eyes framing the entrance.

Karpidas’s Sotheby’s Sale Marks a New Peak for Surrealism and Design

By Elisa Carollo
A historic black-and-white image of women working on a massive sculptural relief, standing on scaffolding and platforms, applying plaster to larger-than-life female figures.

How the White Rabbits of Chicago’s World’s Columbian Exposition Sculpted a Lasting Legacy

By Mary Gregory
An impressionist oil painting of a woman in a blue shawl reading a newspaper by a sunlit window framed by leafy green vines.

Curator and Art Historian Camille Morineau On Finding the Women Artists of the American West

By Sarah Moroz
A visitor stands in a gallery looking at a large, colorful abstract painting by Joan Mitchell on David Zwirner's booth wall, with a smaller geometric painting on an adjacent wall.

The Latest BOA Art Market Report Points to Cautious Optimism Ahead of Spring Auction Test

By Elisa Carollo
A woman in a blue gown and headscarf looks directly at the viewer while seated, holding a musical instrument on her lap.

Our Top Ten Artemisia Gentileschi Paintings Ranked

By Mary Gregory
An artist, Mickalene Thomas, poses indoors with her hands resting on her face behind two racing helmets decorated with glittering red and pink designs, including stylized lips and the word “DART.”

A Mickalene Thomas-Designed McLaren Artura GT4 Is Poised to Hit the Track

By Phoebe Roberts
A warmly lit exhibition installation designed like a retro living room features patterned furniture, framed portraits of Black women on wood-paneled walls, and a large stylized portrait of a woman with hair adorned in flowers, creating an immersive space filled with color and texture.

Five Exhibitions to Check Out During Women’s History Month

By Alicia Erickson
A photo of an abstract sculpture featuring multiple disjointed mannequin legs attached to an orange metal frame with cranks. The artwork is positioned on a paved surface, with classical and modern buildings visible in the background.

“MARY MARY” at The Artist’s Garden Adds Women’s Voices to the Public Art Dialogue

By Simon Coates
A painting of troops wearing tall fur hats mustering in a snowy field

Tate Britain’s ‘Now You See Us’ Celebrates 400 Years of Underappreciated Talent

By Frances Forbes-Carbines
A woman wearing yellow with brown hair poses for the camera with her chin resting on her fist

Katy Hessel Talks About Putting Women Artists Front and Center at Five Major Museums

By Sarah Moroz
Exterior shot of museum building with green shutters surrounded by trees and small brick fence

Art Collector Christian Levett to Open Europe’s First Museum of Female Artists

By Alexandra Tremayne-Pengelly

Exploring New Sides to Performance Art: “Responding to Site” on Marilyn Arsem

By Elisa Shoenberger

Christie’s Paris is Holding Its First Sale Dedicated to Women Artists in June

By Helen Holmes
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