Women in art, both as a compositional motif and as creators, is an expansive field in the history of art. Societal and cultural perceptions of women often shape their representation—from objects of ...

Last month, a pair of climate activists attacked a painting known as “The Rokeby Venus,” by the Spanish master Diego Velázquez, which hangs in London’s National Gallery, using hammers to smash the ...

“She: Honoring Women in Art,” an exhibition exploring what it means to be a woman and an artist in today’s world, will open at the Oliver Art Center on Feb. 21. The exhibit focuses on aspects of ...

The country’s largest all-women art competition is returning for a third year, with “Sining Filipina 2026” positioning ...

Deep in the forest of Salta, Argentina, I watch a group of women in long floral skirts expertly wield machetes. Metal blades as long as my torso whizz through the dry air to make a clearing among the ...

Lillie P. Bliss, Abby Aldrich Rockefeller, Mary Quinn Sullivan, Louisine Havemeyer, Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, Hilla von Rebay, Aileen Osborn Webb and Marcia Tucker are among the women who founded ...