Womanica

Homai Vyarawalla (1913-2012) is known as India’s first woman photojournalist. Her images captured a politically charged era in India’s history on its journey toward independence.History classes can ge...

30 Dec 20215min

Carolee Schneemann (1939-2019) was bold with her art. She moved between forms like video and performance, though she always maintained she was a painter. Her work challenged people to see women -- the...

29 Dec 20215min

Betye Saar (1926-present) continuously creates inventive, thought-provoking, and political pieces of art out of objects that she collects from all over the world. Her work has sparked entire social mo...

28 Dec 20215min

Lorraine O'Grady (1934-present) is a ground-breaking conceptual artist, who didn’t enter the art world until she was in her 40s.History classes can get a bad wrap, and sometimes for good reason. When ...

27 Dec 20215min

Alice Neel (1900-1984) was one of the most important portrait artists of the 20th century. Her honest, depictions of family, friends, artists and intellectuals, and particularly female nudes continue ...

24 Dec 20216min

Graciela Iturbide (1942-present) is a Mexican photographer who has portrayed Mexico’s challenges and surprises for more than 50 years with poetry and dedication. Her high-contrast, black and white pho...

23 Dec 20215min

Paula Modersohn-Becker (1876-1907) was a groundbreaking Expressionist, who revolutionized the way female bodies were treated by Western art. History classes can get a bad wrap, and sometimes for good ...

22 Dec 20216min

Joan Mitchell (1925-1992) was an abstract expressionist painter, known for her animated and dynamic brushstrokes made up of bright, intense colors. She received many accolades over the course of her c...

21 Dec 20216min