Female Artists of the Peale Family, America’s First Art Dynasty
The Peale family was America’s first artistic dynasty. Charles Willson Peale (1741-1827) was a prominent American artist and early museum...
Alexandra Kiely 10 March 2025
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Joan Hill’s Artistic Tribute to Her Native-American Heritage
On December 19, 1930, in Muskogee, Oklahoma, Joan Hill was born into an influential family of Creek and Cherokee descent. After dabbling in art...
Abreeza Thomas 10 March 2025
Luchita Hurtado: Art and Life Over a Century
Luchita Hurtado (1920–2020) was an artist, photographer, poet, environmentalist, activist, feminist, fashion designer, and so much more over the...
Jennifer S. Musawwir 10 March 2025
Masterpiece Story: A Gentleman’s Table by Claude Raguet Hirst
A Gentleman’s Table by Claude Raguet Hirst is a mysterious painting that echoes the realism of Winslow Homer, Thomas Eakins, and Henry Ossawa...
James W Singer 9 March 2025
Barbara Kruger: The Radical Voice of American Art
Barbara Kruger stands out as one of the most influential artists of the 21st century. Notably, in 2021, TIME magazine featured her on their 100 Most...
Errika Gerakiti 6 March 2025
Sylvia Sleigh—A Woman Who Slayed Male Nudes
Sylvia Sleigh was beautiful inside out—brave and independent, she pursued her figurative style which was regarded as outmoded in the years of Pop...
Magda Michalska 5 March 2025
Interview with Klaire Lockheart: Post-Apocalyptic Feminist Artist
Candy Bedworth explores feminism, colonialism and orientalism with American artist Klaire Lockheart. All this whilst wearing post-apocalyptic costumes.
Candy Bedworth 5 March 2025
The Bold Art and Life of Georgia O’Keeffe
Georgia O’Keeffe dedicated her life to painting the beauty in nature that not everyone might see. In her art, organic details transform into almost...
Natalia Tiberio 4 March 2025
Mary Cassatt’s Feminist Mural Which Has Gone Missing
Mary Cassatt was a well-known Impressionist who often illustrated motherhood and traditional female activities in the 19th century. When she was 50,...
Magda Michalska 4 March 2025
Keeping up with the Boys: Abstract Expressionist Helen Frankenthaler
It’s often the men of Abstract Expressionism who are best known: Jackson Pollock and his famous “drip” technique; Willem de Kooning’s...
Kelly Hill 4 March 2025
Lavett Ballard’s African American and Female Narratives
Lavett Ballard in her art practice creates a lexicon of images of African American culture and female identity. The physical testimonies of the...
Maia Heguiaphal 4 March 2025
Marisol Escobar: Silent Icon of Pop Art
Marisol Escobar was a Venezuelan-American sculptor whose enigmatic persona and distinctive large woodblock figures caused a sensation during the...
Natalia Iacobelli 4 March 2025
