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Mar 2, 2023 · If you're an art lover, here are 14 famous female artists that you need to know. Table of Contents hide. 1Sofonisba Anguissola (1532–1625) 2Artemisia Gentileschi (1593–1653) 3Judith Leyster (1609–1660) 4Angelica Kauffman (1741–1807)
Jun 8, 2022 · Black Venus: the Legacy of Black Woman Representation Seen by Contemporary Female Artists. A new exhibition at Fotografiska New York explores how Black womanhood has been depicted throughout ...
The works of American artists Glenn Ligon and Dread Scott reference signs that Black sanitation workers in Memphis carried while on strike in 1968. Ligon’s 1988 painting harnesses the power of the text from those signs: "I AM A MAN.” (The words are a variant of “I am an invisible man,” the first line of prologue in Ralph Ellison’s book Invisible Man.) Ligon changed the structure ...
Dec 21, 2018 · Kay Brown was one of the founders of the black women artists’ collective in New York City named “Where We At.” She was a contemporary artist whose work was featured in several exhibitions, including Brooklyn Museum of Art and the Albright-Knox. The Devil and His Game, completed in 1970, is Kay’s most famous work. 13. Camille Billops
Jul 9, 2020 · Working Outside the Philanthropy Box. In her early days as an artist, years ago, Vanessa German attended Harambee Ujima, a storied Black arts festival, and Black Pittsburghers lamented—on her ...
Sep 28, 2020 · 25 songs by Black women that rocked the music world, from the 1920s to 2020. Game changing pop, rock, jazz, blues and hip-hop recordings by Black women, from Bessie Smith to Cardi B. Destined to ...
Apr 17, 2022 · It is an experiment in intertwining her own stories of self-doubt, love, and ambition with those of the Black-women artists she profiles—from the nineteen-sixties hitmakers the Dixie Cups to ...
