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Stories of Women Artists

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Women artists have faced enormous barriers to achieve the recognition and success of their male peers. Explore the breadth of their stories, ranging from their artistic and material innovations, the ways they defied and reinvented conventions, and the people who inspired them. Discover your new favorite artist here.

Female Trailblazers

Gee's Bend Quilters Embody the Legacy of Black America

The artisans from the tiny town of Gee's Bend, Alabama, have been making a global impact for generations.

Centering People Left out of View

How Photographer Christina Fernandez Makes Invisible Labor Visible

Fernandez turned her lens to a form of work that is often overlooked—domestic labor. Her pictures illuminate both the beauty of these daily scenes and their cost.

Alice Neel Painted People, Even in Their Absence

Carrie Mae Weems on the Everyday Experiences of Black Women at the Kitchen Table

Ming Smith on Transcendence and Belonging

Mary Cassatt Brings Girls and Women into the Museum

Artists You Should Know

Lavinia Fontana and Lucia Bonasoni Garzoni: Talented 16th-Century Women

Meet the first professional woman painter to run her own studio and her sitter, a formidable musician in her own right. 

The Fight for Gender Equality

Mary Cassatt's Suffragist Symbolism

What does this radiant sunflower have to do with the fight for women's right to vote?

Five Artworks for Talking about Feminism

Marisol Celebrates Women's Equality Day

Artists Respond to Artists