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Erika Gaffney
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Comm Editor, Art History, Lund Humphries. Founder, Art Herstory. Etsy shop, http://artherstorynotes.etsy.com
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I am so uplifted by this comment in the article!

"The Illuminating Women Artists series goes from strength to strength, with this volume on the Brussels-based 17th century painter [Wautier], and another on the 18th-century French still-life artist Anne Vallayer-Coster, both arriving in April."
A front cover visual of a book with the title in orange text down the right side. The featured image is an 18th-century still-life painting of seashells on a stone ledge. A photo of the front cover (and an oblique view of the spine) of a book. The title is in black text within a white box in the bottom quarter. The featured image is an 18th-century still-life painting of seashells on a stone ledge. Book cover featuring close up portrait of a boy with longish brown hair and ruddy cheeks, wearing white scarf knotted at his throat, gazing down toward his right. The title runs down the right edge of the book in blue-green type; the author's name is in white text at bottom center. Book cover featuring close up portrait of a boy with longish brown hair and ruddy cheeks, wearing white scarf knotted at his throat, gazing down toward his right. The title, author name, publisher name and series title are all in black text within a white box extending from the left edge, not quite all the way across the bottom of the cover.
February 2, 2026 at 6:03 PM
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5 new art books to look out for this spring, including key artist biographies & the tale of an artistic rivalry
by @jacriding.bsky.social for @theartnewspaper.bsky.social
www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/01/06/f...

3 of the 5 focus on #womenartists: Michaelina Wautier, Louise Bourgeois & Frida Kahlo!
Five new art books to look out for this spring, including key artist biographies and the tale of an artistic rivalry
Our books editor picks out some of the highlights of the months ahead
www.theartnewspaper.com
February 2, 2026 at 5:05 PM
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The Holy Family with an angel and the prophetess Anna, 1795, by #CatharinaTreu (German, 1743-1811). Held by Historical Museum Bamberg, commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:17... #artherstory #nuntastic #CandlemasDay #womenartists #FeastofCandlemas #nuntastic #Candlemas #FeastofthePresentationoftheLord
A painting of the Holy Family with the seer Anna, at the temple on the day of Jesus' presentation. In the foreground are a frontlit Mary and Jesus, with the child standing on a white cloth on a surface on whcih also sits a sprig of a plant with red flowers or buds. He looks at the seer Anna, who stands facing sideways, holding out her arms up in front of her, with something (fruit? an apple?) in her left hand. In the background are Joseph and another person in red, holding up a bunch of green grapes over the mother and child.
February 2, 2026 at 2:16 PM
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Early Modern Women Artists at Auction in 2025 artherstory.net/early-modern...
Early Modern Women Artists at Auction in 2025
The post revisits sales at auction in 2025 of works by European women artists of the 17th and 18th centuries.
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February 2, 2026 at 1:49 PM
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@rsaorg.bsky.social's inaugural Eloise Quiñones Keber Fellowship "supports research travel for a scholar working in any area of pre-Columbian, early modern, or colonial Latin American art history for the period 1300–1700."

Apply by March 1. 🗃
#arthistory #LatinAmerica
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December 17, 2025 at 12:27 PM
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Lady while you are young, and beautiful…, c. 1836–37, by #SarahMappsDouglass (American, 1806-82). From the Elizabeth Smith Friendship Album, held at Moorland Spingarn Research Center at Howard Univ; source, artherstory.net/visual-feast... #artherstory #womenartists #BlackHistoryMonth
A drawing on paper, contained in an album, of a rose, a rosebud, two violas, and a sprig of a plant with small blue flowers. At the bottom of the page are three lines of text in cursive, and the writer's initials.
February 1, 2026 at 7:28 PM
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To kick off #BlackHistoryMonth, here is a self-portrait of Lois Mailou Jones, a #HarlemRenaissance artist who incorporated African, Haitian, and African-American themes into her paintings.
February 1, 2026 at 6:05 PM
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Coming up online Feb 27 -

The Life & Work of May Morris: “A Remarkable Woman”
Speaker: Fiona Rose
Host: Gordon Russell Design Museum
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Online Talk Ticket: The Life & Work of May Morris: “A Remarkable Woman
Talk Schedule: 27th February 2026, 6pm The Life & Work of May Morris: “A Remarkable Woman” Towards the end of her life May Morris (1862-1938) - designer, craftsperson, and younger daughter of Will...
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February 1, 2026 at 7:55 PM
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Self-portrait of Camilla Guerrieri painting Vittoria della Rovere, c. 1640, by #CamillaGuerrieriNati (#CamillaGuerrieriNati; Italian, 1628–after 1693). Held by Uffizi Galleries; source, commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ca... #womenartists #artherstory
A painting in an elaborate carved gold-colored frame, of a woman holding a palette, brush uplifted in her right hand. In front of her is an easel on which is a portrait she's painting; between the easel and the artist the sitter is visible, under a red drape. The artist turns her head over her left shoulder to look directly - and unsmilingly - at the viewer.
February 1, 2026 at 12:18 AM
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Support us on our new Patreon and get closer to the stories, sources, and scholars of the Middle Ages.📜💛 www.patreon.com/cw/medievali... #MedievalCulture
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Medievalists.net - Where the Middle Ages Begins
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February 1, 2026 at 1:17 AM
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Sheila Barker speaks at the St. Louis Art Museum on "Reframing Artemisia Gentileschi’s Success: The Market Appeal of Feminist Art in the 17th Century," Saturday, March 21, 2026
Reframing Artemisia Gentileschi's Success: The Market Appeal of Feminist Art in the 17th Century
The annual Mary Strauss Women in the Arts lecture will be given by Sheila Barker, director of the Center for Women in Renaissance Archives, The Medici Archive Project.
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January 31, 2026 at 7:22 PM
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The Pasold Research Fund is accepting publication grant applications - deadline, Feb 15.

The aim is to subsidize the publication of essential illustrative material in high quality research, particularly in research monographs.

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Pasold Research Fund - Publication Grants
Pasold Research Fund A grant to subsidise the publication of illustrative material in research monographs.
www.pasold.co.uk
January 31, 2026 at 8:31 PM
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Coming up March 1 at the Albany Inst. of History & Art -

Felted Flowers Workshop - with Mallory Zondag
www.albanyinstitute.org/event/felted...

The work of award-winning artist & artist educator Mallory Zondag focuses on the natural world & how it relates to the physical body / human experience.
Photo of a portion of a felted flowers artwork, with large yellow flowers, small blue flowers, fern-like green fronds, and mushrooms.
January 31, 2026 at 3:24 PM
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The Science and Poetry of Flowers
by Gurpreet Sihat
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#artherstory #RachelRuysch #womenartists #hernaturalhistory
The Science and Poetry of Flowers
Falling Down a Rabbit Hole for Stories from the Art
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January 31, 2026 at 4:39 PM
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Long-Lost Portrait by a Renaissance Trailblazer Resurfaces at New York’s Winter Show
For years, the painting was only known through a black-and-white photo.
by Eileen Kinsella for Artnet News
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#artherstory #SofonisbaAnguissola #womenartists
Long-Lost Portrait by a Renaissance Trailblazer Resurfaces
A rare 16th-century Italian Rennaisance portrait by Sofonisba Anguissola is the surprise star of New York's annual Winter Show.
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January 31, 2026 at 5:25 PM
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Eurasian treecreeper, 1770-1800, by #AnnLee (British, 1753-1790). Held by the Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery, rammcollections.org.uk/collections/... #womenartists #artherstory #hernaturalhistory
A watercolor and gouache on paper drawing of two treecreepers on a dead treetrunk in a landscape. At the top, one bird leans over upside down toward the 2nd bird, who sits upright on a branch. The two curved bills do not quite touch. Underneath the drawing is the legend CERTHIA. Familiaris
January 30, 2026 at 2:59 PM
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Camille Serchuk's book Lies of the Land: Painted Maps in Late Medieval and Early Modern France was published earlier this year by @psupress.bsky.social

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Lies of the Land: Painted Maps in Late Medieval and Early Modern France By Camille Serchuk
Lies of the Land examines the often-overlooked artistic roots of mapmaking practice in early modern France, offering an original perspective on discourses of accuracy and their relationship to the pic...
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January 30, 2026 at 12:53 PM
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Coming up Feb 3 - the 2026 Stern Lecture, Woldenberg Art Center, Newcomb Art Department at @tulaneu.bsky.social

Troubling Boundaries: Ornament and Early Modern Cartography
by Camille Serchuk
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Troubling Boundaries: Ornament and Early Modern Cartography
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January 30, 2026 at 12:53 PM
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Opening March 19 at the Ashmolean Museum -

In Bloom
How Plants Changed Our World
19 Mar – 16 Aug 2026
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IN BLOOM EXHIBITION
The stories behind some of Britain’s most beloved blooms – from roses and tulips to camellias and peonies.
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January 30, 2026 at 12:45 PM
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It looks like a fabulous event!
January 30, 2026 at 12:05 PM
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Saundra Weddle, "The Brothel and Beyond: An Urban History of the Sex Trade in Early Modern Venice" (Penn State UP, 2026) - New Books Network
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January 29, 2026 at 7:28 PM
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Coming up Feb 12 at Loganberry Books -

An Evening of Independent Medieval Women: Janet Rich Edwards' CANTICLE

Novelist Janet Rich Edwards & historian @lizlehfeldt.bsky.social explore the hidden world of beguines - complete with medieval beer tasting!

www.loganberrybooks.com/evening-inde...
Event poster with a book cover, next to small photos of the two event participants. Text against a gray-green background presents info about presenters, event date and time, and host.
January 29, 2026 at 9:01 PM
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If you need a moment of calm and beauty, check out Intimate Details of the Natural World at Mia. A collection of botanical art from the Eloise Butler Wildflower Garden, the oldest wildflower garden in the US. open through March 8
January 10, 2026 at 5:36 PM
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Yessss! Eloise Butler, botany teacher, whose wildflower garden is now 20 acres.

Fun fact: she died in the garden (this fact brought to you by TPT/PBS, who just had a show on about Minneapolis Parks that I watched last night).
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Meet Joanne, who noticed an influential historical woman was missing on Wikipedia and took action #Wikipedia25
January 16, 2026 at 1:58 AM
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Art Herstory's first newsletter of 2026 goes out on Sat, Jan 31! Are you signed up to receive the latest news about #womenartists, past & present? To subscribe, visit artherstory.net and complete the 2-field form at the very-very bottom of the landing page -
A very simple form with two long narrow white fields in white, and a hot pink "subscribe" button, against a black background.
January 29, 2026 at 6:28 PM