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Erika Gaffney
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Our inaugural session will be delivered by Dr. Patricia Akhimie (@folger.edu) who will speak about an upcoming Folger exhibition on Black woman and Shakespeare.

Feb. 9th @ 17:00 (GMT)/12:00 (EST)

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Researching Black Women’s Histories at the Folger - Dr. Patricia Akhimie - 9th February — CEMS KCL Blog
The Race in the Early Modern’s inaugural seminar will be delivered by Dr. Patricia Akhimie. Dr. Akhimie is the Director of the Folger Institute at the Folger Shakespeare Library and Associate Professo...
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January 15, 2026 at 1:58 PM
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Over 170+ Americans have been detained by ICE, and they keep getting away with it. Say their names and demand accountability. Silence is complicity.
February 6, 2026 at 11:34 PM
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There is a major exhibition of works by this artist at the Kunsthistorisches Museum:

Michaelina Wautier: Painter, www.khm.at/en/exhibitio... (thru Feb 22)

Then London's @royalacademyarts.bsky.social hosts the show from March 27-June 21, 2026, www.royalacademy.org.uk/exhibition/m...
February 6, 2026 at 3:20 PM
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For more depictions of Mary Magdalene by Artemisia Gentileschi and other 16th- and 17th-century #womenartists, see

Portrayals of Mary Magdalene by Early Modern Women Artists
by Diane Apostolos-Cappadona for the #ArtHerstory blog
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Portrayals of Mary Magdalene by Early Modern Women Artists
Diane Apostolos-Cappadona presents an illustrated survey of depictions of Saint Mary Magdalene by early modern women artists.
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February 6, 2026 at 1:39 PM
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US National Gallery of Art acquires important Artemisia Gentileschi painting
The Baroque master’s “Mary Magdalene in Ecstasy”, which sold at auction for €865,500 in 2014, will go on display in Washington, DC...
by J. S. Marcus for @theartnewspaper.bsky.social
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US National Gallery of Art acquires important Artemisia Gentileschi painting
The Baroque master’s “Mary Magdalene in Ecstasy”, which sold at auction for €865,500 in 2014, will go on display in Washington, DC, later this month
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February 6, 2026 at 1:32 PM
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This painting features on the cover of an important book about the artist in the series #IlluminatingWomenArtists:

Artemisia Gentileschi
By Sheila Barker
Co-published by @lhartbooks.bsky.social & Getty Publications

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or

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Book cover featuring a detail of Artemisia Gentileschi's painting "Mary Magdalene in Ecstasy." The detail focuses on the head, shoulders and part of a right arm of a long-haired white woman, seated (depicted from the side) with her head tilted back, eyes closed, and arm reaching forward. Her white blouse falls off her right shoulder and her long curly brown hair flows behind her. The title, author, publisher and series information are presented in black text within a white box that extends from the spine across most of the near-bottom of the book cover.
February 6, 2026 at 1:23 PM
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Sarah Stone (1759-1844) was a British illustrator whose rich depictions of birds highlight a singular talent during an era when women weren’t even permitted to be members of London’s prestigious Royal Academy.

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An 18th-century watercolor illustration by Sarah Stone of a barn owl An 18th-century watercolor illustration by Sarah Stone of a pheasant An 18th-century watercolor illustration by Sarah Stone of a parrot and a cockatoo
February 2, 2026 at 4:52 PM
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Kristin Bluemel is the author of the new book "Enchanted Wood: Engraving a Place for Women Artists in Rural Britain," published by the University of Minnesota Press, www.upress.umn.edu/978151791477...
A book cover with the title printed sideways up the left side, subtitle presented (in five rows) across the page next to it, with the author's name in all caps just below. The featured image is a colored engraving of wildflowers and berries on the vine, with a bird alighting on the top.
February 5, 2026 at 4:33 PM
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Artist Spotlight: Clare Leighton and the Fine Art of Mass Reproduction
by Kristin Bluemel for the Rediscovering Art by Women blog
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A woodcut engraving of a man wearing early 20th-century attire, including a cap, with sleeves rolled up, standing in front of a row of wheat wielding a scythe.
February 5, 2026 at 3:59 PM
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The Priceless Legacy of Artemisia Gentileschi
A Curator's Perspective
by Judith Mann for the #ArtHerstory blog
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Artemisia Gentileschi | Her Priceless Legacy
Curator Judith W. Mann reflects on events from July 2018 to July 2019 that mark important milestones in perceptions today about Artemisia Gentileschi.
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February 5, 2026 at 2:13 AM
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Coming up Friday, Feb 27 -

A celebration of the Albany Institute's first new exhibitions of 2026:

Blanche Lazzell: Becoming an American Modernist
A Life in Bloom: The Floral Paintings of Julia McEntee Dillon

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Details of two artworks - at left an abstract geometric design, at right a still life of a bouquet of mostly pink or white flowers in a light blue Chinese vase.
February 5, 2026 at 1:08 PM
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The martyrdom of #SaintAgatha, 1577, engraved by #DianaScultori (Italian, before 1530-after 1588) after Ippolito Costa. Held at the @britishmuseum.bsky.social, www.britishmuseum.org/collection/i... #artherstory #womenartists #StAgatha #FeastofStAgatha
An engraved depiction of a haloed woman kneeling on one knee between two men - on a soldier, the other wielding the instrument of her torture. He is apparently about to remove one of her breasts, which is bared.
February 5, 2026 at 2:29 PM
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Self Portrait of #IreneParentiDuclos (nicknamed Lincasta Ericinia; Italian, 1754-95), who died #otd, Feb 5. Held at the Uffizi Galleries; source, commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Se..., photo by AWA Foundation #artherstory #womensart #IreneDuclos
A bust length portrait of a white woman with dark hair and dark eyes. her hair is piled high on her head, and is wound through with pearls. The round neck of her black dress is embroidered in gold with a design if interlocking waves. At front center is an embroidered medallion in the center of which is the bust of a man in a hat (a soldier?), looking sideways. Around the medallion are a few flower stems. The woman's head tilts slightly toward her right shoulder, next to which her uplifted right hand is visible, holding a stylus.
February 5, 2026 at 2:45 PM
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Artemisia Gentileschi Self-Portrait Sells for Record $5.7 Million at Christie’s
The National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., also just acquired a major work by the artist.
by Eileen Kinsella for @artnet.bsky.social
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Artemisia Gentileschi Self-Portrait Sells for Record $5.7 Million at Christie's | Artnet News
Christie's set a new auction record for Artemisia Gentileschi, and the National Gallery of Art acquired a major work by the artist.
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February 5, 2026 at 1:25 AM
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Big news - the National Gallery of Art today announced the acquisition of "Mary Magdalene in Ecstasy," a c. 1625 painting by Artemisia Gentileschi! The work will be on view beginning late February in Gallery 29 on the main floor of the West Building.

Read the full press release - lnkd.in/gZXtwMdr
A painting of a long-haired white woman, seated (depicted from the side) with her head tilted back, eyes closed, and hands clasped over her knee. Her white blouse falls off her right shoulder and her long curly brown hair flows behind her.
February 4, 2026 at 7:15 PM
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The book by Katlijne Van der Stighelen will be available at the exhibition at the RA in London in March, or you can pre-order your copy direct from www.lundhumphries.com now!
February 4, 2026 at 12:14 PM
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Peale is the subject of a new book for young readers: Absolutely Amazing American Artists: Sarah Miriam Peale, by Maria Ausherman, illustrated by Jeanne Conway, shoptbmbooks.com/Absolutely_A...
A book cover, the feature image of which is a drawing of a white woman with brown hair in a C19th long pink gown standing before an easel, on which sits a portrait of a woman. On the wall behind the easel are more portraits, in frames.
February 4, 2026 at 2:11 PM
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Still Life with Watermelon, 1822, by #SarahMiriamPeale (American, 1800-85), who died #otd, Feb 4. Held by the Fogg Museum, Harvard, harvardartmuseums.org/collections/... #artherstory #womenartists
A still life painting of fruit on a wooden ledge - including one half of a honeydew melon, cut side up; a couple of bunches of black grapes with vine and leaves; a chunk of cut watermelon; a bunch of green grapes with a leaf; and behind that leaf, two peaches. Sitting on the ledge in front of the watermelon is a little piece of the fruit's flesh, with seeds.
February 4, 2026 at 2:11 PM
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Rare self-portrait by Artemisia Gentileschi as ‘one of history’s most courageous women’ up for auction
Gentileschi’s work and life have become a greater source of fascination in recent years
by Roisin O'Connor for @the-independent.com

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Rare self-portrait by Artemisia Gentileschi up for auction
Gentileschi’s work and life have become a greater source of fascination in recent years
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February 4, 2026 at 1:27 PM
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#ArtHerstory's Basket of Plums Note Card
Artist: Anne Vallayer-Coster
Artwork held at: The Cleveland Museum of Art

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A note card opened facedown to show front and back covers. The front features at right a brown woven wicker basket, which sits on a stone ledge, heaped high with purple plums (at least a dozen are visible). At the left sits a clear glass tumbler filled with water, and two cakes in white molded paper: the first sits flat on the ledge, the second sits slantwise, partially on top of the first, tilting down so that one end rests on the ledge. The background is dark. On the back of the card is a thumbnail of the image surrounded by text with information about the painting. Text at the right presents branding information, with social media icons.
February 4, 2026 at 1:38 PM
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Working on my next print for #PrinterSolstice2526 - another scientist portrait for the prompt division. 🧪🐡👩🏼‍🔬🎢 #histsci I decided to interpret it like the ‘dividing line’ or interface and highlight the life and work of autodidact Agnes Pockels (1862-1935). Not allowed to attend university as a woman 🧵
My carved green vinyl Lino block portrait of Agnes Pockels holding her pen and notebook by her trough (which was 70 cm by 5 cm and 2 cm deep, with a ruler along its length and a sliding divider). There is a button attached to an apothecary scale in the through so she can measure surface tension. She has her hair up and wears a dress and a cross on a necklace. She is surrounded by soap bubbles and you can see text in reverse for the Pockels point, 20 angstroms.
February 4, 2026 at 1:40 PM
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🚨History Job: Assistant Professor in Early Modern British History (Permanent) 🗃️

Come work with us at Warwick! You will join a group of excellent early-modernists and one of the nicest bunches of historians around!
👇👇👇

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Assistant Professor in Early Modern British History (111286-0126) - University of Warwick
Title: Assistant Professor in Early Modern British History (111286-0126). Application Deadline: . Position Type: Permanent
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February 4, 2026 at 11:13 AM
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Fowl in a landscape, with a garden vase and a statue of a lady beyond, 1685/90, by #CorneliaDeRijk (or #CorneliaDeRijck; Dutch, 1653-1726), who married for the 2nd time #otd, Feb 3.
#artherstory #womenartists #hernaturalhistory
A painting of at least 7 birds - including chickens and ducks - in a landscape, with a garden vase and a statue of a lady beyond
February 3, 2026 at 10:11 PM
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Portrait of a Lady possibly of the Buccleuch Family, n.d., by #KatherineRead (or #CatherineRead; Scottish, 1723-1778), who was born #otd, Feb 3. Held by The Rhodes Trust, Oxford; source, "Finding Catherine Read," by Adam Busiakiewicz, artherstory.net/finding-cath... #artherstory #womenartists
An 18th-century portrait of a white woman, facing the right edge of the painting. Much of her brown hair is visible under a white cap draped with pearls. She wears a scoop-necked white dress under a light blue drape, fastened at the right shoulder with a metallic clasp decorated with a pearl that matches a similar embellishment at the center front of the white dress.
February 3, 2026 at 10:35 PM
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Portrait of a young gentleman holding gloves and leaning on a table, 1639, by #MaddalenaCorvina (Italian, 1607-1664), who died #otd, Feb 3. Private collection? Source, www.iodonna.it/attualita/st... #womenartists #artherstory
A bodycolor on vellum drawing of a young white man with long curly dark hair, standing with one hand on his left hip. His right arm is stretched out over a red-draped surface, maybe a small table; in his right hand he clutches two white gloves. His attire is black and white, with loops of blue ribbon at the top center of his trousers. He wears a lacy white lobed garment across his shoulders that fastens at the front, under his chin.
February 3, 2026 at 2:26 PM