Saint Apollonia, c. 1642-4, by #ArtemisiaGentileschi (Italian, 1593-1653). Held at El Museo Soumaya; source, upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/co... #womenartists #artherstory #FeastOfStApollonia #StApolloniaFeastDay

Which Superb Owl Are You Today? Every #SuperbOwl is from @newberrylibrary.bsky.social!

Learn about the artist in Nina Reid’s #ArtHerstory post "Books, Blooms, Backer: The Life & Work of #CatharinaBacker," artherstory.net/books-blooms... Backer features in "Unforgettable: Women Artists from Antwerp to Amsterdam, 1600-1750," opening March 7 at MSK Gent, www.mskgent.be/en/exhibitio...

Study of Poppy, Arctotis and Delphinium, C18th, by #CatharinaBacker (Dutch, 1689-1766), who died #otd, Feb 8. Held by @amsterdammuseum.bsky.social, am.adlibhosting.com/amonline/adv... #womenartists #hernaturalhistory

Barn Owl / Tyto alba, c. 1790, by #SarahStone (married name #SarahSmith; British, 1762-1844). Source, Master Drawings New York, www.masterdrawingsnewyork.com/artworks/bar... #womenartists #artherstory #hernaturalhistory #SuperbOwlSunday #SuperbOwls

Indian Eagle Owl / Bubo bengalensis, 1801-7?, by Lady #ElizabethSymondsGwillim (British, 1763-1807). Held by McGill Univ Rare Books & Special Colls, archivalcollections.library.mcgill.ca/index.php/ea... #womenartists #artherstory #hernaturalhistory #ElizabethGwillim #SuperbOwlSunday #SuperbOwls

Asian barred owlet, n.d., by #ElizabethGould (British, 1804-41). Source, @themarginalian.org.web.brid.gy, www.themarginalian.org/2023/07/15/e... #womenartists #artherstory #hernaturalhistory #SuperbOwlSunday #SuperbOwls Superb Owl

We are absolutely thrilled to share our Draft Programme for the Late Stuart Court Symposium - We have an amazing lineup of speakers! If you are interested in joining us in-person or online, sign up now using our Eventbrite: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1980806533...

Cover reveal for Richard Frohock's fab new 🏴‍☠️ book! Piracy Mythmaking in the Eighteenth Century Criminality, Human Nature, & Civil Government from @routledgehistory.bsky.social will be published 21/5/26! www.routledge.com/Piracy-Mythm...

Anthropic cofounder says studying the humanities will be ‘more important than ever’ and reveals what the AI company looks for when hiring by Jason Ma for Fortune fortune.com/2026/02/07/a...

Auction news - Sotheby's sold "Madonna Annunciate," by Elisabetta Sirani, on February 6, www.sothebys.com/en/buy/aucti... The result was US $101,600, far exceeding the estimate range was US $20K-30K. #womenartists #artherstory

There is an accessible, beautifully illustrated book about the artist in the series #IlluminatingWomenArtists: Maria Sibylla Merian, by Catherine Powell-Warren (LH) www.lundhumphries.com/products/mar... (Getty) shop.getty.edu/products/mar... Co-published by @lhartbooks.bsky.social & Getty Pubs

This artwork will be on view in the exhibition "Unforgettable: Women Artists from Antwerp to Amsterdam, 1600-1750," opening March 7 at MSK Gent, www.mskgent.be/en/exhibitio...

Cabbage #Rose, c. 1710-12, by #CatharinaBacker (Dutch, 1689-1766), who died #otd, Feb 8. Held by @amsterdammuseum.bsky.social, am.adlibhosting.com/ais6v2/Detai... #RoseDay #womenartists #artherstory #hernaturalhistory

Watercolor Study of a #Rose, 1675, by #MariaSibyllaMerian, (German-born, 1647-1717). Held by the Staatsbibliothek, Bamberg; source, commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ma... #RoseDay #womenartists #artherstory #hernaturalhistory

Hibiscus Rosa Sinensis, China Rose, 1775, by #MaryDelany (English, 1700-1788). Held at the British Museum, www.britishmuseum.org/research/col... #RoseDay #artherstory #womenartists

A Masterpiece by Artemisia Gentileschi Joins the Collections of the National Gallery of Art by Nicolas Sarzin for ArtMajeur Magazine www.artmajeur.com/en/magazine/...

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) kingsearlymodern.co.uk/race-and-the...

Over 170+ Americans have been detained by ICE, and they keep getting away with it. Say their names and demand accountability. Silence is complicity.

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...

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 artherstory.net/portrayals-o...

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 www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/02/04/u...

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 www.lundhumphries.com/products/art... or shop.getty.edu/products/art...

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. www.thisiscolossal.com/2026/02/sara...

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...

Artist Spotlight: Clare Leighton and the Fine Art of Mass Reproduction by Kristin Bluemel for the Rediscovering Art by Women blog r-a-w.net/blog/clare-l...

The Priceless Legacy of Artemisia Gentileschi A Curator's Perspective by Judith Mann for the #ArtHerstory blog artherstory.net/the-priceles...

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 secure.lglforms.com/form_engine/...

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

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

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 news.artnet.com/market/artem...

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

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!

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...

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

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 www.the-independent.com/arts-enterta...

#ArtHerstory's Basket of Plums Note Card Artist: Anne Vallayer-Coster Artwork held at: The Cleveland Museum of Art etsy.me/3M62L40 via Etsy

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 🧵

🚨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! 👇👇👇 @uni-of-warwick.bsky.social warwick-careers.tal.net/vx/lang-en-G...

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

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

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

The Cheerful Abstractions of Alma Thomas by Alexandra Kiely for the #ArtHerstory blog artherstory.net/the-cheerful... #womenartists #BlackHistoryMonth

📢 New Blog Post 📢 over at @materialwills.bsky.social 📜 @lsangha.bsky.social writes about Creative Fellow Chris Hoban's recent performance of music inspired by our research into early modern wills, and his plans for future musical outputs! 🎹🎵🎤 #skystorians #history #earlymodern

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!

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

Early Modern Women Artists at Auction in 2025 artherstory.net/early-modern...

@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 www.rsa.org/page/keberfe...

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