Born in Kandy, Minnette de Silva was the first Asian female architect to be registered with RIBA

‘Her oeuvre was a radical departure and fiery negation of the masculine art-making that was prominent in the 1970s’

Featuring Judy Chicago and Miriam Schapiro, ‘Womanhouse’ marks the 30th anniversary of the museum dedicated to women artists

‘Eichwald often reveals her journey through her direct, yet humorous and heady titles’

‘I remember being hit by the odour of smoke and the soft, hazy light bathing the enormous space of the abandoned factory’

‘Green’s installation doesn’t exist to serve as evidence of well-established narratives’

A recent exhibition in Paris rightly affirms the artist as a central figure in arguably the first gender-equal Western art movement

Ahead of the school’s centenary, European museums celebrate the creative brilliance of the often-overlooked Bauhaus women

‘Fragments of improvized poetry came together and devoured one another’

20 Museum directors from major institutions around the world nominate a favourite work by a woman artist in their collection

‘She has such authority in her tangled daubs and streaks’

The myriad achievements of women artists, writers, curators, patrons and art historians

‘I love the sense of compulsion and joy present in this painting’

‘The fact that it was most likely made with recycled fabric touches me immensely’

‘I have learned from John that you don’t need to shout in order to make an impact’

‘When her mother died, she stopped talking. What is there to say when all is lost?’

‘Hesse was an adventurer and brave with her materials’

‘Kahlo’s dresses, corsets and shoes took on the shapes of her love, pain and identity, still palpable 58 years after her death’

Recent insights from scholars suggest the famed work may have had a female patron

How the radical practices of female artists drove the Modernist movement in Brazil

From Antiquity to the present day, women have been crucial in shaping taste, building collections and supporting artists

The extraordinary life of artist Mary Edmonia Lewis, a sculptor of African American and indigenous heritage who achieved international acclaim 

‘Truitt’s sculptures add depth and dimension to minimalist shapes and monochrome surfaces’