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because most of the answers thus far are male painters — here are some of my fav female painters!
mary cassatt (1844-1926)
shona mcandrew (1990-)
hilma af klint (1862-1944)
leonora carrington (1917-2011)
marie laurençin (1883-1956)
others i like: georgia o’keefe, frida kahlo, elizabeth catlett, agnes pelton, tamara de lempicka, faith ringgold, paulina olowska, berthe morisot. and many more i am forgetting!
Jun 10, 2025
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Art is about more than identity, can allow us to transcend identity, but having been raised in the art world of the 90s, when painting was dying and women weren’t given the wall space they deserved, it’s a joy to watch femme painters rise to the top of the pile creatively and financially. I am lucky enough to cherish works by Jenna Gribbon, Jocelyn Hobbie, Kyle Staver, Ellen Birkinblit and my dear friend Issy Wood. I am currently obsessed with Larissa De Jesus Negron, Petra Cortright, Lucy Bull, Robin F. Williams, Somaya Critchlow, Gina Beavers and Cynthia Talmadge. It’s a lifetime dream to have a massive Lisa Yuskavage to wake up to (though I do have a print she gave me for my 26th birthday when I had a Soul Cycle party and everyone was mad except Lisa, who kicked all our millenial asses on the bike.)
Jan 3, 2023
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I think you might like Tina Barney & Beth Garrabrant (things shouldn't be so hard) a lot
I'm sure you know about cindy sherman's untitled film stills (& if you like that you will probably like nadia lee cohen's non-commercial work) & nan goldin's ballad of sexual dependency
personally I think sex by madonna is an incredibly underrated artistic project
not really photography but an honourable mention must be made to Tracey Emin and
Sophie Calle (who I think is light years ahead of anyone else making art about surveillance)
Mar 16, 2025
