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Art Knowledge News (Free subscription) | 03/07/2008
BILBAO, SPAIN - The Museum of Fine Arts in Bilbao presents Artemisia Gentileschi's Judith and Holofernes on view through September 28. This as part of the museum's guest work program which has shown other works of art such as Martín Rico's Palacio de los Dux de Venecia and Agostino Doria's Portrait of a Gentleman before.
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The mental_floss Blogs (Free subscription) | 22/05/2008
Most of the artists featured in “Feel Art Again” to this point have been men, with only four exceptions: Elisabeth-Louise Vigée-Lebrun, Mary Cassatt, Lady Laura Alma-Tadema, and Artemisia Gentileschi. Not only was it more difficult in the past for women to attend art schools and exhibit, but female artists were often quickly forgotten or their [...]
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The mental_floss Blogs (Free subscription) | 13/05/2008
To celebrate the end of the (school) year, I’ve rounded up the 11 most popular “Feel Art Again” posts. Take a break out of your day to check out these great works of art, the best of “Feel Art Again”: 11. “Judith Beheading Holofernes,” Artemisia Gentileschi Read about the most scandalous trial of the 17th century, Gentileschi’s [...]
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The mental_floss Blogs (Free subscription) | 10/04/2008
In response to my recent plea for pre-1900 female artists (at the bottom of the post on Lady Laura Alma-Tadema), reader Megan suggested Artemisia Gentileschi’s “Judith Beheading Holofernes.” Gentileschi’s life and artwork are fascinating, and she is definitely a departure from the male artists we usually discuss in “Feel Art Again.” So, without further ado, [...]
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International Herald Tribune (Free subscription) | 18/01/2008
'I will show your Excellency what a woman can do," wrote the 16th-century Italian painter Artemisia Gentileschi to one of her aristocratic patrons. Some three centuries later, the American artist Georgia O'Keefe remarked: "The men liked to put me down as the best woman painter. I think I'm one of the best painters."
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One Tenacious Baby Mama (Free subscription) | 04/10/2007
Thirteen Things I Like About Artemisia Gentileschi's Judith Beheading Holofernes sigh...so much work, just so I can know that whatever I shoot the shit about, whatever pleases me, whatever interests me won't ellicit really basic conversation where politicos come to find out, or more likely to point out that my politics supposedly clash with my interests. So much contextualizing just so I can know...
