CONF: Hidden Histories of the Museum: Women Transforming Art Collections (National Gallery and online, 23 Oct 2025)
This conference explores the multifaceted roles women have played in shaping museums, both nationally within the UK and internationally, particularly institutions that specialise in historic art. We examine how women have entered museum…
CONF: Women’s Enterprise in the French Art Economy (Paris, 26-27 Sep 25)
The Business of Art, au féminin : Women’s Enterprise in the French Art Economy (late 1600s to 1945). Bringing together the history of art, the history of women, and economic history, this colloquium…
CFP: Women in Action (Madrid, 12-14 Nov 25)
Women in action. Women’s artistic practices in the Hispanic Middle Ages. The MARCAM project will hold the conference “Women in action. Women’s artistic practices in the Hispanic Middle Ages” in Madrid, from 12…
CFP: Women Printmakers in the Early Modern World (RSA San Francisco, 19-21 Feb 2026)
The history of early modern printmaking has long centered on male artists, leaving the contributions of women largely overlooked and insufficiently theorized. Yet ongoing archival research and recent scholarship continue to recover names,…
ANN: On the Front Line’: Women Driving the Art World (10 Jun 2025, 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM (BST), Colnaghi, 26 Bury St, London SW1Y 6ALA)
The Society is delighted to collaborate with WAAW (waawworld.com/) to organise a panel discussion on the remarkable but often overlooked work that women collectors, patrons and curators played in driving the art world both…
ANN: Talk: Frauen im Auktionswesen – Perspektiven aus der Praxis“ (18 May 2025 at 3 pm, ZADIK)
In this moderated discussion, we will explore the question of how women have influenced the art market in their role as auctioneers. Together with Isabel Apiarius-Hanstein (Lempertz), Christiane Gräfin zu Rantzau (formerly Christie’s)…
CONF: Making a Living, Making Art (15- 16 May, 2025)
Modernist movements in the twentieth century have widely been accepted as middle-class phenomena, driven by figures with the education, time, and financial resources to devote themselves to creative production. Yet, as the First…
CFP: Women Supporting Women for SECAC due April 1
I invite submissions to the session “Women Supporting Women” “This panel seeks to highlight what women from any culture or time period have done to further the careers of women artists during their…
CONF: Crossing Borders – Travelling Women Artists in the 1800s (Helsinki, 7 Mar 25)
The story of women artists crossing borders continues. The exhibition Crossing Borders – Travelling Women Artists in the 1800s will be opened at the Ateneum Art Museum on 7 March 2025. The exhibition…