Born 19th November 1948. Ana Mendieta was a Cuban-American performance artist, filmmaker, sculptor, and painter known for her ‘earth-body’ artwork.
Katherine Riley9th November 2024
Alice Hughes (1857-1939) was a renowned studio portraitist based in London during the later years of the nineteenth century. She worked primarily in her Gower Street studio, which employed over fifty assistants and process workers at one time - all women.
PlanetHeroines29th October 2024
Revisiting our VOICES series in celebration of Dora Maar's birthday on 22nd November (b.1907). Marysia Lewandowska in conversation.
PlanetHeroines24th October 2024
For Claude, exploring the limits of male & female identities was not merely a critique of societal gender norms, but rather a highly introspective endeavour
Gabby Kynoch17th October 2024
Step behind the scenes to see the making of "A Sea of Stories" by Lisl Ponger - Scheherazade is the heroine of the piece!
PlanetHeroines4th August 2024
Exhibition Review: V&A, London. Fragile Beauty (until 5th Jan 25) features iconic images of fashion, celebrity, reportage and the male body.
Katherine Riley17th June 2024
Book Review: Face to Face: Portraits of Artists, by Tacita Dean, Brigitte Lacombe, and Catherine Opie, comprises photographic portraits of cultural icons.
PlanetHeroines18th March 2024
Lora Webb Nichols was an American photographer, best known for amassing a collection of 24,000 negatives of the town Encampment, Wyoming.
PlanetHeroines21st February 2024
Lallie Charles (1869-1919) was a well-known society photographer based in Regent’s Park, London, who specialised in commercial portraiture.
Katherine Riley17th January 2024
