Art Is Woman

The five large-scale paintings made by Benedetta Cappa Marinetti for Palermo's Palazzo delle Poste represent a merging of Futurist formal dynamism and Mediterranean chromatic lyricism.

After abdicating the throne, Queen Christina of Sweden moved to Rome, where she devoted herself fully to her great vocation as patron of the arts and collector.

Hearst Castle’s Roman Pool, a sumptuous creation by Julia Morgan, serves as a metaphor for the spirit of California.

The intriguing and little known youthful works of the artist Élisabeth Chaplin, painted in the Florentine countryside.

A learned and witty article describes the many self-portraits painted by Sofonisba Anguissola, often with self-promotional intent.

Narrowly art historical – but also philosophical and political – aspects of the life story of Surrealist painter Remedios Varo.

The story of the women in the orbit of King Philip of Spain, and especially his second wife, Elisabeth Farnese.

In praise of the Andean Penelope, the Colombian textile artist Olga de Amaral, the golden spiderwoman of the Andes.

The works of Indian photographer Dayanita Singh in homage to Nobel Prize in Literature recipient Orhan Pamuk, showing their unmistakable bond.

Benedetta Craveri offers an elegant narrative of a love affair in pre-Revolutionary, spun out in various works of art.