Erika Gaffney (@erikagaffney) — Bluesky Profile

23 hours ago

Major Update in our NEH Lawsuit - AHA On March 6, 2026, the American Historical Association and our co-plaintiffs filed a motion for summary judgment. Depositions and records obtained through the discovery process detail the role of DOGE ...

Update about the NEH lawsuit filed by the American Historical Assn, the American Council of Learned Societies, and the Modern Language Assn -

www.historians.org/news/major-u...

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23 hours ago

A still life painting depicting, close up, three peaches at right on a black-draped surface. At left are 6 cherries on their leafy branch. Behind the cherries is a bunch of green grapes. A fly sits on the peach that's in about the center of the painting.

Still Life with Cherries, Grapes and Peaches, 1684, by #RachelRuysch (Dutch, 1664-1750). Held by Bijl-Van Urk Master Paintings, bijlvanurk.com/paintings/st...

#womenartists #artherstory

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1 day ago

An over-life-size bronze bust of a woman in 18th-century garb with curled hair, as the maroon-colored drape is removed to unveil the statue, which sits on a stone-and-mortar pillar.

An over-life-size bronze bust of a woman in 18th-century garb with curled hair,sitting on a stone plinth.

Lafayette College welcomed Adrienne Françoise de Noailles to its campus Sat, March 7, as part of its Bicentennial celebration. The sculpture is the last completed work of pioneering American artist Audrey Flack.

news.lafayette.edu/2026/03/09/a...

#womenartists @pssatweets.bsky.social #artherstory

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1 day ago

A vertically narrow rectangular print, at the top of which a Madonna and Child with a male saint are depicted within an oval. The frame of the oval is decorated at the top left with a flower and a ribbon, and at top right with a few stalks of wheat tied with a ribbon. Below the oval, in the lower portion of the rectangle, are lines of text.

Madonna & Child with Saint, C16th, engraved by Suor #IsabellaPiccini (#ElisabettaPiccini; Italian, active c. 1665-92). Held by Harvard Art Museums, harvardartmuseums.org/collections/... #womenartists #artherstory #nuntastic

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4 days ago

Happy International Women's Day!
We delighted to work with so many outstanding women on books about women artists, collectors, designers and architects... Throughout Women's History Month we are running a special offer of 30% off over 60 books:
www.lundhumphries.com/collections/...

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1 day ago

A product photo of the Maria Sibylla Merian 8-pack of note cards, with the spine prominent. Letters reversed in white out of the hot pink background read "Maria Sibylla Merian - 8 blank cards & envelopes, 4 of each design." The art of the 2 floral still life designs are shown on the front and back covers respectively, at oblique angles.

Maria Sibylla Merian Note Card Wallet
8 cards & envelopes
www.etsy.com/listing/1675...
20% discount this week, with coupon code IWD2026

Featured art:
1. Study of Capers, Gorse, & a Beetle (The Met); &
2. The Rocu Tree, with Caterpillars, Moths, & Butterflies (The Getty Museum)

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1 day ago

HNA 2027 Call for sessions - Historians of Netherlandish Art Please consider contributing to HNA IDEA’s appeal for contributions to an equitable conference, should you be in a position to do so at the link

Historians of Netherlandish Art have issued the HNA 2027 Call for session proposals! See the full call and download the pdf here:
hnanews.org/hna-2027-cal...

Deadline: May 8
Conf dates: Wed, July 14–Sat, July 17, 2027
Co-hosts: Boston University & the Center for Netherlandish Art, MFA Boston

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Conference banner, with a colorful medieval drawing of rooftops in the background under a smiling sun. In the center, in black text within a translucent white rectangle, are the conference dates and location.

The Society for the Study of Early Modern Women & Gender is sponsoring a conference session dedicated to the work of ECRs at the upcoming meeting of the @16csociety.bsky.social in Chicago, Oct 29-31, 2026.

Submit an abstract of 250 words & a brief bio to Michelle Dowd, mmdowd1@ua.edu, by April 3.

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1 week ago

Image of the Colorado state capitol with a blue sky and purple clouds above it. Text opposite the image reads “hashtag shax 2026 in Denver - registration deadline. Register before March 15” and lists the S A A web address. End ID.

If you haven’t already, make sure to register ASAP for #Shax2026! This helps us manage demands on staff labor in the weeks before & at the conference.

Once you’ve registered, book your room at the Denver Hyatt to ensure you get the low room block rate!

linktr.ee/saaupdates

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2 days ago

✨Join Han Lamers and me for the next #EarlyModernHellenism Colloquium. We will be hosting Alexander Batson 'Recovering a Usable Past: The Renaissance Reconstruction of Ancient Athenian Law, 1546-1650'
📍 Via zoom (link below)
📆 12 March, 15:00-16:00 CET
👉 Register: nettskjema.no/a/hellenism#...

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3 days ago

We are delighted to announce the winner of the WHN Book Prize. The judges chose Female Servants in Early Modern England by @charmianmansell.bsky.social

The highly readable & engaging book, interrogates long-standing assumptions about the domesticity & constraints of women’s lives in service.

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2 days ago

Meet the Forgotten Women of the Flemish Golden Age | Artnet News At the Museum of Fine Arts in Ghent, a new exhibition uncovers a long-forgotten 17th-century creative economy.

Meet the Forgotten Women of the Flemish Golden Age
At the Museum of Fine Arts in Ghent, a new exhibition uncovers a long-forgotten 17th-century creative economy.
by Jo Lawson-Tancred
news.artnet.com/art-world/me...

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A medieval artwork depicting the Madonna and Child; the Madonna holds her left hand up toward her chest, holding a peach between her thumb and forefinger. The Madonna is painted half-length, wearing a red dress with a gold collar, and a bright blue head covering. Over the head covering is a gold crown, surrounded by a halo. All around the circumference of the halo are gold stars. The Child is portrayed upright, with his mother's right arm curving around behind him to hold him at the front. He reaches across her with his right hand to grasp her veil. His right hand is lifted in benediction. He wears a carmine-colored necklace of beads from which dangles a cross of the same material. He too has a gold crown and halo. He is swaddled in a cloth of orange or gold with red trim.

The Virgin Mary with Christ Child and Fruit / Madonna of the Peach, c. 1440?, by #CaterinadeVigri (or #CaterinaVigri, #StCatherineofBologna; Italian, 1413-1463). Location unknown; source, commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ca... #nuntastic #artherstory #womenartists

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2 days ago

A gold-framed half-length portrait of a girl with powdered hair, seated. on her left arm hangs an open basket full of fruit, probably apples. Her right arm is bent to hold a lapdog with brown eyes and very long white and brown hair (shih tzu?). Her gown is light blue with darker blue stripes on the sleeves; there is white lace at the low, rounded neckline and at the ends of the sleeves.

Augustine-Suzanne Roslin (1760-1831), 1771, by #MarieSuzanneGiroust (#MadameRoslin; French, 1734-72), who was born #otd, Mar 9. Held by Nationalmuseum; source, commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Au... #womenartists #artherstory

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3 days ago

Museum Acquisitions in 2025 of Art by Early Modern Women An overview of recent acquisitions by museums of paintings, drawings and sculptures by women of the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries.

Recent Museum Acquisitions of Art by Early Modern Women

artherstory.net/recent-museu...

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3 days ago

Early Modern Women Artists at Auction in 2025 The post revisits sales at auction in 2025 of works by European women artists of the 17th and 18th centuries.

Early Modern Women Artists at Auction in 2025
artherstory.net/early-modern...

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3 days ago

A brightly colored painting of the sisters playing chess in period clothes as per the description in the post. National
Museum, Poznań, Poland, oil on canvas, image in the public domain.

#IWD #InternationalWomensDay #herstory 🖼️

Timeless sibling interaction on International Women’s Day.
The oldest sister Lucia (left) smugly winning, the middle sister Minerva (right) wondering how, & the youngest sister Europa (center) giggling at her sister’s expense. Painted by their talented artist sister Sofonisba Anguissola in 1555.

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4 days ago

For International Woman’s Day, a thread.

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3 days ago

7 years ago on this day, #ArtHerstory launched! In appreciation of the Art Herstory community, we offer a 20% discount on all Art Herstory products, March 8-15. See/shop the full line at artherstory.net/shop/ or at our Etsy store, www.etsy.com/shop/ArtHers.... Apply this code at checkout: IWD2026

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3 days ago

Sofonisba Anguissola Commemorative Journal | Art Herstory The post describes a blank journal commemorating the 400th anniversary of Sofonisba Anguissola's passing, and explores her relevance today.

Commemorating Sofonisba Anguissola artherstory.net/commemoratin...

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3 days ago

A picture of a coloring book page with a portrait of a woman in a hat from Tamara Lempicka, sitting on a black-clothed table with markers and a glass mug of coffee. The photo includes a hand holding a marker against the page.

Photo of a pair of Maud Lewis socks featuring her iconic black cats against a green footbed and an aqua blue cuff / welt.

Friends, #IWD is the perfect day to mention, you don't want to miss Today is Art Day's Women in Art collection -
www.todayisartday.com/collections/...

You will find figurines, puzzles, games, journals, bookmarks, socks, magnets, pins, stickers and more!

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4 days ago

Front cover of a journal - it depicts an oval self-portrait of the young Sofonisba Anguissola holding a gold medallion with a monogram. The background is black. At the bottom, the attached ribbon bookmark is visible emerging from the book.

The 20% off sale applies even to Art Herstory's Sofonisba Anguissola blank lined journal, which commemorates the 400th anniversary (in Nov 2025) of the artist's passing in 1625. The journal will never be more affordable!

Available at

www.etsy.com/listing/4383...

artherstory.net/product/sofo...

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4 days ago

Graphic for International Women’s Day with the text “Read Women. Study Women. Celebrate Women.” and a badge reading “Available as Open Access.” At the bottom, a colorful illustration shows a diverse group of women standing side by side, representing different generations and backgrounds.

Looking for something to read on International Women’s Day?

Explore our open access books on women and music, women’s work in the 20th century, the history of feminism, and more.

📚https://www.aup.nl/en/promotion/international-womens-day

#InternationalWomensDay #OpenAccess #WomensHistory

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4 days ago

6 Art Herstory card designs - each reproducing a still life by a historic woman artist - arranged around an orange bloc out of which the text "Art Herstory - Etsy - 20% off sale!" is reversed out.

Happy International Women's Day! In honor of the occasion, all Art Herstory products are on sale at a 20% discount for a week (from today through Sunday, March 15). Apply this code at checkout: IWD2026

Shop at artherstory.net/shop/

or at our Etsy store: www.etsy.com/shop/ArtHers...

#IWD2026

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1 month ago

Lets put a spotlight on Maria Sibylla Merian, a German naturalist and artist. She was famous for her detailed illustrations of insects and plants, and her pioneering work in entomology.

👁️ https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/stories/10-things/story/maria-sibylla-merian-en

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4 days ago

Unforgettable In spring 2026, the MSK offers the chance to discover the fascinating works created by women artists in the Low Countries.

This painting is on view in the exhibition "Unforgettable: Women Artists from Antwerp to Amsterdam, 1600-1750," which opened today at MSK Gent, www.mskgent.be/en/exhibitio...

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4 days ago

In this oil painting, at the base of a pillar in an outdoor setting, a red, green and yellow parrot leans in from the upper left toward berries, a bunch of green grapes, and some flowers and foliage sitting atop an earthenware or metal urn.

Still Life with Parrot, 1661, by #MariaTheresiaVanThielen (Flemish, 1640–1706), who was born #otd, Mar 7. Held by @milwaukeeart.bsky.social, collection.mam.org/details.php?...

#womenartists #artherstory

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4 days ago

Painting of woman focused on doing needlework by candlelight while a man, standing too closely, tries to talk to her.

From this exhibition. “Young woman being harassed by a man.”

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5 days ago

Opening tomorrow in Ghent: Unforgettable, a major exhibition at the MSK on women artists of the 17th-century Low Countries. More than 150 works reveal how painters, sculptors and lace-makers helped shape the Golden Age - even if art history later forgot them.

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