Women Artists: An Illustrated History

Firmly established as one of the premier histories of women in the fine arts, Nancy G. Heller’s Women Artists returns in an expanded fourth edition.
With coverage of the 1990s and the beginning of the new millennium, nearly half the volume is now devoted to the remarkable period from 1960 to the present, when women artists emerged as the most dynamic force in contemporary art.
New to this edition are innovative contemporary American artists, such as Janine Antoni and Renee Cox, as well as major international figures, including Iran’s Shirin Neshat, Shahzia Sikander from Pakistan, and the Icelandic sculptor and performance artist Katrin Sigurdardottir. As in past editions, all the artists’ works are represented in large-format color reproductions, and the artists’ careers are examined in concise critical biographies.
Nancy G. Heller is Professor of Art History at the University of the Arts, Philadelphia. Her most recent book is Women Artists: Works from the National Museum of Women in the Arts.
220 illustrations