Well, the tomb of what is believed to be Lisa Gherardini, model for da Vinci's Mona Lisa is about to be opened and the remains DNA tes...

Mona Lisa With interest in the Mona Lisa in the media over the past few years, I have decided to share with readers some of the more in...

From The Guardian : Owned by the Revd WH Wayne from at least 1886; sold by Wayne to A Smith of Albert Gate Art Galleries, from whom it was ...

From the  Science Codex : Numerous images of women appear in Roman mosaics. The majority are inspired in mythology – goddess, heroines an...

From The Guardian : Italian researchers are planning to dig up bones in a Florence convent to try to identify the remains of a Renaissance w...

From the Telegraph : For as long as man has painted, he (and it usually is a he) has painted his lovers. Look at any of the great works of W...

Extract from "Anecdotes of Some Distinguished Persons" (pub: 1795). For more on Propertia (or Properzia) da Rossi: Artisti Donn...

The woman behind one of the world's most famous paintings was born in a humble house in Florence, according to new documents. Rossella L...

From Women's History Sources : 50 Great Voices, a new series from National Public Radio, profiles "singers who've made their ma...

New book on Master Potter Marguerite Wildenhain : The Bauhaus, the most famous art school in history, began in Germany in 1919. Among its st...

From the Guardian : Ninety years on from the founding of Walter Gropius's legendary art, craft and design school, the female students of...

From Associated Press : Dorothy Dandridge was the first black woman nominated for a Best Actress Oscar. Almost a half century passed before ...

Does anyone else see the resemblance of this medieval woman and the Duchess from Alice in Wonderland???

Article by Divya Subrahmanyam @ Yale Daily News : Yale College Dean Mary Miller announced Thursday the appointment of Susan Cahan, the assoc...

From the Guardian : The broadcaster and writer Clive James today said he would like to be Oxford professor of poetry amid the furore surroun...

Its a little bit saucy and a little bit cheeky but its all for a good cause. From Fox News : "Pin-up art — a morale-booster for troops ...

From Mail Online : "For years, Quinten Massys' portrait of An Old Woman in the National Gallery has captivated audiences with her u...

At the International Women's Playwriting Festival, Holly Jensen's play "Lizzy Izzy" tackles issue of violence towards wome...