Remembrance Day: How a Canadian painter broke boundaries on the First World War battlefields
“I cannot talk, I can only paint.” This is how Canadian battlefield painter Mary Riter Hamilton (1867-1954) summarized her urgent response to witnessing the large-scale destruction of the First World War. The 51-year-old artist began painting the devastated regions of…
Reclaiming Dada women’s art history shouldn’t mean amplifying orientalism and sexism
Digital archives have become powerful platforms for women artists who were excluded from official art history, allowing them to claim their rightful place posthumously. This is evident in dedicated digital projects for early-to-mid 20th century avant-gardists like artist, writer and…
