La Cité des Dames

Inspired by Christine de Pisan's City of the Ladies (1405), this blog presents a selection of works by women artists, sculptors, architects, musicians, film-makers, writers, philosophers, choreographers, photographers – well-known, forgotten or underappreciated.

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I am not updating this blog anymore.

Please take a look at my personal photography here though.

Thanks !

C.

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Hannah Hoch, Glued Drawing II, 1955

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Marion Blank, Abstraction, 2013 (marionblank)

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Ilse Bing, Jardin du Luxembourg, Paris, 1952 (howtoseewithoutacamera)

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Michelle A. Yoon

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Michelle A. Yoon

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Michelle A. Yoon

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Marianne Haeckel, Network, 1930

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Berenice Abbott (flasd)

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Hilla Rebay, Composition I, 1915

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Check out my personal work !

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Valie Export, Body Configurations, 1972-1982 (arpeggia)

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Dana Akashi

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Jessie Thatcher, Continuously Recorded Series, Series 2: Close Series V, 2013 (thatcherjessie)

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Zarina Hashmi, Wall I, 1969 (ingeniosa)

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Rebecca Horn, Arm Extensions, 1968 (museumuesum)

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Dora Maar, Reflections Store Window, 1935 (howtoseewithoutacamera)