Join The Feminist Lecture Program for a lecture celebrating the life and works of Artemisia Gentileschi!
Artemisia. The woman who reinvented the Baroque, student of Caravaggio? Rape Survivor, Mother, Paintress to Kings and Queens, inspiration to seemingly all who know her work and story. Subject of plays, operas, one-woman blockbuster shows at the National Gallery London. Icon of the modern feminist movement.

This session, led by our very own Artemisia aficionado Luisa-Maria MacCormack, will immerse you in the turbulent story of one of the world's greatest female painters, arguably the world’s first woman to use art as a medium of resistance in her own personal and professional battles, living in a time when women’s rights did not yet exist.

This session will allow you to live and breathe her works, explore her inspiration and subject matter, analyse her paintings and - most curiously of all, explore the reasons behind her recent eruption into the contemporary art world. Luisa will be referencing her own series; FINDING ARTEMISIA, that was inspired by Artemisia's work, as well as the work of many other contemporary artists who have drawn on Artemisia as inspiration.

We are committed to making our sessions as accessible as possible. If you are unable to pay the full amount for this class, please reach out to us via email at [email protected] and we will provide you with a discount code.