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500 years of women’s self-portraits

Jennifer Higgie charts the story of women’s self-portraits over the last 500 years of western art – uncovering tales of transgressive self-expression and overcoming oppression

Published: March 29, 2021 at 4:03 pm

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Jennifer Higgie charts the story of women’s self-portraits over the last 500 years of western art, revealing how female artists’ images of themselves transgressed societal norms, embraced self-expression and revealed insights about the eras they lived in.

Jennifer Higgie is the author of The Mirror and the Palette (Orion, 2021)