One of Monet’s most unique paintings, La Japonaise is completely different from his usual genre of soft colours, nature, parties, or happy subjects. This shows a woman dressed in a lavish ...

And the city's dazzling street art inspires for another reason: Much is created by women, national pioneers in what is often thought of as a male-dominated domain. Murals "can be very physical on ...

It was that purposeful duplicity which helped her to distinguish herself from her peers—she was actively challenging the era-specific presumption that men were photographers and women were models.