Series: Artists and their Self Portraits: Artemisia Gentileschi

A face in a painting may seem like a simple record — but what if it reveals far more than appearance alone? Across centuries, artists have returned to their own image, using self-portraits to explore identity, status, emotion, and meaning in deeply personal and revealing ways. It’s time to dive into the fascinating world of self-portraiture and uncover how six iconic artists, spanning time periods and countries, used themselves as both subject and storyteller.

Join us for a six-part series exploring how legendary artists across time have used their own likeness to shape identity, meaning, and legacy. In Part One: Artemisia Gentileschi, we’ll examine how this groundbreaking Baroque painter used her own image to navigate a male-dominated art world and assert both artistic and personal agency.

Led by art historian, museum educator, and lecturer Mariska Beekenkamp-Wladimiroff, this art-centric virtual journey will feature:

• A selection of paintings by Artemisia Gentileschi and…