In this livestreamed talk, author and journalist Sara Alfort and curator and project researcher Lene Bøgh Rønberg look at the female artists who entered the European art scene from the 1880s onwards. Many Scandinavian women travelled abroad to train and work as painters, and the conversation asks how they challenged a field dominated by men, what happened to their art once they became creators rather than subjects, and how their story changes our understanding of the modern breakthrough.
The talk is part of the Europa 360° series and is moderated by Sanne Gram Fadel, editor-in-chief of DR's foreign desk. It draws on two recent books: Kvindernes moderne gennembrud 1880-1910 (Aarhus University Press, 2024) and Da træerne voksede ind i himlen (Gads Forlag, 2025).
