Dali Museum
Giacometti’s Women
(and Other Forgotten Female Artists and Muses of Bohemian Paris)
March 4th, 2026 | 10:30 am - 11:30 am
In celebration of Woman’s History Month and our special exhibition Alberto Giacometti & Salvador Dalí: Through & Beyond Surrealism, we invite you to explore the forgotten female artist and muses of Bohemian Paris.
Women are too often only a footnote in the history of bohemian Paris. You may have heard of Kiki de Montparnasse, but what about Giacometti’s first mistress, American sculptor Flora Mayo, or the other women who inspired his iconic sculptures, including his wife Annette, Isabel Nicholas and a prostitute named Caroline?
In this talk, Margo Hammond brings these women to life, along with other forgotten female muses and artists of Montparnasse: Russian painter Marie Vassilief who ran a canteen for artists, German baroness turned performance artist Elsa Von Fretag-Loringhoven, English lampshade designer Mina Loy, French Vicomtesse and Dalí patron Marie-Laure de Noailles, Italian Marquese Luisa Casata and American journalist Djuna Barnes who came to Paris on assignment and stayed a decade. You may find yourself wanting to stay there too.
Margo Hammond: Working in journalism for over 50 years— Margo Hammond has returned to her lifelong dream of writing plays. In 2020 her 10-minute play Notorious was included in USF’s Emerging Playwrights: A Virtual Stage Reading under the direction of her teacher, local playwright William Leavengood.
Tampa Museum of Art
