Clara Ugbodaga-Ngu is a highly significant figure in the development of Nigerian modernism. Through her teaching, she influenced future artists and helped to lay the foundation of modernist practice in post-colonial Africa.

Black Mother by German Expressionist artist Ernst Neuschul is an intimate portrayal of a mother breastfeeding her child. The work treats the subject with great dignity, belying the extreme difficulties faced by people of colour in inter-war Germany.

Claudette Johnson is an important British artist who celebrates black femininity by bringing it to the forefront of her work. She creates honest portrayals of black women, which are informed by her own experiences, and which seek to challenge preconceptions of black femininity.

This work by Eileen Agar subtly explores the feminine psyche and draws from the Surrealist interest in psychoanalysis.

This drypoint etching by renowned Austrian artist Egon Schiele depicts a seemingly distressed woman, partially-clothed and crouching uncomfortably. The depiction of hysteria as seen in this work is a common feature of Schiele’s art. It was also a popular topic in fin-de-siècle Vienna, where this work was made.

Barbara Delaney’s artistic practice is informed, but not defined, by her experience with visual impairment. Light Gathers is a strikingly visual work that celebrates light honestly and thoughtfully.

Alexa Wright is a celebrated British photographer whose work considers disability and the ways in which non-disabled people react towards it. In her photographic series ‘I’ from 1998, Wright collaborated with disabled people to create semi-self portraits.

With his Rock Drill sculpture, Jacob Epstein created a terrifying mechanised soldier. Following the First World War, however, he broke this work down into a mutilated torso. His Rock Drill reflects the tragic story of war and represents the debilitated, damaged body of the worker-soldier.

My article considers biological explanations of gender, and in it I explain the reason why medical wax models from the 19th Century still matter today when we think about intersex and transgender identities.

By embracing his past, Dale Marshall creates raw, powerful works that are open and honest about his mental health and convey his story and struggles to the viewer. He hopes to use his works to start a frank and authentic discussion about mental health.