The Other Side

A Story of Women in Art and the Spirit World
By Jennifer Higgie

The first major work of art history to focus on women artists and their engagement with the spirit world, by the author of The Mirror and the Palette.

Spiritualism has influenced numerous men, including modernist artists like Wassily Kandinsky, Piet Mondrian, Kazimir Malevich, and Paul Klee, without repercussion. However, the contributions of radical female artists who also embraced spiritualism have been neglected. In The Other Side, Jennifer Higgie explores the lives and work of extraordinary women such as Hildegard of Bingen, Georgiana Houghton, Hilma af Klint, Agnes Pelton, Emma Kunz, and Ithell Colquhoun, who all sought to communicate with other dimensions through their art.

Higgie weaves in her own experiences while discussing the solace of ritual, gender exclusions in art history, and the impact of spiritualism on feminism and contemporary art. This book is a radical reappraisal of a marginalized group of artists, blending memoir, biography, and art history to highlight their significant contributions.

2025; paperback; 5.5" x 8.25"; 320 pages; ISBN: 9781639368754.