In this video, Dasha Belokrylova speaks about one of her favorite reads, Seeing Ourselves: Women’s Self-Portraits, by Frances Borzello – a book that uncovers a fascinating and sometimes neglected side of art history through the exploration of self portraits by female artists.

Not only is this book rich in images of famous and lesser-known paintings, it is filled with stories and fascinating facts behind the self-portraits and about their creators.

Dasha’s reflections on the journey of female artists to develop their professional status as painters are accompanied by a wide-ranging array of examples of what “a female beauty is”, along with the artists’ own stories.