CHAMPION WOMEN THROUGH THE ARTS

A building with a white mesh artwork covering its façade, featuring bright pink cross-stitched letters that say White gauzy fabric hangs in front of scaffolding surrounding a city building. Bold magenta letters on the fabric read, “As long as generations change but our struggles stay the same, I will be a feminist.”

Now On View

Explore Katharina Cibulka’s public art installation, SOLANGE #27, for NMWA’s exterior during the museum’s renovation.

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During the building closure, we will continue exhibitions and programming off-site and online—our work for women in the arts will never pause.

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In front of a stormy ocean, a woman with light skin and blonde, wind-blown hair stands with head turned in profile and eyes closed.
Rania Matar, Rayven, Miami Beach, Florida, from the series “SHE,” 2019; Archival pigment print, 37 x 44 in.; Courtesy of the artist and Robert Klein Gallery; © Rania Matar

Related Quote

“People in the art world want to think we are achieving parity more quickly than we are.”
Susan Fisher Sterling, The Alice West Director

Advocate for Women

Women artists have been marginalized for centuries. Gender bias is less overt today, but contemporary women artists still face many obstacles and disparities, as well as persistent underrepresentation in museum collections and exhibitions worldwide. Their historical precursors still deserve to have their stories told.

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Close-up photograph of a painted quilt shows a medium-dark skinned woman dancing exuberantly. There is a white flower in her hair, and she wears dangling gold earrings and gold loops around her neck.
Faith Ringgold, American Collection #4: Jo Baker’s Bananas (detail), 1997; Photo credit: Emily Haight, NMWA

Faith Ringgold, American Collection #4: Jo Baker’s Bananas (detail), 1997; Photo credit: Emily Haight, NMWA

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Exhibitions

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Collection

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Examine highlights from the museum’s collection, spanning more than 5,500 works from the Renaissance through today.
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Explore Things to Do @ NMWA

Art Talk Live: Elizabeth Catlett

Date: Apr, 06
Time: 5:30 to 6:30 pm

The Tea: Hayley Fahey

Date: Apr, 07
Time: 12 to 1 pm

Art Chat @ Five: Between Friends

Date: Apr, 07
Time: 5 to 5:45 pm

2023 Spring Gala

Date: Apr, 14
Time: 6:30 to 10 pm

Slow Art Day

Date: Apr, 15
Time: 1 to 2:30 pm

Art Chat @ Five: Earth Day

Date: Apr, 21
Time: 5 to 5:45 pm

Fresh Talk: Work on the Walls with Women Muralists and Graffiti Artists

Date: Apr, 30
Time: 4:30 to 6 pm

Fifth Annual MakeHER Summit Workshops

Date: May, 01
Time: 10 am to 4:30 pm

VTS Look Club: Week 1

Date: May, 03
Time: 3 to 4 pm

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Featured Blog Post

5 Fast Facts: New Acquisitions and #5WomenArtists

In 2022, NMWA added more than 100 artworks by approximately 60 artists to our growing collection. Of these artists, one-third are completely new to it. Impress your friends with fast facts about five of these artists.
View of the museum from outside showing the Neoclassical building from one corner. The building is a tan-colored stone with an arched doorway, long vertical windows, and detailed molding around the roof.
Giovanna Garzoni, Still Life with Basket of Fruit, A Vase with Carnations, and Shells on a Table, ca. 1650–52; Gouache on vellum, 18 1/2 x 23 in.; National Museum of Women in the Arts, Gift of Wallace and Wilhelmina Holladay; Photo by Lee Stalsworth
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