CHAMPION WOMEN THROUGH THE ARTS

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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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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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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

Online Resources

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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

The Tea: B-FLY

Date: Dec, 02
Time: 12 to 1 pm

Art Chat @ Five: National (Airport) Treasures

Date: Dec, 02
Time: 5 to 5:45 pm

NMWA Book Club: Finding La Negrita

Date: Dec, 08
Time: 5:30 to 7:30 pm

Art Chat @ Five: Waxing Poetic

Date: Dec, 09
Time: 5 to 5:45 pm

Art Chat @ Five: Artistic Relationships

Date: Dec, 16
Time: 5 to 5:45 pm

Art Chat @ Five

Date: Jan, 06
Time: 5 to 5:45 pm

NMWA xChange: Lookout with Katharina Cibulka

Date: Jan, 10
Time: 12 to 12:45 pm

Art Chat @ Five

Date: Jan, 20
Time: 5 to 5:45 pm

Educator Professional Development: New Year, New Artwork

Date: Jan, 31
Time: 4:30 to 6:30 pm

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Featured Blog Post

In Conversation with Katharina Cibulka: “SOLANGE” at NMWA

Austrian artist Katharina Cibulka discusses the inspiration for her “SOLANGE” series.
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Katharina Cibulka, SOLANGE #27 (installation view, National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, D.C.), 2022; Mesh scaffolding net, tulle, and cable ties, 82 x 82 ft. (25 x 25 meters); © 2022 Katharina Cibulka; Photo by Kevin Allen
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