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Broad Strokes Blog

Close-up detail of an abstract painting that features dense and chaotic brushstrokes of pale gray, lavender, and cobalt. — Joan Mitchell, *Sale Neige* (detail), 1980; National Museum of Women in the Arts, Gift of Wallace and Wilhelmina Holladay; © Estate of Joan Mitchell; Photo by Cameron Robinson

Director’s Desk: Editing for Equity

Join us for our next Wikipedia Edit-a-thon this Saturday, March 6, when we will improve or create entries for women artists of African descent whose work is in NMWA’s collection.

A woman with ombré dreadlocks sits at a table working on her laptop. Two other women are doing the same thing at different tables directly behind and in front of the woman. — Participants at NMWA’s 2018 Wikipedia Edit-a-thon; Photo by Traci Christensen, NMWA

Graciela Iturbide’s Mexico: Capturing Death

Graciela Iturbide confronts what she calls “Mexico’s death fantasy” as it appears in the street, at festivals, and in the cemetery.

A black-and-white photograph shows the back of a woman as she crests a rocky path above a vast desert landscape beneath an expansive sky. Her traditional, ethnic full skirt, long-sleeved blouse, and long, straight, dark hair contrasts with the modern portable stereo she carries. — Graciela Iturbide, *Mujer Ángel (Angel Woman)*, Sonoran Desert, 1979; Collection of Elizabeth and Michael Marcus; © Graciela Iturbide; Courtesy Museum of Fine Arts, Boston