5 Fast Facts

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.

5 Fast Facts: Movement Muses and #5WomenArtists

Posted: March 15, 2023
Category: 5 Fast Facts
Across time and place, artists have been inspired by dancers, and some are even performers themselves. Impress your friends with five fast facts about NMWA collection artists who saw movement...
Black-and-white photograph of a man, dressed in black, and Martha Graham, in white, dancing. Graham, lit from above, strikes one of her famous angular poses, both legs bent, the back foot pointing behind her. Her raised arms are held by the man, who stand

5 Fast Facts: Drama Queens and #5WomenArtists

Posted: March 8, 2023
Category: 5 Fast Facts
Impress your friends with five fast facts about actors and the visual artists in NMWA's collection who portrayed them!
Realistic painting of a light-skinned woman with elaborately-coiffed medium-brown hair, gazing at the viewer, wearing a classic white silk dress and red draped cape with gold embellishments, gesturing dramatically with one hand over her heart and the other extended outward.

5 Fast Facts: Dream Teams and #5WomenArtists

Posted: March 1, 2023
Category: 5 Fast Facts
Across time and place, artists have come together to experiment, collaborate, and co-create. Impress your friends with five fast facts about some of the contemporary collectives represented in NMWA’s collection.

5 Fast Facts: Rosa Bonheur

Posted: October 26, 2022
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Impress your friends with five fast facts about Rosa Bonheur (1822–1899), whose work is represented in NMWA’s collection.
A large group of animals is herded by two shepherds on a grassy hill above the ocean. Black, tan, and red bulls crowd small white sheep with curled horns. The animals move nervously, their coats blowing in the wind. Clouds in the background suggest an impending storm.

5 Fast Facts: Eva Hesse

Posted: September 28, 2022
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Impress your friends with five fast facts about Eva Hesse (1936–1970), whose work is represented in NMWA’s collection.
A cluttered table is strewn with various objects including books, fruit, and a potted plant. The lines are dark and smeared with intense areas of light and shadow.

5 Fast Facts: Marie Laurencin

Posted: June 1, 2022
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Impress your friends with five fast facts about Marie Laurencin (1883–1956), whose work is in NMWA’s collection.
A portrait of a young girl with a light skin tone who holds a ukulele. She wears a white dress with short sleeves, a colorful throw on her left arm, and a crown made out of leaves and red and green ribbons. She sits before a sage-colored wall with leaves and smiles.

5 Fast Facts: Lalla Essaydi

Posted: May 26, 2022
Category: 5 Fast Facts
Impress your friends with five fast facts about Lalla Essaydi and her series Bullets and Bullets Revisited. Bullets Revisited #3 (2012) is part of NMWA’s collection.
A woman lying on her back gazes confidently out at viewer adorned and surrounded by polished bullet casings

5 Fast Facts: Betty Parsons and #5WomenArtists

Posted: February 17, 2022
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Impress your friends with five fast facts about artist and gallerist Betty Parsons and #5WomenArtists she championed, all of whom have work in NMWA’s collection.
A black-and-white photograph of a light-skinned woman with short cropped hair leaning on a table with her left hand holding her chin. She looks off to the left, unsmiling.

5 Fast Facts: Käthe Kollwitz

Posted: January 19, 2022
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Impress your friends with five fast facts about Käthe Kollwitz (1867–1945). NMWA’s collection holds 16 of Kollwitz’s works, including three sculptures and 13 prints.
Black ink drawing on yellow-beige ground of the head and shoulders of an adult woman. She frowns, looks to her left, and holds her right hand up to her right temple. Her hair is pulled back and she wears a dark garment.

5 Fast Facts: Emmi Whitehorse

Posted: November 22, 2021
Category: 5 Fast Facts
November is National American Indian Heritage Month! Impress your friends with five fast facts about Navajo visual artist Emmi Whitehorse (b. 1957), whose works are part of NMWA’s collection.
Goldenrod yellow paint smudged across white paper in layers, creating different levels of opacity. Vertical red and black lines, and a few red and black shape outlines, mostly of tall ovals, are painted sporadically on the paper.