Impress your friends with five fast facts about artist Laure Tixier). Tixier’s Plaid Houses (Maquettes) (2005–11), currently on view in NMWA’s collection galleries, explore a range of architectural styles in...
![Close-up detail of a larger artwork features a view of two felt houses. On the viewer's right is an orange house that is out-of-focus while on the left is a blue house that is in-focus and has visible stitches, coarse texture, and rectangular windows.](https://nmwa.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/NWMA_Shoot_Photo_157-aspect-ratio-2.25x1.jpg)
Impress your friends with five fast facts about artist Camille Claudel, whose work is part of NMWA’s collection.
![Bronze tabletop sculpture depicting a nude young woman seated on rough-hewn base, leaning against a sheaf of wheat. The figure's knees are drawn together, her left arm hanging at her side and her right arm bent upwards, clasping her shoulder.](https://nmwa.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/1986.43-GAP-aspect-ratio-2.25-1-2403x330.jpg)
Impress your friends with five fast facts about artist Louise Bourgeois, whose work is on view in NMWA’s collection galleries.
![Bronze sculpture of a spider on a white platform against a magenta background.](https://nmwa.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/ym_nmwa_062217-6559-aspect-ratio-2.25x1-1.jpg)
Impress your friends with five fast facts about artist Hung Liu, whose work Winter Blossom (2011) is on view in NMWA’s newly reinstalled collection galleries.
![Two smiling Chinese girls with light skin and black hair painted on a collage of Chinese writing, small red envelopes, a red bird and bug, and blue paint drippings. The older girl, seen waist up, wears her hair in two braids and carries the younger girl in crimson clothes on her back.](https://nmwa.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/2001.155-aspect-ratio-2.25x1.jpg)
5 Fast Facts: Yael Bartana’s “What if Women Ruled the World”
Posted: November 5, 2018
Category: 5 Fast Facts
Impress your friends with five fast facts about What if Women Ruled the World (2016) by Yael Bartana, on display in the third-floor galleries.
![The phrase “What if Women Ruled the World” is sculpted with neon tubes of bright yellow, in all capital letters. The letters of “WOMEN” are larger than the rest and are configured vertically.](https://nmwa.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/2017.9_1-aspect-ratio-2.25x1.png)
Impress your friends with five fast facts about artist Robin Kahn, whose work Victoria’s Secret (1995) is on display in the third-floor galleries.
![Black-and-white print of a light-skinned adult standing sideways in a hooded, black outer layer and large bustle. Their head faces the viewer, the top half of their face in a black mask. Behind is a looming, translucent figure wearing a crown and holding a mirror, and an old town.](https://nmwa.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/1996.29-aspect-ratio-2.25-1-700x330.jpg)
Impress your friends with five fast facts about artist Julie Roberts, whose work is in NMWA’s collection.
![A floating nightgown on a background of subtle vertical red stripes alludes to the shape and movement of a body. The white nightgown is dwarfed by the red that surrounds it, and floats with its arms raised and hem disturbed.](https://nmwa.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/2016.23-aspect-ratio-2.25x1.jpg)
Impress your friends with five fast facts about artist Tanja Rector, whose work is on view in NMWA’s collection galleries.
![Two clear glass mason jars side by side. In the left jar is a color photograph of a light skinned woman standing with head bent and hands clasped in front of her. In the right jar is the same woman seen from rear with hands clasped behind her.](https://nmwa.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/2002.91a-b-aspect-ratio-2.25-1-700x330.jpg)
Impress your friends with five fast facts about Faith Ringgold, whose work is on view in NMWA’s collection galleries.
![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.](https://nmwa.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Collection-Artworks-3rdFloor-_14_-aspect-ratio-2.25-1-700x330.jpg)
Impress your friends with five fast facts about artist Janet Forrester Ngala, whose work is on view in NMWA’s collection galleries.
![A very close-up detail shot of a painting featuring tiny dots arranged to form vary shades of blue circles outlined in white. Layered blue dots, appearing almost three-dimensional against a black background, are in focus in the foreground and the blue background is blurred.](https://nmwa.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Collection-Artworks-3rdFloor-_4_-aspect-ratio-2.25-1-700x330.jpg)