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#5WomenArtists Up Close: Tate

Posted: March 25, 2019
Category: Advocacy
Hear from Nell Burnham, digital marketing production officer at Tate, about her museum’s commitments to advance gender equity in the arts.

#5WomenArtists Up Close: New-York Historical Society

Posted: March 18, 2019
Category: Advocacy
For #5WomenArtists, we asked cultural institutions to commit to actions that will advance gender equity in the arts. Hear about the New-York Historical Society Museum & Library (NYHS) commitments.
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#5WomenArtists Up Close: the Jewish Museum

Posted: March 11, 2019
Category: Advocacy
NMWA’s annual #5WomenArtists campaign calls attention to the fact that women artists remain underrepresented—and their work undervalued—in the art world. Hear from JiaJia Fei, director of digital at the Jewish...
In a museum gallery space, a large yellow sculpture of the word "OY" is in the center of the room with four paintings of large and small sizes behind it. The white wall is awash in blue light.

#5WomenArtists Up Close: North Carolina Museum of Art

Posted: March 4, 2019
Category: Advocacy
NMWA’s annual #5WomenArtists campaign calls attention to the fact that women artists remain underrepresented—and their work undervalued—in the art world. Hear from Dr. Valerie Hillings, director of the North Carolina...
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#5WomenArtists: From Awareness to Action

Posted: February 26, 2019
Category: Advocacy
Each March since 2016, the National Museum of Women in the Arts has posed a simple question on social media for Women’s History Month: Can you name five women artists?
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.

Art Fix Friday: November 2, 2018

Posted: November 2, 2018
Category: Advocacy
NMWA Assistant Curator Orin Zahra is featured in an article about Impressionist Marie Bracquemond; Hito Steyerl wins the 2019 Käthe Kollwitz Prize; Betye Saar is on view at the New...
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Writing and Righting History: 2018 Wikipedia Edit-a-thon

Posted: April 12, 2018
Category: Advocacy
For the fifth year, Art+Feminism led the global initiative to improve the Wikipedia representation of women artists and to train women editors. NMWA’s Betty Boyd Dettre Library and Research Center...
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Can You Name #5WomenArtists?

Posted: February 22, 2018
Category: Advocacy
Can you name five women artists? Did your response include any women artists of color? Women artists, especially women of color, remain dramatically underrepresented and undervalued in museums, galleries, and...

Art Fix Friday: June 16, 2017

Posted: June 16, 2017
Category: Advocacy
This year’s edition of Art Basel, Switzerland, opened on Thursday, June 15. The art fair showcases posters by the Guerrilla Girls, a video installation by Cécile B. Evans with a...
A black-and-white photograph of a light-skinned adult woman holding a newspaper with news about World War II. She wears a coat and her short, curly hair is caught in the wind.