Artist Spotlight

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.
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Women Making Moves: Immigrant Artists in NMWA’s Collection

Posted: May 17, 2017
Category: Artist Spotlight
As life in Europe became increasingly dangerous during World War II, some artists sought new lives abroad. Burgeoning art movements springing from major cities in North America shifted the art...
Green-tinted woven wood covers the corners and leads to the middle where a woman in an orange cloak made from various wooden objects such as a wagon wheel holds a candle and looks to her right at a man entering into the room from a door. The man is wearing a blue cloak and is also comprised of wooden objects. In his right hand, he holds a white flower. Behind them, a clock hangs on the wall, and in the left corner, a blackbird perches on a chair.

Artist Friendships: Leonora Carrington and Remedios Varo

Posted: May 13, 2017
Category: Artist Spotlight
Inspired by the special exhibition New Ground: The Southwest of Maria Martinez and Laura Gilpin, we are celebrating famous artist friendships. Did you know that Leonora Carrington (1917–2011) and Remedios...
Surrealist painting shaped like an animal skin dominated by a foreboding human-like shape hovering over narrative scenes of animals, human hybrids, and reverse-handwritten Celtic references. At the center, a bright blue circle containing a chimeric figure sits atop a seated camel.

Artist Friendships: Loïs Mailou Jones and Céline Tabary

Posted: May 8, 2017
Category: Artist Spotlight
Inspired by the special exhibition New Ground: The Southwest of Maria Martinez and Laura Gilpin, we are celebrating famous artist friendships, like the one between Loïs Mailou Jones and Céline...
Beneath a soft blue sky, a picturesque village nestles in a valley between a river in the extreme foreground and verdant mountains. Combining loose and discrete brushstrokes with a palette of greens and golds, the painting recalls Paul Cézanne’s late 19th-century landscapes.

5 Fast Facts: Amy Sherald

Posted: May 3, 2017
Category: Artist Spotlight
Impress your friends with five fast facts about painter Amy Sherald, whose work is on view in NMWA’s collection galleries.
Wearing a bright yellow apron-style dress with strawberries and lace-trim details, an expressionless young woman with medium-dark skin tone rendered in grayscale stares out with her hands in her dress pockets. Her head is cocked to one side against an intensely pink-colored background.

Artist Friendships: Lola Álvarez Bravo and Frida Kahlo

Posted: May 2, 2017
Category: Artist Spotlight
Inspired by the special exhibition New Ground: The Southwest of Maria Martinez and Laura Gilpin, we are celebrating famous artist friendships. Did you know that Lola Álvarez Bravo (1903–1993) and...
Black-and-white photograph of a woman wearing a dark skirt and light blouse holding a child. The woman faces back and her dark braid reaches past her waist. The dark-haired child stares at the camera and wears a white embroidered dress. Other figures are slightly visible beyond.

Artist Friendships: Louise Dahl-Wolfe and Mary Jane Russell

Posted: April 26, 2017
Category: Artist Spotlight
Inspired by the special exhibition New Ground: The Southwest of Maria Martinez and Laura Gilpin, we are celebrating famous artist friendships. Did you know that photographer Louise Dahl-Wolfe (1895–1989) and...
A black and white photograph of a light-skinned woman wearing a one-piece white bathing suit and white swim cap. She is lying down on sand with her hands behind her head. There are footprints in the sand below her, and the image is framed by large rocks.

Happy Birthday, Adélaïde Labille-Guiard!

Posted: April 11, 2017
Category: Artist Spotlight
Adélaïde Labille-Guiard (1749–1803) was a celebrated female artist in 18th-century France. Labille-Guiard’s artistic career was hindered by the changes in power surrounding the French Revolution and was somewhat restricted due...
A light-skinned woman with grey hair stands in front of a dark landscape. She smiles slightly, wearing a blue dress with long sleeves, white lace, and a brown belt with a dark buckle. A large white feather perches on her blue hat, a gold earring hangs from her right ear.

Creating Contemporary Artifacts in “Border Crossing”

Posted: April 5, 2017
Category: Artist Spotlight
Now on view at the National Museum of Women in the Arts, Border Crossing: Jami Porter Lara presents recent work by Albuquerque-based artist Jami Porter Lara (b. 1969), who hand-builds...
Installation view of a gallery space. On a bright blue wall, it says in big black letters "Border crossing" and "Jami Porter Lara". Underneath are three exposed shelves covered in small black bottle sculptures.

Artist Spotlight: Julie Roberts

Posted: March 15, 2017
Category: Artist Spotlight
Paintings by Julie Roberts (b. 1963, Fflint, Wales) are both realistic and otherworldly, often focusing on the restraint of the human body and the power structure of institutions. Roberts finds inspiration...
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.

Coiled, Built, and Fired: An Ancient Process for Contemporary Art

Posted: March 13, 2017
Category: Artist Spotlight
Now on view at the National Museum of Women in the Arts, Border Crossing: Jami Porter Lara presents recent work by Albuquerque-based artist Jami Porter Lara (b. 1969), who hand-builds...
Installation view of a gallery space. On a bright blue wall, it says in big black letters "Border crossing" and "Jami Porter Lara". Underneath are three exposed shelves covered in small black bottle sculptures.