Argentinian artist Dolores Furtado talks about her process and work, which is featured in Paper Routes, the latest installment of NMWA's Women to Watch exhibition series.
![A close up color photograph of a light skinned woman who stares unsmiling at the camera. She has chin-length blonde ombre hair, dark eyebrows, and blue-grey eyes. The background of the photo is blurred.](https://nmwa.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/foto-final-002-aspect-ratio-2.25-1-6000x330.jpg)
Edna Reindel: An Inspiring Artist for an Unprecedented Time
Posted: May 27, 2020
Category: Artist Spotlight
Edna Reindel's "Women at War" paintings express her viewpoint that humans endure—and even thrive— during challenging times when they work communally and pursue equity.
![Painting of a light-skinned woman wearing safety goggles and working with machinery in an industrial warehouse setting. In the background, other light-skinned figures work on airplane parts.](https://nmwa.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/1990.106-hero-aspect-ratio-2.25x1.png)
Xaviera Simmons: “How might our entire history have been different…?”
Posted: January 8, 2020
Category: Artist Spotlight
In her writings on racial and social justice, Xaviera Simmons has expressed a desire to understand what it takes to shift political systems. Her art works to shift our notions...
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Landscape of Change: Janaina Tschäpe’s “100 Little Deaths”
Posted: October 15, 2019
Category: Artist Spotlight
Janaina Tschäpe began her "100 Little Deaths" series in 1996 as an exploration of landscape, transmutation, and death. Each self-portrait depicts the artist sprawled face down in different environments around...
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Impress your friends with five fast facts about Louise Dahl-Wolfe (1895–1989), best known today for her innovative fashion photography.
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Impress your friends with five fast facts about artist Niki de Saint Phalle (1930–2002), whose work Pregnant Nana (1993) is on view in NMWA's galleries.
![View of the gallery shows an eye-catching marble sculpture in the foreground and a visitor looking at multiple brightly colored artworks in the background. The abstract scupture is of a voluptuous figure with pregnant belly covered in bright patterns and posed with outstretched arms.](https://nmwa.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/NWMA_Shoot_Photo_136-aspect-ratio-2.25x1.jpg)
Ursula von Rydingsvard: The Contour of Feeling presents the artist’s monumental cedar wood sculptures alongside newer works for the first time.
![A large cedar and paint sculpture installed against a white wall.](https://nmwa.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/OCEAN-VOICES-1-aspect-ratio-2.25x1-1.jpg)
Impress your friends with five fast facts about artist Judy Chicago (b. 1939), who will celebrate her 80th birthday on July 20.
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Ursula von Rydingsvard has created large-scale sculptures that can be visited in public parks, plazas, and civic buildings across the country. Curious to discover more of her work? Here are...
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Finding Meaning in Form: Ursula von Rydingsvard’s Process
Posted: June 19, 2019
Category: Artist Spotlight
Ursula von Rydingsvard's sculptural practice is a way to give tangible form to her feelings and ideas. It must not only be understood in technical terms, but also as an...
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