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Behind The Scenes

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.
When first exhibited at the 2004 Whitney Biennial, 89 Seconds at Alcázar (2004) was a runaway success. Eve Sussman and the Rufus Corporation, a collaborative of actors, choreographers, technicians, and...
View of a gallery space. In a dark room, the title of the exhibition, "Total Art: Contemporary Video", is projected on a wall.

Membership, Mission, and Masterpieces

Posted: June 30, 2014
Category: Behind The Scenes
From NMWA’s founding in 1981 to the public opening of the museum in 1987, to the exhibitions and programs that have kept NMWA’s audiences educated and entertained throughout the years,...
Three side-by-side works on vanilla-colored paper features eyes, hands and ears with words printed on them.

Behind-the-Scenes: NMWA Joins the Google Art Project

Posted: March 27, 2014
Category: Behind The Scenes
We were so excited about our March 8 launch on the Google Art Project! A great deal of work went into posting the 59 artworks from NMWA’s collection and the...
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.

Including the Excluded: NMWA’s Wikipedia Edit-a-thon

Posted: March 25, 2014
Category: Behind The Scenes
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.

Women in Arts Leadership—Who’s Counting?

Posted: March 13, 2014
Category: Behind The Scenes
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.

From the Archives: Catharina Baart Biddle

Posted: May 1, 2012
Category: Behind The Scenes
The Library and Research Center at the National Museum of Women in the Arts recently accepted an archival donation from the estate of artist Catharina Baart Biddle (1912–2005). The wealth...
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.
Chakaia Booker’s creative process involves exploring and exploiting the full artistic potential of rubber tires. She carefully selects tires with easy-to-cut, worn-out treads in order to transform them into her...
Two large abstract sculptures made from tires rise from a center median in a city street. The sculptures are wavy columns.

“Dearest Frieducha!”: The Letters of Guillermo Kahlo to His Daughter Frida

Posted: October 28, 2010
Category: Behind The Scenes
The correspondence between Frida Kahlo and her father, Guillermo Kahlo, is of interest not only because it concerns two figures prominent in Mexico’s cultural history, but also because it can...
A letter handwritten in Spanish from 1931. The paper is worn and stained and the letter is addressed to Mamacita Linda.

Woman to Watch: Kate Longmaid

Posted: July 16, 2010
Category: Behind The Scenes
In conjunction with Body of Work: New Perspectives on Figurative Painting, Broad Strokes is proud to spotlight the artists featured in Women to Watch. Select portraitists will be commenting on...
Two large paintings hang on a lavender wall. In the first, a dark-skinned woman stands in a white landscape, and in the other, a fence, house, and large birds float on a solid turquoise background. On the other white wall is an abstract multimedia work with houses, cakes, and patterns.