Happy birthday, Judy Chicago! In honor of the artist’s 82nd birthday, we dive into her new autobiography, a candid reflection on a life dedicated to feminist art.
The next time you visit NMWA, come to the Betty Boyd Dettre Library and Research Center (LRC) to see new books on women in the arts, as well as reference...
Photographer Lori Grinker Documents Life “Afterwar”
Posted: November 10, 2016
Category: Book Reviews
Learn about photographer Lori Grinker and her book Afterwar: Veterans from a World in Conflict, which features portraits and first-person testimony chronicling the lasting traumas experienced by soldiers.
“A photograph is a secret about a secret. The more it tells you the less you know,” said Diane Arbus (1923–71), who obsessed about the secrets of others while carefully...
Recent Acquisitions at the LRC: The Agonizing and Absurd Moments of Palestinian Life
Posted: June 27, 2016
Category: Book Reviews
The next time you visit NMWA, come to the Betty Boyd Dettre Library and Research Center to see new books on women in the arts, as well as reference books, artists’ books,...
Recent Acquisitions at the LRC: Their Stories Through Her Lens
Posted: May 19, 2016
Category: Book Reviews
The next time you visit NMWA, come to the Betty Boyd Dettre Library and Research Center to see new books on women in the arts, as well as reference books, artists’ books,...
Feminism and Daring: Cataloguing Niki de Saint Phalle
Posted: October 29, 2015
Category: Book Reviews
Saint Phalle may be best known for exuberant mosaic sculptures known as her “Nanas,” several of which were showcased as the inaugural works in NMWA’s New York Avenue Sculpture Project....
The next time you visit NMWA, come to the Betty Boyd Dettre Library and Research Center to see new books on women in the arts, as well as reference books,...
The exhibition catalogue Louise Bourgeois. Structures of Existence: The Cells (Prestel Publishing and Haus der Kunst, 2015) showcases the artist’s work creating Cells, a series of architectural sculptures that she...
Recent Acquisitions at the LRC: Spirit of Caesar, Soul of a Woman?
Posted: July 1, 2015
Category: Book Reviews