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An Open Book: Judy Chicago’s “The Flowering”

Posted: July 20, 2021
Category: Book Reviews
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.
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Florine Stettheimer: Painting Poetry

Posted: November 21, 2017
Category: Book Reviews
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.
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See and Be Seen: Diane Arbus

Posted: August 30, 2016
Category: Book Reviews
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Recent Acquisitions at the LRC: The Agonizing and Absurd Moments of Palestinian Life

Posted: June 27, 2016
Category: Book Reviews
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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,...
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Feminism and Daring: Cataloguing Niki de Saint Phalle

Posted: October 29, 2015
Category: Book Reviews
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Recent Acquisitions at the LRC: You Are You

Posted: September 30, 2015
Category: Book Reviews
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Louise Bourgeois: By the Book

Posted: August 13, 2015
Category: Book Reviews
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Recent Acquisitions at the LRC: Spirit of Caesar, Soul of a Woman?

Posted: July 1, 2015
Category: Book Reviews
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.