Merian’s Daughters: Monika E. de Vries Gohlke, Amy Lamb, and Janaina Tschäpe
Posted: September 1, 2015
Category: Education
Three artists credit groundbreaking 17th-century artist and scientist Maria Sibylla Merian, whose work is also on view in Super Natural, as a major influence on their performances, photography, videos, and...
![Close-up photograph shows a trumpet-shaped flower against a dark black background. The flower's striated, long neck erupts in a profusion of purple and white petals that dominate the composition.](https://nmwa.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/2015.21_1317-aspect-ratio-2.25-1-700x330.jpg)
Impress your friends with five fast facts about Elisabetta Gut, whose work is currently on view in NMWA’s galleries.
![A brown, tropical fruit with a large segment of skin removed to reveal small, round pages of sheet music inside instead of fruit flesh. The book rests on a square woodblock with “libra—seme” printed in the bottom-right corner.](https://nmwa.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/2004.33_v2-aspect-ratio-2.25-1-700x330.jpg)
Impress your friends with five fast facts about Rachel Ruysch, whose work will be on view at NMWA in Super Natural, June 5–September 13, 2015.
![A still life painting featuring an asymmetrical arrangement of flowers; the central section features pink, orange, yellow, and blue flowers and is dramatically highlighted compared to the background and outer edge of arrangement.](https://nmwa.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/1986.282-GAP-aspect-ratio-2.25x1.png)
Impress your friends with five fast facts about Italian artist Sofonisba Anguissola, whose work is currently on view at NMWA in Picturing Mary.
![Three quarter length painting of a woman standing against a dark background. She is wearing a sumptuous red Renaissance-style dress with a high lace collar. Standing next to her at bottom left is a child holding a small spaniel.](https://nmwa.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/2001.134-aspect-ratio-2.25-1-700x330.jpg)
Did you know that NMWA launched its first-ever online exhibition, A Global Icon: Mary in Context, in conjunction with Picturing Mary: Woman, Mother, Idea?
![View of a gallery space with blue walls. On the left is a painting of a woman in a dark blue dress in a golden frame. Next to it is a red cloth framed in glass.](https://nmwa.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Picturing-Mary-Exhibition_07_15999-aspect-ratio-2.25-1-2-700x330.jpg)
Impress your friends with five fast facts about artist Artemisia Gentileschi, whose work is currently on view at NMWA in Picturing Mary.
![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.](https://nmwa.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/thf46715_nmwa41-scaled-aspect-ratio-2.25x1.jpg)
Behind the Scenes in the Registrar’s Office: Crates, Notes, and Dust Motes
Posted: September 4, 2014
Category: Education
Visitors to the National Museum of Women in the Arts have no doubt seen Anne Vallayer-Coster’s majestic portrait of Madame de Saint-Huberty in the Role of Dido, which currently hangs...
![Exterior color photo of the museum building with a blue sky and clouds.](https://nmwa.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/NWMA_Shoot_Photo_84-aspect-ratio-2.25-1-3-700x330.jpg)
Alex Prager (b. 1979, Los Angeles) is a self-taught photographer and filmmaker known for large-scale pictures of actresses in eccentrically costumed and choreographed crowds. La Petite Mort (2012), which is...
![View of a gallery space. In a dark room, the title of the exhibition, "Total Art: Contemporary Video", is projected on a wall.](https://nmwa.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Total-Art_-contemporary-videos-exhibition_02_7634-aspect-ratio-2.25-1-1-700x330.jpg)
On view in Total Art: Contemporary Video, Dara Birnbaum’s Technology/Transformation: Wonder Woman (1978–79) opens with several minutes of footage showing intense explosions, transformations, and sampled disco tunes. Just as a...
![View of a gallery space. In a dark room, the title of the exhibition, "Total Art: Contemporary Video", is projected on a wall.](https://nmwa.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Total-Art_-contemporary-videos-exhibition_02_7634-aspect-ratio-2.25-1-6-700x330.jpg)
The internet has become one of the most readily used resources for answers to myriad questions. A quick Google keyword search will often land a Wikipedia link for inquiring minds...
![Several people are sitting next to each other on their laptops, looking up. Two large paintings are hanging behind them.](https://nmwa.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/20190323_103309_35658-aspect-ratio-2.25-1-700x330.jpg)