Recent library acquisitions: Bookplates by Helena Bochořáková-Dittrichová
Posted: January 27, 2015
Category: From The Collection
Museum visitors may remember the recent exhibition in NMWA’s Betty Boyd Dettre Library and Research Center featuring wordless novels by the first woman graphic novelist, Czech artist Helena Bochořáková-Dittrichová. Her bold black-and-white...
While the weather outside is cooling down, take a look at an artist born in November whose work is known for bright colors, exuberant patterns, and play on texture and...
Graphic Novels to Watch Out For: “Marbles” by Ellen Forney
Posted: November 5, 2014
Category: From The Collection
Alongside the Betty Boyd Dettre Library and Research Center’s current exhibition, The First Woman Graphic Novelist: Helena Bochořáková-Dittrichová, the library’s display shelves currently feature fantastic contemporary graphic novels by women....
Lynda Benglis & Maya Lin: Spookily Impressive Artists
Posted: October 24, 2014
Category: From The Collection
Born October 25, 1941, Lynda Benglis first gained renown for her poured-latex sculptures. The bright splashes of color departed from—but also engaged with—the restrained minimalist art popular with critics and...
Images that Tell a Story: The First Woman Graphic Novelist
Posted: September 29, 2014
Category: From The Collection
Behind the Scenes in the Registrar’s Office: Crates, Notes, and Dust Motes
Posted: September 4, 2014
Category: From The Collection
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...
Artist Spotlight: The Magical Erasure of Michal Rovner
Posted: July 22, 2014
Category: From The Collection
Learn more about artist Michal Rovner, whose work is featured in the NMWA exhibition Total Art: Contemporary Videoand in the NMWA collection.
On view in Meret Oppenheim: Tender Friendships, the artist’s early work Schoolgirl’s Notebook (Cahier d’une Écoliere) provides insight into her spirit and ambition as a young artist, as well as...
Artist Spotlight: The Collaboration of Ingrid Mwangi and Robert Hutter
Posted: July 8, 2014
Category: From The Collection
In 2005, spouses Ingrid Mwangi (b. 1975, Nairobi, Kenya) and Robert Hutter (b. 1964, Ludwigshafen, Germany) began working as a collaborative artistic force. Today, they exhibit their joint works under...
Artist Spotlight: Pipilotti Rist’s Red Room and Blue Bodily Letter
Posted: July 1, 2014
Category: From The Collection
One of the nine gallery spaces in Total Art: Contemporary Video is vividly painted with an oblong white space centered on a red wall. This was not a random design...