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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.
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Miriam Schapiro: Feminist and “Femmagist”

Posted: November 14, 2014
Category: From The Collection
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...
A colorfully painted and collaged folding fan spread open on a peach-orange background.

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....
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.

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...
A wall-mounted sculpture made of metal convincingly resembles an elaborate knot of twisted, rolled, and tied silver and copper fabrics. Pleated ends radiate at different angles from the tangled, coppery center and project out from the wall into the viewer’s space.

Images that Tell a Story: The First Woman Graphic Novelist

Posted: September 29, 2014
Category: From The Collection
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.

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...
Exterior color photo of the museum building with a blue sky and clouds.

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.
Four long, white, cloudy-looking wisps against a cyan navy background.

Meret Oppenheim’s “Schoolgirl’s Notebook”

Posted: July 15, 2014
Category: From The 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...
An open book into whose pages the shapes of hands have been cut. Gray gloves painted with red veins are visible through the cutouts. An identical pair of gloves rest next to the book.

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...
View of a gallery space. In a dark room, the title of the exhibition, "Total Art: Contemporary Video", is projected on a wall.

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...
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: From The Collection
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.