Two paintings by Hung Liu are exciting new additions to NMWA's collection, enabling the museum to showcase Liu’s distinguished skills as a painter and printmaker.
Joana Vasconcelos's Rubra, a nearly six-foot-tall glass and textile chandelier, is an exciting new addition to NMWA's collection through a gift from museum patron Christine Suppes.
From the Curator: Inside “Delita Martin: Calling Down the Spirits”
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April 27, 2020
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From The Curator
Associate Curator Ginny Treanor goes behind the scenes of Delita Martin: Calling Down the Spirits.
Artist Spotlight: Behind the Scenes with Eve Sussman, the Rufus Corporation, and the Old Masters
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August 4, 2014
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From The Curator
When first exhibited at the 2004 Whitney Biennial, 89 Seconds at Alcázar (2004) was a runaway success. Eve Sussman and the Rufus Corporation, a collaborative of actors, choreographers, technicians, and...
Artist Spotlight: The Magical Erasure of Michal Rovner
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July 22, 2014
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From The Curator
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
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July 8, 2014
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From The Curator
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
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July 1, 2014
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From The Curator
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...
Artist Spotlight: Dara Birnbaum—Video as Subject and Form
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June 24, 2014
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From The Curator
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...
Now on View: The Compelling Worlds of “Total Art: Contemporary Video” at NMWA
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June 6, 2014
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From The Curator
Why does the moniker “total art” apply to the medium of video? What elements can be incorporated, and how does the genre blur traditional lines between “fine art” and other...
