The gender gap in the arts is narrowing, yet women continue to only make up around 25% of solo gallery shows, and in 30 years of prizes, a woman has...
Recent library acquisitions: Bookplates by Helena Bochořáková-Dittrichová
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January 27, 2015
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From The Vault
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...
Behind the Scenes in the Registrar’s Office: Crates, Notes, and Dust Motes
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September 4, 2014
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From The Vault
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...
Behind-the-Scenes: NMWA Joins the Google Art Project
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March 27, 2014
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From The Vault
We were so excited about our March 8 launch on the Google Art Project! A great deal of work went into posting the 59 artworks from NMWA’s collection and the...
Louise Moillon: Still Lifes and Saint-Germain (Part 2 of 2)
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July 5, 2013
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From The Vault
Boasting one of the most stellar artistic careers in 17th-century France, Louise Moillon played a crucial role in raising the genre of still-life painting to one of the most popular...
Movies, Masons, and More: The Peculiar Past of NMWA’s Building
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April 24, 2013
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From The Vault
With a history as varied as the museum’s collection, NMWA’s building is a work of art in itself. Designed in a Renaissance-revival style, the six-story structure embodies orderliness and civic...
In honor of A World Apart: Anna Ancher and the Skagen Art Colony, on view through May 12, 2013, we’re researching other delightful, innovative, and interesting Danish women in the...
The Library and Research Center at the National Museum of Women in the Arts recently accepted an archival donation from the estate of artist Catharina Baart Biddle (1912–2005). The wealth...
Ask Heather Monthly Feature: Treasures of the Library and Research Center: exploring the Doris Lee Archive
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July 1, 2011
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From The Vault
Want to know more about a lesser-known woman artist? The history of NMWA? A history of fashion worn to NMWA Galas? Heather Slania, director of NMWA’s Library and Research Center,...
Louise Moillon is an enigma. Born in 1609 or 1610 in France to a Protestant family, her works reflect a distinct Flemish influence, yet at the same time reject the...
