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Photographer Lori Grinker Documents Life “Afterwar”

Posted: November 10, 2016
Category: Library And Research Center
Learn about photographer Lori Grinker and her book Afterwar: Veterans from a World in Conflict, which features portraits and first-person testimony chronicling the lasting traumas experienced by soldiers.
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.

See and Be Seen: Diane Arbus

Posted: August 30, 2016
Category: Library And Research Center
“A photograph is a secret about a secret. The more it tells you the less you know,” said Diane Arbus (1923–71), who obsessed about the secrets of others while carefully...
Several black and white photographs hanging on a white gallery wall.

“Puzzle de Brasil”: A Topographical Tourist Map

Posted: August 18, 2016
Category: Library And Research Center
While the 2016 Rio Olympic Games encourage development in Brazil and bolster the country’s worldwide reputation, NMWA’s Betty Boyd Dettre Library and Research Center (LRC) is showing a work that...
A brightly colored book displayed open whose pages decrease in size toward the center. To the left, a vertical rectangle on which is depicted five stylized faces with black hair, medium-dark skintone, green eyes, and no mouths. A black cat with green eyes is also among the faces.

Wordplay and Whimsy: Priya Pereira’s Book Art

Posted: July 5, 2016
Category: Library And Research Center
NMWA’s Betty Boyd Dettre Library and Research Center (LRC) currently features an exhibition showcasing works by book Mumbai-based artist Priya Pereira. The artist explores Indian culture, history, time, and language...
A brightly colored book displayed open whose pages decrease in size toward the center. To the left, a vertical rectangle on which is depicted five stylized faces with black hair, medium-dark skintone, green eyes, and no mouths. A black cat with green eyes is also among the faces.

Recent Acquisitions at the LRC: The Agonizing and Absurd Moments of Palestinian Life

Posted: June 27, 2016
Category: Library And Research Center
The next time you visit NMWA, come to the Betty Boyd Dettre Library and Research Center to see new books on women in the arts, as well as reference books, artists’ books,...
A gallery view of a black wall with a large photograph of a woman. The woman is wearing a long black dress and a head scarf. She is standing in the ocean, surrounded by waves. On the right wall is a text that says "She who tells a story".

Recent Acquisitions at the LRC: Their Stories Through Her Lens

Posted: May 19, 2016
Category: Library And Research Center
The next time you visit NMWA, come to the Betty Boyd Dettre Library and Research Center to see new books on women in the arts, as well as reference books, artists’ books,...
A gallery view of a black wall with a large photograph of a woman. The woman is wearing a long black dress and a head scarf. She is standing in the ocean, surrounded by waves. On the right wall is a text that says "She who tells a story".

Feminism and Daring: Cataloguing Niki de Saint Phalle

Posted: October 29, 2015
Category: Library And Research Center
Saint Phalle may be best known for exuberant mosaic sculptures known as her “Nanas,” several of which were showcased as the inaugural works in NMWA’s New York Avenue Sculpture Project....

Recent Acquisitions at the LRC: You Are You

Posted: September 30, 2015
Category: Library And Research Center
The next time you visit NMWA, come to the Betty Boyd Dettre Library and Research Center to see new books on women in the arts, as well as reference books,...
A bookshelf packed with colorful books about women artists.

Recent Acquisitions at the LRC: Spirit of Caesar, Soul of a Woman?

Posted: July 1, 2015
Category: Library And Research Center
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.

Women in the Arts: [Citation Needed]

Posted: April 2, 2015
Category: Library And Research Center
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...
Several people are sitting next to each other on their laptops, looking up. Two large paintings are hanging behind them.