On view at NMWA in 2014 in Meret Oppenheim: Tender Friendships, Table with Bird’s Feet is a Surrealist sculpture that blends an everyday object with the fantastical.

Artist Spotlight: Margaret Salmon’s Video Ode to New Mothers
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August 12, 2014
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Nmwa Exhibitions
In 2005 Margaret Salmon (b. 1975, NY) received the inaugural Max Mara Art Prize for Women, which awarded her the opportunity to complete a six-month residency in Italy to further...

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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Nmwa Exhibitions
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: Janaina Tschäpe, Goddess of Water and Melancholy
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July 28, 2014
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Nmwa Exhibitions
Learn more about artist Janaina Tschäpe, who is known for Lacrimacorpus (Zeitschneide) and whose work is featured in the NMWA collection.

Artist Spotlight: The Magical Erasure of Michal Rovner
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July 22, 2014
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Nmwa Exhibitions
Learn more about artist Michal Rovner, whose work is featured in the NMWA exhibition Total Art: Contemporary Videoand in the NMWA collection.

Today is a very special day for the legendary Judy Chicago—her 75th birthday! Over her 75 years, Judy Chicago has made a prominent name for herself as an artist, author,...

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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Nmwa Exhibitions
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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Nmwa Exhibitions
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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Nmwa Exhibitions
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...
