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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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Sister Mary Corita on PBS!

Posted: April 17, 2012
Category: Public Programs
Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art Kathryn A. Wat was recently interviewed by PBS’s Religion and Ethics Newsweekly. Wat described R(ad)ical Love: Sister Mary Corita, NMWA’s current exhibition of Corita’s...
A white room with a wall in the foreground that has bold, red and orange text that reads ‘R(ad)ical Love: Sister Mary Corita, March 9–July 15, 2012.’ In the background, bold and colorful prints with text are hang on a white wall.

Lee Krasner: A Fascinating and Iconic Modernist Master

Posted: April 1, 2011
Category: Public Programs
For many years, Lee Krasner was overshadowed by her formidable husband, the renowned Jackson Pollock. Yet at Gail Levin shows, this independent woman of uncompromising talent and fiery genius was...
Densely layered, expressive brushwork in cream, white, and multiple shades of green cover a rectangular, horizontal canvas from edge to edge. Daubs and splashes of paint mingle with strokes resembling arcs, circles, ovals, and other curving forms to suggest movement and energy.