Just a mile from their home at NMWA, 11 collection works are on display at the National Gallery. Learn about works by Frida Kahlo, Eva Hesse, and Amy Sherald as...
![Wearing a bright yellow apron-style dress with strawberries and lace-trim details, an expressionless young woman with medium-dark skin tone rendered in grayscale stares out with her hands in her dress pockets. Her head is cocked to one side against an intensely pink-colored background.](https://nmwa.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/2012.2-aspect-ratio-2.25-1-700x330.jpg)
Steven Scott, owner of Baltimore’s Steven Scott Gallery and a major donor of contemporary art to the NMWA collection, celebrates the career of Amy Sherald.
![Wearing a bright yellow apron-style dress with strawberries and lace-trim details, an expressionless young woman with medium-dark skin tone rendered in grayscale stares out with her hands in her dress pockets. Her head is cocked to one side against an intensely pink-colored background.](https://nmwa.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/2012.2-aspect-ratio-2.25-1-700x330.jpg)
Explore the themes featured in NMWA's most recent collection installation with NMWA director Susan Fisher Sterling.
![Eight diverse women museum visitors are scattered throughout the NMWA collection galleries browsing the art on the walls.](https://nmwa.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/KAP_NMWA_2019_01_19_142-1-copy-aspect-ratio-2.25x1.jpg)
O’Keeffe’s painting Hibiscus sells for $4.8 million at auction; The Brooklyn Museum acquires 96 works by women; Berthe Morisot: Woman Impressionist is on view at the Musée national des beaux-arts du...
![A black-and-white photograph of a light-skinned adult woman holding a newspaper with news about World War II. She wears a coat and her short, curly hair is caught in the wind.](https://nmwa.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/1997.181-2-aspect-ratio-2.25x1.png)
Learn more about how Amy Sherald inspires others and her two works in the NMWA collection, They call me Redbone but I’d rather be Strawberry Shortcake (2009) and It Made...
![Amy Sherald speaks to a crowd in a gallery beside her striking portraits depicting individuals with gray skintones against vibrant, solid-colored backgrounds. She gestures with her hands and has a serious expression on her face.](https://nmwa.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/AmySherald-ArtistTalk-_60_-E-aspect-ratio-2.25x1.jpg)
Hear from Baltimore-based artist Amy Sherald about her background, artistic process, and works.
![Vibrant painting of a young lady with medium skin tone staring out against a bright pink background. The painting is partially obscured by the silhouetted heads of museum visitors.](https://nmwa.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/AmySherald-ArtistTalk-_2_-E-aspect-ratio-2.25-1-700x330.jpg)
During an Artists in Conversation program at NMWA on May 9, artist Amy Sherald shares her sources of inspiration and what she hopes viewers will take away from her work.
![Vibrant painting of a young lady with medium skin tone staring out against a bright pink background. The painting is partially obscured by the silhouetted heads of museum visitors.](https://nmwa.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/AmySherald-ArtistTalk-_2_-E-aspect-ratio-2.25x1.jpg)
Impress your friends with five fast facts about painter Amy Sherald, whose work is on view in NMWA’s collection galleries.
![Wearing a bright yellow apron-style dress with strawberries and lace-trim details, an expressionless young woman with medium-dark skin tone rendered in grayscale stares out with her hands in her dress pockets. Her head is cocked to one side against an intensely pink-colored background.](https://nmwa.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/2012.2-aspect-ratio-2.25-1-700x330.jpg)
![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.](https://nmwa.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/thf46715_nmwa41-scaled-aspect-ratio-2.25x1.jpg)
![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.](https://nmwa.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/thf46715_nmwa41-scaled-aspect-ratio-2.25x1.jpg)