Opposites Attract: Linda Nochlin and Joan Mitchell
Posted: September 28, 2020
Category: Joan Mitchell
The close friendship between art historian, critic, and curator Linda Nochlin and painter Joan Mitchell may have thrived in part because Nochlin’s analytic ice proved a valuable counterpoint to Mitchell’s...
![Close-up detail of an abstract painting with very thick and gestural brushstrokes of mostly orange paint.](https://nmwa.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/DSC00322-aspect-ratio-2.25-1-4240x330.jpg)
At NMWA, we regularly rotate our collection to spark new thematic connections. Museum director, Susan Fisher Sterling, explores "The Great Outdoors" from our most recent collection installation.
![Two adolescent girls with light skin wearing matching blue uniforms float side-by-side on the edge of a grassy pond while holding hands.](https://nmwa.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/2009.62-1-aspect-ratio-2.25-1-700x330.jpg)
Impress your friends with five fast facts about abstract expressionist painter Joan Mitchell, whose work is on view in NMWA’s collection galleries.
![Close-up detail of an abstract painting that features dense and chaotic brushstrokes of pale gray, lavender, and cobalt.](https://nmwa.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/DSC01587-aspect-ratio-2.25x1.jpg)
![A vertical, abstraction features broadly painted strokes of pale gray, lavender, and cobalt in the upper two-thirds of the canvas. The colors continue in the lower third, along with touches of green, black, and other hues, but the expressive brushwork becomes denser and chaotic.](https://nmwa.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/1986.220-1-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)
Impress your friends with five fast facts about artist Anne Truitt (1921–2004), whose work is on view in NMWA’s collection galleries.
![Tall, rectangular, pillar-like sculpture, painted in vibrant green hues on a smooth, clean surface. The sculpture stands against a solid white backdrop.](https://nmwa.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/1986.325-aspect-ratio-2.25-1-700x330.jpg)
The Pre-K Invasion: Developing New Tours for Young Audiences
Posted: May 24, 2016
Category: Joan Mitchell
![A group of kids standing on colorful mats in a museum space. They are looking towards an oil portrait of a woman in regal garments. A woman with a light skin tone and blonde hair is talking in front of the children.](https://nmwa.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/IMG_0601_edited_16751-aspect-ratio-2.25-1-700x330.jpg)
In Arabic, the word rawiya means “she who tells a story.” Each artist in NMWA’s summer exhibition She Who Tells a Story: Women Photographers from Iran and the Arab World...
![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".](https://nmwa.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/She-Who-Tells-a-Story-exhibition_28_1399-aspect-ratio-2.25-1-4-700x330.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)
A Housewife’s Ballet: Kirsten Justesen on Domesticity and Art
Posted: April 30, 2016
Category: Joan Mitchell
Danish artist Kirsten Justesen’s oeuvre highlights her experience navigating her role as a woman and artist.
![A photograph shows the nude artist sitting in a metal grocery cart. It is located on a paved road in a flat, empty landscape under a gray, misty sky. Her back to the viewer, the light-skinned, brunette woman holds her raised arms in a wide V-shape, suggesting joy or abandon.](https://nmwa.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/2014.26_1294-aspect-ratio-2.25-1-700x330.jpg)