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Women Artists from Antwerp to Amsterdam: Legacy
Posted: January 11, 2026
Category: Judith Leyster
By reclaiming the lives and legacies of Dutch and Flemish women artists, we can begin to recover their significance to the cultural landscape of the 17th and early 18th centuries.
A portrait of a woman in historical dress surrounded by a garland of fruit and flowers. She is playing a guitar.

Women Artists from Antwerp to Amsterdam: Presence
Posted: December 11, 2025
Category: Judith Leyster
Portraits of women artists, their signatures, and existing works in a wide range of mediums and genres attest to their presence during the 17th and early 18th centuries.
A woman in 17th-century attire sits at an easel, holding brushes and a palette, painting a man playing the violin. She wears a lace ruff and looks toward the viewer with a slight smile.

Now Open: Women Artists from Antwerp to Amsterdam, 1600-1750
Posted: September 26, 2025
Category: Judith Leyster
NMWA's newest exhibition celebrates women artists from the 17th-century Low Countries, challenging their historical obscurity and showcasing their diverse contributions to art.
An elaborate floral arrangement painted with precise detail appears dramatically spot lit against a dark background. Large red and pink blooms dominate, interspersed with small yellow, white, and blue blossoms and varied foliage. Moths and other insects a

Opening this Week: Women Artists of the Dutch Golden Age
Posted: October 8, 2019
Category: Judith Leyster
Still life painting features a reddish ceramic colander with several types of fish. In the foreground, a cat stands alert next to shrimp and oyster shells on a gleaming pewter dish.

5 Fast Facts: Alice Neel
Posted: October 2, 2019
Category: Judith Leyster
Impress your friends with five fast facts about Alice Neel (1900–1984), whose work is on view in NMWA’s collection galleries.
A sick man with medium skin tone lies on a bed with purple bedding and stares out with a dignified expression. The left side of his chest is misshapen and covered with a white bandage. Thick outlines define his body and highlights on his arms and face accentuate his frail frame.

Judy Chicago—The End: Stages of Dying
Posted: September 25, 2019
Category: Judith Leyster
In Judy Chicago's newest body of work, she draws on Swiss-born psychiatrist Elisabeth Kübler-Ross's five stages of grief. She represents these stages of grief and simultaneously reckons with her own...
A painted sign with black text on a beige background. The text reads "Stages of Dying."

Opening This Week: Live Dangerously
Posted: September 18, 2019
Category: Judith Leyster
Live Dangerously reveals the bold and dynamic ways in which female bodies inhabit and activate the natural world. Twelve groundbreaking photographers use humor, drama, ambiguity, and innovative storytelling to illuminate...

Opening This Week: Judy Chicago—The End
Posted: September 16, 2019
Category: Judith Leyster
The End: A Meditation on Death and Extinction, the newest body of work by iconic feminist artist Judy Chicago, continues the artist’s practice of tackling taboo subjects. In these works,...
The words 'The End' in bold, uppercase print is shown in an iridescent box of pinks and greens with a solid black border. 'A meditation' sits atop of the box in cursive writing and 'on Death and Extinction' sits below in the same lettering.

5 Fast Facts: Louise Dahl-Wolfe
Posted: September 11, 2019
Category: Judith Leyster
Impress your friends with five fast facts about Louise Dahl-Wolfe (1895–1989), best known today for her innovative fashion photography.

“Judy Chicago: New Views” Available Now
Posted: September 4, 2019
Category: Judith Leyster
As the first major monograph on the feminist artist Judy Chicago in nearly 20 years, Judy Chicago: New Views provides fresh perspectives by leading scholars and curators.