Lalla Essaydi

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.

5 Fast Facts: Lalla Essaydi

Posted: May 26, 2022
Category: Lalla Essaydi
Impress your friends with five fast facts about Lalla Essaydi and her series Bullets and Bullets Revisited. Bullets Revisited #3 (2012) is part of NMWA’s collection.
A woman lying on her back gazes confidently out at viewer adorned and surrounded by polished bullet casings

Returning the Gaze: Lalla Essaydi

Posted: July 25, 2017
Category: Lalla Essaydi
Learn more about artist Lalla Essaydi, whose work is featured in the current NMWA exhibition Revival.
A woman lying on her back gazes confidently out at viewer adorned and surrounded by polished bullet casings

Can Art Rouse the Spirit? Experience “Revival” this Summer!

Posted: June 15, 2017
Category: Lalla Essaydi
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.

Deconstructing Orientalism in “She Who Tells a Story”

Posted: May 29, 2016
Category: Lalla Essaydi
NMWA’s summer exhibition She Who Tells a Story: Women Photographers from Iran and the Arab World is organized around three themes: Deconstructing Orientalism, Constructing Identities, and New Documentary.
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".

She Who Tells a Story: Lalla Essaydi

Posted: May 9, 2016
Category: Lalla Essaydi
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".

Opening Tomorrow—“She Who Tells a Story”

Posted: April 7, 2016
Category: Lalla Essaydi
Large-scale photographs by contemporary women artists illuminate their perspectives and challenge stereotypes in She Who Tells a Story: Women Photographers from Iran and the Arab World, on view April 8–July...
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".

Art Fix Friday: October 9, 2015

Posted: October 9, 2015
Category: Lalla Essaydi
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.