Her vision is to “move beyond the construct of femininity into the un-gendered and free space that should be available for every human being”; her means of achieving it is...
![Four hard-edged octagons, each divided into eight pie-slice shapes painted red, pink, orange, yellow, olive green, blue, violet, or lavender, occupy a square, white background. Dark at the wide and narrow ends of each wedge, the hues create the illusion of 3-dimensional forms.](https://nmwa.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/2005.1-aspect-ratio-2.25-1-700x330.jpg)
Today, on her 105th birthday, we celebrate Frida Kahlo, whose 143 finished paintings focused on Mexican culture, gender identity, social justice, and often pain. Born on July 6, 1907, to...
![A letter, opening with "Mamacita Linda," written in dark ink on a yellowed sheet of paper.](https://nmwa.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Kahlo-Matilde-Calderon-de-1931-2.12.1931_0001-scaled-aspect-ratio-2.25x1.jpg)
In Royalists to Romantics: Women Artists from the Louvre, Versailles, and Other French National Collections, 77 works by 35 artists display the talents of French Revolution-era women artists. Their paintings are windows into their...
![View of a gallery space with red walls. A golden mirror with plenty of ornaments is hanging to the left, large historical portraits of women are hanging to the right.](https://nmwa.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Royalists-to-Romantics_12_7734-aspect-ratio-2.25-1-1-700x330.jpg)