In celebration of NMWA’s 30th anniversary, and inspired by the museum’s focus on contemporary women artists as catalysts for change, Revival illuminates how women working in sculpture, photography, and video use spectacle...
![A green forest with someone wearing a dark, full skirt and white petticoat sitting upside down against a tree trunk with their stockinged legs and shoes exposed.](https://nmwa.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/2011.43_1214-aspect-ratio-2.25-1-700x330.jpg)
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](https://nmwa.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/2016.57a-c-aspect-ratio-2.25x1.jpg)
In celebration of NMWA’s 30th anniversary, and inspired by the museum’s focus on contemporary women artists as catalysts for change, Revival illuminates how women working in sculpture, photography, and video use spectacle...
![An oval, vessel-shaped sculpture features a concave interior of concentric, ruby-red velvet folds. Twelve evenly spaced, red leather straps adorned with brass hardware radiate from the center. They appear to restrain the interior and anchor the piece to the floor.](https://nmwa.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/2007.85_970-1-aspect-ratio-2.25-1-700x330.jpg)
In celebration of NMWA’s 30th anniversary, and inspired by the museum’s focus on contemporary women artists as catalysts for change, Revival illuminates how women working in sculpture, photography, and video use spectacle...
![Installation view of a sculpture hanging from the ceiling in a gallery space. The sculpture consists of myriad layers of melted pink and white wax that encrust and obscure the metal armature for this abstract sculpture, which hangs from satin-wrapped chains. Its color and shape, as well as the bumpy, lacy texture, evoke a frilly tutu, lavishly frosted wedding cake, or coral accretions.](https://nmwa.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Revival-Exhibition_12_20732-aspect-ratio-2.25-1-700x330.jpg)
In celebration of NMWA’s 30th anniversary, and inspired by the museum’s focus on contemporary women artists as catalysts for change, Revival illuminates how women working in sculpture, photography, and video use spectacle...
![A circular wreath made of dark, tightly coiled hair with strands escaping and resembling laurels.](https://nmwa.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/2017.108-aspect-ratio-2.25-1-700x330.jpg)
In celebration of NMWA’s 30th anniversary, and inspired by the museum’s focus on contemporary women artists as catalysts for change, Revival illuminates how women working in sculpture, photography, and video use spectacle...
![Bronze sculpture of a spider on a white platform against a magenta background.](https://nmwa.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/ym_nmwa_062217-6559-aspect-ratio-2.25-1-700x330.jpg)
On June 23, NMWA’s second floor will come alive with brilliant contemporary sculpture and photo-based art by 16 women artists in the summer exhibition Revival. The show explores the featured artists’ representations...
![Three photographs join to show a woman lying on a bed on her back. Turning her head to look at the viewer, she wears airy light clothing and a heavy, wide gold belt and her long hair falls to the floor. A metallic surface covers everything - the walls, furniture and the woman.](https://nmwa.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/2016.57a-c_13090-aspect-ratio-2.25-1-700x330.jpg)