Rodarte

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.
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Connecting the Threads: Amy Lamb and Rodarte
Posted: February 7, 2019
Category: Rodarte
A colorful portrait of a lush arrangement of flowers including poppies, peonies, roses, carnations, and more. Some flowers have small water drpolets on them and a butterfly and bee are perched on others. The image is a still life photograph, though it looks like a painting.

Connecting the Threads: Lynda Benglis and Rodarte
Posted: January 30, 2019
Category: Rodarte
NMWA’s exhibition Rodarte celebrates the innovative American fashion house, founded by sisters Kate and Laura Mulleavy. Explore how the dresses on view share visual appeal and common threads with works...
A close-up of a silver, metal sculpture that appears to be tied in a giant knot with crisp folds in the metal sheets.

Connecting the Threads: Joan Mitchell and Rodarte
Posted: January 23, 2019
Category: Rodarte
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.

Connecting the Threads: Audrey Niffenegger and Rodarte
Posted: January 8, 2019
Category: Rodarte
From technique to theme, dive into five innovative works by artists at NMWA in this series, “Connecting the Threads.”

Connecting the Threads: Petah Coyne and Rodarte
Posted: December 20, 2018
Category: Rodarte
NMWA’s exhibition Rodarte celebrates the innovative American fashion house, founded by sisters Kate and Laura Mulleavy. The dresses on view share visual appeal and many common threads with works in...
A sculpture hangs in a dark gallery. The sculpture comprises layers of melted pink and white wax that form a dress-like shape hanging from satin-wrapped chains. Its color, shape, and bumpy, lacy texture, evoke a frilly tutu, lavishly frosted wedding cake, or coral.

Modern Makers: Jess Rotter
Posted: December 4, 2018
Category: Rodarte
L.A.-based illustrator/artist Jess Rotter collaborated with NMWA, Kate and Laura Mulleavy of Rodarte, and custom design studio Third Drawer Down to create a set of paper dolls featuring Rodarte fashions.
Four light skin mannequins display fashionable gowns of varying length on a circular platform.