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Shirin Neshat

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.

Director’s Desk: Roots to Routes

Posted: December 4, 2019
Category: Shirin Neshat
Perhaps because of gendered, racial, and class-based expectations about a woman’s “place” in the world, many women artists examine the subjects of homelands and migration.
Close-up photograph of a painted quilt shows a medium-dark skinned woman dancing exuberantly. There is a white flower in her hair, and she wears dangling gold earrings and gold loops around her neck.

Art Fix Friday: November 16, 2018

Posted: November 16, 2018
Category: Shirin Neshat
A new book explores the works of photographer Vivian Maier; Sondra Perry receives the 2018 Nam June Paik Award; Paula Rego is the subject of an exhibition at the Musee de...
A black-and-white photograph of a light-skinned adult woman holding a newspaper with news about World War II. She wears a coat and her short, curly hair is caught in the wind.

Art Fix Friday: January 6, 2017

Posted: January 6, 2017
Category: Shirin Neshat
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.

Art Fix Friday: August 19, 2016

Posted: August 19, 2016
Category: Shirin Neshat
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.

She Who Tells a Story: Shirin Neshat

Posted: June 23, 2016
Category: Shirin Neshat
In Arabic, the word rawiya means “she who tells a story.” Each artist in in NMWA’s summer exhibition She Who Tells a Story: Women Photographers from Iran and the Arab...
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: September 18, 2015

Posted: September 18, 2015
Category: Shirin Neshat
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.

Art Fix Friday: June 5, 2015

Posted: June 5, 2015
Category: Shirin Neshat
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.