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5 Fast Facts: Remedios Varo
Posted: December 15, 2016
Category: Women Surrealists
Impress your friends with five fast facts about Surrealist painter Remedios Varo, whose work is on view in NMWA’s collection galleries.
Rendered with precise brushwork, a tall, thin figure strides forward wearing flowing, orange garments emanating a misty golden aura. Her fiery red hair stretches heavenward, encircling a celestial orb. Figures appear encased in the walls of the concave structure surrounding her.

Surrealist Spotlight: Remedios Varo
Posted: October 14, 2015
Category: Women Surrealists
Within fraught and mysterious settings, Remedios Varo’s fantastical protagonists seem to undertake quests through time or space
Rendered with precise brushwork, a tall, thin figure strides forward wearing flowing, orange garments emanating a misty golden aura. Her fiery red hair stretches heavenward, encircling a celestial orb. Figures appear encased in the walls of the concave structure surrounding her.

5 Fast Facts: Patricia Piccinini
Posted: August 19, 2015
Category: Women Surrealists
Learn more about artist Patricia Piccinini, who is known for The Stags and whose work is featured in the NMWA collection.
A sculpture consists of two metallic-orange motor scooters manipulated to resemble male deer. Leather seats become haunches, dashboard dials resemble faces, and multiple rear-view mirrors morph into antlers. The serpentine, hybrid animal-machines appear to spar for dominance.

Art Fix Friday: July 31, 2015
Posted: July 31, 2015
Category: Women Surrealists
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: July 25, 2015
Posted: July 24, 2015
Category: Women Surrealists
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.