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.](https://nmwa.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/2014.155-aspect-ratio-2.25-1-2560x330.jpg)
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.](https://nmwa.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/2014.155-scaled-aspect-ratio-2.25x1.jpg)
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.](https://nmwa.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/2014.120_from-artist-aspect-ratio-2.25-1-700x330.jpg)
![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.](https://nmwa.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/thf46715_nmwa41-scaled-aspect-ratio-2.25x1.jpg)
![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.](https://nmwa.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/thf46715_nmwa41-scaled-aspect-ratio-2.25x1.jpg)