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Current Exhibitions

Close-up detail of an abstract painting with very thick and gestural brushstrokes of mostly orange paint.

Featured Current Exhibition

Feb 27 to Jul 26, 2026
Making Their Mark: Works from the Shah Garg Collection illustrates women artists’ vital role in abstraction, showcasing work by some of the most important artists of the 20th and 21st centuries. Drawn entirely from the contemporary art collection of Komal Shah and Gaurav Garg, the exhibition considers historical contributions, formal and material breakthroughs, and intergenerational relationships among women artists over the last eight decades.
View Exhibition: Making Their Mark: Works from the Shah Garg Collection
A painting featuring colorful geometric forms. Bowling-pin shaped forms with blue, red, pink, and yellow patterns line the lower half of the composition. A large abstract yellow form and black-and-white chevron stripes fill the background.
Charline von Heyl, Dunesday, 2016; Acrylic on linen, 62 x 60 in.; Shah Garg Collection; © Charline von Heyl; Courtesy of the artist and Petzel, New York; Photo by Ian Reeves

All Current Exhibitions

  • Burnished: Pueblo Pottery at NMWA

    May 8 to Sep 27, 2026
    NMWA presents a new look at Pueblo pottery from the American Southwest in this exhibition drawn from the museum’s groundbreaking, and growing, collection. Twenty-four elegantly shaped clay ollas, seed jars, and bowls feature mesmerizing surfaces and pristinely sculpted motifs. Burnished affirms the continuing impact of Pueblo women potters as well as NMWA’s longstanding commitment to collecting and exhibiting their work.
    A round ceramic vase with a short neck decorated with intricate geometric and floral patterns painted in red, pink, blue, yellow, and purple.

    Lisa Holt and Harlan Reano, Jar, 2025; Natural clay with acrylic paint, 16 x 14 in. diameter; National Museum of Women in the Arts, Bequest of Sandra A. Kruzman; © Lisa Holt (Cochiti), Harlan Reano (Santo Domingo)

  • Remix: The Collection

    Oct 21, 2023, to Oct 25, 2026
    Remix showcases familiar collection favorites as well as never-before-exhibited recent acquisitions. Artworks are grouped around themes, in some cases anchored by a medium and in others by an idea, that resonate among global artists across time, including photography, fiber works, the colors red and purple, nature, domesticity, and more.
    A horizontal canvas combines collaged paper, such as a scrap of a U.S. map, comic strip, and pictographs; cloth swatches; scrawled and dripped paint; and phrases like “It takes hard work to keep racism alive” and “Oh! Zone.” The work’s title appears in red paint right of center.

    Jaune Quick-to-See Smith, Indian, Indio, Indigenous, 1992; Oil and collage on canvas, 60 x 100 in.; National Museum of Women in the Arts, Museum purchase: Members' Acquisition Fund; Courtesy of the artist and Garth Greenan Gallery, New York