Director’s Desk: Celebrating Mother’s Day Through Distinct Artistic Visions
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May 6, 2020
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Louise Bourgeois
NMWA’s collection features many depictions of women and their families that offer varied perspectives and inspirations. Learn about work by artists Mary Cassatt, Elizabeth Catlett, Lola Álvarez Bravo, and Louise...

Graciela Iturbide and La Matanza: Ritual as Practice and Subject
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April 20, 2020
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Louise Bourgeois
Photography and its ritualistic qualities—observation, development, and selection—is a form of therapy for Graciela Iturbide. More than simply documenting moments in time, the practice offers her a way to process...

Beyond Documentation: Graciela Iturbide and the Seri
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April 6, 2020
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Louise Bourgeois
In 1979, with anthropologist Luis Barjau, Graciela Iturbide stayed with the Seri community for more than two months, recording their lives with her camera—particularly their forced adaptation to modern life,...

NMWA @ Home: Creative Coping with Lynora Williams and Adrienne Poon
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April 2, 2020
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Louise Bourgeois
As NMWA remains temporarily closed due to COVID-19, we check in with staff for a personal look at the creative ways they’re staying connected, inspired, and grounded.

5 Fast Facts about #5WomenArtists Changing the World: Mickalene Thomas
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March 30, 2020
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Louise Bourgeois
Artist Mickalene Thomas's vibrant works have established a contemporary vision of female sexuality, beauty, race, and power, while centering queer identity.

In 1979, Graciela Iturbide traveled to Juchitán, a small town in the Mexican state of Oaxaca, to photograph the Zapotec indigenous group. She immersed herself in the community during a...

5 Fast Facts about #5WomenArtists Changing the World: Susan Goethel Campbell
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March 11, 2020
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Louise Bourgeois
Multidisciplinary artist Susan Goethel Campbell creates installations, videos, prints, drawings, and artists’ books to highlight the indistinguishable characteristics of nature, culture, and the built environment.

The photographs of Graciela Iturbide feature social, religious, and natural symbols that define Mexican cultural and national identities in all of their complexity.

5 Fast Facts about #5WomenArtists Changing the World: Guerrilla Girls
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March 4, 2020
Category:
Louise Bourgeois
Since 1985, the Guerrilla Girls, a collective of anonymous feminist activist artists, have brought widespread attention to the issues of sexism and racism in the art world.

Graciela Iturbide’s Mexico is the artist’s most extensive U.S. exhibition in more than two decades. The survey is organized by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and comprises 140 poetic...
