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Perpetual Pathmakers
Dynamic women designers and artists from the mid-20th century and today create innovative designs, maintain craft traditions, and incorporate new aesthetics into fine art in Pathmakers: Women in Art,...
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Precise Pathmakers
Dynamic women designers and artists from the mid-20th century and today create innovative designs, maintain craft traditions, and incorporate new aesthetics into fine art in Pathmakers: Women in Art,...
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5 Fast Facts: Berthe Morisot
Impress your friends with five fast facts about Impressionist painter Berthe Morisot (1841–1895), whose work is currently on view in NMWA’s collection galleries. Berthe Morisot (1841–1895) Berthe...
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Potter Pathmakers
Dynamic women designers and artists from the mid-20th century and today create innovative designs, maintain craft traditions, and incorporate new aesthetics into fine art in Pathmakers: Women in Art,...
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Clever Capture: Esther Bubley’s Photographs
Freelance photographer Esther Bubley (1921–1998) gained renown for her revealing pictures of Americans from 1945 to 1965. During this “golden age” of American photojournalism, Bubley created probing...
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Powerful Pathmakers
Dynamic women designers and artists from the mid-20th century and today create innovative designs, maintain craft traditions, and incorporate new aesthetics into fine art in Pathmakers: Women in Art,...
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Snowy Spectacle: NMWA’s Wintry Works
American author and Baltimore native Mignon McLaughlin (1913–1983) once wrote, “Spring, summer, and fall fill us with hope; winter alone reminds us of the human condition.” This adage may support why...
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Passionate Pathmakers
Dynamic women designers and artists from the mid-20th century and today create innovative designs, maintain craft traditions, and incorporate new aesthetics into fine art in Pathmakers: Women in Art,...
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“Fountain Lady”: Ruth Asawa in San Francisco
While visiting family in San Francisco, I visited some of the city’s public artworks by Ruth Asawa—one of the artists featured in NMWA’s exhibition Pathmakers: Women in Art, Craft, and Design,...
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5 Fast Facts: Toshiko Takaezu
Impress your friends with five fast facts about designer Toshiko Takaezu (1922–2011), whose work is on view in Pathmakers: Women in Art, Craft, and Design, Midcentury and Today through February 28,...
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5 Fast Facts: Anni Albers
Impress your friends with five fast facts about designer Anni Albers (1899–1994), whose work is on view in Pathmakers: Women in Art, Craft, and Design, Midcentury and Today through February 28, 2015....
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Balancing Act: Fanny Sanín’s Paintings
Latin American art is often known for its brightly colored, fantastical works—most notably portrayed in Frida Kahlo’s Surrealist paintings—as well as its use of magical realism and folk mythology....
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The Legacy of Élisabeth Louise Vigée-LeBrun
Salon Style: French Portraits from the Collection presents portraiture by 18th-century French women artists, who struggled past a lack of training, negative opinion, and political turmoil to attain...
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She Who Tells a Story: Jananne Al-Ani
In Arabic, the word rawiya means “she who tells a story.” Each artist in NMWA’s summer exhibition She Who Tells a Story: Women Photographers from Iran and the Arab World offers a vision of the world...
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She Who Tells a Story: Boushra Almutawakel
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 World offers a vision of the world...
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She Who Tells a Story: Gohar Dashti
In Arabic, the word rawiya means “she who tells a story.” Each artist in NMWA’s summer exhibition She Who Tells a Story: Women Photographers from Iran and the Arab World offers a vision of the world...
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A Housewife’s Ballet: Kirsten Justesen on Domesticity and Art
Danish artist Kirsten Justesen’s oeuvre highlights her experience navigating her role as a woman and artist. Justesen (b. 1943) explores the links between female identity and gender roles, examining...
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She Who Tells a Story: Rana El Nemr
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 World offers a vision of the world...
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She Who Tells a Story: Lalla Essaydi
In Arabic, the word rawiya means “she who tells a story.” Each artist in NMWA’s summer exhibition She Who Tells a Story: Women Photographers from Iran and the Arab World offers a vision of the world...
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5 Fast Facts: Elaine de Kooning
Impress your friends with five fast facts about Abstract Expressionist artist Elaine de Kooning (1918–1989), whose work is on view in NMWA’s collection galleries. 1. Speed Demon Elaine de Kooning had...
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