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Through Artists’ Eyes: Skagen Painters as Models
Anna Ancher is the face of A World Apart, but hers is not the only visage gracing canvases. The Skagen artists painted the local townspeople but also modeled for each other’s works. These portraits...
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The Hills are Alive: Freya Grand’s Landscapes
“Natural forms have a voice, have a pulse,” artist Freya Grand told NMWA visitors on International Women’s Day, as she talked about her works on view in Minding the Landscape. The exhibition showcases...
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Thoughts on Freya Grand’s “Minding the Landscape” (Part 1 of 2)
(This is Part 1 of a series on Freya Grand—click here for Part 2.) At her recent artist’s talk, Freya Grand discussed her process of creating the inspiring works currently on display at NMWA....
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Thoughts on Freya Grand’s “Minding the Landscape” (Part 2 of 2)
(This is Part 2 of a series on Freya Grand—click here for Part 1.) In addition to the Romantic and sublime that can be seen in Freya Grand’s work, the idea of “minding the landscape,” and her way of...
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The Skagen Terrain: Land and Sea Paintings
“Skagen was a magical city of beaches entirely surrounded by water,” writes Skagens museum curator Mette Bogh Jensen in the exhibition catalogue. As one of the thematic sections of A World Apart: Anna...
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NMWA’s Nordic Cool
In honor of A World Apart: Anna Ancher and the Skagen Art Colony, on view through May 12, 2013, we’re researching other delightful, innovative, and interesting Danish women in the arts. Click here to...
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Traditional Roots: Family Paintings in “A World Apart”
Unsurprisingly, Skagen artists found willing models in their family members. Anna and Michael Ancher painted each other as well as other members of the close-knit Brøndum family, as shown in the...
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Daring Danish Designer Nanna Ditzel (Part 1 of 2)
In honor of A World Apart: Anna Ancher and the Skagen Art Colony, on view through May 12, 2013, we’re researching other delightful, innovative, and interesting Danish women in the arts. Click here to...
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Daring Danish Designer Nanna Ditzel (Part 2 of 2)
In honor of A World Apart: Anna Ancher and the Skagen Art Colony, on view through May 12, 2013, we’re researching other delightful, innovative, and interesting Danish women in the arts. Click here to...
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Shedding Light: A Curator’s Perspective on Anna Ancher
“If you ask Danes to name a woman artist, they will say Anna Ancher,” declared Skagens Museum curator Mette Bøgh Jensen in an enlightening gallery talk of A World Apart: Anna Ancher and the Skagen Art...
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Gendered Interiors
When Anna Ancher painted rooms in her family home in Skagen, Denmark, she presented very different images when she associated herself versus her husband with the represented space. Depictions of her...
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Bice Lazzari: Rhythm and Line
Bice Lazzari (1900–1981), whose career balanced design and fine arts, created compositions by drawing free-hand lines, often over washes of soft color. Her poetic works resemble graphs, maps,...
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Now open at NMWA: Signature Line
On the evening of Monday, May 20, the National Museum of Women in the Arts hosted a reception in collaboration with the Embassy of Italy, Washington, D.C., in honor of the exhibition Bice Lazzari:...
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Audrey Niffenegger: Depth and Whimsy
Opening June 21 at NMWA, Awake in the Dream World: The Art of Audrey Niffenegger reveals the artist’s range. In addition to her bestselling novels, Niffenegger is a visual artist who paints, draws, and...
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Exploring Faith Ringgold’s “American People” on July Fourth
Every year the Fourth of July promises picnics, fireworks, and summery snacks—it’s a time of celebration with family and friends. However, Independence Day also brings to mind those people who have not...
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“Hey, Soul Sister”
“I didn’t want people to be able to look, and look away, because a lot of people do that with art. . . . I want them to look and see. I want to grab their eyes and hold them, because this is America.”...
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Faith Ringgold as the Messenger: Now and Then
American People, Black Light: Faith Ringgold’s Paintings of the 1960s, NMWA’s current exhibition, can enlighten and inspire observers, as I discovered through connecting my NMWA internship with an art...
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Tragedy & Fantasy: A Rose for Isabella Blow
Audrey Niffenegger’s works explore the world of the unconscious mind through dreams and fantasies—within NMWA’s exhibition Awake in the Dream World, many of these pieces are gathered in a gallery...
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Audrey Niffenegger and Faith Ringgold (Part 2 of 2): Shock Value
Exhibitions of work by Audrey Niffenegger and Faith Ringgold are on view through November 10 at NMWA. At first glance their work seems quite different, but in addition to employing text in their art,...
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History of Violence: Faith Ringgold Documents an American Past
While the 1960s resonate in the American cultural memory as a divisive and turbulent era, prevalent trends in contemporary art at the time offered very little indication of this national upheaval....
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