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    Interior View, National Museum of Women in the Arts
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    Exterior View, National Museum of Women in the Arts
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    Interior View, National Museum of Women in the Arts
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The National Museum of Women in the Arts (NMWA) is the only major museum in the world solely dedicated to championing women through the arts. With its collections, exhibitions, programs and online content, the museum inspires dynamic exchanges about art and ideas. NMWA advocates for better representation of women artists and serves as a vital center for thought leadership, community engagement and social change. NMWA addresses the gender imbalance in the presentation of art by bringing to light important women artists of the past while promoting great women artists working today. The collections highlight painting, sculpture, photography and video by artists including Louise Bourgeois, Mary Cassatt, Judy Chicago, Frida Kahlo, Shirin Neshat, Faith Ringgold, Pipilotti Rist, Amy Sherald and Élisabeth Louise Vigée-LeBrun.

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Collection Highlights

  • Amy Sherald
    They call me Redbone but I’d rather be Strawberry Shortcake, 2009
  • Alma Woodsey Thomas
    Iris, Tulips, Jonquils, and Crocuses, 1969
  • Eve Sussmann
    Themis in the Bird Cage (Photographic still from The Rape of the Sabine Women), 2005
  • Mickalene Thomas
    A-E-I-O-U and Sometimes Y, 2009
  • Lalla Essaydi
    Bullets Revisited #3, 2012
  • Elisabeth-Louise Vigée LeBrun
    Portrait of Princess Belozersky, 1798
  • Barbara Hepworth
    Merryn, 1962
  • The Cage, 1885

Collection Highlights

  • Amy Sherald
    They call me Redbone but I’d rather be Strawberry Shortcake, 2009
    Oil on canvas, 54 x 43 in. National Museum of Women in the Arts, Gift of Steven Scott, Baltimore, in honor of the artist and the 25th Anniversary of NMWA; © Amy Sherald; Photo by Lee Stalsworth.
    National Museum of Women in the Arts, Gift of Steven Scott, Baltimore, in honor of the artist and the 25th Anniversary of NMWA; © Amy Sherald; Photo by Lee Stalsworth
  • Alma Woodsey Thomas
    Iris, Tulips, Jonquils, and Crocuses, 1969
    Acrylic on canvas, 60 x 50in. National Museum of Women in the Arts, Gift of Wallace and Wilhelmina Holladay; © Estate of Alma Woodsey Thomas; Photo by Lee Stalsworth.
  • Eve Sussmann
    Themis in the Bird Cage (Photographic still from The Rape of the Sabine Women), 2005
    Chromogenic color print, 39 3/8 x 51 1/4 in. National Museum of Women in the Arts, Gift of The Heather and Tony Podesta Collection; © Eve Sussman/Rufus Corporation.
  • Mickalene Thomas
    A-E-I-O-U and Sometimes Y, 2009
    Plastic rhinestones, acrylic and enamel on panel, 24 in x 20 in x 1 1/2 in
    National Museum of Women in the Arts, Gift of Deborah Carstens; © Mickalene Thomas, Courtesy of the Artist and Lehmann Maupin Photo: Lee Stalsworth
  • Lalla Essaydi
    Bullets Revisited #3, 2012
    three chromogenic prints mounted on aluminium, 66 in x 150 in
    National Museum of Women in the Arts, Purchased with funds provided by Jacqueline Badger Mars, Sunny Scully Alsup and William Alsup, Mr. Sharad Tak and Mrs. Mahinder Tak, Marcia and Frank Carlucci, and Nancy Nelson Stevenson; © Lalla Essaydi 2012
  • Elisabeth-Louise Vigée LeBrun
    Portrait of Princess Belozersky, 1798
    oil on canvas, 31 in x 26 1/4 in
    National Museum of Women in the Arts, Gift of Rita M. Cushman in memory of George A. Rentschler Photo: Lee Stalsworth
  • Barbara Hepworth
    Merryn, 1962
    alabaster, 14 1/2 in x 7 1/4 in x 15 1/2 in
    National Museum of Women in the Arts, Gift of Wallace and Wilhelmina Holladay; © Barbara Hepworth
  • The Cage, 1885
    oil on canvas, 19 7/8 in x 15 in
    National Museum of Women in the Arts, Gift of Wallace and Wilhelmina Holladay Photo: Lee Stalsworth
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