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February 24, 2011
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Redefining Women's Work
Jessica Roake
EXPRESS
For a Victorian lady, 19th-century photographer Julia Margaret Cameron dropped some radical talk on critics of her work. Attacked for a lack of technical focus in her photographs, Cameron countered, "What is focus, and who has a right to say what focus is legitimate focus?"
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February 18, 2011
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Eye Wonder: Photography From the Bank of America Collection
Mark Jenkins
The Washinton Post
Living up to its title, "Eye Wonder: Photography From the Bank of America Collection" is an eye-popping survey of photography by women from 1865 to 2004. The show, which contains 115 pieces by 45 artists, is arranged thematically rather than chronologically. That makes it harder to describe but more rewarding to wander. The photos often complement one another splendidly.
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December 24, 2010
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Lois Mailou Jones: Color tells a story
Michael O'Sullivan
The Washinton Post
True to its title, "Lois Mailou Jones: A Life in Vibrant Color" is a biography of sorts. Part of that story is told in pictures, some 70 of which are on view at the National Museum of Women in the Arts.
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October 19, 2010
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‘Lois Mailou Jones: A Life In Vibrant Color’ On View In D.C.
Stephen May
Antiques And The Arts Online
Textile designer, teacher and painter, Lois Mailou Jones (1905–1998) was one of the finest American artists of the late Twentieth Century. An African American, she persevered through racial and gender discrimination to carve out an outstanding career as both a gifted educator and artist of exceptional talent.
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July 28, 2008
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A gallery of one's own
Joanna Moorhead
The Guardian
There are three women on this year's Turner prize shortlist, and female gallerists dominate the art world. So what's the point of a museum of art by women, asks Joanna Moorhead.
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July 4, 2008
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The Female Eye Turned Inward
Michael O'Sullivan
The Washington Post
There's a lesson to be learned in "Modern Love: Gifts to the Collection From Heather and Tony Podesta," although it might not be the one you expect.
Read the article online.
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March 27, 2008
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Spellbinding Storyteller
Gary Tischler
The Washington Diplomat
Major Retrospective Brings Paula Rego’s Haunting Images to U.S. Read the article online.
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September 17, 2007
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Five Women at a Certain Stage in Their Careers
Teresa Wiltz
Washington Post; Saturday, September 15, 2007; Page C01
As showbiz awards ceremonies go, this one was different: No red carpet. No television cameras. No thanking of agents and money managers in neat sound bites. No attitude. To
read the article online
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November 18, 2006
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Inspiringly artful 'Books' 'imbued with artist's soul'
Joanna Shaw-Eagle
The Washington Times
Artists' books come in all shapes and sizes, as the landmark "The Book as Art: Twenty Years of Artists' Books From the National Museum of Women in the Arts" exuberantly demonstrates.
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November 17, 2006
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'Book as Art': Read Closely
Michael O'Sullivan
The Washington Post
Wandering through "The Book as Art: Twenty Years of Artists' Books From the National Museum of Women in the Arts," I was reminded of the traditional Rosh Hashanah greeting "May you be inscribed in the book of life for another good year."
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July 24, 2006
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Painting a New Visual Vocabulary
Jessica Dawson
The Washington Post
Aboriginal Women Break With Tradition
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July 8, 2006
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Living canvases blossom abroad
John McDonald
Sydney Morning Herald
Review of Dreaming Their Way: Australian Aboriginal Women Painters
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June 22, 2006
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A Portrait of the Artists as Fourth-Graders
Tara Bahrampour
The Washington Post
Students' Art Books Are Exhibited in D.C.
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April 1, 2006
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Elevation of Women
Joanna Shaw-Eagle
The Washington Times
Blood and sex were paramount for pre-Columbian Mexican and Peruvian women, as the National Museum of Women in the Arts' "Divine and Human: Women in Ancient Mexico and Peru" exhibit superbly shows.
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March 27, 2006
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Clay Ceiling
Paul Richard
The Washington Post
From Pre-Columbian Mexico and Peru, Women of the World, and the Ones Who Rose Above It
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March 18, 2006
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Equal Rites
Robin Tierney
The Examiner
Women rule in these artifacts from Ancient Mexico and Peru.
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November 13, 2005
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Alice Neel and Portraiture's Alternative Face
Blake Gopnik
The Washington Post
An important new show
called "Alice Neel's Women" at the National Museum of Women in the Arts has assembled almost 70 of Neel's female portraits.
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July 14, 2005
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Amalia Amaki's Buttons & Boxes in
Carolyn Weaver
Voice of America
Artist Amalia Amaki finds her inspiration in bits of African-American social history.
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June 11, 2005
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Amalia Amaki: Ladies Sing the Blues
Dan Zak
The Washington Post
Images of Music Legends Are Part of an Exhibition at the Museum of Women in the Arts
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February 4, 2005
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Berthe Morisot's Family 'Circle'
Mark Jenkins
The Washington Post
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