Interactives that (actually) Work at a Smithsonian Museum 

Step Afrika! Interactive. Photo by Lindsay Guarnieri. Throughout this series, I have discussed how one of my biggest issues with the Smithsonian museums in the DC area is that not many interactives engage visitors in the act of play. The act of play is how young...

Let’s Tell and Rewrite the Stories Ourselves

By the end of February, I read somewhere that there was a ‘challenge’ called “Name 5 women artists.” I started thinking about my own list – Abramović, Kusama, Calle, Iturbide and… no-no-no-no, I don’t want to think of...

Valeria Napoleone and the all-female art collection

Valeria Napoleone is one of Britain’s leading buyers of contemporary art. Working in an art world dominated by male owners and collectors, Napoleone has a distinct aesthetic agenda – she only buys work made by women. Spanning a...

Creating Warrior Women: Annie Wu

This is the first of a series of blogs on kick-ass female graphic artists who are taking the comic world by storm. These blogs offer a sneak peek into our upcoming exhibition, Warrior Princess, which will explore warrior girls from around the world and provide...

Elles: Women Artists from the Centre Pompidou, Paris

The Blue Room (La chambre bleue), by¬†Suzanne Valadon (1865‚Äì1938). Oil on canvas, 900 x 1160mm. Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris. Mus√©e national d’art moderne. I don’t paint like a woman is supposed to paint. Thank...

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