Name: Dutch Women Painters at the National Museum of Women in the Arts
Start: 2025-10-19T14:00:00-04:00
End: 2025-10-19T16:00:00-04:00
Location: National Museum of Women in the Arts

Due to the government shutdown, instead of visiting the Hirshhorn, we will be going to the National Museum of Women in the Arts to see a fantastic exhibition of Dutch women artists -- all in one place in a rare gathering of genius!

MEET AT: Just inside the main entrance to the museum, on New York Ave. NW. Look for Molly with the rainbow LAL sign.
COST: $13 DC residents/vets/seniors; $16 others; furloughed federal workers are free! Tickets can be bought on the day or in advance at the website: https://nmwa.org/visit/plan-your-visit/

*Women Artists from Antwerp to Amsterdam, 1600-1750* showcases a broad range of work by more than forty Dutch and Flemish women artists, including Gesina ter Borch, Maria Faydherbe, Anna Maria de Koker, Judith Leyster, Magdalena van de Passe, Clara Peeters, Rachel Ruysch, Maria Tassaert, Jeanne Vergouwen, Michaelina Wautier, and more. Presenting an array of paintings, lace, prints, paper cuttings, embroidery, and sculpture, this exhibition draws on recent scholarship to demonstrate that a full view of women’s contributions to the artistic economy is essential to understanding Dutch and Flemish visual culture of the period.

Women were involved in virtually every aspect of artistic production in the Low Countries during the seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries. During this period, colonial exploitation and the international slave trade enriched Europe’s upper and middle classes, fueling demand for art and other luxuries. From celebrated painters who excelled in a male-dominated field to unsung women who toiled making some of the most expensive lace of the day, to wealthy patrons who shaped collecting practices, women created the very fabric of the visual culture of the era. Within a thematic presentation that considers the intertwined influences of status, family, and social expectations on a woman’s training and career choices, this exhibition demonstrates the many ways in which women of all classes contributed to the booming artistic economy of the day.

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