Art by Women
Celebrate exceptional women artists with exhibitions, stories, videos, and podcast episodes.
Women Artists in the Collection
Explore artworks by the growing number of women artists represented in Mia’s collection. Their genius and creativity are found throughout history and across the world’s diverse cultures. With more than 100,000 artworks, Mia’s collection includes art from six continents, spanning about 7,000 years.
On View Now
An Indigenous Art: Huipiles from Mia’s Collection
February 14, 2026 – August 2, 2026
Derived from a Nahuatl word, a huipil is a traditional blouse worn by women throughout Mesoamerica, particularly among the Maya, since before the 16th century when the Spanish arrived in the region. The garment remains especially prevalent in Guatemala’s highland regions, where a majority of Maya descendants reside today.
Built to Last: The Shogren-Meyer Collection of American Art
Hiroshige’s 100 Views of Edo x Emily Allchurch
December 20, 2025 – August 23, 2026
Utagawa Hiroshige’s (1797–1858) iconic landscape series “One Hundred Famous Views of Edo” (modern-day Tokyo), first published in the 1850s, stands as one of the most celebrated collections of Japanese prints. Inspired by Hiroshige’s compositions, British artist Emily Allchurch (born 1974) created “Tokyo Story” using digital collage and photography.
The Abstract Worlds of Yoshida Hodaka and Chizuko
Past Exhibitions
Cassatt on Paper
Mary Sully: Native Modern
Monica Sheets: Das Fundbuero—Civics Lessons
Tia Keobounpheng: Revealing Threads
Marcia Resnick: As It Is or Could Be
Dayanita Singh: Pothi Khana
Parallel Lines: New Textile Masterworks Inspired by Geometry
Jovan C. Speller: Nurturing, and Other Rituals of Protection
Freedom Rising: I Am the Story / L’Merchie Frazier
L’Merchie Frazier is a fiber artist, quilter, historian, innovator, poet, and holographer. This show examines the lives and legacies of African-descended people, including children and their communities across centuries of memory, places, and activism.
Nicole Havekost: Chthonic
Nicole Havekost will explore the simultaneous joy, sublime embarrassment, and disorderly beauty of the human body through her anthropomorphic sculptures.
Unexpected Turns: Women Artists and the Making of American Basket-Weaving Traditions
Intimate Space: A Noblewoman’s Bedroom in Late Imperial China
In the male-dominated society of imperial China, most women were physically restricted to domestic spaces.
Virtual Exhibition
Breaking the Silence: International Women’s Day
“Breaking the Silence” is an observation of International Women’s Day. Participating artists call attention to the daily aggressions, whether physical or psychological, that all women face across the world and in every sector of society. This exhibit critiques the current social system that we live in, which permits and defends these particular inequities. “Breaking the Silence” also honors and supports women who are or have been victims of domestic violence, and recognizes the resilience of cis- and transgender women and non-binary people who work to build more equitable and safe communities for all.
