MIA Anywhere Virtual Museum presents its retrospective virtual exhibition, showcasing the work of all the artists who have been through this initiative founded by philanthropist Alejandra Castro Rioseco in 2020, as support and visibility for women artists during the pandemic.
Almost two years have passed since the Coronavirus COVID-19 Pandemic started. Museums and galleries are the places where people connect with their culture and its history, but the coronavirus has impeded that vital connection. The loss of significant part of the audience made almost impossible organize events in the usual way, having a huge impact on women artists.
According to data from the UNESCO, Covid-19 temporarily closed 85.000 museums globally. After the pandemic, it is expected that one third of all museums could downsize, and nearly 13% may not reopen ever again. Closures will be uneven across the globe and have dramatics impacts for all the art community, especially the women artists.
As Art has the power to connect, heal, define periods and builds groups of supportive people, we decided to make available, through our social media networks, a platform that could help these women artists, to help them make their work visible through virtual exhibitions during the pandemic, as a way of support in those challenging moments.
Since that moment, 130 women artists have passed through the MIA Anywhere Virtual Museum, adjusting to a new concept of virtuality, being able to be watched from any part of the world for free and erasing the physical borders and let people from all ages and cultures to access directly through their phones to art created by women.
In this virtual exhibition, we are showing the work of each one of these artists who have been part of our virtual museum across the globe, for over almost two years, and how a community of women artists can grow, create and support each other.
This virtual exhibition is going to be open available for you to see since September 07 and for all the month, until Friday October 1st. Go to miaanywhere.com to see our virtual exhibition, and you can also go to miaartcollection.org to know more about our art collection.
MIA Anywhere Artists:
Nasim Hantehzadeh, Elvira Smeke, Verónica Ruth Frías, Silvana Pestana, Dulce Pinzón, Brisa Noronha, Pilar Elgueta, Martha Boto, Flo Arnold, Adriana Berges, Chingsum Jessye Luk, Eva Diez, Carla Andrade, Laura Salguero, Irene Buarque, Ana Buenaventura, Vera Chaves Barcellos, María Droc, Noemí Martínez, Aurelia Muñoz, Huda Lufti, Yasmine Elmeleegy, Shering Guirguis, Alyaa Kamel, Nihal Wahby, Farida Al Gazzar, Marianne Fahmy, Heba Y. Amin, Alyaa Kamel, Nihal Wahby, Farida Al Gazzar, Marianne Fahmy, Heba Y. Amin, Ghada Amer, Malak Yacout, Sadie Clayton, Claire Luxton, Elisa Insua, Andrea Tyrimos, Lauren Baker, Delphine Diallo, Sian Fan, Alba Escayo, Elham Soleimannezhad, Mie Olise, Serap Gecu, Aisha Asconiga, Carmen Reategui, Claudia Caffarena, Elizabeth Vásquez, Ivet Salazar, Sandra Cáceres, Verovcha, Lucía Maman, Angela Lergo, Eugenia Couoh, Verónica Paredes, Ángela Arziniga, Daniela Edburg, Mirla Soto, Keyezua, Sethembile Msezane, Rita GT, Mari Ito, Edurne Herrán, Ana Daganzo, Cristina Huarte, Begoña Cisneros, Nermine Said, Shida Azaro, Andrea Rojas Arellano, Luisa Callegari, Melissa Dupont, Cori de Veer, Michelle Gleiser, Alexandra Wendorff, Antonella Bozzini, Laura Benetton, Ai-Da The Robot, Daniela Torrente, Elizabeth Casasola, Lara Malts, Erica Kaminishi, Tiarma Sirait, Zainab Mehmood, Sayaka Asai, Heda Sardalova, Milana Alaro, Luisa Soipi, Aisa Umarova, Elona Saidoulaeva, Aisha Al Sheshani, Laurénne Praget, Lucía Sorans, Nayra Martin, Paty Rodríguez, Aliyah Alawadhi, Aisha Al Ahmadi, Sarah Alagroobi, Fatima Al Kindi, Andrea Caramelli, Cynthia Fusillo, Ana Karina Lema, Liubov Kolbina, Núria Rossell, Barbara Long, Patricia Millns, Agnes Essonti, Ana Císcar, Ana Meneses Naranjo, Carla Nicolás, Concha Ros, Cristina Toledo Bravo de Laguna, Davina V. Reina, Dora Mejía, Glenda Zapata, Sandra Paula Fernández, Verónica Vicente, Akiko Nakayama, Art Al Quadrat, Moník Molinet, Aya Sawada, Marina Vargas, Alejandra Glez, Christel Vega, Paloma Navares, Cindy Ramírez, Heydi Mori, Liliana Ávalos, Valentina Maggiolo.
MIA Anywhere countries:
Iran, Mexico, Spain, Brazil, Chile, Argentina, France, Hong Kong, Romania, Egypt, UK, Senegal, Denmark, Istanbul, Peru, Venezuela, Chechnya, South Africa, Portugal, Japan, Germany, Italy, Indonesia, Pakistan, Ecuator, Angola, UAE, United States, Bolivia, Colombia, Russia, Cuba.