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Art Fix Friday

View of the museum from outside showing the Neoclassical building from one corner. The building is a tan-colored stone with an arched doorway, long vertical windows, and detailed molding around the roof.

Art Fix Friday: December 11, 2020

Posted: December 11, 2020
Category: Art Fix Friday
The Guardian reviews Lynette Yiadom-Boakye at Tate; Advancing Women Artists will permanently close in June 2021; Julia Christensen partners with NASA to send an artwork into outer space; and more.
A black-and-white photograph of a light-skinned adult woman holding a newspaper with news about World War II. She wears a coat and her short, curly hair is caught in the wind.

Art Fix Friday: December 4, 2020

Posted: December 4, 2020
Category: Art Fix Friday
A new exhibition highlights the legacy of the late artist Aminah Robinson; Photographer Brenda Ann Kenneally captures the experience of a family evicted during COVID-19; A group show of emerging...
A black-and-white photograph of a light-skinned adult woman holding a newspaper with news about World War II. She wears a coat and her short, curly hair is caught in the wind.

Art Fix Friday: November 20, 2020

Posted: November 20, 2020
Category: Art Fix Friday
Celebrating pioneering photographer Ming Smith; Anonymous Was a Woman announces 2020 grant recipients; Jordan Casteel's new portrait of Barack Obama; and more.
A black-and-white photograph of a light-skinned adult woman holding a newspaper with news about World War II. She wears a coat and her short, curly hair is caught in the wind.

Art Fix Friday: November 13, 2020

Posted: November 13, 2020
Category: Art Fix Friday
Mississippi's new state flag features a central design by Sue Anna Joe; A controversial memorial sculpture for women's rights advocate Mary Wollstonecraft; The University of Pennsylvania installs a new Simone...
A black-and-white photograph of a light-skinned adult woman holding a newspaper with news about World War II. She wears a coat and her short, curly hair is caught in the wind.

Art Fix Friday: November 6, 2020

Posted: November 6, 2020
Category: Art Fix Friday
A profile on Tschabalala Self on the occasion of her first solo gallery exhibition; Kennedi Carter photographs Beyoncé for British Vogue; Zanele Muholi receives rave reviews at Tate Modern (now...
A black-and-white photograph of a light-skinned adult woman holding a newspaper with news about World War II. She wears a coat and her short, curly hair is caught in the wind.

Art Fix Friday: October 30, 2020

Posted: October 30, 2020
Category: Art Fix Friday
Filmmaker Cauleen Smith won the annual Joyce Alexander Wein Artist Prize; Poet and activist Diane di Prima has died at age 86; A profile on 89-year-old Vietnamese painter Mong Bich;...
A black-and-white photograph of a light-skinned adult woman holding a newspaper with news about World War II. She wears a coat and her short, curly hair is caught in the wind.

Art Fix Friday: October 23, 2020

Posted: October 23, 2020
Category: Art Fix Friday
Simone Leigh will be the first Black woman to represent the United States at the 59th Venice Biennale in April 2022; Jenny Holzer's newest public art project encourages voting; and...
A black-and-white photograph of a light-skinned adult woman holding a newspaper with news about World War II. She wears a coat and her short, curly hair is caught in the wind.

Art Fix Friday: October 9, 2020

Posted: October 9, 2020
Category: Art Fix Friday
Louise Glück has won the 2020 Nobel prize in literature; Five women in the arts have won MacArthur "genius" grant awards; A podcast interview with Toyin Ojih Odutola; and more.
A black-and-white photograph of a light-skinned adult woman holding a newspaper with news about World War II. She wears a coat and her short, curly hair is caught in the wind.

Art Fix Friday: October 2, 2020

Posted: October 2, 2020
Category: Art Fix Friday
After a six-month COVID-19 delay, Artemisia opens at London's National Gallery; Sonya Clark discusses her artistic practice and what she's currently reading; and more.
A black-and-white photograph of a light-skinned adult woman holding a newspaper with news about World War II. She wears a coat and her short, curly hair is caught in the wind.

Art Fix Friday: September 25, 2020

Posted: September 24, 2020
Category: Art Fix Friday
Honoring Ruth Bader Ginsburg through art; An interview with Graciela Iturbide; The COVID-19 era works of women artists in India; and more.
A black-and-white photograph of a light-skinned adult woman holding a newspaper with news about World War II. She wears a coat and her short, curly hair is caught in the wind.