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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: March 22, 2019

Posted: March 22, 2019
Category: Art Fix Friday
The Washington Post goes inside Kaywin Feldman’s first week as the new director of the National Gallery of Art; The Chicago Tribune takes a look at the city’s “new wealth...
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Art Fix Friday: March 15, 2019

Posted: March 15, 2019
Category: Art Fix Friday
Tate Modern has selected Kara Walker to create the next commission in the museum’s Turbine Hall; Chicago’s La Femme Dance Festival, which celebrates black women choreographers, kicked off this week;...
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: March 8, 2019

Posted: March 8, 2019
Category: Art Fix Friday
NMWA wraps up #5WomenArtists with over 450 institutional participants sharing their commitments to advancing gender equity in the arts; Get to know 5 female artists from Hong Kong who are...
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: March 1, 2019

Posted: March 1, 2019
Category: Art Fix Friday
Apollo magazine looks at why “the disadvantages of being a woman artist haven’t yet disappeared.”; Artsy explores the role of jewelry in women’s portraiture, calling it a “complex signifier” of...
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: February 22, 2019

Posted: February 22, 2019
Category: Art Fix Friday
NMWA Associate Curator Virginia Treanor appeared on the Kojo Nnamdi show—along with artist Ambreen Butt, whose work is currently featured at the museum; Artsy profiles women artists who are transforming...
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: February 15, 2019

Posted: February 15, 2019
Category: Art Fix Friday
Curator Helen Molesworth speaks about her firing from MOCA LA last year; Vulture speaks with filmmaker Nikyatu Jusu; 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: February 8, 2019

Posted: February 8, 2019
Category: Art Fix Friday
The Washington Post profiles Ambreen Butt and Shahzia Sikander, two Pakistani American women artists; Vice interviews eight black women artists and entrepreneurs; 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: February 1, 2019

Posted: February 1, 2019
Category: Art Fix Friday
At 98 years old, Venezuelan-born artist Luchita Hurtado is finally getting her due with her first major retrospective; Artsy explores how nuns have shaped the course of art history; 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: January 25, 2019

Posted: January 25, 2019
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The New Yorker profiles five female jazz musicians emerging from Havana and reshaping the scene; Actress and comedian Jessy Yates is the first recipient of the Yale School of Drama’s...
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: January 11, 2019

Posted: January 11, 2019
Category: Art Fix Friday
NPR profiles Asian-American women artists; Artprice's list of Top 20 Female Artists in the Global Art Market for 2018; 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.