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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: October 15, 2021

Posted: October 15, 2021
Category: Art Fix Friday
Anicka Yi’s Hyundai Commission is now on view in Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall; The Joan Mitchell Foundation has announced its inaugural fellows; 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 8, 2021

Posted: October 8, 2021
Category: Art Fix Friday
Hyperallergic reviews Hung Liu: Golden Gate (金門), currently on view at San Francisco’s de Young Museum; Sculptor Sandra Mujinga has won the Preis der Nationalgalerie, Germany’s most prestigious award for...
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 1, 2021

Posted: October 1, 2021
Category: Art Fix Friday
A new report reveals that 42 of the 50 most memorialized figures in the U.S. are white men; The New Museum has launched a $400,00 prize for new work by...
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 24, 2021

Posted: September 24, 2021
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The largest comprehensive exhibition of Barbara Kruger’s work in more than 20 years is now open; Artist Nairy Baghramian wins the 2022 Nasher Prize; 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 10, 2021

Posted: September 10, 2021
Category: Art Fix Friday
A recent analysis of auction data finds that women artists are well-represented, but significantly lag in market share; Cao Fei wins the 2021 Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation prize; 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 3, 2021

Posted: September 3, 2021
Category: Art Fix Friday
Sun & Sea (Marina), an opera about climate change, begins a multi-city U.S. tour; Sculptures by Alison Saar, Maren Hassinger, and Brenna Youngblood will be installed along Los Angeles’s Crenshaw...
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: August 27, 2021

Posted: August 27, 2021
Category: Art Fix Friday
In New York’s Hudson Valley, the second annual Upstate Art Weekend kicks off today; An interview with film director Nia DaCosta about her reboot of the horror classic Candyman; 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: August 20, 2021

Posted: August 20, 2021
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Shamsia Hassani, Afghanistan's first woman street artist, continues her work; A preview of Judy Chicago's forthcoming retrospective at the de Young Museum; 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: August 13, 2021

Posted: August 13, 2021
Category: Art Fix Friday
Remembering painter Hung Liu, who has died at age 73; Mónica Mayer discusses her collected writings; Yayoi Kusama's Naoshima pumpkin sculpture is dislodged during a typhoon; and more.
Hung Liu speaks to an audience about her paintings of Chinese women, which hang on the walls around her. Liu is a light-skinned adult woman with gray hair in a low ponytail, dressed in black with red jewelry and shoes. She stands, gesturing with one hand at a painting to her right.

Art Fix Friday: August 6, 2021

Posted: August 6, 2021
Category: Art Fix Friday
A new installation from Mary Mattingly brings attention to the labor and geologic forces that sustain New York City’s drinking water system; A profile on Gerda Wegener, the early 20th-century...
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.