Julia Fish, Author at Alfalfa Studio

May 31, 2018

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Kadir Nelson’s Portrait of Henrietta Lacks Unveiled at the Smithsonian

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When doctors discovered the cells of Henrietta Lacks, they had been trying for decades to get cells to reproduce in a test tube. Her tissue was taken without her knowledge or consent in 1951 when she was dying of cancer,…Continue reading

April 28, 2018

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Georgia O’Keeffe: Visions of Hawai’i Comes to New York

The annual art shows at the New York Botanical Garden have a special place in my heart. The New York Botanical Garden hosted a major Dale Chihuly Retrospective when I was 6 years old and…Continue reading

April 26, 2018

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Surface Work: A Century of Female Abstract Painters

One hundred years of female artists. This is the subject of Surface Work, an exhibition in London’s Victoria Miro galleries that focuses on the way that women have influenced abstract painting. It spans from early…Continue reading

April 6, 2018

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Grant Wood: More than Just American Gothic

Now on view at the Whitney: Corn Cob Chandelier for Iowa Corn Room, c. 1925–26 by Grant Wood. Have you ever heard of him? He’s the guy that painted American Gothic and also the subject of…Continue reading

March 22, 2018

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Anselm Kiefer + The Public Art Fund

Anselm Kiefer’s first ever site-specific public outdoor sculpture will open on May 2nd in Rockefeller Center. It is called Uraeus after the form of the upright Egyptian cobra used as a symbol of power. Uraeus…Continue reading

March 16, 2018

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Balkrishna Doshi Wins the 2018 Pritzker Prize

Architect Balkrishna Doshi was recently awarded the 2018 Pritzker prize, the highest award in Architecture internationally. He is perhaps most known for his 1989 low-cost housing project in Aranya. The project, which houses 80,000 people,…Continue reading

March 9, 2018

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Finding Light Through Art

John Kapellas is an artist allergic to light, so he lives in the darkness. John Kapellas was diagnosed with HIV in 1987. He has been on a combination of medicines that keep him alive since…Continue reading

February 28, 2018

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And the Caldecott Award Goes to … Wolf in the Snow

The Caldecott Award is given every year to the artist of “the most distinguished American picture book for children. ” It is a tradition that dates back to 1937, upon the suggestion that there should…Continue reading

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Kadir Nelson’s Portrait of Henrietta Lacks Unveiled at the Smithsonian

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French Protest Art Half a Century Later

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Georgia O’Keeffe: Visions of Hawai’i Comes to New York

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Surface Work: A Century of Female Abstract Painters

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Seeds of Change: A Botany of Colonization

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Grant Wood: More than Just American Gothic

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Anselm Kiefer + The Public Art Fund

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Balkrishna Doshi Wins the 2018 Pritzker Prize

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