Author Archives: Julia Fish

May 31, 2018

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

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

May 7, 2018

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French Protest Art Half a Century Later

In May of 1968, workers and students protested the French government. The protests escalated, and millions of people were on strike by mid-May. Factories were closed and France was nearly crippled. It brought social upheaval…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 12, 2018

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Seeds of Change: A Botany of Colonization

Maria Thereza Alves’ project Seeds of Change is a fascinating and deliberate statement on the history of colonization being deeply embedded in the landscape of major cities around the world, including New York. For centuries,…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