Nina Felshin (born 1944) is an American curator, writer,

art historian Art history is the study of aesthetic objects and visual expression in historical and stylistic context. Traditionally, the discipline of art history emphasized painting, drawing, sculpture, architecture, ceramics and decorative arts; yet today ...

and activist. She edited ''But Is It Art? The Spirit of Art as Activism'' and has authored many articles and essays on art. Felshin is an independent curator and was a curator at

Wesleyan University Wesleyan University ( ) is a Private university, private liberal arts college, liberal arts university in Middletown, Connecticut. Founded in 1831 as a Men's colleges in the United States, men's college under the auspices of the Methodist Epis ...

's Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery in

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, The

Contemporary Arts Center The Contemporary Arts Center (CAC) is a contemporary art museum in Cincinnati, Ohio and one of the first contemporary art institutions in the United States. The CAC is a non-collecting museum that focuses on new developments in painting, sculptur ...

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and The

Corcoran Gallery of Art The Corcoran Gallery of Art was an art museum in Washington, D.C., United States, that is now the location of the Corcoran School of the Arts and Design, a part of the George Washington University. Overview The Corcoran School of the Arts & Design ...

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While at Wesleyan, she co-taught a cross-discipline course on Issues in

Contemporary Art Contemporary art is the art of today, produced in the second half of the 20th century or in the 21st century. Contemporary artists work in a globally influenced, culturally diverse, and technologically advancing world. Their art is a dynamic com ...

Partial list of curatorial projects

*''Global Warning: Artists and Climate Change'', 2009, Zilkha Gallery, Wesleyan University. *''Framing and Being Framed: The Uses of Documentary Photography'', 2008, Zilkha Gallery, Wesleyan University. *''Disasters of War: From Goya to Golub'', 2005, Zilkha Gallery, Wesleyan University. *''Black and Blue: Examining Police Violence'', 2000–01, Zilkha Gallery, Wesleyan University. *''Embedded Metaphor'', 1996–99. *''Empty Dress: Clothing as Surrogate in Recent Art'', 1993–95. *''No Laughing Matter'', 1991–93, Catalog *''The State of Upstate: New York Women Artists'', 1990, curated by art historian Nina Felshin with the support of the

National Museum of Women in the Arts The National Museum of Women in the Arts (NMWA), located in Washington, D.C., is "the first museum in the world solely dedicated" to championing women through the arts. NMWA was incorporated in 1981 by Wallace and Wilhelmina Holladay. Since openin ...

. Jody Lafond *''The Presence of Absence: New Installations'', 1989–93. *''Verbally Charged Images'', 1984–86.

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Nina Felshin @ International Curators International

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Felshin, Nina 1944 births Living people American art curators Feminist historians Women art historians American art historians American women historians 21st-century American women American women curators

Partial list of curatorial projects

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