Mignon Nixon is an American academic. She serves as the Professor of Modern and Contemporary Art History at University College London in London, United Kingdom.
Mignon Nixon | |
|---|---|
| Born | Mignon Elizabeth Nixon |
| Alma mater | Harvard University City University of New York |
| Occupation | Academic |
| Known for | Professor at University College London |
| Spouse | Gregory D. Smith |
| Parent(s) | John Trice Nixon Betty C. Nixon |
| Relatives | Herman Clarence Nixon (paternal grandfather) |
Early life
editMignon Elizabeth Nixon is the daughter of John Trice Nixon, a United States federal judge, and Betty C. Nixon, a former city councillor in Nashville, Tennessee.[1] Her paternal grandfather, Herman Clarence Nixon, was a political scientist at Vanderbilt University and a member of the Southern Agrarians.[1]
Nixon graduated from Harvard University and received a PhD from the City University of New York.[1]
Career
editNixon is a professor at University College London.[2] She specialises in sexuality and aggression in art since 1945, with particular reference to feminism and gender politics.[2]
Nixon was a fellow at the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, and a Terra Foundation for American Art Senior Scholar in 2007. She is a co-editor of October magazine.[3]
Personal life
editNixon married Gregory D. Smith, a direct descendant of Stephen A. Douglas, in 1995.[1]
Selected publications
edit- “Losing Louise,” October 134 (Fall 2010), pp. 122–132.
- “The Undiscovered Country” (on Nira Pereg’s Kept Alive), Artforum (October 2010).
- "Roni Horn,” Artforum, vol. 48, no. 1 (September 2009), pp. 282–283.
- “Blood Lust,” Photoworks Issue 11. (Autumn-Winter 2008), pp. 40–41. Brighton: Photoworks, 2008.
- “Book of Tongues,” in Nancy Spero: Dissidances. Barcelona and Madrid: Museu d’Art Contemporáni and Museu National Centro de Art Reina Sofia, 2008, pp. 21–53.
- “Feminist Time: A Conversation,” Grey Room 31 (Spring 2008), pp. 33–67.
- “Spero’s Curses,” October 122 (Fall 2007), pp. 3–30.
- “War Inside/War Outside: Feminist Critiques and the Politics of Psychoanalysis,” Texte zur Kunst, vol. 17, no. 68 (December 2007), pp. 65–75, pp. 134–138.
- “o + x,” October 119 (Winter 2007), pp. 6–20.
References
edit- ^ a b c d "WEDDINGS; Mignon E. Nixon, Gregory D. Smith". The New York Times. 2 July 1995. Retrieved 21 August 2015.
- ^ a b "Professor Mignon Nixon: Professor of Modern and Contemporary Art History". University College London. Retrieved 21 November 2016.
- ^ Mignon Nixon Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University, 2013. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
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