Nina Felshin

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Nina Felshin
Born1944 (age 7980)
NationalityAmerican
Occupations
  • Curator
  • writer
  • art historian
  • activist

Nina Felshin (born 1944) is an American curator, writer, art historian 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's Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery in Middletown, Connecticut, The Contemporary Arts Center in Cincinnati, Ohio and The Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. [1] While at Wesleyan, she co-taught a cross-discipline course on Issues in Contemporary Art. [2] [3]

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