Occupation Academic Books Fantastic reality Parents John Trice Nixon | Name Mignon Nixon Spouse(s) Gregory D. Smith | |
Full Name Mignon Elizabeth Nixon Known for Professor at the Courtauld Institute of Art Alma mater | ||
Grandparents Herman Clarence Nixon | ||
Mignon nixon art theory and the critique of ideology
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.
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- Mignon nixon art theory and the critique of ideology
- Culture Now Hal Foster
- Early life
- Career
- Personal life
- Selected publications
- References
Culture Now: Hal Foster
Early life
Mignon 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. Her paternal grandfather, Herman Clarence Nixon, was a political science at Vanderbilt University and a member of the Southern Agrarians.
Nixon graduated from Harvard University and received a PhD from the City University of New York.
Career
Nixon is a Professor at University College London. She specialises in sexuality and aggression in art since 1945, with particular reference to feminism and gender politics.
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.
Personal life
Nixon married Gregory D. Smith, a direct descendant of Stephen A. Douglas, in 1995.