The TIME 100
Three American Academy in Berlin alumnae on the TIME 100 list? Yes. We heartily congratulate Lauren Groff (Ellen Maria Gorrissen Fellow, spring 2023), Latoya Ruby Frazier (Guna S. Mundheim Fellow in the Visual Arts, spring 2014), and Jenny Holzer (Philip Morris Fellow, spring 2000) on being selected as three of the TIME’s 100 most influential artists working today.
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