Margaret Hooks
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Margaret Hooks has written extensively on the life and work of artists, among them Frida Kahlo, Tina Modotti and Edward James. Her writing has appeared in Vogue,The Guardian, Afterimage, Elle, Grand Street,The Observer magazine and The Photograph Collector. During the 1990s, Hooks lived in Mexico City where she was correspondent for The Irish Times and then for ARTnews magazine. In 1998, she became a Contributing Editor for ARTnews based in Miami. Her books include the prize-winning biography of Tina Modotti which is now available in eight languages and has been optioned by leading film companies with the author being hired to write the film treatment. Margaret became interested in the life of the English surrealist Edward James while working in Mexico and has published articles on him for Grand Street, ARTnews and Gatopardo. Her book Surreal Eden: Edward James & Las Pozas, the first to be written on James and his surreal masterwork in the Mexican jungle, was published to critical acclaim in 2007. Hooks is also an art appraiser specializing in contemporary art and photographic works and the curator of exhibits on Tina Modotti in Paris and San Francisco. She is a member of the Authors Guild of New York and has served on the Advisory Board of the Diego Rivera & Frida Kahlo Museum and on the Board of the Association of Foreign Correspondents in Mexico. She is a member of the Board of the Xilitla Foundation which recently acquired Las Pozas. She is married to media specialist Michael Tangeman. |
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