Collection: Andrea Fraser

Andrea Fraser (b. 1965) is an American artist whose practice is central to the development of institutional critique. Working across performance, video, and text, Fraser examines the social, economic, and psychological structures of the art world — its institutions, markets, and the roles performed within them.

Her works include Museum Highlights: A Gallery Talk (1989), Official Welcome (2001), and Untitled (2003), in which the artist had sex with a collector as an artwork. Her Preliminary Prospectus series (1993) offered artistic services to institutions on contractual terms, making the service agreement itself the work. Fraser's writing, including Museum Highlights: The Writings of Andrea Fraser (2005), is as significant as her performances.

Publications gathered here include exhibition catalogues and printed matter relating to Andrea Fraser's practice. Original and period items.