Marcela Florido MFA’15 was featured in an interview by The Global Research Center. The interview was conducted by Abayomi Azikiwe, editor of Pan-African News Wire. According to Florido herself, “[During the interview,] We talked about issues of identity and intercultural dynamics in art and how the influence of racially polarized societies such as Brazil and the U.S can impose on the ability …
PRECOG Magazine Issue 3 Launches
PRECOG Magazine, an annual publication that explores the intersection of art and technology/science, launches its third issue on May 25th at 6-8 PM at Printed Matter in NYC. This edition will feature multiple Yale alumni: Blinn & Lambert (pseudonym of Nicholas Steindorf MFA’14 and Kyle Williams MFA’15) and Julia Bland MFA’12. For more information and to purchase the publication visit PRECOG …
Eva O’Leary MFA’16 Wins the Hyères Festival Photographie Grand Prix
Eva O’Leary MFA’16 was announced to be the winner of the 2018 Hyères Festival Photographie Grand Prix this April. From New York, O’Leary’s winning work was named Spitting Image, and depicted young American girls, aged 11 to 14, and their discomfort looking into the lens while looking at a mirror. Her work was comprised of both video and photos and analyzed how …
Kehinde Wiley MFA’01 to Speak at SFAI Commencement
Kehinde Wiley MFA’01 is set to speak at the San Francisco Art Institute’s 2018 Commencement ceremony. SFAI’s President, Gordon Knox, said, in regards to Wiley being chosen as the speaker: ““Kehinde Wiley’s work reflects the core values of a San Francisco Art Institute education—exquisite technique delivering a complex human story. His paintings re-shape how we see and understand power and …
Do Ho Suh @ Victoria Miro
Do Ho Suh MFA’97 will be featured in an exhibition at the Galleria Victoria Miro in Venice. His works on display are part of his ongoing Rubbing/Loving project, which takes objects lined with paper, interconnects them, and rubs them with oil pastels. According to the gallery, the works “exist at the boundary of drawing and sculpture,” as his whimsical, “rational yet …
These Days
These Days is the Yale Senior Thesis show held at the Yale School of Art. It will feature the works of the following seniors: Bobby Berry, Rosa Chung, Kendra Farrell, Chad Hilliard, Elinor Hills, Annie Jones, Caroline Kim, Danielle Lotridge, Tevin Mickens, Aaron Peirano Garrison, Gabrielle Scarpa, Sarah Skin, Caroline Tisdale, and Athena Wheaton. The show will feature a reception …
Mamiko Otsubo on Rita McBride
Mamiko Otsubo MFA’04 will be featured in Dia Art Foundation’s Artists on Artists Lecture Series. For her lecture, she will be discussing the work of Rita McBride a Düsseldorf, Germany based artist and sculptor, whose work Particulates, a laser-based art piece, is featured in Dia:Beacon. Otsubo is a prominent Japanese artist who graduated from Yale School of Art in 2004. She is …
Yale School of Art Publication Launch
As a part of the Open Studios, the School of Art will be hosting a reception for the launch of their new publication featuring the works of 2017 MFA students. The launch will have drinks and will offer a complimentary copy of the publication.
MFA Open Studios 2018
The annual graduate open studios will be taking place this weekend! Hosted by the Yale School of Art, the open studios will feature a variety of works from current MFA candidates including Graphic Design, Painting and Printmaking, Photography, and Sculpture. The Open Studios will be open at the following locations in New Haven: 1156 Chapel Street 353 Crown Street 32-36 Edgewood …
The Lure of the Dark
Featured in the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art, The Lure of the Dark is an exhibition of the contemporary take on the allure of the nighttime in art. Citing the historical background and importance of the night in art in pieces through centuries, the Mass MoCA explains that this exhibition is the modern view of darkness and night. But with this darkness …