Recently, Dominic Chambers MFA ’19 was interviewed by Angelo Vidal with Riverfront Times about his solo exhibition at the Contemporary Art Museum (CAM) St. Louis, and the opportunity that the exhibition posed for his family to see Chambers’ work in person. The exhibition, titled “Birthplace,” Birthplace, is on display through Sunday, February 11, 2024. Vidal describes the exhibit as “an …
Mickalene Thomas MFA ’02 / “Portrait of an Unlikely Space” at YUAG until Jan. 7, 2023
Until January 7, 2023, head to the Yale University Art Gallery to see contemporary paintings by Mickalene Thomas MFA ’02 curated alongside historical objects. On the exhibition, ArtNews writes, “Small 19th-century portraits (painted miniatures, daguerreotypes, tintypes, silhouettes, and prints) featuring Black sitters—some known, some unknown, some free(d), some enslaved—make up an imagined community, in Thomas’s words a “chosen family,” in …
Tschabalala Self MFA ’15 Artwork Featured on the Cover of Vogue
Tschabalala Self MFA ’15 recently painted an image of Nicki Minaj for the December 2023 digital cover of Vogue. On the collaboration, Vogue writes, “when we asked Tschabalala to do a portrait of Nicki for Vogue’s December digital cover—using photographer Norman Jean Roy’s cover shoot [of the print edition] as a starting point—she was surprised and electrified by the idea, and maybe just …
Jordan Casteel MFA ’14 on Time 100 2022 List
Jordan Casteel MFA ’14 was featured on Time‘s top 100 people list of 2022. Read what Time writes about Casteel: “Jordan Casteel’s portraits invite us to meet their gaze. The artist is best known for detailed oil paintings that find subjects in her New York City community—usually African Americans, always people of color—staring out at the viewer, their expressions confident but …
YAA Small Talk with Antonio Alcalá ’83 ’85 MFA
First-generation American Antonio Alcalá ’83 ’85 MFA spoke to the Yale community on June 17 about his journey from San Diego to New Haven to Washington, D.C., where he has art directed or designed more than 60 postage stamps for the United States Postal Service. From commemorating the 150th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation to the 50th anniversary of Woodstock, …
Maya Lin BA ’81, M.Arch ’86 Commissioned to Create Sculpture for Obama Presidential Center
Recently, Former President Barack Obama announced that the Obama Presidential Center in Chicago’s Water Garden will be anchored around a commissioned art installation from Maya Lin BA ’81, M.Arch ’86. According to the Pace Gallery, “Lin’s work, titled Seeing Through the Universe, will feature an upright “oculus” piece that mists and a flat “pebble” piece that fills with water and then …
Vaughn Spann MFA ’18 Exhibition at U.S Flagship in Tribeca until Oct. 28, 2023
You can find the work of Vaughn Spann MFA ’18 on display in a solo exhibition at Almine Rech’s new U.S Flagship in Tribeca, New York until October 28, 2023. The exhibition marks Vaughn’s first solo presentation in New York since 2020 and includes a body of new abstract paintings. Read the full press release here. Photo Credits: Vaughn Spann. Deep …
Martin Puryear B.F.A. ’71, M.F.A. ’71, D.F.A. (Hon.)’94 Awarded 2020 Getty Medal
In 2020, Martin Puryear B.F.A. ’71, M.F.A. ’71, D.F.A. (Hon.)’94, was among 3 artists honored with the Getty Medal, recognizing Puryear’s contributions to the arts and humanities. The Getty Trust writes of Puryear’s work, “Mr. Puryear’s sculpture has been recognized for more than 50 years for its abstract organic forms. ‘Martin Puryear’s powerful hand-crafted sculpture delves deeply into African American …
Two Yale Alumni Artists Featured in Vogue’s Must-See Fall 2023 Exhibitions
Recently, Vogue ran a feature of 29 must-see art exhibitions in America this fall. 2 Yale artists, Mickalene Thomas MFA ’02 and Barkley L. Hendricks BFA/MFA ’72, and their fall 2023 exhibitions made it on the list. Learn more about the two exhibitions and artists below: Mickalene Thomas / Portrait of an Unlikely Space “The present confronts the past in …
Sept. 21-Jan. 7 Barkley Hendricks BFA/MFA ’72: Portraits at the Frick
The work of Barkley L. Hendricks (1945-2017) is on display at the Frick Collection in New York City from September 21st, 2023 to January 7th, 2024. Address: 945 Madison Avenue at 75th Street New York, NY 10021 More about the exhibit: “Hendricks revolutionized contemporary portraiture with his vivid depictions of Black subjects that emphasize the dignity and individuality of his …