Abstract Politics

Abstract Politics: A Conversation on the History of Exhibiting and Collecting Abstract Art This panel discussion will feature artist Kevin Beasley MFA ’12; Susan Cahan, Dean of Arts in Yale College and author of “Mounting Frustration: The Art Museum in the Age of Black Power”; Pamela J. Joyner, collector and philanthropist; Courtney J. Martin PhD ’09, Assistant Professor of History …

Judith Bernstein ’67MFA Lecture

Judith Bernstein ’67MFA will deliver a lecture at the Yale School of Art about painting and printmaking on March 31st. More information can be found at the Yale School of Art’s event page. The event will be in Room C220.

Abelardo Morell ’81MFA Featured on CBS Sunday Morning News

On Sunday, January 22nd, Abelardo Morell ’81MFA was featured on the CBS Sunday Morning News. According to his website, Morell was born in Cuba and immigrated to the United States in 1962 with his family. His photography has been displayed in museums across the nation. The segment examines Morell’s technique of “camera obscura” which was frequently used during the Renaissance. In the interview …

Kehinde Wiley ’01MFA Exhibition at TMA

Kehinde Wiley ’01MFA will have his exhibition, A New Republic, displayed at the Toledo Museum of Art this spring. According to the museum, the hallmarks of the exhibition include Wiley’s “signature portraits of everyday men and women riff on paintings by Old Masters, replacing European aristocrats in those paintings with contemporary black subjects and drawing attention to the absence of …

Kehinde Wiley ’01MFA Exhibition at Toledo Museum of Art

Kehinde Wiley ’01MFA will have his exhibition, A New Republic, displayed at the Toledo Museum of Art this spring. According to the museum, the hallmarks of the exhibition include Wiley’s “signature portraits of everyday men and women riff on paintings by Old Masters, replacing European aristocrats in those paintings with contemporary black subjects and drawing attention to the absence of …

Yale Alumni Art Featured in New York City Subway

Two Yale alumni have their art featured in New York City subways stations. The works from Chuck Close ’64MFA and Sarah Sze ’91 are part of a major project to expand public artwork in the city’s public transit system. The New York times describes the plan as “one of the most ambitious contemporary art projects that the Metropolitan Transportation Authority …

Mickalene Thomas ’02MFA: Waiting on Prime-Time Star

Mickalene Thomas: Waiting on Prime-Time Star opens today at the Newcomb Art Museum of Tulane. The exhibition “brings together more than 40 works including paintings, photographs, collages, sculptures, film, and a site-specific installation that broadly engage the subject of portraiture through an interplay of different media. Hours: Tuesday – Friday: 10 – 5 Saturday – Sunday: 11 – 4

New Mickalene Thomas ’02MFA Exhibition Opens

Mickalene Thomas: Waiting on Prime-Time Star opens today at the Newcomb Art Museum of Tulane. The exhibition “brings together more than 40 works including paintings, photographs, collages, sculptures, film, and a site-specific installation that broadly engage the subject of portraiture through an interplay of different media. “Mickalene Thomas (b. 1971) is an internationally renowned artist recognized for lush works celebrating the …

Audrey Flack ’52 WCA Award Ceremony

The Women’s Caucus for Art (WCA) has announced that Audrey Flack ’52 will be the recipient of a 2017 Lifetime Achievement (LTA) Award. Flack will receive the award on Saturday, February 18th, 2017 at a ceremony from 8:00-9:30 PM. The event is open to the public and will be held at the New York Institute of Technology (NYIT), 1871 Broadway at 61st …

Audrey Flack ’52 to Receive Lifetime Achievement Award

The Women’s Caucus for Art (WCA) has announced that Audrey Flack ’52 will be the recipient of a 2017 Lifetime Achievement (LTA) Award. The Awards were first presented in 1979 in President Jimmy Carter’s Oval Office to Isabel Bishop, Selma Burke, Alice Neel, Louise Nevelson, and Georgia O’Keeffe. In the following year, Audrey Flack nominated Lee Krasner, who was presented with …