From March 18th to October 15th, Kehinde Wiley MFA ’01 has the exhibition “An Archaeology of Silence” on display at San Francisco’s DeYoung Museum. The exhibition “confronts the silence surrounding systemic violence against Black people through the visual language of the fallen figure.” As The New York Times’ Deonne Searcey notes, “The show, which debuted last year at the Venice Biennale, …
Ahree Lee BA ’93 MFA ’02 on Exhibit at Ely Center until Apr. 30, 2023
Ahree Lee BA ’93 MFA ’02 has an exhibition that opens today and runs through April 30th at the Ely Center in New Haven, CT. See below for the gallery’s announcement: Ahree Lee: Program and Pattern April 2 – April 30, 2023 Weaving Workshop: April 2, 1:30-3pmOpening Reception: April 2, 3-6pmClosing Reception: April 30, 1-3pm Craft and technology are often …
Alteronce Gumby MFA ’16 On the Cosmic Influence On His Work
Recently, Alteronce Gumby MFA ’16 was interviewed by Ashley Tiner at Vice’s I-D on the cosmic influence on his work. Tiner describes how, “Alteronce pushes colour theory into a liberatory space — troubling colour’s use as a tool to interpret human value, and instead using it to transport us past social structures into subconscious territories.” We radicalize color for our own intention. …
New York Times Style Magazine Shoot Organized by Shikeith MFA ’18
The New York Times Style Magazine recently featured an article, What Does It Mean to Be a Young, Black Queer Artist Right Now? , which centered around a photo and video shoot that Shikeith MFA ’18 organized and shot. On the project, Shikeith says, I pitched this idea in May 2021, [after] the 30th anniversary of Marlon Riggs’s “Tongues Untied.” …
2/23 Event Scholl Lecture Series Presented by Goldman Sachs: Jordan Casteel MFA’14
Tune in for the Scholl Lecture Series, presented by Goldman Sachs, featuring artist Jordan Casteel. Casteel is a renowned American figurative painter who typically paints intimate portraits of loved ones, as well as strangers in Harlem and New York. Her work Lourdes and Karina (2019) is currently on view at PAMM. This program will be offered in-person (seating is limited) …
Ilana Harris-Babou BA ’13 “Liquid Gold” Exhibition at Wesleyan through March 5th
From Monday, January 30 through Sunday, March 5, 2023 at Wesleyan’s Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery, North Gallery, you can visit Liquid Gold, Ilana Harris-Babou BA ’13’s most recent exhibition. According to the exhibition website, “Liquid Gold is the first chapter in a series of installations by artist Ilana Harris-Babou. Referring to the value assigned to human breastmilk, Liquid Gold looks at the history …
Christina Quarles MFA ’16: “The Queer Artist of Color Exploding Those Very Labels”
Recently The Cut‘s Art and Soul writer Anna Furman interviewed Christina Quarles MFA ’16 about “becoming a mother, measuring success in the art market, and traveling around Europe with her unconventional queer family.” Quarles, best known for her fantastical and prismatic paintings with impossibly contortioning racially ambiguous characters, has quickly risen to fame after debuting at the 2022 Venice Biennale …
Sarah Sze BA’91 at Guggenheim Starting March 31
Sarah Sze BA’91 has an upcoming exhibition at the Guggenheim museum. From March 31 through September 10, 2023, you can find the exhibition, Sarah Sze: Timelapse from the exterior of the museum to the sixth level of the rotunda and the adjacent tower level gallery. Described by Richard Armstrong, the Guggenheim’s outgoing director as “insisting on a synthesis…in our visually …
Howardena Pindell ’67 MFA among Artists Honored at MOMA Exhibition Through February 18 2023
Howardena Pindell ’67 MFA is among the artists featured in the MOMA’s exhibition, Just Above Midtown: Changing Spaces, which runs through February 18, 2023. As New York Times reporter, Aruna D’Souza notes that the exhibition honors JAM, a gallery space “founded by the artist and social activist Linda Goode Bryant in 1974 at 50 West 57th Street. Over the next 12 years …
Tala Madani MFA ’06 “Biscuits” Exhibition at the MOCA until Feb 2023
Tala Madani MFA ’06 has an exhibition, “Biscuits” at the Los Angeles MOCA. It runs through February 19th. Art Critic Christopher Knight reviewed the exhibition for the LA Times, saying, Madani’s work is like a truant love child of scatological transgressions by the late Mike Kelley and the feminist media smarts of artist Barbara Kruger. Deftly organized by MOCA curator …