The Dartmouth profiled Nicola Camerlenghi ’98, an art history professor. The article discusses Professor Camerlenghi’s role in the “Mapping Rome” project. In collaboration with other institutions, Camerlenghi helped digitize thousands of resources on Roman history. Through the Dartmouth College Rome Center, this project aims to make these rich historical sources more readily accessible. He describes what first piqued his interest in Art …
NBC News Features Devan Shimoyama ’14MFA
Devan Shimoyama ’14MFA was profiled last week in NBC News. The article focused on Shimoyama’s current exhibition at the De Buck Gallery in New York City. This exhibition, which is entitled “Sweet” and is the artist’s first solo show, analyzes the gendered space of the black barbershop. Shimoyama explains, “The black barbershop is not quite [a safe space] for gay black …
Contemporary Crossroads II Registration Now Open
Registration is now open for the Yale Alumni Art League’s event at Art Basel Miami! Please purchase tickets here. Join Yale alumni and friends for an engaging afternoon with world class alumni and specialists in the Arts as we get an in-depth look into the contemporary arts scene during the internationally acclaimed Art Basel Miami. Whether you are a seasoned …
Yale Alumni Launch New Haven Arts Incubator
Titus Kaphar ’06MFA and Jonathan Brand ’07MFA are part of a team of innovative leaders working to expand New Haven’s arts community. The $5.8 million project called Elm City Postmasters would renovate a historic industrial building at 169 Henry Street and transform it into an arts studio for 10 fellows. The project would engage local high school students and is …
The Center for Collaborative Arts and Media Reopening
This fall, Yale’s DMCA will reopen as The Center for Collaborative Arts and Media. The center’s press release claims that “the renaming marks an important distinction and a better reflection of our core mission, to serve as an interdisciplinary arts research center for all Yale students, graduate and undergraduate alike.” Located at 149 York Street, the Center will formally announce …
Matthew Pillsbury ’95: Sanctuary
Through November 22nd, Benrubi Gallery is displaying the photography of Matthew Pillsbury ’95. The exhibition, Sanctuary, focuses on urban communities and everyday life, but also considers the political context of major cities in our current political discourse. The gallery adds, “Sanctuary shows a wide variety of urban environments, from museums and galas to parades and protests and public plazas and beaches. Some are …
Stories of Almost Everyone
The Hammer Museum will feature Stories of Almost Everyone, a collection that explores the storytelling and historiography process of art. The museum explains the exhibition’s inspiration, “In recent years, a continued emphasis on an art of ideas—inherited from the legacies of conceptual and post-conceptual artistic practice—has sought to further develop strategies in the service of communicating social, political, and economic histories. …
Kellie Jones ’99PhD: South of Pico
South of Pico, a new book by Kellie Jones ’99PhD, will be the topic of discussion at the Hammer Museum’s October 25th event and book signing. In the book, Jones analyses the development of Los Angeles’ energetic arts community in the 1960s and 1970s. The program is free, and coffee and tea will be provided. For more information, please visit …
Martin Puryear ’71BFA/MFA Solo Exhibition
The Parasol unit foundation for contemporary art will exhibit works of Martin Puryear ’71MFA/MFA from across his nearly 40 year long career. This is Puryear’s first public exhibition in London and will feature more than 30 works. Parasol unit describes Puryear’s style and the exhibition in its press release. “Martin Puryear’s abstract sculptures are extraordinary. His reductive forms have a unique aesthetic …
PISSED: Panel and Conversation
On September 26, multiple Yale affiliates and leaders will take part in PISSED, “a panel and conversation about art, architecture and legal action as tactics for promoting inclusivity.” Speakers include Titus Kaphar ’06MFA, Yale Architecture Professor Joel Sanders, Cassils, Chase Strangio, and Jack Halberstam as moderator. The event is co-sponsored by NYU’s Center for the Study of Gender and Sexuality. …