Edward Cooke ’77 Receives Distinguished Teaching of Art History Award

Edward Cooke ’77, the Charles F. Montgomery Professor of American Decorative Arts at Yale, won the 2018 Distinguished Teaching of Art History Award from the College Arts Association. Since teaching at Yale in 1992, Cooke believed in “learning by looking.” By actually bringing students into Yale’s collections to gain first-hand knowledge, he managed to engage and impact hundreds of students. Read …

Howardena Pindell: What Remains To Be Seen

The Howardena Pindell: What Remains To Be Seen exhibition at the MCA Chicago offers a glimpse at Pindell’s illustrious five-decades-long career, offering pieces from, “early figurative paintings, pure abstraction and conceptual works, and personal and political art that emerged in the aftermath of a life-threatening car accident in 1979.” The exhibition has a truly diverse collection of Pindell’s work, from photography and painting to a …

2018 Invitational Exhibition of Visual Arts

The 2018 Invitational Exhibition of Visual Arts is the annual exhibition of contemporary artists by the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Featuring 35 artists drawn from 100 nominees, the exhibition features a variety of works, from paintings to sculptures. The artists exhibiting have the opportunity to win one of ten awards. The exhibition features the works of Eric Holzman …

A Long View

A Long View is a photography showcase of Lois Conner’s work in China over many years. The gallery describes her art as “both contemporary and, due to her vision, ‘a long view’ that captures the eternal in the moment, timeless. Conner’s work is that of the artist-artisan: every aspect of her art involves the hand made combined with demanding techniques of platinum …

Silence Breakers

Collaborating with Nasty Women Connecticut, the Ely Center for Contemporary Art will be showcasing Silence Breakers, an exhibition of over 100 artists, all making statements about “women silenced and disregarded.” As a tribute to Women’s History Month, the exhibition collected many artists work in the former home of John Slade Ely and, as the exhibit suggests, his disregarded widow, Grace. According …

UnSeen: Our Past in a new light

The Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery will feature UnSeen: Our Past in a new light, an exhibition showcasing the work of Ken Gonzales-Day and Titus Kaphar ’02MFA. The exhibit, on display for the next 10 months, will illuminate the ways in which people of color contributed to this country’s founding. It examines both the misrepresentation and underrepresentation of minorities in the art …

Sarah McKenzie ’93 | “Artist Panel: Painting/Non Painting” | Clyfford Still Museum

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Thursday, March 8, 2018 6:30-8PM | Sarah McKenzie ’93 YC is part of the “Artist Panel: Painting/Non Painting” at the Clyfford Still Museum. Join artists Stephen Batura, Terry Maker, and Sarah McKenzie to see how the act of painting (and near-painting) continues to be redefined in the present day. This panel will also consider if and how the intentions of …