Made in LA 2018

Every two years, UCLA’s Hammer Museum hosts the Made in LA gallery, which showcases artists from around the LA area. Engaged in contemporary culture, the thirty-two artists showcased in this year’s display  grapple a variety of engaging topics, from marginalization to capitalism. The gallery features multiple Yale School of Art alumni: Charles Long MFA’88, Nancy Lupo MFA’11, Aaron Fowler MFA’14, Lauren Halsey MFA’14, …

Marcela Florido MFA’15 Featured in Interview

Marcela Florido MFA’15 was featured in an interview by The Global Research Center. The interview was conducted by Abayomi Azikiwe, editor of Pan-African News Wire. According to Florido herself, “[During the interview,] We talked about issues of identity and intercultural dynamics in art and how the influence of racially polarized societies such as Brazil and the U.S can impose on the ability …

PRECOG Magazine Issue 3 Launches

PRECOG Magazine, an annual publication that explores the intersection of art and technology/science, launches its third issue on May 25th at 6-8 PM at Printed Matter in NYC. This edition will feature multiple Yale alumni: Blinn & Lambert (pseudonym of Nicholas Steindorf MFA’14 and Kyle Williams MFA’15) and Julia Bland MFA’12. For more information and to purchase the publication visit PRECOG …

Eva O’Leary MFA’16 Wins the Hyères Festival Photographie Grand Prix

Eva O’Leary MFA’16 was announced to be the winner of the 2018 Hyères Festival Photographie Grand Prix this April. From New York, O’Leary’s winning work was named Spitting Image, and depicted young American girls, aged 11 to 14, and their discomfort looking into the lens while looking at a mirror. Her work was comprised of both video and photos and analyzed how …

Kehinde Wiley MFA’01 to Speak at SFAI Commencement

Kehinde Wiley MFA’01 is set to speak at the San Francisco Art Institute’s 2018 Commencement ceremony. SFAI’s President, Gordon Knox, said, in regards to Wiley being chosen as the speaker: ““Kehinde Wiley’s work reflects the core values of a San Francisco Art Institute education—exquisite technique delivering a complex human story. His paintings re-shape how we see and understand power and …

Do Ho Suh @ Victoria Miro

Do Ho Suh MFA’97 will be featured in an exhibition at the Galleria Victoria Miro in Venice. His works on display are part of his ongoing Rubbing/Loving project, which takes objects lined with paper, interconnects them, and rubs them with oil pastels. According to the gallery, the works “exist at the boundary of drawing and sculpture,” as his whimsical, “rational yet …