Rona Pondick MFA’77 will be featured in New York at the Marc Straus Gallery through December. According to the gallery, “Pondick’s new works feature semi-transparent clear blocks encasing her head rendered in brilliant contrasting color. The heads appear in various orientations, sometimes even floating partway out of their evanescent domain. The blocks have subtle contours and worked edges, paying fealty …
I Can’t See You Without Me
I Can’t See You Without Me is Mickalene Thomas’ MFA’02 exhibition in the Wexner Center for the Arts in Columbus, Ohio. In the exhibit, you’ll find over 50 of Thomas’ works, from paintings to sculptures. Additionally, there will be the premier of Je t’aime trois, a collaborative effort with Terri Lyne Carrington, a Grammy-award-winning composer, comprised of a multichannel video display. Thomas’ works express …
The Catskill Glow
Jane Carr MFA’66 will be featured in the Word and Image Gallery in Treadwell, NY in November. Her landscapes, carefully crafted with egg tempera on panel, showcase the Catskills, where she is originally from. According to the gallery, “Carr uses the jewel-like quality of egg tempera color to catch the effects of light and atmosphere in the long hollows of …
William T. Williams Receives the 2018 Pratt Institute Legends Award
William T. Williams MFA’68 was nominated and won the 2018 Pratt Institute Legends Award. Williams graduated from the Pratt Institute in 1966 and soon continued his educational journey at Yale for the next two years. Williams, as an influential figurative painter, said he received inspiration from Richard Bove and that solidified his philosophical perspective as seen in his works: a …
Expanses
Expanses is Sopheap Pich’s sixth exhibition with Tyler Rollins Fine Art Gallery. Expanses features floor-standing sculptures showcasing both “lightness” and “monumentality.” Pich’s works explore the Cambodian identity and Pich’s childhood experiences growing up in Cambodia. Tyler Rollins, the owner of the gallery showcasing Expanses, is a Yale alumni who’s gallery focuses on contemporary art from the Indo-Pacific region, specifically Southeast Asia and Australia. …
John Ruskin and the Idea of the Museum
As the 2018 Paul Mellon Lecture, the Yale Center for British Art will host Tristram Hunt in a discussion about the fundamental idea of the museum. The event, free and open to the public and also live-streamed from the Center’s website, explores the value of museums and the role of museums as seen in John Ruskin’s writings. After the event, …