Claes Oldenburg BA ’50, the Swedish-born American Pop artist known for his monumental sculptures of everyday objects, died on Monday at his home and studio in the SoHo section of Manhattan. He was 93. In the Yale Community, Oldenburg is perhaps best known for the “mysterious” appearance of his anti-war sculpture “Lipstick (Ascending) on Caterpillar Tracks,” which was placed in …
Wangechi Mutu MFA ’00 Storm King Show until Nov. 9
Wangechi Mutu MFA ’00, the Kenyan-born multidisciplinary artist best known for her clay and bronze sculptures and collage paintings, has an exhibition of eight large-scale bronze sculptures at Storm King Art Center. The pieces are on display on Storm King’s Museum Hills until November 8. Mutu has been going to Storm King in New York’s Hudson Valley, since she was …
Obama Portrait Tour by Wiley MFA ’01 Expanded through the Fall
The Kehinde Wiley MFA ’01 and Amy Sherald paintings of the former president and first lady will head back to D.C.’s Portrait Gallery in November after having their yearlong tour expanded through the fall. The National Portrait Gallery, where presidential portraits are kept in Washington, DC, announced that two more stops have been added to the popular tour — the …