April 18: Venice Biennale event with Pablo Delano MFA ’79 and Martina Droth

When: April 18th, 2024 Where: Hotel Monaco & Grand Canal, P.za San Marco, 1332/1238, 30100 Venezia VE, Italy When: 4pm-6pm Join us for an engaging in-person conversation with exhibiting artist, Pablo Delano, MFA and Deputy Director and Chief Curator of the Yale Center for British Art, Martina Droth at Hotel Monaco & Grand Canal, Venice, Italy. They will share their insights and experiences in the Biennale …

March 23-April 27th: Henry Finkelstein MFA ’83: Paintings

From March 23 to April 27th, 2024, head over to Valley House Gallery in Dallas, Texas to see the work of Henry Finkelstein MFA ’83. Of the exhibition, Finkelstein says, “These are paintings I did mostly in France over the last two years; first in the town of Sainte-Alvère in the Périgord, and more recently in Northern Brittany near Pommerit-le-Vicomte. …

April 5-July 27, 2024 Suzanne Chamlin MFA’89: Studies in Color

From April 5 to July 27th, head over to Fairfield University’s Bellarmine Hall Galleries to see the recent work of Suzanne Chamlin MFA ’89. On April 4th, the exhibit’s opening night, hear a lecture from Chamlin herself. From the exhibit’s website: “In this exhibition of recent work, Chamlin explores ideas about color theory and light through a series of landscape …

“Shining Light on Truth” Exhibit Designed by David Jon Walker MFA’23 on Display in New Haven until Sept. 1, 2024

Last week, New Haven Museum’s newest exhibition, “Shining Light on Truth: New Haven, Yale, and Slavery” opened to the public. You may visit for free until September 1, 2024. The exhibition, designed by David Jon Walker MFA ’23, celebrates Black resistance and community. Curators Michael J. Morand with Charles E. Warner, Jr excavated from the archive of New Haven and …

Yale 2024 MFA Thesis Exhibitions, January 20-May 21, 2024

The Yale School of Art annually hosts an MFA thesis exhibition that showcases the culmination of two years of intensive work from all its 2024 MFA candidates, from painting /printmaking to graphic design, from sculpture to photography. You can see the work of the newest soon-to-be Yale alumni artists at the dates below. All thesis exhibitions and receptions are held …

Dominic Chambers MFA ’19 Exhibition at CAM through Feb. 11 2024

Recently, Dominic Chambers MFA ’19 was interviewed by Angelo Vidal with Riverfront Times about his solo exhibition at the Contemporary Art Museum (CAM) St. Louis, and the opportunity that the exhibition posed for his family to see Chambers’ work in person. The exhibition, titled “Birthplace,”  Birthplace, is on display through Sunday, February 11, 2024. Vidal describes the exhibit as “an …

Mickalene Thomas MFA ’02 / “Portrait of an Unlikely Space” at YUAG until Jan. 7, 2023

Until January 7, 2023, head to the Yale University Art Gallery to see contemporary paintings by Mickalene Thomas MFA ’02 curated alongside historical objects. On the exhibition, ArtNews writes, “Small 19th-century portraits (painted miniatures, daguerreotypes, tintypes, silhouettes, and prints) featuring Black sitters—some known, some unknown, some free(d), some enslaved—make up an imagined community, in Thomas’s words a “chosen family,” in …

Vaughn Spann MFA ’18 Exhibition at U.S Flagship in Tribeca until Oct. 28, 2023

You can find the work of Vaughn Spann MFA ’18 on display in a solo exhibition at Almine Rech’s new U.S Flagship in Tribeca, New York until October 28, 2023. The exhibition marks Vaughn’s first solo presentation in New York since 2020 and includes a body of new abstract paintings.   Read the full press release here. Photo Credits: Vaughn Spann. Deep …

Sept. 21-Jan. 7 Barkley Hendricks BFA/MFA ’72: Portraits at the Frick

The work of Barkley L. Hendricks (1945-2017) is on display at the Frick Collection in New York City from September 21st, 2023 to January 7th, 2024. Address: 945 Madison Avenue at 75th Street New York, NY 10021 More about the exhibit: “Hendricks revolutionized contemporary portraiture with his vivid depictions of Black subjects that emphasize the dignity and individuality of his …

Sept. 7, 2023: Opening Festivities for African Art in Motion: The Legacy of Robert Farris Thompson

Join Yale’s Department of the History of Art as it kicks off opening festivities to honor the legacy of Professor Robert Farris Thompson. The event will feature a live performance by Afro-Puerto Rican music group Alma Moyo, Professor Thompson’s “house band.” A brief presentation on Professor Thompson will precede the performance. Symposium Program When: Thursday, September 7, 2023 – 5:00pm to 7:00pm Where: …