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 …

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 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 …

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 …

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 …

Through November 22nd, Benrubi Gallery is displaying the photography of Matthew Pillsbury ’95. The exhibition, Sanctuary, focuses on urban communities and everyday life, but also considers the political context of major cities in our current political discourse. The gallery adds, “Sanctuary shows a wide variety of urban environments, from museums and galas to parades and protests and public plazas and beaches. Some are …

The Hammer Museum will feature Stories of Almost Everyone, a collection that explores the storytelling and historiography process of art. The museum explains the exhibition’s inspiration, “In recent years, a continued emphasis on an art of ideas—inherited from the legacies of conceptual and post-conceptual artistic practice—has sought to further develop strategies in the service of communicating social, political, and economic histories. …

The Parasol unit foundation for contemporary art will exhibit works of Martin Puryear ’71MFA/MFA from across his nearly 40 year long career. This is Puryear’s first public exhibition in London and will feature more than 30 works. Parasol unit describes Puryear’s style and the exhibition in its press release. “Martin Puryear’s abstract sculptures are extraordinary. His reductive forms have a unique aesthetic …

On September 26, multiple Yale affiliates and leaders will take part in PISSED, “a panel and conversation about art, architecture and legal action as tactics for promoting inclusivity.” Speakers include Titus Kaphar ’06MFA, Yale Architecture Professor Joel Sanders, Cassils, Chase Strangio, and Jack Halberstam as moderator. The event is co-sponsored by NYU’s Center for the Study of Gender and Sexuality. …

“The Lotus in Spite of the Swamp evokes New Orleans’s natural environment—surrounded by bayous, lakes and wetlands near the mouth of the Mississippi River. It also alludes to the city’s unique cultural landscape as a creative force; the politically engaged jazz saxophonist Archie Shepp described jazz itself as a triumph of the human spirit, a lily that grows “in spite of …