Martin Puryear MFA ’71 HON ’94 will represent the United States at the 58th International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia — otherwise referred to as the Venice Biennale. This biennial event features artists from around the world, each representing an artistic piece from their respective nations. This year, Puryear’s Liberty will be featured in the United States’ pavilion. According …

Recently, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City has announced its plans for Wangechi Mutu MFA’02 to be featured in a new temporary façade of the building. Her sculptures will be the first to be displayed externally at the Met since 1902. It is planned to be the first of many annual external displays for the Met over …

Hrvoje Slovenc MFA’10, along with Don Mengay and Linda Mateljan, released DIS/Inheritance: New Croatian Photography, a collection of contemporary photography from nine Croatian photographers, including Slovenc himself. The photography comes from a variety of backgrounds, from academic to professional, all united under a Croatian heritage. The book features some photography which “emphasize[s] formal, aesthetic concerns related to framing, light, and …

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 …

Martin Puryear MFA’71 will represent the US at the 2019 Venice Biennale. The acclaimed sculptor will construct a new site-specific work for the pavilion, opening next spring. The exhibition will also include outreach to under-served youth, overseen by New York’s Studio in a School and the Istituto Santa Maria Della Pietà in Venice, according to the New York Times. Puryear is the second African American …

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, 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 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 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 …

Hasabie Kidanu, MFA’17, was named a 2018 Jan van Eyck Academie Resident this past week. As a resident, Kidanu will spend up to a year at the van Eyck Academie in the Netherlands, a post-academic institute for artistic growth and development. This year, she was chosen as one of thirty-four to receive this honor out of over 650 applicants from …