Contemporary Crossroads III

About this Event Join Yale alumni and friends for an engaging afternoon with world class alumni and specialists in the Arts as we get an in-depth look into the contemporary arts scene during the internationally acclaimed Art Miami. Whether you are a seasoned collector, avid art enthusiast, practitioner, or just beginning your artistic journey, this event is for you. The …

Hrvoje Slovenc MFA’10 releases DIS/Inheritance: New Croatian Photography

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 …

May 7: Venice Biennale event with Tammy Nguyen MFA ’13 and Martina Droth

When: May 7, 2026 Where: Hotel Monaco & Grand Canal, P.za San Marco, 1332, 30124 Venezia VE, Italy When: Conversation 4:00-5:00pm CET Reception 5:00-6:00pm CET Join us for an engaging in-person conversation with exhibiting artist, Tammy Nguyen, MFA, and Deputy Director and Chief Curator of the Yale Center for British Art, Martina Droth at Hotel Monaco & Grand Canal, Venice, Italy.  Nguyen and Droth will …

Meg Webster MFA ’84 featured in The New York Times

In advance of the end of her two-year exhibition at the Paula Cooper Gallery, The New York Times’ Zoë Lescaze covers Meg Webster MFA ’84 and the transient sculptures that have shaped her career. Zoe writes, Unlike many sculptors who spend their careers crafting objects designed to outlast them, Webster has made an uneasy peace with loss. Many of her …

Taína Cruz MFA ’25 Art Studio Featured in CULTURED Mag

Recently, CULTURED Mag‘s Julia Halperin interviewed Taína Cruz MFA ’25 ahead of Cruz being the youngest artist in this year’s Biennial. Halperin also got a tour of Cruz’s New Haven studio. She writes, The native New Yorker (b. 1998) began making waves in the art world with her paintings of ghoulish, grimacing figures. She managed to secure gallery representation (with …

Antonia Kuo MFA ’18 Awarded 2025 Foundwork Artist Prize

At the end of 2025, New York-based interdisciplinary artist and 2018 Yale MFA graduate Antonia Kuo was awarded the 2025 Foundwork Artist Prize. On Kuo’s work, Foundwork prize judge Hugo Vitrani wrote, “A first inattentive glance might suggest that Antonia Kuo’s pieces have nothing to do with photography—or, conversely, that her pieces contain nothing pictorial. By stretching languages and the very boundaries of …

Jan. 26-Mar. 21: Devan Shimoyama MFA ’14: SHIFT

When: January 26 to March 21, 2026 Where: Rowan University Art Gallery & Museum, Glassboro New Jersey Opening Reception: Wednesday February 4th 2026 at 5-7pm. Alumni artist Devan Shimoyama MFA ’14 will present new work in his regional debut, SHIFT from January 26 to March 21, 2026 at the Rowan University Art Gallery and Museum in Glassboro, New Jersey. An …

Watch Alteronce Gumby MFA ’16 Interview with Brut

Brut. journalist Fatima D. spoke with rising art star Alteronce Gumby about repurposing broken glass in his latest work ahead of his show at the Jeffrey Deitch Gallery in Los Angeles. A graduate of Yale’s prestigious MFA program in art, his work has since appeared in institutions like the National Gallery of Art, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, and The …

Nov. 15- Jan. 17 2026, Alteronce Gumby MFA ’16 Walk the Moon Exhibition in LA

Currently Showing Alteronce Gumby: Walk on the Moon November 15, 2025–January 17, 2026 925 N. Orange Drive, Los Angeles California Jeffrey Deitch is pleased to present Walk on the Moon, an exhibition of new work by Alteronce Gumby, the artist’s first solo presentation with the gallery. Structured around four separate yet intertwined movements that incorporate each facet of Gumby’s ever-evolving practice—from …

Vani Bhushan MFA ’25 Featured in Aperture’s “Introducing” Series

Vani Bhushan, who graduated in 2025 from the Yale School of Art with an MFA in photography was recently featured in Aperture’s “Introducing” Series, which highlights exciting new voices in photography. Bhushan spoke with Kamayani Sharma about her MFA project, which includes a collection of photos of Delhi, India. One untitled series and another called Waiting on images that won’t …

Marie Watt MFA ’96 Receives the 2025 Heinz Award

Interdisciplinary artist Marie Watt MFA ’96 was recently named one of two winners of the 2025 Heinz for the Arts award, given by the Pittsburgh-based Heinz Family Foundation and which comes with an unrestricted cash prize of $250,000 for the winners. 2025 marks the 30th year that the Hertz Family Foundation has offered the award in honor of US Senator …

Jennifer Packer MFA ’12 Receives the 2025 Heinz Award

Jennifer Packer MFA ’12 was recently named one of two winners of the 2025 Heinz for the Arts award, given by the Pittsburgh-based Heinz Family Foundation and which comes with an unrestricted cash prize of $250,000 for the winners. 2025 marks the 30th year that the Hertz Family Foundation has offered the award in honor of US Senator John Heinz …