Deborah Curtiss MFA’61 is featured in a solo exhibition at the Aljoya Thornton Place. Her muted yet colorful paintings feature a variety of scenes, from still-life paintings to nude figures. Her recent works include CHRYSALIS and ARS LONGA: broken-up figures sprawled across a sea of watercolors. Her works will be on display through September.
Do Ho Suh
Do Ho Suh MFA’97 is featured in the Museum Voorlinden in a solo exhibition titled Do Ho Suh. The exhibition is Suh’s first solo exhibition in the Netherlands. The South Korean artist designs architectural installations which, according to the gallery, “evoke the personal memories and inner experiential world of the viewer.” He is interested in the idea of the home and …
Whitney Biennial 2019
The Whitney Biennial takes place this May through September, featuring many Yale alumni. According to the Museum: The Whitney Biennial is an unmissable event for anyone interested in finding out what’s happening in art today. Curators Jane Panetta and Rujeko Hockley have been visiting artists over the past year in search of the most important and relevant work. Featuring seventy-five …
Yale Printing & Printmaking MFA 2019
The New Release Gallery in New York is featuring the Yale Printing & Printmaking MFA 2019 showcase, which features nearly 20 artists graduating from the School of Art’s printing and printmaking MFA program. The graduating students include: Kim Altomare, Ana Benaroya, Jacob Broussard, Dominic Chambers, Gabrielle D’Angelo, Edi Dai, Alex Gibson, Ian Goldsborough, Phoebe Helander, Lyndsey Marko, Emile Mausner, Amaryllis Dejesus Moleski, …
Walls, Surfaces, Illusions
Liza Kereszi MFA’00 is featured in Walls, Surfaces, Illusions, an exhibition of her photographs at the Yancey Richardson Gallery. As stated by the gallery, Frequently exploring venues offering escapism through cheap entertainment and sordid pleasure, Kereszi’s photographs emphasize the details that lift the veil between fantasy and reality. With an acute awareness of the oblique, she peels back the illusionism of …
Sharon Core MFA’98 Featured in “Oldenburgs”
The Yancy Richardson Gallery presents Oldenburgs, a series of photographs from Sharon Core MFA’98 of the works of Claes Oldenburg. As stated by the gallery, “By transforming Oldenburg’s crudely made sculptures of American food, such as hamburgers, ice cream treats, and slices of pie, into larger-than-life photographs of edible food, these humorous objects are made to appear simultaneously delectable and grotesque. …
Appear to Use
Haim Steinbach MFA ’73 is featured in the Tanya Bonakdar Gallery in Los Angeles, California. His exhibition, Appear to Use, is a solo-exhibition, featuring “objects, sculptures, site-specific installations, wall paintings and language-based work.” According to the gallery, “In this new exhibition Steinbach builds a site-specific architecture, reconstructing the gallery’s space. Using exposed building materials, such as free-standing stud walls and plasterboard, …
Yale Alumni Art League 58th Venice Biennale Reception
As stated in our post about Martin Puryear representing the United States in the Venice Biennale, the Yale Alumni Art League will be hosting a reception in Venice, Italy on May 10th. Hosted by Cristina Cruz Gonzalez’94, Associate Professor of Art History, Oklahoma State University and graphic designer Miko McGinty’93, ’98 MFA, the event will be a cocktail reception and …
Martin Puryear MFA ’71 HON ’94 Represents US at Venice Biennale
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 …
Wangechi Mutu MFA’02 Selected for Met Façade
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 …