Featured in the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art, The Lure of the Dark is an exhibition of the contemporary take on the allure of the nighttime in art. Citing the historical background and importance of the night in art in pieces through centuries, the Mass MoCA explains that this exhibition is the modern view of darkness and night. But with this darkness …
Helpless as Tortoises
This exhibition in Norway’s Projecktrom Normanns features the work of Constance Tenvik MFA’16. This exhibition is a site-specific piece, primarily featuring a film, Soft Armour, a film about a failed 1800s attempt to restage a medieval joust, as the main focus. Additionally, the room is decorated with other pieces which accentuate the film. The roses on the wall, the mix of sand and …
Hasabie Kidanu MFA’17 Named a Jan van Eyck Academie Resident
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 …
Danna Singer MFA’17 Featured in Museé
On March 9th, Danna Singer MFA’17 was featured in Museé for her work in photography. Singer explores the ideas of mortality and coming to terms with eventual death in her photos. She primarily photographs her children and her household, and she explains she and her child would take photos on the weekends. In the video, Singer states that her child …
Lisa Kereszi MFA’00 Interviewed in Lenscratch
Lisa Kereszi MFA’00 was featured in Lenscratch. She was interviewed in terms of her contribution to The States Project. Read the interview at Lenscratch. Kereszi is not only a graduate of the School of Art. She has also been a lecturer at Yale since 2004, and she became the Director of Undergraduate Studies in Art in 2013.
Eric N. Mack: Misa Hylton-Brim
Eric N. Mack MFA’12 has his inaugural solo exhibition in London’s Simon Lee Gallery. As described by the gallery, named after 90s Hip-Hop stylist Misa Hylton-Brim, his use of textiles within his paintings “investigate how different materials reflect trace and identity.” They explore the intersections of art and fashion and the impact of these socially. “His paintings blur the line between …
Edward Cooke ’77 Receives Distinguished Teaching of Art History Award
Edward Cooke ’77, the Charles F. Montgomery Professor of American Decorative Arts at Yale, won the 2018 Distinguished Teaching of Art History Award from the College Arts Association. Since teaching at Yale in 1992, Cooke believed in “learning by looking.” By actually bringing students into Yale’s collections to gain first-hand knowledge, he managed to engage and impact hundreds of students. Read …
Howardena Pindell: What Remains To Be Seen
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 …
2018 Invitational Exhibition of Visual Arts
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
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 …