Saleh Barakat, a Yale World Fellow, will have his gallery featured at this year’s Art Dubai. Barakat founded the Agial Art Gallery in Beirut in 1990. The Art Dubai website‘s description calls the Agial Gallery “one of the leading destinations for modern and contemporary art from Lebanon and the Arab world. As a pioneering platform, Agial is showcasing a broad …
Dawoud Bey ’93MFA Exhibition at AAMP
Dawoud Bey ’93MFA currently has an exhibition called Dawoud Bey: Harlem, U.S.A at the African American Museum of Philadelphia (AAMP). Raised in Queens, Bey was inspired to create this collection by his family’s roots in Harlem. According to the museum’s website, “All these photographs are sensitively composed and radiate an emphasis on the calm and dignity that would become hallmarks of …
Bawoud Bey ’93MFA: Harlem U.S.A.
In its coverage of the exhibition, the Philadelphia Weekly wrote, “It’s hard to understate the social and historical significance of these photos.” Dawoud Bey: Harlem, U.S.A will be featured at the African American Museum of Philadelphia until April 2nd. AAMP is open Thursday-Saturday from 10 AM – 5 PM and on Sunday from 12 PM – 5 PM.
Abstract Politics
Abstract Politics: A Conversation on the History of Exhibiting and Collecting Abstract Art This panel discussion will feature artist Kevin Beasley MFA ’12; Susan Cahan, Dean of Arts in Yale College and author of “Mounting Frustration: The Art Museum in the Age of Black Power”; Pamela J. Joyner, collector and philanthropist; Courtney J. Martin PhD ’09, Assistant Professor of History …
Judith Bernstein ’67MFA Lecture
Judith Bernstein ’67MFA will deliver a lecture at the Yale School of Art about painting and printmaking on March 31st. More information can be found at the Yale School of Art’s event page. The event will be in Room C220.
Abelardo Morell ’81MFA Featured on CBS Sunday Morning News
On Sunday, January 22nd, Abelardo Morell ’81MFA was featured on the CBS Sunday Morning News. According to his website, Morell was born in Cuba and immigrated to the United States in 1962 with his family. His photography has been displayed in museums across the nation. The segment examines Morell’s technique of “camera obscura” which was frequently used during the Renaissance. In the interview …
Kehinde Wiley ’01MFA Exhibition at TMA
Kehinde Wiley ’01MFA will have his exhibition, A New Republic, displayed at the Toledo Museum of Art this spring. According to the museum, the hallmarks of the exhibition include Wiley’s “signature portraits of everyday men and women riff on paintings by Old Masters, replacing European aristocrats in those paintings with contemporary black subjects and drawing attention to the absence of …
Kehinde Wiley ’01MFA Exhibition at Toledo Museum of Art
Kehinde Wiley ’01MFA will have his exhibition, A New Republic, displayed at the Toledo Museum of Art this spring. According to the museum, the hallmarks of the exhibition include Wiley’s “signature portraits of everyday men and women riff on paintings by Old Masters, replacing European aristocrats in those paintings with contemporary black subjects and drawing attention to the absence of …
Yale Alumni Art Featured in New York City Subway
Two Yale alumni have their art featured in New York City subways stations. The works from Chuck Close ’64MFA and Sarah Sze ’91 are part of a major project to expand public artwork in the city’s public transit system. The New York times describes the plan as “one of the most ambitious contemporary art projects that the Metropolitan Transportation Authority …
Mickalene Thomas ’02MFA: Waiting on Prime-Time Star
Mickalene Thomas: Waiting on Prime-Time Star opens today at the Newcomb Art Museum of Tulane. The exhibition “brings together more than 40 works including paintings, photographs, collages, sculptures, film, and a site-specific installation that broadly engage the subject of portraiture through an interplay of different media. Hours: Tuesday – Friday: 10 – 5 Saturday – Sunday: 11 – 4