Composer Ari Benjamin Meyers BA ’94 will be performing at the Hémicycle in Luxembourg, reflecting on the climate crisis and humanity’s shifting and often harmful relationship with nature. Read more about the performance from the Mudam below: Ari Benjamin Meyers has been commissioned to create a new performance at an offsite venue, the Hémicycle – former seat of the European Parliament …
Wangechi Mutu MFA ’00 featured in New York Times
Recently, The New York Times‘s Aruna D’Souza profiled Wangechi Mutu MFA ’00 in the leadup to her New Museum exhibition, “Intertwined,” an ambitious survey of the artist’s prolific career. The profile, titled “An Artist With Roots in Nairobi and New York Imagines a New Destiny” explores how Mutu blends evolutionary history, science fiction, and her bicontinental life experience into sculpture. …
Exhibition Curated by Prem Krishnamurthy BA ’99 Featured in Art News
Prem Krishnamurthy BA ’99 was recently featured in ArtNews for his part in curating Cleveland’s FRONT Triennial, whose theme this year is healing. The exhibition, “Oh, Gods of Dust and Rainbows,” was also organized by Art21 chief curator Tina Kukielski. According to ArtNews, the exhibition “sprawls across Cleveland and the nearby cities of Akron and Oberlin—a region whose primary industry, …
Barkley L. Hendricks BFA/MFA ’72: MYSELF WHEN I AM REAL Exhibition Extended through June 17
The Jack Shainman Gallery exhibition “MYSELF WHEN I AM REAL” of Barkley L. Hendricks BFA/MFA ’72 (1945-2017) has been extended through June 17. Read more about exhibition from gallery webpage below: “Myself When I Am Real, an exhibition featuring renowned artist Barkley L. Hendricks’ photographic work, is now on view at Jack Shainman Gallery through June 17. The exhibition includes both vintage prints …
Dawoud Bey MFA ’93 Solo Hollywood Exhibition Through June 30th
Photographer Dawoud Bey MFA ’93 is currently being exhibited in his first solo Los Angeles exhibition, “Dawoud Bey: Pictures 1976 – 2019,” at Sean Kelly gallery in Hollywood. The exhibition, which runs through June 30, is a sampler of his work spanning from his “Harlem, U.S.A.” series to “In This Here Place,” capturing scenes from Louisiana plantations. On the exhibit, …
Pauli Murray College Mural by Mickalene Thomas MFA ’02 Unveiled
At the end of March, Pauli Murray College unveiled a mosaic mural by Mickalene Thomas MFA ’02, that, as Tina Lu, head of Pauli Murray College put it would be “monumental,” “enduring,” and “challenging.” Made with thousands of varying-sized enamel tiles, the mural features a giant black-and-white image of a smiling Pauli Murray as a young adult, gazing out toward …
Kehinde Wiley MFA ’01 Exhibition”An Archaeology of Silence” at SF’s DeYoung through Oct. 2023
From March 18th to October 15th, Kehinde Wiley MFA ’01 has the exhibition “An Archaeology of Silence” on display at San Francisco’s DeYoung Museum. The exhibition “confronts the silence surrounding systemic violence against Black people through the visual language of the fallen figure.” As The New York Times’ Deonne Searcey notes, “The show, which debuted last year at the Venice Biennale, …
Ahree Lee BA ’93 MFA ’02 on Exhibit at Ely Center until Apr. 30, 2023
Ahree Lee BA ’93 MFA ’02 has an exhibition that opens today and runs through April 30th at the Ely Center in New Haven, CT. See below for the gallery’s announcement: Ahree Lee: Program and Pattern April 2 – April 30, 2023 Weaving Workshop: April 2, 1:30-3pmOpening Reception: April 2, 3-6pmClosing Reception: April 30, 1-3pm Craft and technology are often …
Alteronce Gumby MFA ’16 On the Cosmic Influence On His Work
Recently, Alteronce Gumby MFA ’16 was interviewed by Ashley Tiner at Vice’s I-D on the cosmic influence on his work. Tiner describes how, “Alteronce pushes colour theory into a liberatory space — troubling colour’s use as a tool to interpret human value, and instead using it to transport us past social structures into subconscious territories.” We radicalize color for our own intention. …
New York Times Style Magazine Shoot Organized by Shikeith MFA ’18
The New York Times Style Magazine recently featured an article, What Does It Mean to Be a Young, Black Queer Artist Right Now? , which centered around a photo and video shoot that Shikeith MFA ’18 organized and shot. On the project, Shikeith says, I pitched this idea in May 2021, [after] the 30th anniversary of Marlon Riggs’s “Tongues Untied.” …