Monthly Archives: January 2022

All Things NFTs

 Join us for a conversation about all things NFTs! New York Academy of Art Senior Critic, Dexter Wimberly will moderate a discussion about the NFT market from the perspective of their potential to empower individual artists and artist communities. The panelists will share their experience in this emergent, rapidly evolving space, as well as insights on how NFTs will… Read More

Artist Talk: Walton Ford

 Absorbing the techniques prevalent in scientific field studies, explorer’s notebooks, and lushly illustrated natural history books, Walton Ford’s watercolors recast, reverse, and rearrange the conventions of wildlife art.  Ford’s practice is research-driven, responding to everything from Hollywood horror movies, Indian fables, medieval bestiaries, colonial hunting narratives, and obscure zookeeper’s manuals.  By shifting the point of view back and forth… Read More

We are Family Panel Discussion

 The New York Academy of Art is pleased to present “We Are Family,” a group show which invites over a dozen contemporary artists to explore the concept of family – both those we are born into and those that we choose. “We Are Family” is co-curated by the Academy Provost Peter Drake and faculty member Clifford Owens, Director of… Read More

What Happens When Artists Ignore Money?

Join us for a frank discussion about the relationship between artists and money. This panel will explore facts, misconceptions, and fresh ideas on how artists are building careers and adapting to changes in the professional and economic landscape. New York Academy of Art Senior Critic and independent curator Dexter Wimberly will be joined by visual artists Amir H. Fallah, and… Read More

“Different Paths” Alumni Panel

 Charlotte Segall is an American painter and draftsman based in New York City.  Her interrogation of representational image making has led to key accolades; these include publication in New American Paintings and the Aesthetica Art Prize Anthology, fellowships issued by the Vermont Studio Center, The Triangle Arts Association, The Leipzig International Art Programme, and the Altos de Chavón School… Read More

Cringeworthy: They say your art is too controversial! Now What?

Artists often find themselves on the receiving end of intense criticism when they make so-called challenging work. This has been intensified by the current political climate and the effects of social media. Join New York-based painter and art critic, Walter Robinson and Senior Critic and independent curator, Dexter Wimberly for a frank conversation about censorship and freedom of expression in the… Read More

Zachary Fabri Artist Talk

Join Senior Critic Dexter Wimberly for a conversation with artist Zachary Fabri. The two will discuss the thematic development of Fabri’s work over the past decade, including the intersection of race, class, religion, and popular culture; as well as Fabri’s interdisciplinary practice that includes design, drawing, photography, video, and installation. Fabri is a recent artist in residence at International Studio… Read More

We Are Family

  Click here to view the exhibition panel discussion with curators Peter Drake and Clifford Owens and artists Kathia St. Hilaire and Alison Elizabeth Taylor.   We Are Family assembles eighteen contemporary artists to reflect on notions of family we are born into and family we choose. In Keywords: A Vocabulary of Culture and Society, Raymond Williams traces the social formation… Read More

Eye to Eye

  The Academy’s acclaimed exhibition series “Eye to Eye” returns this month featuring the collection of art publicist Gina Nanni and the late writer and tastemaker Glenn O’Brien. The Nanni-O’Brien Collection encompasses nearly 600 artworks including over 50 rare Jean-Michel Basquiats. The exhibition will showcase works by Academy student artists selected by Nanni, paired with pieces from a selection of artists including Andy Warhol, Ross Bleckner, Zanele… Read More