Author Archives: Heidi Elbers

Student Curatorial Committee Exhibition: Hiraeth

  The Student Curatorial Committee is a group of student volunteers that organizes onsite Academy exhibitions twice a year. Prior experience is not required to participate, and it is a great opportunity to learn about how to produce an exhibition from start to finish. All students are encouraged to participate in the SCC that meets as needed during the year…. 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

Art Miami 2021

  Shipping is generously provided by Cadogan Tate   Join us on Thursday, December 2 for a reception in our booth with the curators from 5-6:30pm.  

Mandarin Oriental, Miami: New Beginnings

Shipping is generously provided by Cadogan Tate   Join us on Wednesday, December 1 for a tour with Brooke Shields on Instagram Live on Mandarin Oriental, Miami’s IG account @mo_miami.  

Chubb Fellows at Art Basel Miami 2021

      The Chubb Post-Graduate Fellowship is the highest honor the New York Academy of Art can bestow on its students. Under the program, the Fellows have the opportunity to expand the breadth and depth of their artistic prowess while serving as teaching assistants and mentors to a new crop of talented figurative artists. Chubb Fellows also receive studio… Read More

Student Curatorial Committee Exhibition: Inside/Out

  The Student Curatorial Committee is a group of student volunteers that organizes onsite Academy exhibitions twice a year. Prior experience is not required to participate, and it is a great opportunity to learn about how to produce an exhibition from start to finish. All students are encouraged to participate in the SCC that meets as needed during the year…. Read More

AXA Art Prize 2021 Exhibition

    View the virtual exhibition here View the 2021 exhibition catalogue here   For complete details on the competition visit axaartprize.com and follow the AXA Art Prize on Instagram and on Facebook.   AXA XL, a division of AXA, developed the AXA Art Prize in partnership with the New York Academy of Art. Over the past three years, the Prize has become one of… Read More

2021 Summer Residency Exhibition

  During the summer of 2021, the following MFA 2021 alumni participated in an onsite residency program: Zoë Davis, Regiane Donadio, Santiago Galeas, Timon I, Kayley Kemp, Heather V McLeod, Hannah Murray, Ellie Kayu Ng, Rohini Sen, Jed Smith, Javier Tovias, Julie Walsh, and Jeffrey Wood. In addition to studio space and an exhibition at the end of the residency, the artists also met with the following for studio visits:  Hugo Bastidas, Kate Clark, Richard Dupont, David Ebony, Emma… Read More