Author Archives: Nicholas Burkhalter

Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts (Omaha, NE) Chris Cook, Executive Director In 2015, Chris Cook moved to Omaha, Nebraska from Miami, Florida to join the Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts as the Executive Director. In this role he drives Bemis’s long-range strategies, provides creative direction, and oversees the financial advancement and operations of the 41-year old artist-founded nonprofit. In 2019… Read More

 This year the Academy’s Take Home a N*de returns honoring the inimitable Tracey Emin. In addition to being one of the most noted artists of our times, her recent shows have celebrated the figure on a large scale. Having recently recovered from cancer, her return to New York will make this Take Home a N*de an event not to… Read More

Christa Clarke is an Independent Curator and Senior Advisor at the Center for Curatorial Leadership. Previously, she was curator of the arts of global Africa at The Newark Museum of Art, where her work was supported with major grants from the Mellon Foundation and the National Endowment of Humanities. During her sixteen-year tenure at Newark, she organized exhibitions on topics… Read More

New York based painter Alexis Rockman is an eco-warrior who began making paintings and work on paper in the service of environmental awareness long before it was fashionable, embarking on expeditions to far-flung locations like Antarctica and Madagascar in the company of professional naturalists. His work tell stories in which natural histories of the past confront dystopian futures.His work has… Read More

 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

 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

 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

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

 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

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