Category Archives: Lectures

Conversation with the Critics

Join us for our first in-person Conversation with the Critics in 4 years! This dynamic discussion about art, culture, and community will be moderated by New York Academy of Art Senior Critic, Dexter Wimberly. Danny Báez Head of Arts at Kickstarter A Dominican-born, NYC-based cultural producer and organizer. Director and founder of REGULARNORMAL gallery, one-half of the founding duo behind Puerto Rico… Read More

Artist Talk: Joe Fig

Joe Fig is an artist known for work that explores the creative process, the spaces where art is made and contemplated. His work has been exhibited nationally and internationally with over thirty solo and fifty group exhibitions. He is the author of the acclaimed books Inside the Painter’s Studio and Inside the Artist’s Studio (Princeton Architectural Press), which share an… Read More

Print Rumble: Tom Huck, Carlos Hernandez, and Bill Fick in conversation with Kirsten Flaherty

OG’s of the outlaw printmaking scene, Huck, Hernandez, and Fick will field tough questions and gentle prods from one of their partners in crime, Kirsten Flaherty. We’ll learn how the most energized sector of the print world came to be, how they make stuff, and what new territories they are plundering. Bill Fick is a printmaker who lives in Durham,… Read More

Radical Budgeting for Visual Artists

Join author and educator Yanely Espinal, and Senior Critic Dexter Wimberly for an in-depth and frank, online conversation about budgeting tactics and tools for visual artists. The talk will cover topics including: Why better budgeting is a key component to building your art career What are the best tools for managing the finances of your artist studio What can you… Read More

David Antonio Cruz in Conversation with Monique Long

  Keith Timmons Lecture Series  Organized by Clifford Owens, Director of Critical Studies, New York Academy of Art This lecture series is supported by Keith Timmons, a Baltimore-based art collector, to convene Black artists, scholars, curators, and critics at the New York Academy of Art during the 2023 – 2024 academic year.   David Antonio Cruz (b. 1974, Philadelphia) received… Read More

Toward a Philosophy of Drawing with Kurt Kauper

Drawing, Photography, and the Representation of Space with Kurt Kauper Before the middle of the 19th century, the representation of illusionistic space–the impression that the flat plane of the paper was a spatial expanse opening up before the viewer – was primary in the drawings of European artists. With the invention of technical images–photography and everything that followed–and their unavoidable… Read More

Chloe Wise in conversation with Laurie Simmons

Laurie Simmons has been the subject of numerous solo exhibitions at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth (TX), the Jewish Museum, New York (NY); the Neues Museum, Nuremberg (DE) and a career retrospective at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago (IL). Her work is included in many public collections, including the Art Institute of Chicago (IL); the Corcoran Gallery… Read More

Person Place Thing with Randy Cohen and gallerists Wendy Olsoff and Brigitte Mulholland

Person Place Thing is an interview show based on this idea: people are particularly engaging when they speak not directly about themselves but about something they care about. Guests talk about one person, one place, and one thingthat are important to them. The result?Surprising stories from great talkers. Click Here to Reserve a Ticket Randy Cohen’s first professional work was… Read More

Pricing your Artwork: A Primer for Emerging Artists

Pricing Your Artwork: A Primer for Emerging Artists Join us for an informative panel discussion about how artists can determine and rationalize the prices of their artwork, even at the early stages of their professional career. Moderated by New York Academy of Art Senior Critic, Dexter Wimberly, this panel will explore some of the key factors artists should consider when… Read More

Resale Royalties for Artists with Katarina Feder and Charlie Jarvis

Join Katarina Feder, Co-founder and CEO of ARSNL and Charlie Jarvis, Co-founder of Fairchain for an in-depth conversation about resale royalties, intellectual property, and the future of your artwork. This panel will be moderated by New York Academy of Art Senior Critic, Dexter Wimberly.   Katarina Feder Co-founder and CEO of ARSNL Katarina Feder is a founder and CEO of… Read More