Category Archives: Lectures

 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

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

 Corina Larkin is a visual artist, writer and editor. Prior to becoming CUE’s executive director, she worked at the Brooklyn Rail as a managing editor. She also worked as a management consultant for many years, focusing on new market entry strategies and organizational development in the communications and media industries. She holds degrees from Purchase College, Cornell University, the… Read More

 Photo by Kingsley Ifill Honor Titus (b. 1989, New York, NY) is a multidisciplinary American artist who lives and works in Los Angeles. Painted in a range of luminous jewel tones and suffused with a sense of romance, Titus’s paintings are embedded with nostalgic references to a simpler time. While touring extensively in a punk band and holding poetry readings… Read More

Melanie Kress is a curator and writer based in New York. She is the Associate Curator for High Line Art, where since 2014 she has commissioned and presented projects with artists including Maria Thereza Alves, Firelei Báez, Lubaina Himid, Sky Hopinka, Zoe Leonard, Sable Elyse Smith, and Tourmaline, among many others. In 2010 she co-founded the Brooklyn-based project space Concrete Utopia, of… Read More

 Believe Me, 100” x 94”, 2020, wool, cotton Erin M. Riley is a visual artist based in Brooklyn, NY. Erin received a BFA from Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA and a MFA from Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, PA both in Fibers. Riley is represented by P.P.O.W Gallery, New York, NY where she has had solo… Read More