Searching Within – Review of Alice Neel: Late Portraits & Still LifesOriginally posted on Art-Rated (May 31, 2012)by Lily Koto Olive, Class of 2013 Alice Neel: Late Portaits & Still Lifes installation shot. (Courtesy of David Zwirner Gallery ©) Currently on view at David Zwirner Gallery May 4 – June 23, 2012 Stepping into the Alice Neel exhibition currently… Read More
A review by Maria Kozak, MFA 2011 Welcome back Everyone! School is in session and so is the fall season. Tonight don’t miss NYAA Senior Critic Vincent Desiderio’s opening at Marlborough in Chelsea. This haunting new series of paintings explores the subtle, underlying context of the human experience through exquisite brushwork and a profound technical narrative. Also opening in Chelsea,… Read More
Eric Fischl, a Senior Critic at the Academy, recommends this article. Eric is a Trustee and long-time champion of the school, and was recently honored at last year’s annual Take Home a Nude. Eric’s paintings, sculptures, drawings and prints have been the subject of numerous international solo and major group exhibitions as well as publications. He is the founder, president… Read More
A Review by Jon Beer, MFA 2012 Alÿs, Untitled from When Faith Moves Mountains During the off-season of the Chelsea galleries in New York, art lovers from all parts come to the lineup of summer exhibitions at the big museums. This line up for this summer is nothing to scoff at – the Met boasts a Richard Serra Drawing Retrospective… Read More
A Review by Michael Kagan, Jason Bereswill and Jane LaFarge Hamill (MFA 2005) inside the Japanese Pavilion, “TABAIMO: teleco-soup” by Artist Tabaimo Day 3: Crossing Borders with Cool Bags Our feet are sore, but the excitement hasn’t worn off. The pebbled paths of the Giardini are still packed with the art crowd and the line for Mike Nelson’s installation at the UK Pavilion is… Read More
A Review by Jason Bereswill, Jane LaFarge Hamill and Michael Kagan (MFA 2005) Lee Yonbaek Day 2: The Giardini Pavilions One of today’s favorites was the visual decadence of the Korean Pavilion. The scale of the objects and vibrance of color were seductively polished, but subversively violent – shattering mirrors, flowered neon army fatigues, and one of the only representational… Read More
A Review by Jane LaFarge Hamill, Jason Bereswill and Michael Kagan (MFA 2005) Day 1: The Venice Biennale Previews The Biennale is split into 3 different areas: the Arsenale, the Giardini, and some pavilions dispersed throughout the city. Today we went to the Arsenale. Much of the work at the Arsenale was installation-based or sculptural, interspersed with sporadic paintings, drawings… Read More
A Review by Jane LaFarge Hamill, Michael Kagan and Jason Bereswill (MFA 2005)(I’m typing on my phone standing on a bridge over a small canal where I’ve found decent wifi. Who knew?) Italy speaks fluently in art and food, both to be consumed at risk of catching Stendhal’s syndrome. And so, my trip this week to Venice is inspired 75%… Read More
Current student Aliene de Souza Howell (2011) shares her thoughts on a recent critic’s visit to the Academy. The Academy’s Career Development Workshop lunchtime lecture series, created through Elvin Freytes, Sharon Louden and Peter Drake, brings writers, critics, gallerists, alumni, artists and teachers to speak with students and alumni about various aspects of career development. On the threshold of his… Read More
A Review by Jon Beer, MFA 2012The 2011 Armory Contemporary Fair was an exciting and stimulating event in the face of today’s often uncertain art world. As an undergrad in NYC I had the chance to visit a handful of the other art fairs during Armory Week, but this was my first time visiting the Armory Fair. I and several… Read More
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