Above: Kehinde Wiley. Photo: Tony Powell. San Francisco Art Institute (SFAI) is pleased to announce that alumnus Kehinde Wiley (BFA 1999), whose recent portrait of President Barack Obama for the National Portrait Gallery made international news, will receive an Honorary Doctor of Fine Arts degree and address graduates at SFAI’s 2018 Commencement Ceremony, to be held May 13, 2018.
The Peter London Global Dance Company (PLGDC), Miami’s iconic contemporary dance company, returns to St. John’s on the Lake on April 7 for Miami Beach Global Dance Night.
Paul Klee, best known for his idiosyncratic symbolism and ineffable shapes of color, influenced a generation of abstractionists in America that were all searching for a dual purpose:
Rhode Island School of Design is a global leader in art and design education with a distinguished history of excellence in teaching and a rigorous educational model that encourages creative experimentation and risk-taking.
As indicated by the title Affective Affinities—inspired by the novel Elective Affinities (1809), by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, and by the thesis On the affective nature of form in the work of art (1949), by Mário Pedrosa—the 33rd Bienal de São Paulo, curated by Gabriel Pérez-Barreiro, aims to promote the individual and attentive interaction between the visitor and the artworks instead of a single thematic framework.
Above: James Balo, 12 Heads, mixed media and paint 2017. The National YoungArts Foundation (YoungArts) was established by Lin and Ted Arison to identify and nurture the most accomplished young artists in the visual, literary, design and performing arts, and to assist them at a critical juncture in their educational and professional development.
Above: Christopher Cozier, HOME/PORTAL, 2017. Placement and photo by Di-Andre Caprice. Kingston, Jamaica. The Davidoff Art Initiative (DAI) is delighted to announce Javier Bosques and Christopher Cozier as the next artists selected to take part in the 2018 Davidoff Residency Program, following the conclusion of the International Residency in the Dominican Republic with Altos de Chavón School of Design.
Above:Gabriel Abrantes, Ornithes (still), 2013. 16mm film. Courtesy of Mutual Respect Productions and the artist Zhou Tao, Tamara Henderson, Babette Mangolte, Jean Painlevé, Cauleen Smith, Jan Švankmajer, Joan Jonas, Bahar Noorizadeh, William Kentridge, Shireen Seno, Jeremy Shaw, Sky Hopinka, Lawrence Abu Hamdan, Jumana Manna, James N.
Above: Tension on the High Seas by Jacob Lawrence. Swann Galleries’ highly anticipated auction of African-American Fine Art on April 5 will offer superlative works by marquee artists, with fine mid-century paintings, contemporary art and important discoveries.
Above: Ian Page, An Experimental Study of Apparent Behavior (New Haven Green). Spring workshop led by Hito Steyerl, Hayden Distinguished Fellow, 2018.
