The Barney Arts Digest

Posted

May 8, 2026

Announcements from the Department of Art & Art Professions

Painting of a magician wearing a suit and heels pointing his wand at a woman with wings on her head wearing a blue dress. She stands in a magicians box and her midsection is in a box separated from her body, an onlooker watches with surprise.

Ongoing Exhibitions

BFA Senior Thesis Projects 2026 on view until May 8, 2026.

BFA Studio Art majors' culminating thesis projects featuring a wide range of ambitious work across media and forms.

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BFA Senior Honors Studio: The Magician's Choice on view until May 17, 2026.

The Magician's Choice is a group exhibition curated by 80WSE Director Howie Chen, featuring the artwork of nine BFA Studio Art majors in the final year of their undergraduate studies at the New York University Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development’s Department of Art & Art Professions.

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MFA Class of 2026 | Thesis Part II: Eggshell on view until May 23, 2026.

Gray flyer with large gray letters that spell out VAA in alternating descending order.

Upcoming Events

Art Therapy Thesis Presentations on May 9, 2026.

The NYU Steinhardt Graduate Art Therapy Program proudly announces the presentation of Master’s Theses for the Class of 2026.

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Visual Arts Administration Showcase on May 11, 2026.

Each spring semester, final-year NYU Steinhardt Visual Arts Administration graduate students showcase their culminating capstone projects. This event is a celebration of scholarship including presentations and a tabling expo.

Manjari Sihare-Sutin, an Indian woman in a black shirt with a colorful scarf, looks into the camera with her arms crossed.

News & Announcements

Manjari Sihare-Sutin (VAA) is recognized as the Visual Arts Administration Distinguished Alumni of 2026.

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Cali Kurlan (BFA Alum) will present her paper “Color Calibration as Digital Heritage: Analogue–Digital Imaging, HEV Light & Display Systems” at EVA London Conference 2026, a hybrid international conference of the Computer Arts Society (BCS) focused on Electronic Visualisation and the Arts.

New & Ongoing Shows

Maureen Gallace, April 2026, Gladstone Gallery Seoul, Seoul, South Korea. Until May 16, 2026.

Robyn Berland, 3 Artists in Abstract, Bronxville Public Library, Bronxville, NY. Until June 3, 2026.

Alice Wang, Alice Wang: Windstorm on Saturn, Basalt Columns, MDMA, Serotonin, International Studio & Curatorial Program (ISCP), Brooklyn, NY. Until June 5, 2026.

Alice Wang, Palomar (Part 1), The Renaissance Society, Chicago, IL. Until June 7, 2026.

Nancy Friedemann-Sánchez, Arcane Appetites, Rebecca Camacho Presents, San Francisco, CA. Until June 20, 2026.

Carol Bove, Carol Bove, The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY. Until August 2, 2026.

Anna Fleury, Just Powers: Long Island Biennial 2026, The Heckscher Museum of Art, Huntington, NY. Until September 13, 2026.

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Jobs & Opportunities

  1. Education & Public Programs Work Scholar, Aperture Magazine, New York, NY.
  2. Communications Work Scholar, Aperture Magazine, New York, NY.

 

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