The Barney Arts Digest

Posted

September 8, 2026

Announcements from the Department of Art & Art Professions

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Upcoming Exhibitions

Incendiaries: The People's Flag Show 1970
September 9, 2026–January 16, 2027
80WSE Gallery

Opening reception Wednesday, September 9, 2026, 6–8 PM

80WSE presents Incendiaries: The People's Flag Show 1970, examining the landmark exhibition at Judson Memorial Church and the networks of artists, activists, and communities that shaped it into a defining moment in American art and cultural protest.

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.

Department Announcements

The 2026 Senior Honors exhibition, The Magician’s Choice, curated by Howie Chen (80WSE Curator) was featured in an article in Genii Magazine.

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Anne Collins Smith photo in gallery hall

Photo by Taylor Hunter. Courtesy of the New Orleans Museum of Art.

Summer News of Interest

Priyanka Dasgupta and Chad Marshall (MA Studio Art Alum) were selected as NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellows in the Printmaking/Drawing/Book Arts category.

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Alison Nguyen’s (Adjunct Faculty) new film Prior Occupants was co-commissioned by the High Line and Chanel Culture Fund for the fifth High Line Originals film.

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Chief Curator of New Orleans Museum of Art Anne Collins Smith (VAA Alum) spoke with Elva Zhang (VAA Alum) about her unexpected journey to pursuing a career in the arts.

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Rachel Rampleman’s (MFA Alum) project Life is Drag was selected for the 53rd Edition of the Sulmona Prize Competition in Italy.

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Richard Medina (MFA Alum) curated the group exhibition Big Stretch at Not That Deep Gallery featuring works by recent MFA graduates Roselynn Sadaghani, Brooke Schneider, and Nicholas Koby. The exhibition was reviewed by Trill Magazine.

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Katy Hamer (MA Studio Art Alum) was recently named the Senior Editor of Art & Object’s bimonthly print magazine. She also served as a juror for the I-Park Sculpture Residency in Connecticut.

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Macey Zhang's (BFA Student) essay “Invisible Choices" was published in Mercer Street as part of NYU’s Expository Writing Program's annual publication of excellent student writing.

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Cali Kurlan (BFA Alum) presented “Reframing the Photographic Image: Biological Vision and the Expansion of Print Through Hybrid Imaging” at the Philosophy of Biology at Madison conference. She was recently accepted into two working groups through the Consortium for History of Science, Technology and Medicine.

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New & Ongoing Shows

Nicholas Koby, Richard Medina, Roselynn Sadaghiani, Brooke Schneider, Big Stretch, Not That Deep Gallery, Brooklyn, NY. Until September 18, 2026.

Curated by Cicy Hu and Ariel He, Temporary Storage, Gallery 456, New York, NY. Until September 18, 2026.

Richard Medina, Roselynn Sadaghiani, Brooke Schneider, Working Title, Sitting Room Gallery, New York, NY. Until September 25, 2026.

Richard Medina and Roselynn Sadaghiani, SPRING/BREAK Art Show, New York, NY. Until September 28, 2026.

Jennifer and Kevin McCoy, ReLensing, Bitforms Gallery, New York, NY. Until October 10, 2026. 

Marlene McCarty, ALIVE AT THE END OF THE WORLD, Storey Gallery, New York, NY. Until October 17, 2026.

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

Biraaj Dodiya, Grid for a Disappearance, Experimenter, Kolkata, India. Until September 19, 2026.

View full list of shows and exhibitions

Jobs & Opportunities

  1. Gallery/Residency Assistant, THIRD BORN, Remote.

New Fellowships & Grants

  1. Jentel Artist Winter/Spring 2027 Residencies, Sheridan, WY.
  2. 2026 Foundwork Artist Prize, Foundwork
  3. The Bennett Prize 2026/2027 Award Cycle
  4. Call for Artists, Peconic Landing Sculpture Garden Exhibition, Greenport, NY.

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