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The Barney Arts Digest

Posted

March 2, 2026

Announcements from the Department of Art & Art Professions

A group of students stand in a studio with artwork installed on the wall. One student wearing all black answers questions while standing in front of a large red painting.

New Exhibitions

BFA Thesis Project: Luminous Alliance on view March 4—6, 2026.

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BFA Thesis Project: A Very Certain Kind of Love on view March 4—6, 2026.

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Ongoing Exhibitions

80WSE: MFA First Year Exhibition: PLUTO on view until March 14, 2026.

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

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

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Alumni News

Vaune Trachtman (NYU/ICP Alum) announced the publication of her book NOW IS ALWAYS, which features archival negatives, handwriting, and contemporary photography. To celebrate the book's release, Vaune will give a talk at the Vermont Center for Photography about the making of the book, her use of photopolymer gravure, and how family photographs, handwriting, and archival materials shape her work.

New & Ongoing Shows

Kei OtaMetathesis, KIKA contemporary art space, Kyoto, Japan. Until March 1, 2026.

Alice WangNew Humans: Memories of the Future, New Museum, New York, NY.

Alice WangAgainst Outer Space, Beall Center for Art + Technology, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA. Until February 28, 2026.

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