Celebrate 150 Years of The Art Students League of New York
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150th Anniversary Exhibitions

January 24, 2025
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May 11, 2025

150 Years: A Portrait of the League

AFAS Lobby Gallery, Registration Office, Café Atelier

This exhibition presents a multi-faceted portrait of the Art Students League over the last 150 years.

Curated
Multiple Locations
May 29, 2025
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August 17, 2025

Shaping American Art: A Celebration of the League at 150

Phyllis Harriman Mason Gallery, AFAS Lobby, Registration Office, Café Atelier

Presented in celebration of the League’s 150th anniversary, this exhibition examines the League’s rich and complex history and its role in shaping the trajectories of American art from the school’s founding to today.

Curated
Multiple Locations
September 4, 2025
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December 31, 2025

150 Years: The Society of American Fakirs Revisited

AFAS Lobby, 1st Floor

This exhibition looks back at a group of anonymous League artists whose work was designed to parody and skewer the mainstream.

Curated
AFAS Lobby
September 4, 2025
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December 31, 2025

150 Years: The Abstract Expressionists

Registration Office, 1st Floor

This exhibition brings together loans and works from the collection to celebrate the Abstract Expressionist movement and its roots at the Art Students League of New York.

Curated
Registration Office
September 4, 2025
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December 31, 2025

150 Years: Reexamining Realism

Café Atelier, 3rd Floor

This exhibition specifically examines realist works on paper from the League's collection, celebrating one of the cornerstones of the Art Students League–depicting life.

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Café Atelier