150 Years: Works from the Art Students League

Presented in celebration of the League’s 150th anniversary, thisexhibition examines the League’s rich and complex history and its role inshaping the trajectories of American art from the school’s founding to today. Theexhibition is drawn largely from the League’s collection and includes works byacclaimed alumni alongside works on loan by artist foundations, galleries,public institutions, and private collections. The range of works represent key periods in the League’shistory as well as the diversity of mediums and techniques taught here, aimingto redefine what it means to be an American artist. The exhibitionfeatures artists who studied or taught at the League, including Milton Avery,Louise Bourgeois, Alexander Calder, Helen Frankenthaler, Chitra Ganesh, ThomasHart Benton, Norman Lewis, Richard Mayhew, Louise Nevelson, Georgia O’Keeffe,Mavis Pusey, Robert Rauschenberg, Emilio Sanchez, and many more.

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