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New & Noteworthy
Recent and featured coverage of the Art Students League.
Artnet News
MFA or Nah? 8 Key Takeaways From a Conference on Art Schools and Residencies
September 23, 2024
The Art Newspaper
New York's Department of Cultural Affairs awards institutions more than $200m for capital projects
August 23, 2024
MoMA
Jackson Pollock Out of the Box
August 5, 2024
Artnet News
A New Intensive Career Development Program at the Art Students League of New York Aims to Mint the Next Generation of Art Stars
October 4, 2023
Surface Magazine
An All Night Bacchanal for Fine Art Education
May 22, 2023
The Today Show
Artist Sharon Sprung on sharing life lessons through her paintings
March 24, 2023
Artnet News
Spotlight: An Exhibition of LGBTQIA+ Artists Testifies to the Art Students League’s History as an Incubator for Radical Talent
November 16, 2022
Queerty
What’s gay adult star Sean Ford doing in a gallery near Betty White in bunny ears?
October 19, 2022
NY1
Brooklyn artist reflects on painting Michelle Obama for official White House portrait
September 22, 2022
CBS News
The story of Sharon Sprung, the Brooklyn artist commissioned to paint a portrait of Michelle Obama for the White House
September 13, 2022
KCRW
She gave me free rein: Sharon Sprung on painting Michelle Obama’s official portrait
September 8, 2022
New York Times
Painting Michelle Obama Took 9 Months. Keeping It Secret Took 6 Years.
September 7, 2022
People
What to Know About the Artists Who Painted Barack and Michelle Obama's Official White House Portraits
September 7, 2022
The New York Times Style Magazine
The Enduring Appeal of the Self-Taught Artist
July 7, 2022
Wide Walls
A New Exhibition Examines Wilhelmina Weber Furlong's and Dorothy Dehner's Contribution to American Modernism
June 5, 2022
Monocle
League of its own
April 1, 2022
New York Social Diary
Building cultural bridges
November 18, 2021
Surface Magazine
At MoMa, the Art Students League of New York Toasts Resilience
November 15, 2021
Firing Line
Ai Weiwei Interviewed at the Art Students League
November 12, 2021
New York Times
Christian Slater Is a Still-Life Artist
June 25, 2021
Antiques and the Arts Weekly
The Prismatic Palette: Frank Vincent DuMond And His Students
June 13, 2021
Hyperallergic
Another Chapter of Black Art History
June 5, 2021
artnet News
50 Years Ago, Romare Bearden and His Colleagues Founded a New York Gallery for Artists of Color. A New Show Celebrates Its Legacy
May 3, 2021
Artnet News
The Postwar Period Saw an Explosion of Female Painters at the Art Students League. A New Exhibition Celebrates Their Achievements
November 27, 2019
The New York Times
The Stories Behind 5 New York Art Scene Legends
June 18, 2018
The New York Post
This 125-year-old art school had wilder costume parties than the Met Gala
May 11, 2018
The New York Times
The Art School Inside a Work of Art
May 7, 2018
Gothamist
The Improbable History Of NYC's Revolutionary Art School, The Art Students League
July 4, 2016
The New York Times
Art Students League Gathers the Fruits of Its Gifted to Mark Full Century
March 7, 1975
Artforum
The Genesis of Jackson Pollock
May 1, 1967