School of Art

Gary Simmons (Art MFA 90) addresses pervasive racist imagery embedded in American history and popular culture in Remembering Tomorrow, his first exhibition at Hauser & Wirth in Los Angeles, running from Feb. 17 to May 22. This latest show features new works by Simmons including paintings,...

Jeannene Przyblyski, former CalArts provost and School of Art faculty, has passed away after a long illness. Przyblyski joined the Institute in 2012 after serving as vice president and dean of academic affairs at the San Francisco Art Institute (SFAI). In announcing her as the new provost,...

Downtown Los Angeles-based contemporary art gallery Track 16 presents Atmospheric Pressures, a solo exhibition of works by Alicia Piller (Art MFA 19) running Jan. 29–March 12. An opening reception kicks off on Saturday, Jan. 29 from 5 to 9 pm PST. Featuring 16 of Piller’s sculptural works,...

Curator and interim associate dean of the School of Art Michael Ned Holte organizes how we are in time and space: Nancy Buchanan, Marcia Hafif, Barbara T. Smith, a major group exhibition running from Jan. 28–Jun. 12 at the Armory Center For the Arts in Pasadena, California.  how we are in...

The Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City announced on Tuesday, Jan. 25, the 63 artists and collectives that will participate in the upcoming Whitney Biennial 2022: Quiet as It’s Kept. Several CalArtians are included in the 80th iteration of a series...

On Monday, Jan. 24, the School of Art’s Paul Brach Visiting Artist Lecture Series (PBVALS) presents a virtual conversation with visual artist James “Yaya” Hough and 2021 MacArthur Fellow, curator, and art historian Dr. Nicole Fleetwood.  Through their visual, curatorial, and art historical...

Ilana Coleman (Film/Video MFA 17), Deborah Goffe (Dance MFA 01), and Clara Philbrick (Art BFA 17) are among the recipients of the 2022 Creative Capital Awards. Announcing the 2022 Creative Capital Awards! 50 projects, the work of 59 individual artists working across all disciplines, will...