School of Art

As the CalArts 2021 MFA postgraduate project re:connections wraps the exhibition segment at Tin Flats in Los Angeles, the cohort releases two new publications: an exhibition catalog and book. The exhibition catalog is a 24-page saddle-stitched publication designed by Aimée Dopa (Art...

Sculptor, installation artist, and CalArts alumna Kaari Upson (Art BFA 04, MFA 07), heralded by The New York Times as “one of the most significant artists to emerge from the vibrant Los Angeles art scene this century,” passed away after a battle with cancer on Wednesday, Aug. 18 in New York...

Mark Bradford’s (Art BFA 95, MFA 97) exhibition Masses and Movements, the artist’s first exhibition in Spain, inaugurates contemporary art gallery Hauser & Wirth’s newest location on Isla del Rey (Illa del Rei) in the port of Mahon in Menorca. The exhibition is running now through Oct....

In 2019, inspired by a visit to CalArts after many years, alumnus Steve Weir unearthed the photos he had taken of the campus when it had just opened. Weir, who received his BFA in photography in 1973 and his MFA in 1978, hadn’t looked at them in years, and somewhat to his surprise, he...

After nearly two years apart, 2021 MFA graduates of the School of Art present their postgraduate exhibition re:connections, running from Aug. 5-31 at Tin Flats in Los Angeles. The exhibition includes works from the most recent graduates of the programs in Art, Art and Technology, and...

The culmination of the academic year at CalArts is normally marked by a multitude of thesis exhibitions filling the galleries and hallways on campus. Because of the pandemic, the CalArts Fine Art BFA cohort had to turn elsewhere to showcase their work. After much planning and development, the...

The Benton Museum of Art at Pomona College in Pomona, Calif., and Pitzer College Art Galleries in Claremont, Calif., open a two-venue exhibition of Sadie Barnette: Legacy & Legend, featuring new works by Sadie Barnette (Art BFA 06). The exhibitions run concurrently from July 22 to Dec. 19,...