NYU Art Collection

Watch<br>Art and Friendship in Downtown NYC with Deborah Kass, James Cottrell, and Joseph Lovett

 Art and Friendship in Downtown NYC With Deborah Kass, James Cottrell, and Joseph Lovett Original program date: October 11, 2022 Longtime art patrons, social activists, and downtown Manhattan residents James Cottrell and Joseph Lovett grew their art collection based on their personal vision and vital friendships with artists—including Deborah Kass, whose paintings are part […]

Watch<br>“The Picture Is the Window”: Abby Grey and Intrepid Art Collecting

 Lecture: “The Picture Is the Window”: Abby Grey and Intrepid Art Collecting Hosted by Rollins Museum of Art, Rollins College Original Program Date: October 25, 2022 Watch a lecture from Lynn Gumpert, director of the New York University’s Grey Art Gallery, exploring 1960s and early 1970s modernisms in Iranian, Turkish, and Indian art. Selected […]

PRESS RELEASE <br>New Home for the Grey Art Gallery, NYU’s Fine Arts Museum

NEW HOME FOR THE GREY ART GALLERY, NYU’S FINE ARTS MUSEUM NYU’s Grey Art Gallery, a Downtown Jewel Among NYC’s Art Museums, Will Move to a Larger Space in Cooper Square, East Village Contact: Aliese Andersen Volk greyartgallery@nyu.edu 212/998-6782 [Download Press Release] The Grey Art Gallery, New York University’s widely admired fine arts museum, will […]

Watch<br>Virtual Tour of “Mostly New: Selections from the NYU Art Collection”

 Virtual Tour of Mostly New: Selections from the NYU Art Collection Created by and featuring Samuel Allen Former Graduate Curatorial Assistant (2021–2022) and NYU Ph.D. candidate Samuel Allen gives a virtual tour of “Mostly New: Selections from the NYU Art Collection.” Featuring more than 90 artworks by nearly 60 artists, this exhibition foregrounds the […]

PRESS RELEASE<br>Mostly New: Selections from the NYU Art Collection

EXHIBITION FOCUSES ON NEW YORK UNIVERSITY’S LANDMARK ART COLLECTION Mostly New: Selections from the NYU Art Collection March 21–June 17, 2022 Extended through fall 2022 Contact: Allegra Favila allegra.favila@nyu.edu 212/998-6789 [Download Press Release] The Grey Art Gallery at New York University is pleased to present Mostly New: Selections from the NYU Art Collection, the museum’s […]

Mostly New: Selections from the NYU Art Collection presents a compelling sampling comprising more than 90 artworks by nearly 60 artists. Curated by the Grey Art Gallery’s Lynn Gumpert and Michèle Wong, the exhibition highlights recent acquisitions of modern and contemporary art from the Middle East by artists such as Farah Al Qasimi, Shahpour Pouyan, and […]

Collection Spotlight: Romare Bearden

October 6, 2020 By Géranne Darbouze Within the NYU Art Collection is found an unusual watercolor, one clearly inspired by the Cubist art movement of the 20th century as well as by African masks—a work composed of a puzzle-like array of geometric shapes coming together to form an image that seems to be all at […]

Collection Spotlight: Norman Bluhm and Frank O’Hara’s “Poem-Paintings”

May 20, 2020 By Luke Campbell In the artistic whirlpool of the New York School—a coterie of painters, poets, dancers, musicians, and photographers in mid-20th-century New York City—a poet and a painter got together and splashed words and paint on sheets of paper. The poet Frank O’Hara—also an art critic and curator, and the personable […]