Artist and activist Alice Standish Buell spent her life lifting up women—through social work, art, and unwavering community engagement.
In printmaking, you can never be bored. Printmaking makes you smart. You have to think. You have to plan. And most of all, you have to be in a happy place to let it happen.
Ronald Sherr’s “Taunja, Twice,” a recently accessioned work in the Art Students League’s permanent collection, captures an artistic experiment in observation and a lasting connection with his model, Taunja.
Art, History
How a 1942 Catalogue Revealed Arshile Gorky’s Ties to the Art Students League
Apr 9, 2025, 5:44 PM
Marking Arshile Gorky’s 121st birthday and Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day, this reflection explores his enduring legacy, deep connections to the League, and a recently uncovered 1942 exhibition that sheds new light on his life, work, and Armenian identity.
My father’s portrait expresses that affection for Nicolaides, for the League, and for this period when they felt inspired and excited about their lives as young artists.
The open road and the gloriously complex mixture of past, present, and future artistic and political movements in Mexico were calling them.
A gallery of sixty award-winning submissions.
I feel this show of my paintings represents a personal revelation—and a kind of public exposure, too. It is risky to present work that has been developed privately and held close for so long.
A new acquisition to the Art Students League’s permanent collection.
The Art Students League served as a key training ground in miniature painting, where students acquired skills particular to watercolor painting on ivory, as well as a solid grounding in figural representation, so evident in drawings in the school’s collection.