The Met is an excellent venue for an intergenerational viewing experience because everyone, regardless of age, can find an object to look at in wonder within its vast collection.
Notable work by students in the classes of Jeff Buckland, Cliff Dufton, Hak Sul Lee, James Little, Fran O’Neill, Ephraim Rubenstein, Dana Parlier, Wendy Shalen, Anne Stanner & Natsuki Takauji
Notable works from the classes of Dionisio Cimarelli, Jon deMartin, Max Ginsburg, Silya Kiese, Peter Reginato, and Frederick Wong
Notable works from the classes of Ellen Eagle, Leonid Gervits, Michael Burban, and Paul Oestreicher & Chris Raccioppi
Notable works from the classes of Mary Beth McKenzie, Frank Porcu, and Sharon Sprung
Notable works from the classes of Frederick Brosen, Harvey Dinnerstein, Pat Lipsky, and Steven Walker
On view now, in the Phyllis Harriman Mason Gallery, is a selection of work by previous winners of the Art Students League’s major grants.
George Grosz’s last words to me in 1959 were: “Art is dead.” It’s something I grapple with to this day.
What is it about certain works of art that affects us so strongly?
“I may have worked on one small self-portrait for 6,000 hours. I think every self-portrait has a hundred different self-portraits underneath.”