School Closure: Summer Clean Out

The Last Day of the Summer Session is Saturday, August 16. All personal items must be removed from the studios. Items not removed will be thrown out.

The building will be closed for maintenance Sunday, August 17 – Monday, September 1.

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The Registration Office is open during the closure. More information here.

Anki King, Reach, 2021

Sue Williamson, Truth Games: Linda Biehl - understand the context - Mongezi Manqina, 1998, Laminated colour laser prints, wood, metal, plastic, 33 x 47.64 x 2.4 in. Private collection, New York.

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Pamela Jennings, Portrait of Regina in Profile: A study of strength, elegance and discipline, 2023, oil on canvas, 30 x 24 in.

Pamela Jennings, Portrait of Regina in Profile: A study of strength, elegance and discipline, 2023, oil on canvas, 30 x 24 in.

L Marie Cook, Storm, 2020. Graphite on paper, 18x24 in.

Photo by Matt Borkowski/BFA.com

Eugene Edward Speicher, Portrait of Georgia O'Keeffe, c. 1908, Oil on canvas, 29.25 x 25.25 in. Permanent Collection, The Art Students League of New York. Gift of the artist. © Artist or Artist’s Estate

Eugene Edward Speicher, Portrait of Georgia O'Keeffe, c. 1908, Oil on canvas, 29.25 x 25.25 in. Permanent Collection, The Art Students League of New York. Gift of the artist. © Artist or Artist’s Estate

2022 Art Students League Gala

Freddy Borges, Winter In NewYork, 2016. Etching on rice paper, 38 x 14 in.

2022 Art Students League Gala at the Museum of Modern Art.

Emilio Sanchez, Tres Puertas. Oil on canvas, 60 x 48 in., Permanent Collection of the Art Students League

Richie Chen, Student of Sylvie Covey: Etching, Photo-Etching, Lithography, etc.

Frank Webster, Esmarkbreen, 2022, Watercolor and graphite on paper, 20 x 24 in.

Cover of "This Quarantine Life," edited by Steven Walker & Greg Follender

Seong Moy, Changes #2, undated, Collograph, 20.25 x 28.5 in. Permanent Collection, The Art Students League of New York.

Howard Temner, Student of Max Ginsburg: Studio Atelier - Painting From Life

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Barnett Newman, Untitled (116). Oil on canvas, 27 3/8 x 35 in. Private Collection.

Sue Williamson, Truth Games: Linda Biehl - understand the context - Mongezi Manqina, 1998, Laminated colour laser prints, wood, metal, plastic, 33 x 47.64 x 2.4 in. Private collection, New York.

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2022 Art Students League Gala

Chia Hsuan Kuo, Float, 2022, ceramic, 11 x 10 x 17 in.

Agnes Collins Hunt, Rose Cottage 2, 2021, Image transfer, paper collage and acrylic on canvas, 72 x 56 in.

Agnes Collins Hunt, Rose Cottage 2, 2021, Image transfer, paper collage and acrylic on canvas, 72 x 56 in.

Historical photo of The Art Students League of New York Dream Ball

Miguel Rodriguez, Student of Bruce Dorfman: Combined Media, Assemblage, Art in Three Dimensions

Alison Jones, Off the Grid, 2023, 13 x 13 in.

Crystal Durant, Black & White, 13.5 x17 in.

Shiri Mordechay, Untitled (eye balls), 2024, watercolour on paper, 30 x 42 in.

Shiri Mordechay, Untitled (eye balls), 2024, watercolour on paper, 30 x 42 in.

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Samuel Handler, Boots on Windowsill, 2022, oil on linen mounted on panel, 16 x 20 in.

Samuel Handler, Boots on Windowsill, 2022, oil on linen mounted on panel, 16 x 20 in.

Lay-Ing Oji, Scent of Winter Sun, 2021, acrylic, silk shantung, fabric, tea bag, color pencil, 24 x 18 x 1.5 in.

Alfred Colella, Clayton (Mustard Shirt), 2023

Alfred Colella, Clayton (Mustard Shirt), 2023

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Leza Lin, Shining Sun-II, 2023, oil on canvas, 12 x 9 in.

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August 28, 2025

2025 Juried Selection

Fridman Gallery

The League proudly presents its 2025 Juried Selection Exhibition at Fridman Gallery, featuring juror-selected works from the League’s annual Student Salons.

Students

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August 31, 2025

Works in Public 2024

Riverside Park

This year-long outdoor public art exhibition at Riverside Park features new site-specific sculptures by League artists Patricia Espinosa, Malin Abrahamsson, Henry Roundtrip Marton Newman, and Sydney Shen.

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October 12, 2025

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Phyllis Harriman Mason Gallery & Lobby Gallery

A tradition that’s more than a century old; the Art Students League’s annual Instructor Salon is an exhibition of work by current instructors.

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Oct 16

December 31, 2025

150 Years: Fake Paintings at the League

AFAS Lobby, 1st Floor

This exhibition looks back at a group of anonymous League artists whose work was designed to parody and skewer the mainstream.

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Sep 4

December 31, 2025

150 Years: The Abstract Expressionists

Registration Office, 1st Floor

This exhibition brings together loans and works from the collection to celebrate the Abstract Expressionist movement and its roots at the Art Students League of New York.

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Sep 11

December 31, 2025

150 Years: Reexamining Realism

Café Atelier, 3rd Floor

This exhibition specifically examines realist works on paper from the League's collection, celebrating one of the cornerstones of the Art Students League–depicting life.

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Aug 13

August 28, 2025