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.

Isa Mejia, Student of Deborah Winiarski: Mixed Media, Collage, Painting, and Dimensional Art

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Freddy Borges, The Seasons, 2015. Acrylic on canvas (Triptych), 39 x 48 in.

Barnett Newman, Untitled (118). Gouache on paper, 11 13/16 x 8 13/16 in. Private Collection.

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

Lydia Rodman, Student of Margaret McCann: Colorful Still Life Painting

Crystal Durant, Black & White, 13.5 x17 in.

Helen Draves, Hope (detail), 2023.

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Siara Abid, Student of James Little: Non-Objective Painting, Color and Design

Barnett Newman, Untitled (144). Gouache on paper, 11 13/16 x 8 in. Private Collection.

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2022 Art Students League Gala

Anita Lauria, Grasshopper, 2024, Oil on Canvas, 20 x 20 in.‍

Anita Lauria, Grasshopper, 2024, Oil on Canvas, 20 x 20 in.

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Barnett Newman, Untitled (127). Gouache on paper, 11 15/16 x 8 7/8 in. Private Collection.

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

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.

Mary Ann Moy, Student of Frank Porcu: Sculpting the Figure in Clay - The Additive Anatomical Approach

Nelsena Burt-Spano, OH, 2022. Acrylic, found metals, painted paper on wood, 30 x 20 in.

Tomoko Takeda, Ego Tower, 2022. Acrylic on the canvas, 40 × 30 in.

Tomoko Takeda, Ego Tower, 2022. Acrylic on the canvas, 40 × 30 in.

Thomas Creem, John Sloan, 1935, Ink on paper. Permanent Collection, the Art Students League of New York.

Maltese Buckmaster, Justice

Maltese Buckmaster, Justice

Kenichi Ikeda, Calabaza de otoño, 2024, Oil on Canvas, 14 x 18 in.

Kenichi Ikeda, Calabaza de otoño, 2024, Oil on Canvas, 14 x 18 in.

Crystal Durant, Black & White, 13.5 x17 in.

Tony Smith, Spitball, 1970, Granite, Ed. 26/50, 11.75 x 14.5 x 14.25 in. The Art Students League of New York, Permanent Collection.

2022 Art Students League Gala

Amy Weiskopf, Leeks and Artichoke, 2024, oil on linen, 10 x 21 in.

Amy Weiskopf, Leeks and Artichoke, 2024, oil on linen, 10 x 21 in.

Lau Nató, How Eternity Taste?

Robert Hamilton Blackburn, Youth, 1948, Lithograph, 18 x 20 in. ‍

Robert Hamilton Blackburn, Youth, 1948, Lithograph, 18 x 20 in.

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L Marie Cook, Jerry. Charcoal on paper, 18 x 24, 2020.

Lydia Rodman, Student of Margaret McCann: Colorful Still Life Painting

Hsien-wen Tan, Student of Garin Baker: Drawing from the Inside Out

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Aug 13

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

Oct 1

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.

Students

Sep 3

October 12, 2025

Instructor Salon 2025

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.

Curated

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.

Curated

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.

Curated

Sep 4

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.

Curated

Aug 13

August 28, 2025