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by Natasha Clark Note: This story contains the name and image of someone who has died. The legacy of late Aboriginal artist Clifford Possum Jampijinpa, who was exhibiting in New York by the late 1980s, continues this month as Western Desert painting returns to the city. The works of Mr Possum Jampijinpa, also known as […]

PRESS RELEASE<br>Irriṯitja Kuwarri Tjungu: Contemporary Aboriginal Painting from the Australian Desert<br>Grey Art Museum, NYU, December 2, 2025

NYU’s Grey Art Museum Presents First U.S. Survey of Australia’s Most Iconic Aboriginal Art Movement Irriṯitja Kuwarri Tjungu: Contemporary Aboriginal Painting from the Australian Desert January 22–April 11, 2026 Exhibition reflects on the fifty-year history of Papunya Tula Artists, Australia’s oldest Aboriginal-owned arts organization Press Contact Sofeia Eddy | sofeia.eddy@nyu.edu | 212-998-6782 [Download Press Release] […]

Endlessly energetic, the sculptor, who died last year, was often overshadowed by her famous husband, Robert Frank — but the Grey Art Museum brings her to the foreground. by Jillian Steinhauer June Leaf’s artworks are animated by a force that’s easy to see but difficult to describe. They feel thrillingly dynamic — and not just […]

A planet-wide celebration feels fitting for an artist who saw connections everywhere: between paint and photography, art and life, self and surroundings. by Trent Morse The fame came through a deletion. In 1953, Robert Rauschenberg obtained a drawing from Willem de Kooning. And he erased it. At first glance, this seemed like an art-world stunt, a bratty thumbing […]