Press Releases

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

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Irriṯitja Kuwarri Tjungu: Contemporary Aboriginal Painting from the Australian Desert
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] […]

PRESS RELEASE<br>Handle with Care: Robert Rauschenberg’s Ecological Conscience<br>Grey Art Museum, NYU, September 9, 2025

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Handle with Care: Robert Rauschenberg’s Ecological Conscience
Grey Art Museum, NYU, September 9, 2025

NYU’s Grey Art Museum Joins an International Roster of Institutions Commemorating Robert Rauschenberg’s 100th Birthday Handle with Care: Robert Rauschenberg’s Ecological Conscience On view September 9, 2025–April 11, 2026 Drawn from the NYU Art Collection, works in the exhibition highlight Rauschenberg’s concern for vulnerable people, animals, and habitats. Press Contact Sofeia Eddy | sofeia.eddy@nyu.edu | […]

PRESS RELEASE<br>June Leaf: Shooting from the Heart<br>Grey Art Museum, NYU, September 9, 2025

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June Leaf: Shooting from the Heart
Grey Art Museum, NYU, September 9, 2025

NYU’s Grey Art Museum Presents June Leaf: Shooting from the Heart September 9–December 13, 2025 The exhibition features more than 120 drawings, paintings, and sculptures representing 75 years of work by the idiosyncratic artist Press Contact Sofeia Eddy | sofeia.eddy@nyu.edu | 212-998-6782 [Download Press Release] [Download Image Sheet] (NEW YORK, NY, July 16, 2025)—NYU’s Grey […]

“This Organization Has Added Legions of Women to Art History, and Now There’s a Show to Prove it”
Anonymous Was A Woman Exhibition Review
ArtNews, April 3, 2025

by Alex Greenberger At New York University’s Grey Art Museum, the head of artist Rona Pondick—a cast of it, anyway—can be seen emerging from a pedestal in the center of one gallery. Her skin is pink, her ear is translucent, her head is bald, and her eyes are closed. It is hard to look away from her […]

“Make Way for Berthe Weill: Art Dealer of the Parisian Avant-Garde”
Make Way for Berthe Weill Exhibition Review
The Brooklyn Rail, February 11, 2025

by Ekin Erkan Grey Art Museum’s Make Way for Berthe Weill: Art Dealer of the Parisian Avant-Garde is a welcome conspectus of the titular Parisian art dealer and gallerist. In comparison to her Montparnasse male counterparts, such as Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler and Ambroise Vollard, Weill’s promulgation of the nascent School of Paris (among other, unrelated and unaffiliated avant-gardists) […]

PRESS RELEASE<br>Anonymous Was A Woman: The First 25 Years<br>Grey Art Museum, NYU, January 13, 2025

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Anonymous Was A Woman: The First 25 Years
Grey Art Museum, NYU, January 13, 2025

NYU’s Grey Art Museum Highlights 25 Years of Women’s Achievements in Contemporary Art Anonymous Was A Woman: The First 25 Years April 1–July 19, 2025 Exhibition celebrates landmark Anonymous Was A Woman artist grant, which has awarded over $8 million to nearly 300 mid-career women artists Press Contact Sofeia Eddy | sofeia.eddy@nyu.edu | 212-998-6782 [Download […]

PRESS RELEASE<br>NYU’s Grey Art Museum Director Lynn Gumpert to Retire<br>Grey Art Museum, NYU, November 15, 2024

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NYU’s Grey Art Museum Director Lynn Gumpert to Retire
Grey Art Museum, NYU, November 15, 2024

Gumpert raised the profile of the museum by presenting innovative exhibitions and leading its move to a larger space at Cooper Square. [Download Press Release] (NEW YORK, NY, November 15, 2024)—Lynn Gumpert, who has served as director of New York University’s Grey Art Museum since 1997, will retire in mid-April 2025. During her tenure, the […]

PRESS RELEASE<br>Make Way for Berthe Weill: Art Dealer of the Parisian Avant-Garde<br>Grey Art Museum, NYU, September 10, 2024

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Make Way for Berthe Weill: Art Dealer of the Parisian Avant-Garde
Grey Art Museum, NYU, September 10, 2024

NYU’s Grey Art Museum Celebrates the First Art Dealer to Focus Solely on Emerging Artists Make Way for Berthe Weill: Art Dealer of the Parisian Avant-Garde October 1, 2024–March 1, 2025 The second exhibition at 18 Cooper Square explores the contributions of Berthe Weill, a woman gallerist who nurtured key figures of French modernism. […]

PRESS RELEASE<br>A Major International Exhibition Reappraises the Legacy of American Artists in Postwar Paris

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A Major International Exhibition Reappraises the Legacy of American Artists in Postwar Paris

AMERICANS IN PARIS: ARTISTS WORKING IN POSTWAR FRANCE, 1946–1962 [Download Press Release] (NEW YORK, NY, February 29, 2024)—Americans in Paris: Artists Working in Postwar France, 1946–1962, the first major exhibition to examine the historical impact of the expatriate art scene in Paris after World War II, opens on Saturday, March 2, 2024, at the Grey […]

Grey Art Museum Press Kit <br> <em>Americans In Paris: Artists Working In Postwar France, 1946–1962</em>

Grey Art Museum Press Kit
Americans In Paris: Artists Working In Postwar France, 1946–1962

[Download Press Kit] Installation view of Americans in Paris: Artists Working in Postwar France, 1946–1962 at the Grey Art Museum, New York University, Designed by Ennead Architects. Photo: David Heald