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“‘Irriṯitja Kuwarri Tjungu’ is an invitation to dream”
Irriṯitja Kuwarri Tjungu: Contemporary Aboriginal Painting from the Australian Desert Exhibition Review
Washington Square News, February 27, 2026

by Mia Shou For the Aboriginal people of Australia’s Western Desert, dreaming isn’t a trivial matter. Instead, it’s a lifestyle that takes center stage in the Grey Art Museum’s latest exhibition, “Irriṯitja Kuwarri Tjungu: Contemporary Aboriginal Painting from the Australian Desert.” Opened on Jan. 22 and organized by the University of Virginia’s Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art […]

“Alison Weaver named Grey Art Museum director”
Washington Square News, January 29, 2026

The appointment of Weaver, who led Rice University’s arts center for over 10 years, marks the end of a 14-month search for NYU’s fine arts museum. by Dani Biondi President Linda Mills and Provost Georgina Dopico announced on Tuesday that Alison Weaver, who founded the Moody Center for the Arts at Rice University, will take […]

Americans in Paris: Exhibition Review<br>“The Grey Art Museum inaugural exhibition is a nod to a French-American artistic past”<br>Washington Square News, March 4, 2024

Americans in Paris: Exhibition Review
“The Grey Art Museum inaugural exhibition is a nod to a French-American artistic past”
Washington Square News, March 4, 2024

Americans in Paris is on view at NYU’s newly relocated and rebranded fine arts museum. By Alexa Donovan, Deputy Arts Editor There’s a new purple banner flying in the East Village, marking NYU’s recently relocated Grey Art Museum. The museum, formerly the Grey Art Gallery and located on Washington Square East, has rebranded and moved […]

Grey Art Gallery Pays Tribute to the Art That Came From Stonewall
Washington Square News, April 29, 2019

Commemorating 50 years since the Stonewall riots that helped ignite the modern gay rights movement, NYU’s Grey Art Gallery is now showing “Art After Stonewall: 1969-1989,” which opened with a public reception on April 23. Curated by Jonathan Weinberg, Tyler Cann and Drew Sawyer, the show is organized by the Columbus Museum of Art.