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New York Academy of Art

At the New York Academy of Art’s Annual Benefit, the Studio Visits Are the Main Event

This is the rare gala evening that skips the ballroom formality and puts the artwork front and center.
By Christa Terry
Will Cotton's annual life drawing party, held on September 12, 2017.

Where Natalie Frank and Ryan McGinness Go to Practice Their Nude Drawing

"I didn’t expect it to become some super cool thing,” Will Cotton said of the now packed parties that offer an open bar and a DJ to curate music.
By Margaret Carrigan
Scantily clad people at Take Home a Nude.

Battle of the Nudes: Celebrities Vie for X-Rated Art at NY Academy’s Annual Fête

Portraits sans clothes were the evening's hot ticket items.
By Alina Cohen
NEW YORK, NY - FEBRUARY 12: Kanye West performs at the Rn. 1st Annual Roc City Classic Starring Kevin Durant x Kanye West on February 12, 2015 in New York City.

In Other News, Kanye West Names Matthew Barney His Personal Jesus

By Alanna Martinez
Fashion illustration by Antonio Lopez for M.A.C.

9 Things to Do in New York’s Art World Before June 17

By Ryan Steadman
A figure painting class at the NYAA.

10 Things to Do in New York’s Art World Before May 20

By Ryan Steadman
Ramiro Gomez, American Gardeners (After David Hockney's American Collectors, Fred and Marcia Weisman 1968), (2014).

Weekend Edition: 10 Things to Do in New York’s Art World Before April 25

By Paul Laster
Tribeca Ball.

Celebrities in Art-Buying Mode Flood New York Academy of Art’s Tribeca Ball

By Alina Cohen
Students drawing Iggy Pop during a life drawing class at the New York Academy of Art. The work will go on view for Jeremy Deller's exhibition "Iggy Pop Life Class" at the Brooklyn Museum this fall.

Iggy Pop Poses Nude for Drawing Students, Google Computers Make Art—and More

By Alanna Martinez
Mickalene Thomas, Le leçon d’amour, 2008 © Mickalene Thomas. (Courtesy the artist and Lehmann Maupin, New York and Hong Kong; and Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York)

12 Things to Do in New York’s Art World Before January 29

By Paul Laster
The DUMBO neighborhood of Brooklyn, see from under the Manhattan Bridge.

Two Trees Grants Artists, Arts Group Subsidized Workspace in Dumbo

By Alanna Martinez
Liev Schreiber. (Liam McMullan, Patrick McMullan)

Letting It All Hang Out: These Paintings Aren’t Averse to Showing a Little Skin to Get a Ride Home

By Jonah Wolf

All the Nude That’s Fit to … Bill Keller, Heather Graham Almost Collide at Sotheby’s Big Naked Auction Night

By Leon Neyfakh

In Tribeca Snowstorm, Parker Posey Makes Us Melt

By David Foxley
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