Arts and Letters

Fall ExhibitionsSeptember 25, 2024 – February 9, 2025

Galleries Closed for RenovationDecember 1, 2023 – September 24, 2024

2023

Aki SasamotoSquirrel WaysMarch 18 – June 7, 2023

In Residence: The Kitchen’s Dance and ProcessFebruary 10 – June 4, 2023

2022

New Members ExhibitionOctober 29 – December 4, 2022

Sculpture composed of wooden orb on vertical wooden base

Theaster Gates, Vessel #12, 2023

Between 2020 and 2022, the American Academy of Arts and Letters inducted 28 new members in Architecture and Visual Art. In addition to honoring their significant accomplishments as individuals, this exhibition demonstrates the ways that these new members engage in dialogue: with one another, with their communities, and with the most urgent issues of our day.

Exhibiting new members

Laurie Anderson, Deborah Berke, Mark Bradford, Marlon Blackwell, Mel Chin, James Corner, Carroll Dunham, Suzan Frecon, Charles Gaines, Theaster Gates, Kathryn Gustafson, Michael Heizer, Walter Hood, Arthur Jafa, Glenn Ligon, Toshiko Mori, Thomas Phifer, Adrian Piper, Faith Ringgold, Betye Saar, Julian Schnabel, Amy Sillman, Nader Tehrani, Michael Van Valkenburgh, Carrie Mae Weems, Mabel O. Wilson, Meejin Yoon

A large enclosed gallery space with three parallel windows, a sculpture and framed artworks to the right, and a carved wooden table holding objects in front of a single framed artwork positioned to the left

A wall text description and small framed artwork on the wall to the left of an arched stone entryway. Inside the arched opening, a pair of artworks hang on the wall.

A carved wooden table supporting a group of small ceramic sculptures stands in the center of a space. To the left, two artworks are positioned high on the wall. To the right, two artworks are on the wall on either side of a large window.

To the left, floor-to-ceiling windows with framed artwork on the walls. On the wall to the right, two large horizontal paintings, and in the center of the floor, sits a sculpture of a large wooden orb atop a wooden cube

To the left, an arched stone entryway. Directly inside the arched recess, two video monitors displaying video works are positioned on the wall. On the wall to the right is a painting. A lobby with table and another brightly lit gallery beyond are visible through a doorway to the far right.

To the left, framed artwork hangs on the wall. Directly ahead, an entryway opens onto a staircase. To the right, an architectural model encased in plexi sits on a pedestal.

At an angled view, a single art piece hangs on the wall to the left. Adjacent to it lies a series of squares composing a single artwork. To the right, an entryway with a a large window leads to another gallery with artworks visible inside.

A series of large floor-to-ceiling artworks on transparent scrolls hang suspended to the right. To the left lies another gallery with artworks on the wall and an object on a pedestal.

White architectural models sit positioned inside a room and on a wall to the right. To the left, a single framed artwork is on the wall. A gallery ahead on the left contains more artworks.

Architectural models sit on plinths in the center of a room and against a wall. To the left, art in a series of colorless squares comprise a single artwork. Against the adjacent wall lies a colorful artwork. To the right, and through an entryway, a single painting adorns a wall

Three colorful paintings hang on a wall. To the left, a large and small piece hang parallel to each other. To the right, a large horizontal artwork takes up the majority of the wall

A gallery with artwork hung on the wall to the left, and four framed artworks pieces arranged on either side of an entryway

Installation view, New Members Exhibition, American Academy of Arts and Letters, 2022. Photo: Charles Benton

Installation view, New Members Exhibition, American Academy of Arts and Letters, 2022. Photo: Charles Benton

Installation view, New Members Exhibition, American Academy of Arts and Letters, 2022. Photo: Charles Benton

Installation view, New Members Exhibition, American Academy of Arts and Letters, 2022. Photo: Charles Benton

Installation view, New Members Exhibition, American Academy of Arts and Letters, 2022. Photo: Charles Benton

Installation view, New Members Exhibition, American Academy of Arts and Letters, 2022. Photo: Charles Benton

Installation view, New Members Exhibition, American Academy of Arts and Letters, 2022. Photo: Charles Benton

Installation view, New Members Exhibition, American Academy of Arts and Letters, 2022. Photo: Charles Benton

Installation view, New Members Exhibition, American Academy of Arts and Letters, 2022. Photo: Charles Benton

Installation view, New Members Exhibition, American Academy of Arts and Letters, 2022. Photo: Charles Benton

Installation view, New Members Exhibition, American Academy of Arts and Letters, 2022. Photo: Charles Benton

Installation view, New Members Exhibition, American Academy of Arts and Letters, 2022. Photo: Charles Benton

Invitational Exhibition of Visual ArtsMarch 12 – May 22, 2022

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