American Academy in Rome

Katie Larson, a 2016 Fellow in modern Italian studies, has recently joined Baylor University’s Art and Art History Department as assistant professor.

John Kelly (2007 Fellow) will be premiering a new work, Underneath the Skin, at the Skirball Center at New York University on October 11 and 12, 2019. Underneath the Skin is a new solo work of dance and theater drawn from the life of the societal and sexual maverick Samuel Steward (1909–1993).

Sanford Biggers, a 2018 Rome Prize Fellow, organized Tricknology, featuring the work of Allison Janae Hamilton and ektor garcia, for the Apsen location of Marianne Boesky Gallery. The show is on view until September 9.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York will present an evening with the artist Wangechi Mutu (2019 Resident) on September 9. Mutu will be in conversation with curators Kelly Baum and Alisa LaGamma for this free event.