The Institute of Fine Arts, NYU

08/18/2026

IFA alumna Cathleen Chaffee has been appointed Artistic Director of Buffalo AKG Art Museum.

New Co-Leadership Roles Expand Institutional Capacity for the Future The Buffalo AKG Art Museum has appointed a new leadership team to steward the 164-year-old museum of modern and contemporary art. Chief Curator Cathleen Chaffee has been appointed Artistic Director, and Deputy Director Jillian Jone...

08/06/2026

Guggenheim Abu Dhabi has appointed IFA alumna Valerie Hillings as its Inaugural Director.

Ahead of its December opening, the Guggenheim Abu Dhabi has chosen Valerie Hillings as its inaugural director.

08/04/2026

IFA Professor Kathryn Howley was recently quoted in an article in Vanity Fair about jewelry inspired by ancient Egypt, entitled "Ancient Egypt, but Make It Fashion."

Forget those dusty old bandages: King Tut’s treasures have found a new home at the Grand Egyptian Museum, and elsewhere, Ancient Egypt has been immortalized in high jewelry. Now, trace the roots of Van Cleef & Arpels’s latest homage to the Land of the Pharaohs.

07/31/2026

The Institute of Fine Arts community deeply mourns the passing of Professor Clemente Marconi, James R. McCredie Professor of Greek Art and Archaeology and Director of the Excavations at Selinunte.

Professor Marconi was a leading scholar in his field whose visionary research and dedicated mentorship transformed classical archaeology. Beyond his extraordinary academic achievements, he was a cherished friend and colleague whose warmth and enthusiasm uplifted our entire community.

We hold his family, loved ones, and the entire Selinunte community in our hearts during this devastating time. He will be dearly missed, but his legacy endures in the generations of scholars he inspired.

Please visit our website to view the tribute: https://ifa.nyu.edu/news/index.html

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05/28/2026

Art historian and IFA Alumni Association President Kathryn Calley Galitz has written a new book, Manet: The Great Works, which is featured in Artdaily.

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04/30/2026

Senior Curator at El Museo del Barrio and IFA alumna Susanna V. Temkin will organize the 2027 edition of La Trienal at the museum.

Biennale shake-ups, a new leadership model for Manifesta, and Marina Abramović, wine whisperer?

04/28/2026

Kinaya Hassane, PhD candidate in African Art History, has been awarded a prestigious Woodson Pre-Doctoral Fellowship (2026–2028) at the The Carter G. Woodson Institute for African-American and African Studiesat the University of Virginia. Read more on the Institute's Spotlight on Research & Accomplishments https://ifa.nyu.edu/news/current-research.html

04/27/2026

IFA alumna Barbara Drake Boehm recently gave a talk at Bowdoin College entitled "In a Nutshell: Mystery and Meaning in Miniature Boxwood Carvings."

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03/20/2026

Six Weeks, Sixty Centuries—Embark on an intellectual journey at the Institute of Fine Arts this summer. Course applications are now open for Summer at the Institute 2026.

Summer at the Institute, hosted by the Institute of Fine Arts at NYU, is designed for learners at all levels with an interest in art history, providing classroom experiences that open up new avenues of exploration and introduce topics of cutting edge research in the field.

03/11/2026

Today is ! Support our students as they lead the way in art conservation, archaeology, and art historical scholarship through vital research and field experiences.

We hope you will join us in celebrating NYU One Day. Contributions of any size play a vital role in providing funding to our students through fellowships, field experiences like travel and conference attendance, and essential professional development opportunities that allow our students to pursue t...