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What to Do (Online) This Week: Talks About Art, Race and Public Space, and More

by Dessane Lopez Cassell April 28, 2020April 29, 2020

This week, join an exciting range of artists, historians, and curators for conversations about art and culture — all from the very same couch where you’ve been falling asleep after one too many deep dives into conspiracy theories.

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CalArts Students Collaborate with Cooper Union Alumni in Their Fight Against Rising Tuition

by Catherine G. Wagley May 15, 2019May 15, 2019

After CalArts announced a tuition hike in March, students have been participating in a much bigger conversation around the transparency and values of arts institutions.

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Type Designers Explore the Future of African Scripts

by Deena ElGenaidi March 25, 2019

In an attempt to involve more African language communities with the internet, two typeface designers discover the importance of community outreach in their work.

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Thelma Golden Leads a Panel on Roy DeCarava and Langston Hughes’s Book on Harlem

by Deena ElGenaidi October 22, 2018October 22, 2018

In honor of the republication of The Sweet Flypaper of Life, Cooper Union will host a panel discussion on their work.

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Critics and Artists Debate the State of Painting Today

by Elisa Wouk Almino April 17, 2018

Three Cooper Union alumni and three critics, including Hyperallergic Weekend editor John Yau, “discuss the state and shape of contemporary painting.”

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A 100-Day Advent Calendar for Design Devotees, in Honor of Herb Lubalin’s 100th Birthday

by Claire Voon March 21, 2018March 21, 2018

The renowned font designer will be remembered in an online project created Cooper Union, his alma mater, highlighting various objects for a 100-day run.

Students hang banner below the historic clock tower of the Cooper Union Foundation Building in December 2012. (photo by Free Cooper Union, via Wikimedia Commons)
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In Major Reversal, Cooper Union Adopts Plan to Return to Full-Tuition Scholarships

by Benjamin Sutton March 15, 2018March 16, 2018

Four years after voting to start charging its students tuition for the first time in its 150-year history, the administration of the beloved school is moving back toward offering free education.

Cedrick Tamasala, "How My Grandfather Survived" (2015), chocolate, from the exhibition Cercle d'Art des Travailleurs de Plantation Congolaise (Congolese Plantation Workers Art League) at SculptureCenter (2017) (photo by the author for Hyperallergic)
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Modern Art’s Roots in Imperial Plunder

by Benjamin Sutton February 20, 2018February 21, 2018

Curator, theorist, and historian Ariella Azoulay questions the connections between the origins of modern art and the stolen artifacts lining the walls of European museums.

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An Archival and Artistic Exploration of Transgender Identity

by Carolina Drake November 11, 2015November 11, 2015

Bring Your Own Body: Transgender Between Archives and Aesthetics illustrates not just the multiplicity of transgender identities but the many forms of expression those identities take.

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Did Cooper Union Just Get a Second Chance?

by Hrag Vartanian September 2, 2015September 22, 2015

They said it couldn’t be done, but today’s announcement by the Committee to Save Cooper Union (CSCU) suggests that the turmoil that has engulfed the beloved Manhattan university may be coming to an end.

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After Years of Controversy, Cooper Union President Jamshed Bharucha Resigns

by Benjamin Sutton June 10, 2015June 15, 2015

On Wednesday evening, a day after five of his staunchest supporters on the Cooper Union’s board of trustees resigned, the college’s embattled president Jamshed Bharucha announced that he will resign at the end of June.

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Five Cooper Union Trustees Call It Quits

by Benjamin Sutton June 10, 2015June 11, 2015

Last night five members of the Cooper Union’s board of trustees resigned: real estate mogul Mark Epstein (the board’s former chairman), Vassar College president Catharine Bond Hill, architects Daniel Libeskind and Francois de Menil (the board’s vice chairman), and investment banker Monica Vachher.

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