Wallach Art Gallery

Established in 1986, The Wallach Art Gallery is the University's premier public visual arts space. We are a platform for critically acclaimed exhibitions, a dynamic range of programming, and publications that contribute to scholarship.

SHIFTING SHORELINES: NEW COMMISSION

Marie Lorenz, Jet Ski, 2024. Steel, gypsum cement, 60 × 54 × 123 in. Collection of the artist

For our Shifting Shorelines exhibition, Marie Lorenz created a sculptural installation of an imaginary deconstructed, decayed Jet Ski reminiscent of the bones of large mammals that wash up on the shores of contaminated waterways. —Betti-Sue Hertz, Director and Chief Curator

NEW PUBLICATION

Shifting Shorelines: Art, Industry, and Ecology along the Hudson River, published in conjunction with the eponymous exhibition, brings together historical and contemporary art, material culture, and environmental science to engage in an interdisciplinary critical dialogue. Through visual, ecological, and material evidence the authors demonstrate the various cycles of exploitation, damage, and reclamation. In so doing, the publication offers a counter reading of the received art historical narratives about the "scenic Hudson" - narratives overwhelmingly grounded on the work of white male artists - and aims for a rich and complex understanding of the legacy, lives, and livelihoods along the river informed by the voices and experiences of a broad range of creators.

UPCOMING EVENTS

Shahzia Sikander

Shahzia Sikander

The Katharina Otto-Bernstein Screening Room, Lenfest Center for the Arts
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
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HIGHLIGHTS

A grid of twelve headshot of many of the individuals interviewed in the Practice and Process interview series
Practice and Process
PRACTICE AND PROCESS

Practice and Process comprises a series of interviews with artists, curators, and cultural leaders that offers insight into their practice. The interviews in the series are organized in editions that align with the exhibition projects at the Wallach Art Gallery.

Two speakers sit on directors chairs in front of the southfacing windows in the Lenfest Center for the Arts.
WALLACH TALKS VIDEO LIBRARY

Browse the collection of Wallach Talks documented on video since 2020.

An orange rectangular with a an illustration of a waiving camera and text describing an art activity for children.
Wallach Kids Activity Sheet - Framing Ouvselves
WALLACH KIDS ACTIVITY SHEETS

Take a break and make some to draw! The newest set of Wallach Kids activities are all about tapping into your emotions and expressing them through drawing and storyboarding.  

Don’t forget to share your drawings with us using #wallachkids!