Honor
Neil Jenney
Tribeca Ball 2024
Neil Jenney is the honoree of the Tribeca Ball 2024, taking place on April 1 in New York. During the annual gala, the five floors of the New York Academy of Art are open for guests to explore while students offer a firsthand look at their creative processes. Proceeds from the event support the nonprofit school, which was founded by artists in 1982, and its mission to empower a new generation of artists, and will be used to establish the Neil Jenney Artist Scholarship Fund.
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Neil Jenney with a portrait of himself by Joseph McNamara at Gagosian, 980 Madison Avenue, New York, 2013. Artwork © Joseph McNamara. Photo: Robert Wright/The New York Times/Redux
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In Conversation
Neil Jenney
Linda Yablonsky
Thursday, March 21, 2024, 6:30–8pm
New York Academy of Art
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Join the New York Academy of Art for a conversation between Neil Jenney and author and critic Linda Yablonsky. The pair will discuss how the artist has challenged models of taste and subject matter in the three key phases of his career—Bad Paintings (1969–70), Good Paintings (1971–2015), and New Good Paintings (2015–)—as well as his commitment to exploring, and ultimately transcending, realism as both style and philosophy. Jenney will be honored at the Tribeca Ball 2024 on April 1.
Neil Jenney, North America Divided, 1992–99 © Neil Jenney
In Conversation
Neil Jenney
Douglas Dreishpoon
Tuesday, February 5, 2019, 5:30–7pm
New Britain Museum of American Art, Connecticut
www.nbmaa.org
Neil Jenney will speak with art historian and curator Douglas Dreishpoon about his practice and works in his career-ranging exhibition American Realist on view at the New Britain Museum of American Art through March 17, 2019. To attend the event, purchase tickets at www.nbmaa.org.
Neil Jenney, Forest and Lumber, 1969 © Neil Jenney
Talk
Lisa Williams on Neil Jenney
Wednesday, January 9, 2019, 1–1:45pm
New Britain Museum of American Art, Connecticut
www.nbmaa.org
New Britain Museum of American Art Associate Curator Lisa Williams will lead a discussion that examines key works by Neil Jenney in his current exhibition American Realist, on view at the museum through March 17, 2019. The event is free with museum admission.
Neil Jenney, Threat and Sanctuary, 1969 © Neil Jenney
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