Mishkin Gallery
{{Short description|Art museum in New York City}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}}
{{Infobox museum
| name = Mishkin Gallery
| logo = Mishkin Gallery Logo.png
| image =
| alt = Photo from the exhibition "We Didn't Ask Permission We Just Did It". At center focus is an artwork of bright colored PPC pipes in the shape of a rainbow with potted spider plants and pothos plants at each end of the rainbow. On the floor behind the rainbow is a Taino weaved plant fiber mat. Three black crates with various publications are vertically place on the left side of te mat, and a Taino style chair is on the right side of the mat. A still from the grand tropical biennials film is projected on the back wall. Other pieces from the exhibit are displayed on the side walls of the middle room of the gallery.
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| former_name = Sidney Mishkin Gallery; Baruch College Art Gallery
| established = 1983
| location = 135 E 22nd St, New York, NY 10010
| type = Art Museum
| website = [https://weissman.baruch.cuny.edu/mishkin-gallery/ weissman.baruch.cuny.edu/mishkin-gallery]
}}
Mishkin Gallery is a university art museum affiliated with the Weissman School of Arts and Sciences at Baruch College, City University of New York, New York City, United States.{{Cite web |title=Mishkin Gallery at Baruch College, City University of New York (CUNY) – Directory – e-flux |url=https://www.e-flux.com/directory/385253/mishkin-gallery-at-baruch-college-city-university-of-new-york-cuny/ |access-date=2024-02-09 |website=www.e-flux.com |language=en}} The museum was founded in 1983 as the Baruch College Art Gallery and renamed the Mishkin Gallery in 1991, for alumnus Sidney Mishkin (Baruch, '34),{{cite web| url=https://www.nyc-arts.org/organizations/mishkin-gallery/ |title=Mishkin Gallery | publisher=NYC ARTS | website=nyc-arts.org}} and Alaina Claire Feldman is currently{{when|date=June 2024}} the director.{{Cite web | website=ARTnews |date=2018-08-08 |title=Morning Links: Wilbur Ross Edition |url=https://www.artnews.com/art-news/market/morning-links-wilbur-ross-edition-10778/ |access-date=2024-02-09 |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=Alaina Claire Feldman - About - Independent Curators International |url=https://curatorsintl.org/about/collaborators/5119-alaina-claire-feldman |access-date=2024-02-09 |website=curatorsintl.org |language=en}} The museum presents historical and contemporary exhibitions emphasizing original scholarship, the understanding of modern and contemporary art, interdisciplinary cultural activity, and innovative artistic practices from around the world. The museum has featured artists such as Franz Kline;{{Cite news |last=Smith |first=Roberta |date=2013-03-01 |title=Expressionism's Sooty Anomaly |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/02/arts/design/franz-kline-coal-and-steel-at-sidney-mishkin-gallery.html |access-date=2024-02-09 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}} Lamin Fofana;{{Cite web |date=2020-05-13 |title=Lamin Fofana "BLUES" Mishkin Gallery / New York {{!}} |url=https://flash---art.com/2020/05/lamin-fofana-blues-mishkin-gallery-new-york/ |access-date=2024-02-09 |website=Flash Art |language=en-US}} Marcel Sternberger;{{Cite web |last=Artdaily |title=The Marcel Sternberger Collection on view at the Sidney Mishkin Gallery at Baruch College |url=https://artdaily.cc/news/99308/The-Marcel-Sternberger-Collection-on-view-at-the-Sidney-Mishkin-Gallery-at-Baruch-College#.XsRvpJNKhQI |access-date=2024-02-09 |website=artdaily.cc |language=English}} Mercedes Matter;{{Cite web |last=Salsbury |first=Britany |date=2009-11-13 |title=Mercedes Matter |url=https://www.artforum.com/events/mercedes-matter-188091/ |access-date=2024-02-09 |website=Artforum |language=en-US}} Dorothea and Leo Rabkin;{{Cite news |last=Smith |first=Roberta |date=1998-04-10 |title=ART IN REVIEW |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/04/10/arts/art-in-review-437727.html |access-date=2024-02-09 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}} Minerva Cuevas;{{Cite web |last=Gutiérrez |first=Leticia |date=2019-10-25 |title=Dissident Visions With a Dose of Play |url=http://hyperallergic.com/524834/dissident-visions-with-a-dose-of-play/ |access-date=2024-02-09 |website=Hyperallergic |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Kovel |first=Sophie |date=2019-10-11 |title=Minerva Cuevas |url=https://www.artforum.com/events/minerva-cuevas-2-245787/ |access-date=2024-02-09 |website=Artforum |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Goldstein |first=Caroline |date=2019-08-29 |title='It's Finding a Gap in the Bureaucratic Process': Watch Minerva Cuevas Explain How Her Artistic Acts of Sabotage Inspired Real Activism in Mexico |url=https://news.artnet.com/art-world/art-21-minerva-cuevas-1638289 |access-date=2024-02-09 |website=Artnet News |language=en-US}} Juan Downey;{{Cite web |title=Juan Downey |url=https://theartsandeducation.com/tag/juan-downey/ |access-date=2024-02-09 |website=Artfully Learning |language=en}} Thomas Child;{{Cite web |last=Epstein |first=Emily Anne |title=Thomas Child: Rare Photos of Late Qing Dynasty Peking - The Atlantic |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2016/09/thomas-child-Qing-Dynasty-Peking-photographs/500987/ |access-date=2024-02-09 |website=www.theatlantic.com |language=en}} the New Blockheads;{{Cite web |last=Press |first=Clayton |title=The Brotherhood of New Blockheads At The Mishkin Gallery, Baruch College |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/claytonpress/2019/12/17/the-brotherhood-of-new-blockheads-at-the-mishkin-gallery-baruch-college/ |access-date=2024-02-09 |website=Forbes |language=en}} Aura Rosenberg;{{Cite news |last=Diehl |first=Travis |date=2023-03-29 |title=Aura Rosenberg's Seriously Playful Art of Collaboration |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/29/arts/design/aura-rosenberg-artist-pioneer-space.html |access-date=2024-02-09 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}{{Cite web |title=Aura Rosenberg: What Is Psychedelic |url=https://pioneerworks.org/exhibitions/aura-rosenberg-what-is-psychedelic |access-date=2024-02-09 |website=Aura Rosenberg: What Is Psychedelic}} and Jorge Gonzalez Santos.{{Cite web |last=Euceda |first=Mia |date=2023-11-20 |title=Mishkin Gallery holds Taino weaving workshop with artist Jorge González - The Ticker |url=https://theticker.org/12869/arts/mishkin-gallery-holds-taino-weaving-workshop-with-artist-jorge-gonzalez/ |access-date=2024-02-09}}
Collection
The Baruch College Art Collection houses approximately 1,500 artworks, with an emphasis on 20th-century American painters, printmakers, photographers and sculptors, dating from 1924 to 2020. A subdivision of this collection consists of 360 works that are permanently displayed throughout the Baruch College Campus where students are immersed in the artwork firsthand;{{Cite web |last=Euceda |first=Mia |date=2023-05-01 |title=Baruch students explore college art collection on Mishkin Gallery tour - The Ticker |url=https://theticker.org/11133/arts/baruch-students-explore-college-art-collection-on-mishkin-gallery-tour/ |access-date=2024-02-09}} and there are three student collection websites.{{Cite web |date=2021-08-12 |title=Reframing America: Works from the Baruch College Art Collection |url=https://blogs.baruch.cuny.edu/reframingamerica/ |access-date=2024-02-09 |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=WISH YOU WERE HERE: An Exhibition Featuring Artworks from the Baruch College Art Collection |url=https://blogs.baruch.cuny.edu/wishyouwerehere/ |access-date=2024-02-09 |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=LOOKING TO HEAR: An Exhibition Featuring Artworks from the Baruch College Art Collection |url=https://blogs.baruch.cuny.edu/lookingtohear/ |access-date=2024-02-09 |language=en-US}}
Education
Each exhibition is curated with the educational expansion of Baruch students in mind. The Mishkin Gallery provides student-geared programming such as class/student group tours, panel discussions, and workshops for each exhibition{{Cite web |title=Mishkin Gallery Tour and Dinner {{!}} Macaulay Honors College |url=https://macaulay.cuny.edu/calendar-of-events/mishkin-gallery-tour-and-dinner/ |access-date=2024-03-21 |website=macaulay.cuny.edu}}
Books and publishing
The museum produces exhibition publications and books to complement exhibitions. For instance, books such as What is Psychedelic{{Cite web |title=Aura Rosenberg: What Is Psychedelic |url=https://store.pioneerworks.org/products/aura-rosenberg-what-is-psychedelic |access-date=2024-02-09 |website=Pioneer Works |language=en}} in connection with Aura Rosenberg's joint exhibition with Mishkin Gallery and Pioneer Works.
Community
The Mishkin Gallery defines its community as a group of curious and creative students,{{Cite web |last=Lehane |first=Claire |date=2021-10-29 |title=Mishkin Gallery's new exhibit explores American identity - The Ticker |url=https://theticker.org/5106/arts/mishkin-gallerys-new-exhibit-explores-american-identity/ |access-date=2024-02-09}} artists, scholars,{{Cite web |last=Artdaily |title=Exhibition revisits the creative and civic-minded projects conceived by artist Elvira Leite in Porto |url=https://artdaily.cc/news/112067/Exhibition-revisits-the-creative-and-civic-minded-projects-conceived-by-artist-Elvira-Leite-in-Porto |access-date=2024-02-09 |website=artdaily.cc |language=English}} and art lovers, who are open to exploring various art practices, cultures, environmental{{Cite web |title=Critical Ecology on Film - e-flux Education |url=https://www.e-flux.com/announcements/385255/critical-ecology-on-film/ |access-date=2024-02-09 |website=www.e-flux.com |language=en}} and social constructs.{{Citation |title=Destination Weissman: Art Speaks Justice– "The Climate Change Crisis" | date=5 November 2019 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIZ8JXUnz58 |access-date=2024-02-09 |language=en}}
References
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External links
- [https://weissman.baruch.cuny.edu/mishkin-gallery/ Mishkin Gallery website]
Category:1983 establishments in New York City
Category:Art museums and galleries established in 1983
Category:Art museums and galleries in Manhattan
Category:University art museums and galleries in New York (state)