SVA's MFA Art Practice Thesis Show 'Finding Here' Opens Amid Program Turmoil
The School of Visual Arts' MFA Art Practice program is shutting down, but its penultimate graduating class mounted a thesis exhibition titled 'Finding Here' at Art Cake in Brooklyn. The show features nine artists whose work coheres around themes of scavenging and reimagining memory. Richard Montañez presents 'redactions' (2026) of New York Post's Page Six gossip columns, using black marker to overlay drag culture and queer history phrases like 'Girrlll…' and 'KIKI! tonight.' The three-year low-residency program will move entirely online next academic year and stop accepting applications. In February, longtime chair David Ross resigned after revelations about his ties to Jeffrey Epstein. SVA also announced its Curatorial Practice program will close in 2027.
Key facts
- SVA's MFA Art Practice program will move online and stop accepting applications.
- The program's chair David Ross resigned in February 2026 after Epstein revelations.
- SVA's Curatorial Practice program will shut down in 2027.
- The thesis exhibition 'Finding Here' is at Art Cake in Brooklyn.
- Nine artists are in the penultimate graduating class.
- Richard Montañez created 'redactions' (2026) from New York Post's Page Six.
- Montañez uses black marker to add drag culture and queer history phrases.
- The show's throughline is scavenging and reimagining across terrains of memory.
Entities
Artists
- Richard Montañez
Institutions
- School of Visual Arts
- MFA Art Practice program
- Curatorial Practice program
- Art Cake
- New York Post
Locations
- Brooklyn
- New York City
- United States