The New York Academy of Art has a low profile but its graduates are deeply involved in the contemporary art world. Artist Amy Sherald visits a student in her studio. Courtesy New York Academy of Art.

Patrick Palmer glides across two floors of the Glassell School of Art discussing various attributes in works of art created by friends, colleagues and students. He speaks in a way both measured and ...

‘If we all saw each other naked in more casual settings, it wouldn’t be such a big deal anyway,’ says one retiree, who’s been drawing at the Boston Figurative Art Center for a decade WATCH: Posing ...