Bard College Alumna Tschabalala Self '12 Interviewed in the New York Times and Elle Decor
Tschabalala Self. Photo by Paula Virta.
Sculptor and painter Tschabalala Self '12 was profiled in the New York Times and Elle Decor to commemorate her piece “Art Lovers” being included on the facade of the New Museum in NYC. “Art Lovers” was unveiled at the museum’s reopening earlier this year, at which Cultural Affairs Commissioner Diya Vij '08 spoke. This follows her 2024 London’s Fourth Plinth Commission win, when her sculpture “Lady in Blue” was displayed in Trafalgar Square.
Speaking to Gazelle Mba for the New York Times series Solo Show, Self says she imagines the couple in "Art Lovers" as “museum patrons, possibly admiring one of their favorite works.” To Elle, she expressed that public art “allows everyone to have some transcendent second with the artwork, even when they’re not anticipating it.”
Post Date: 03-31-2026
Speaking to Gazelle Mba for the New York Times series Solo Show, Self says she imagines the couple in "Art Lovers" as “museum patrons, possibly admiring one of their favorite works.” To Elle, she expressed that public art “allows everyone to have some transcendent second with the artwork, even when they’re not anticipating it.”
Post Date: 03-31-2026