Bard College President Leon Botstein Featured on Bloomberg TV’s Wall Street Week

Bard College President Leon Botstein speaks with host David Westin about the current threats facing higher education. Drawing on his 50 years of leadership in higher education as the president of Bard College, Botstein offers a broader view on the importance of the university in America and its relationship to government funding. “If America was and is great, one of the sources of its greatness is its university system, its knowledge production, and the connection to the economy,” says Botstein.

Made with Pride by a Queen by Nayland Blake ’82.

Nayland Blake ’82 Art Exhibition Opens in NYC on September 12

A survey of art works by Nayland Blake ’82, professor of Studio Arts at Bard College, will be on view at Matthew Marks Gallery in New York City, from September 12 through October 25. For decades, Blake has made vital contributions to contemporary art and queer culture as an artist, curator, writer, and educator, and the three-part exhibition will be the largest show of their work in New York in nearly 20 years.

Photography Program Director and Susan Weber Professor in the Arts Stephen Shore.

The New Yorker on Stephen Shore’s “Precocious Adolescent Eye”

“To call Stephen Shore the most precocious photographer in the history of the medium is almost correct,” writes Chris Wiley for the New Yorker. Reviewing Early Work, the newly released book by Stephen Shore, director of the Photography Program and Susan Weber Professor in the Arts, Wiley remarks on the photographs in this new collection, which represent a period of Shore’s work from 1960–65.

Jasmine Clarke ’18. Photo courtesy of the artist.

Jasmine Clarke ’18 Included in Cultured Mag’s Young Photographers List 2025

Jasmine Clarke ’18 was included in Cultured Mag’s Young Photographers List 2025, and profiled in an article called “Photographer Jasmine Clarke’s Images Make Us Question What and Who We Trust.” The annual list collects 12 photographers from age 24 to 35 who are rising stars in the photography world.