Sarah Sze, Images in Translation, 2019, installed at Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York. Mixed media, wood, acrylic, video projectors, archival pigment prints, tripods, tape, and plants. Promised gift of Laurie and Bruce W. Benenson. © Sarah Sze

Sarah Sze: Images in Translation
October 9, 2026 – February 14, 2027
Gallery+Game of Telephone Performance: Thursday, Oct 29, 5:30-6:30pm
Gallery Talk: Wednesday, Nov 18, 12:30-1:30pm
1111 Chapel St, New Haven, CT

This fall, Yale University Art Gallery proudly presents Sarah Sze: Images in Translation, a focused exhibition highlighting the work of New York–based artist Sarah Sze (born 1969; B.A. 1991), featuring new paintings publicly displayed for the first time.

Sze has become widely known for works that challenge the static nature of painting and sculpture by blending these art forms while incorporating aspects of other media, particularly photography, printmaking, video, and installation. This exhibition brings together new paintings with an earlier, room-size sculpture to consider the points at which the two categories of Sze’s work diverge and converge. Both feature imagery drawn from popular and personal sources, including scenes from her own studio—one method among many that she uses to break down the hierarchies associated with artistic creation. Immersed in works that evoke the physical space and perspective of the artist, viewers are invited to see themselves as participants in the processes of image making, echoing their everyday experiences in today’s digitally overloaded environment.

Be sure to join the exciting programs taking place throughout the exhibition!

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