News Media
"VIDA Voices" podcast on Avital's life and artworks, featuring host Peter Tomassi, and guests Daniel Sagalyn and Elaine Grossman, July 2021.
“Art on Her Own Terms: Holyoke Gallery Showcases Work of the Late Avital Sagalyn of Amherst,” Daily Hampshire Gazette, May 27, 2021.
“Avital Sagalyn, artist whose first solo show was just months ago, dies at 95,” The Boston Globe, May 31, 2020.
“In her 90s, a Massachusetts artist is finally ready for her first solo show,” The Boston Globe, Oct. 10, 2019.
“Artist Spotlight: Avital Sagalyn,” VIDA & Co. Blog, May 30, 2019.
Exhibitions
Gallery A3, Amherst, Mass., 9th Annual Juried Show, “Impermanence,” featuring Avital’s pencil rendering, “Dead Bird” (ca. 1990s), Aug. 1 - Aug. 31, 2024.
University Museum of Contemporary Art, Amherst, Mass., “Artists, Born Elsewhere — Selections from the UMCA's Permanent Collection,” including 3 of Avital’s works, Sept. 22 - Dec. 10, 2023.
PULP Gallery, Holyoke, Mass., “Ligne In,” a solo exhibition of 33 works, May 22 - June 13, 2021.
University Museum of Contemporary Art, Amherst, Mass., “Avital Sagalyn: A Life of Exploration,” a solo retrospective of 54 works, Oct. 4 - Dec. 8, 2019.
Want to See More of Avital’s Works Exhibited?!
To continue exhibiting Avital’s artworks in museums and galleries, dozens of her decades-old paintings and drawings must undergo extensive professional conservation and framing. Because of the high cost of preservation, many of Avital's best artworks cannot even be considered for public view.
We rely on voluntary contributions to be able to foot restoration and framing expenses for exhibitions. Next up: A major solo show at the Provincetown Art Association and Museum, which will feature an independent curator’s selections of Avital’s midcentury and related works. Any tax-deductible donation amount, large or small, to help defray massive “artist expenses” for this exhibition is welcome and will be personally acknowledged, with our gratitude!