Haley Kane

Hi! I’m an MA student and Hans Hofmann Drawing Fellow at Hunter College, where I study artistic encounters with the American landscape. My thesis considers how a group of New York City printmakers working in the 1930s—namely Riva Helfond, Winifred Lubell, and Harry Sternberg—explored ideas of labor, material, and rural life through their lithographs of Appalachian coalfields. My research is supported by a Hans Hofmann Drawing Research Award from Hunter.

Previous research and writing topics include Edward Hopper’s postwar housing battle with New York University, Chicanx murals in 1970s San Diego, and Allison Janae Hamilton’s A House Called Florida (2022).

I’ve held collection and curatorial positions at institutions across New York City, including The Metropolitan Museum of Art, International Center of Photography (ICP), and the American Academy of Arts and Letters. My work in the arts is guided by goals of making art histories accessible to wider audiences, and creating forums to think critically about the American experience.

You can reach me at kane.haley@gmail.com.