Everything That Happens Will Happen Today

Opening April 4, 2026, the Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College (CCS Bard) will present Everything That Happens Will Happen Today, a collection of 12 graduate thesis exhibitions organized by CCS Bard’s Class of 2026. Informed by the turbulent political climate of the past two years yet motivated by distinct curatorial concerns, the projects collectively ask where—and when—we look to understand our present moment. Spanning diverse disciplines, time periods, and materials, Everything That Happens Will Happen Today will be on view at CCS Bard’s Hessel Museum of Art through May 24, 2026.

The graduate exhibition is a core component of CCS Bard’s master’s program, which offers each student the opportunity to organize an independent project involving new commissions, original research into artists’ practices, and engagement with CCS Bard’s extensive archives and the Marieluise Hessel Collection. Past student-curated exhibitions have served as springboards for artists in the earliest stages of their careers, contributed deep scholarship on historic movements and tendencies, and provided the foundation for ongoing curatorial inquiry by CCS Bard graduates at other leading museums, galleries, and arts organizations around the world. This year’s projects consider the legacies and historical narratives surrounding individual artists, curators, and collectives; bring attention to unseen infrastructures; and confront the power of individual images to shape personal and societal narratives, with the collective aim of better understanding contemporary conditions.

More information on these exhibitions can be found on our website here.

A complete list of exhibitions follow below, organized alphabetically by curator name.

False Sponsor
Featured artists: Abigail Raphael Collins, Sophie Kovel, Julia Weist
Curated by Ray Camp

Ceremonial Healings of Bastet the Cat: On Halim El-Dabh’s Sonic World
Featured artist: Halim El-Dabh
Curated by Alma Chaouachi

Prospective Fields: Revisiting Land Marks
Featured artists: Alice Aycock, Harriet Feigenbaum, Group Material, David Horvitz, Ana Mendieta, Robert Morris, Dennis Oppenheim, Athena Tacha
Curated by Mike Curran

part of being alive
Featured artists: Sara Cwynar, Arthur Jafa, Mike Kelley, Carmen Winant
Curated by Christopher Gianunzio

Anne Healy: Logic of Intuition
Featured artist: Anne Healy
Curated by Lila Gould

Maria Auxiliadora Silva: Imprinted in My Mind
Featured artist: Maria Auxiliadora Silva
Curated by Bruna Grinsztejn

Useful Contaminants
Featured artists: Erik DeLuca, Robbie Wing
Curated by Grace Harmer

“Curator Diary”: The Curatorial Work of Shigeko Kubota
Featured artist: Shigeko Kubota
Curated by Gladys Lou

Full Tilt
Featured artist: Jonathan González
Featured performer: Marguerite Hemmings
Curated by Devon Ma

Weather Stress Index
Featured artists: Edgar Arceneaux, Rhea Dillon, Kameelah Janan Rasheed, Analia Saban, Charisse Pearlina Weston
Curated by Truth Murray-Cole 

Assume Form
Featured artists: Cybernetic Culture Research Unit, Lendl Barcelos, Oneohtrix Point Never, 0rphan Drift, Sadie Plant
Curated by Emily Nola

We made it up to remember …
Featured artists: He Zike, Ma Qiusha
Curated by Amy Yuanchen Qian

Planning your visit
Limited free seating is available on a roundtrip-chartered bus from New York City for the April 4 opening—reservations are required and can be made on by calling T +1 845 758 7598 or emailing Mary Rozell at mrozell@bard.edu.

The Hessel Museum of Art is open Wednesday through Sunday from 11am to 5pm. All exhibitions and public programs are free and open to the public.

The Hessel Museum of Art and CCS Bard Galleries are located in a single-level facility. Parking is available outside of the building in an ADA-compliant parking lot which has four accessible parking spaces at the end of the paved entrance way. To read our full Accessibility Policy, please see our website here.