Allison Meier blogs about two exhibitions of recent MFAs and one featuring MFA alumni: The Joan Mitchell Foundation 2011 MFA Grant Recipients at CUE Art Foundation (through July 28), RISD MFA Painting 2012… at 532 Gallery Thomas Jaeckel (through July 26) and Pratt Alumni Painters at the Pratt Manhattan Gallery (through July 28).

Meier writes that the exhibitions "show that painting is still being utilized by young artists for experimentation, even if they have to totally destroy the canvas with a hammer or fill it with cement… all [of the shows] have a sampling of emerging artists who are both breaking and adhering to traditional techniques."