News The sale includes works by Howardena Pindell, Josef Albers, Richard Prince, and others. April 29, 2026 — 3 min read Howardena Pindell, "Untitled #123" (2024) (all images courtesy Sotheby's) The Yale School of Art is partnering with Sotheby’s to host an auction benefiting scholarships for students in its Master of Fine Arts program, a collaboration that speaks to larger questions of affordability in higher arts education.  The 13 lots will go under the hammer on May 15 as part of Sotheby’s Contemporary Day Auction in New York, including works by Richard Prince; Josef Albers, who was chair of the school’s Department of Design from 1950 to 1958; and notable School of Art alumni Mickalene Thomas, Do Ho Suh, and Barkley L. Hendricks. Estimates range from $5,000–7,000 to $500,000–700,000.  Yale’s notable two-year MFA program — which offers degrees in graphic design, painting and printmaking, photography, and sculpture — will cost nearly $80,000 to attend for the 2026–2027 academic year.…