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The New York Times || A Giant of Painting Sheds New Light on Darkness; “In his decades-long evocation of texture, depth, and drama in black paint, Soulages finds a link to our sorrows, despair, regrets — the deeps of our emotional selves. These depths contrast with the low ceilings we encounter with feelings of elation and happiness. These paintings visually demonstrate that for the painter and for the viewer willing to confront themselves, in the darknesses there’s still work to do.” (full-page print 27 October; online 25 October 2023)

The New York Times || Jim Nutt’s Art Remains a Mystery. Even to Him.; “Like Philip Guston’s Klansmen or Jasper Johns’s flags or Giorgio Morandi’s bottles, Nutt’s women sustain his attention … Nutt makes deformity attractive. Eyes are pinpoints floating inside slits, entire hemispheres of a face appear in revolt, shifting upward like a tectonic plate. And yet with their sealed lips and tight chignons swept back in a neat beaver’s tail, Nutt’s portraits are like ethnographic studies of a particular kind of woman: taciturn, alluring in her androgyny, the people at the openings he’s never attended.“ (full-page print 14 September 2023; online 13 September 2023)

The New Yorker || No One Painted Color Like Emily Mason; “Long overlooked, the artist was an American genius, turning color into its own form of storytelling. … With Mason, you come and stay for the colors. … It’s a rare art show that evokes both stagflation and the prehistoric, but Mason’s work inspires this kind of free-associating. You can’t stare at her colors without feeling a twitch of recognition.” (17 January 2024 online; January 29, 2024 print issue)

The Guardian || ‘Women are not usually seen to be resting’: Danielle Mckinney’s portraits of repose; "The photographer-turned-painter specializes in images of Black female solitude, luxuriating in the importance of relaxing. ... Piece for piece, every work in 'Quiet Storm' stands on its own with gravity and personality, yet together they don’t feel as though they are bumping elbows, jostling for attention, so much as they are all adding to the gorgeous mood that Mckinney specializes in." (17 April 2024)

The New York Times || Portraits of Love and Loss From an H.I.V.-Positive Childhood; "Many of the best-known cultural milestones about the AIDS epidemic in the United States ... centered on the urgent protest movement of the 1980s and 1990s and the experience of (often white) gay men. These are heart-wrenching stories of love and unfathomable loss. Yet the impact of the crisis on women, families, and children living with H.I.V. and AIDS, especially among people of color, is less frequently portrayed. ... The artist [Kia LaBeija] is currently presenting her first solo museum show, which features intimate, glamorous self-portraits, documentary shots from her time in New York’s ballroom scene, and personal ephemera from a childhood spent at the height of the AIDS epidemic in New York.” (full-page print 4 March 2022; online 3 March 2022)

The Guardian || ‘She should be up there with the greatest’: celebrating the art of Gego; “Conceived as an atemporal encounter with a radical body of work, ‘Lines in Space’ aims to be at once intimate and bracing … like the best nonobjective art, Gego’s work can hold the eye with its hypnotism, even while refuting the very human impulse to find meaning, narrative, or representation. … Gego’s return to New York may have been a long time coming, but it has been worth the wait.” (13 June 2023)

The New York Times || Critics’ Picks: Art Gallery Shows to See Right Now; “In the 1950s, the Florida Highwaymen, a collective of self-taught Black artists, developed a loosely unified aesthetic: luscious, Fauvist landscapes of subtropical Floridian splendor. ... The 11 paintings on view constitute a small, exhilarating taste of an inadequately recognized segment of American folk art." (print 30 July 2021; online 29 July 2021)

The Guardian || ‘It’s like an excavation’: the powerful black paintings of Pierre Soulages; “[The retrospective at Lévy Gorvy Dayan] makes a considerable case for why Soulages deserves to be honored by major US art institutions, and it also shows an artist whose work has endured, offering much to those creating art today. As Lévy put it: ‘He’s a great master for courage. He’s a great master for generosity. And he’s a great master for radical thinking. I think these three transcend time.’” (26 September 2023)

The New York Times || Critics' Picks: Alice Trumbull Mason, Alone and With Friends; "A poignant gallery show of the artist’s “Shutter Paintings” is paired with an exceptional Whitney exhibition of the forward-looking prints that she and her contemporaries made in days gone by. ... [The works in “Shutter Paintings”] were painted from 1960 to 1966, after the death of her beloved son sent her into a spiral of grief and intermittent drinking that shortened her life. Each show has an intensity and emotional resonance that invites close, careful looking." (print 7 January 2022; online 6 January 2022)

T: The New York Times Style Magazine || Never-Before-Seen Drawings by Kenny Rivero; “The small-scale vignettes at the Brattleboro show, some of which are double-sided and arranged in vitrines, were made over the past 14 years and were not originally intended for exhibition. ... Even with them behind glass, one can see the intimate nature of Rivero’s work. His gentle graphite and watercolor marks depict spectral figures — forlorn superheroes, folkloric characters — in private moments of melancholy or rumination, and are accompanied, in many instances, by bits of writing, song lyrics or overheard dialogue. ... Rivero imbues each drawing with an undeniable tenderness." (29 April 2021; inclusion in The T List newsletter for 28 April 2021)

The New York Times || Art Fairs Come Blazing Back, Precarious but Defiant; “A reprise of Kenny Rivero’s recent show at the Brattleboro Museum, this collection of drawings on found paper by the 40-year-old Washington Heights-born artist is an art fair in itself. Naïveté and sophistication, innocence and insight change places in the work so quickly that you feel as if you’re standing on quicksand. All you can do is follow the advice of the red-eyed zombie Superman in one piece and ‘dream your dreamy dreams.’” (print 10 September 2021; online 9 September 2021)

The New Yorker || Goings On About Town: "Highwaymen"; “The eleven paintings on view at the Charles Moffett gallery represent just a sliver of the artists' prodigious (and often anonymous and undated) output. But it's enough to relay the range of their enchanting style, from a wetland vista at dusk by Mary Ann Carroll, the sole Highwaywoman, in which tropical foliage appears as dark tracery against a streaked, blazing sky, to the cotton-candy clouds and buttery touch in a pair of canvases by Harold Newton, which evoke Fragonard in the Everglades.” (print issue 9 August 2021)

The New York Times || Children of the Sun, an Art Show to Celebrate the Black Experience; “‘The Brownies’ Book: A Monthly Magazine for the Children of the Sun’ was a short-lived but influential publication edited by W.E.B. Du Bois a century ago. Widely regarded as a pioneer in children’s literature, it celebrated African-Americans with positive images, stories and poetry at a time when caricature toys were the norm. ... Jennifer Mack-Watkins' upcoming solo exhibition at the Brattleboro Museum & Art Center in Vermont draws from the publication’s illustrative imagery.” (7 March 2021; inclusion in Race/Related newsletter for 6 March 2021)

Vogue || A New Survey of Rarely Seen Andy Warhol Works Challenge How We Think of the Artist; “The survey displays formal innovation, thematic diversity, and startling foresight. … The enduring fame of his late subjects lends an unintentional if inevitable pathos to the exhibition. Warhol captured, in all their beauty and promise, those lost to addiction (Edie Sedgwick, Jean-Michel Basquiat), AIDS (Keith Haring, Robert Mapplethorpe), and violence (Gianni Versace and Marsha P. Johnson). … Photo Factory offers brilliant insight into the artist, his time, and our own” (10 September 2021

Financial Times || Andy Warhol and the power of the Polaroid; “The show demonstrates precisely what is so enduringly beguiling about the Polaroid as a medium: intimate, raw, unguarded, it allows us a glimpse behind the scenes, an insight into a thought process.” (9 September 2021)

The New York Times || Critics’ Picks: Art Gallery Shows to See Right Now; “In 1979, the abstract painter Emily Mason quit a shared studio and took over an enormous loft on 20th Street in Chelsea. Mason, who died at the age of 87 in 2019, was the daughter of the great midcentury abstract expressionist Alice Trumbull Mason. ... It takes a little while to get used to the volume and pick out the subtleties. But once you do, you find constructions as delicate and deceptive as spider silk.” (print 29 January 2021; online 28 January 2021)

The Guardian || ‘Giving homage to the past’: Nyugen E Smith’s fascinating found object art; “The artist’s latest exhibition continues his interest in reclaimed materials and what they can tell us about the past and future.” (17 February 2023; Tweeted here)

Vogue || The Atomic, Cosmic Art of Alteronce Gumby; “Color is a preoccupation for most painters. For Bronx-based artist Alteronce Gumby, it is an obsession. In [his new exhibition], Gumby interrogates the subjectivity of light. ... The show’s poetic title—at once searching, declarative, and ambivalent—is fitting for an artist that wrestles with questions of race, time, identity, and the universe." (18 March 2022)

The Washington Post || In the galleries: Four artists' concepts of Black identity; “[Nyugen E. Smith], who spent part of his childhood in Trinidad, evokes the African diaspora as much with totems as with images. Smith’s collage-drawings and 3D assemblages incorporate soil, scraps and small objects he collected in Congo. Central to this show are lukasas, or memory boards, made by Congo’s Luba people. The lukasas map territory both literally and figuratively, and Smith uses them to illustrate the concern of his larger “Bundlehouse” series: forced migration of Africans and people of African descent. ... Smith’s artistic method poignantly recalls the ingenuity of Black people under duress." (3 March 2023)

The Washington Post || Umar Rashid's narrative paintings collapse past, present and future into a darkly comic vision of colonialism; “Petticoat-clad colonizers drink from red Solo cups. Age-old Yoruba deities blast laser beams from their eyes. Enslaved people tend to a fanciful feast featuring Manny and Olga's pizza in a gilded, 18th century manor. These irreverent images tell the story of an ill-fated dinner party in fictional Belhaven, Va., where the past, present and future — the earthly and the fantastical — all swirl together into a kaleidoscopic vision. The violence of centuries past appears frighteningly close. Perhaps because it always has been.” (27 October 2021)

Harper's BAZAAR || How the Art Show 'Black Venus' Reclaims Ownership of Black Womanhood; "Tracing the history of Black womanhood and investigating the many modes of representation we’ve existed in through visual culture is a task that requires vigilance, care, and inherent understanding, both from a present standpoint and retrospectively. “Black Venus,” a new exhibition at Fotografiska New York, demonstrates this beautifully through the works of several artists, all of whom illustrate the legacy of the Black woman with individual agency and talent." (8 June 2022)

The New York Times || Critic's Notebook: Photography’s Road From Edgy to Excess; “LaChapelle represents a reprise of sentimental narrative photography, typically religious in theme, often homoerotic, which flourished in the 19th century until modernism squashed it.” (print 18 December 2022; online 12 December 2022)

CNN || A photographer's radical vision of a Black lesbian beauty pageant; "A decade after Zanele Muholi was a finalist in the South African pageant Ms Sappho, they recreated the moment as a bold declaration of Black, queer beauty. … In pageants around the world, beauty and femininity ideals have long been upheld and rarely challenged. [The artist’s 2009 Miss (Black) Lesbian series] is a bold declaration of Black queer beauty -- and a reminder that the status quo of mainstream beauty pageants has remained mostly unchanged." (24 June 2022)

The New York Times || Critic's Notebook: Facing Violence With Brushes and Ballots; "The artist Andres Serrano marked the day by debuting ‘Insurrection,’ a full-length [film] about Jan. 6, in Washington, D.C. The film continues Serrano’s treatment of America’s darkest political id — which includes a series about torture, and portraits of Ku Klux Klansmen — by presenting a video of the riot in the style of D.W. Griffith’s ‘Birth of a Nation.’ (He is also no stranger to the culture wars: Serrano’s photograph Piss Christ has the distinction of having been denounced on the Senate floor in 1989.)” (print 14 January 2022; online 13 January 2022)

New York Magazine || Artist Emily Mason’s 4,700-Square-Foot Studio Is Just As She Left It; “The artist Emily Mason died at age 87 in December 2019, but you can still feel the joyful presence of her work in her bright studio.” (online 1 March 2021; inclusion in 2021 Issue 5, 1-15 March)

The Guardian || Sebastião Salgado: ‘I was transformed into an environmentalist’; "Over the course of 50 years, Brazilian photographer Sebastião Salgado has traveled to more than 120 countries, creating lasting images of events like the Kuwait oil fires and the Rwandan genocide, as well as capturing the humanity of workers, migrants, and indigenous communities worldwide. ... Of the many reasons one should spend some time visiting Magnum Opus, perhaps the most pertinent is that these photographs inspire feelings that we do not get enough of. Looking at Salgado’s work, one feels a sense of connection with the people and animals inhabiting the world around us." (26 September 2022; click here for Tweet)

Artforum || Critics' Picks: "Highwaymen" at Charles Moffett; “The eleven pictures painted on board in this small, standout survey reveal the collaborative ethos of the so-called Highwaymen. ... Brazenly formulaic but fringed with fantasy, these paintings parade a wonderfully unprecious attitude about living with, and making one's living from, art." (27 July 2021)

Vanity Fair || Glamour, Despair, and Her Mother’s Death: Kia LaBeija’s “Prepare My Heart” Bares It All; "The exhibition explores the duality of LaBeija’s life: the glamour of art and ballroom, the despair of dealing with her mother’s death at age 14, the difficulty of dating while HIV positive, and the love she’s found. … prepare my heart feels as intimate as a diary entry.” (9 March 2022)

W Magazine || Kia LaBeija Shapes Her Own Narrative; "The interdisciplinary artist’s first museum solo exhibition is an intimate reflection on the experiences that shaped her adolescence and continue to impact her now.” (25 February 2022)

The New York Times || If the Shoe Floats; “Over the decades, a mass of flotsam from a freighter accident has inspired scientific discovery, urban legend and, now, an art exhibition commemorating the Great Sneaker Spill of 1990.” (print 29 October 2020; online 26 October 2020; inclusion in Vanessa Friedman’s Open Thread newsletter 30 October 2020)

The Washington Post || In the galleries: Big messages conveyed in close quarters; "David-Jeremiah’s installation is modeled on a prison day room. The Dallas artist’s “FOGA: Real N*gga Edition” is partly satirical, but sincere in its dedication to what it terms “radical nonviolence.” ... “FOGA” is short for “felon yoga,” an imaginary exercise business whose logo is a peace symbol made of shell casings. Four videos [on TVs within the day room installation] introduce Foga’s fictional entrepreneur and other characters, mostly wearing ski masks. The many references to violence are jarring, but the artist considers them purely metaphorical. Designed to help Black men channel their rage, “FOGA” is a program for spiritual rather than physical exertion." (19 August 2022)

Vogue || Black Venus: the Legacy of Black Woman Representation; "A new exhibition at Fotografiska New York explores how Black womanhood has been depicted throughout history to the present day. ... The show takes a deep dive into the historical representation of Black women, with key themes including the fetishization of the Black female body and the investigation of how Black women can and are reclaiming their agency." (8 June 2022)

New York Magazine || You Can Sit on (Some) of the Art at the Horts' House; “Michael and Susan Hort’s three-story, 10,000-plus-square-foot home in Tribeca is alive with art. … It has to be the most cozily lived-in all-star contemporary-art museum in the world, … drawing from their 5,000-piece collection of works by emerging artists they’ve built over the past 37 years. … In 1995, their daughter, Rema, died of cancer at 30. “We had to do something positive,” Michael says. [The Rema Hort Mann Foundation] has the twofold mission of giving grants to emerging artists and providing financial support to cancer patients undergoing treatment so they can have family with them.” (print issue: “October 24 - November 6, 2022;” online 24 October 2022)

Financial Times || Beyond The Baer Faxt: art-world insider Josh Baer goes global; “Baer's penetrating 1990s weekly fax has evolved through the digital era into a multi-platform service. Today its subscriber base includes most of the art world’s biggest players, from gallerists Larry Gagosian and David Zwirner to Christie's chair Marc Porter. ... By selling a minority stake in his business to LionTree and the family office of MoMA board member Glenn Fuhrman, Baer has launched a product portfolio known as The Baer Faxt+. As well as the newsletter, it includes an auction database (detailing buyers and underbidders as well as prices), souped-up subscriber content (video podcasts with curators and artists) and a new on-demand advisory service.” (11 February 2022)

Sotheby’s

Launching Sotheby’s new Social Impact program was Sotheby’s first-ever gala (the 2022 Sotheby’s Impact Gala, co-chaired by Annie Leibovitz and with a performance by Anitta) and a major curated selling exhibition of works by the artist and environmentalist Sebastião Salgado (b. 1944, Brazil; permanent collections include Centre Pompidou, the Art Institute of Chicago, and the Museum of Modern Art). Featuring 50 photographs spanning 1978 to present, the show highlighted bodies of work that amplify recognition of 12 indigenous communities and bring crucial visibility to the global climate crisis. 100% of proceeds from the gala and exhibition benefitted the acclaimed Brazilian reforestation nonprofit Instituto Terra. (26 September - 12 October 2022) — Click here to view exhibition press kit landing page and press release; click here to view gala post-event recap.

Financial Times || Seven charitable initiatives for early autumn; "Brazilian photojournalist Sebastião Salgado is the subject of Sotheby’s largest ever solo photography show, which is also the climate activist’s first US survey since the 1990s. Comprising 50 works from 1978 to the present (each from $40,000), the exhibition will donate 100 per cent of print sale proceeds to Instituto Terra, the reforestation non-profit co-founded by Salgado. He made his name establishing long-term connections with his subjects; this show highlights [many] of these communities, from the gold hunters of Pará to the Macuxi people of Roraima, northern Brazil." (9 September 2022)

The Guardian || Sebastião Salgado: ‘I was transformed into an environmentalist’; "Over the course of 50 years, Brazilian photographer Sebastião Salgado has traveled to more than 120 countries, creating lasting images of events like the Kuwait oil fires and the Rwandan genocide, as well as capturing the humanity of workers, migrants, and indigenous communities worldwide. ... Of the many reasons one should spend some time visiting Magnum Opus, perhaps the most pertinent is that these photographs inspire feelings that we do not get enough of. Looking at Salgado’s work, one feels a sense of connection with the people and animals inhabiting the world around us." (26 September 2022; click here for Tweet)

Harper's BAZAAR || ‘Magnum Opus,’ Sebastião Salgado's exhibition for Sotheby's; "The faces of Brazilian indigenous communities and the climate crisis are the themes at the center of the exhibition, from 26 September 2022. ... An intimate, provocative, and frank vision that blends art and environmentalism in a single, magnetic photographic exhibition." (26 August 2022)

W Magazine || Anitta’s Performance at Sotheby’s First Gala Had the Art World on its Feet; On September 28th, Sotheby’s hosted their first gala in the 278-year history of the auction house. The inaugural event pulled out all the stops: Annie Leibovitz co-chaired, Anitta gave a special private performance (which got Leibovitz out of her seat and dancing with the crowd), and attendees sipped champagne while roaming through Sotheby’s largest-ever curated solo exhibition of photography, featuring 50 works by the legendary Sebastião Salgado. The best part: all money raised went to supporting the crucial climate change intervention work of the Brazilian nonprofit Instituto Terra." (29 September 2022)

Town & Country || Inside Sotheby’s 2022 Impact Gala; "On September 28, Sotheby’s held its first ever Impact Gala, a starry event at its Manhattan headquarters that raised awareness (and a significant amount of money) for Brazil’s Instituto Terra, which focuses on work around climate change intervention. Guests including event co-chair Annie Leibovitz, Francisco Costa, and Fabrizio Moretti took in an exhibition by Sebastião Salgado as well as a performance by Anitta and an auction of work from the likes of David Hockney, Ai Weiwei, and Helmut Newton. One of the night’s most sought-after lots was a portrait sitting with Leibovitz herself (raising $400,000), and overall the event raised well over $1,000,000." (30 September 2022)

Vogue || Annie Leibovitz Incites a Bidding War at Sotheby’s Inaugural Impact Gala Supporting Reforestation; “He’s an exceptional photojournalist,” [event co-chair Annie] Leibovitz tells Vogue of the evening’s guest of honor, Sebastião Salgado. "This is a man who is biblical to me.” Like all good galas, the pomp and circumstance are not futile. Sotheby’s inaugural Impact Gala was thrown in support of Instituto Terra to aid the fight against climate change. On the second floor of Sotheby’s lies a selling exhibition of Salgado’s work that guests of the evening were lucky enough to view before dinner. From observation, it was clear that Leibovitz’s sentiments were deeply shared with others." (29 September 2022; click here for Tweet)

ARTnews || Sotheby’s Inaugural Impact Gala Raises $1M for Climate Change; "Wednesday night, Sotheby’s debuted its new Impact Gala in New York, featuring three separate auctions, one live, whose proceeds will help fund Instituto Terra, a rewilding project in Brazil led by photographer Sebastião Salgado and his wife Lélia Deluiz Wanick Salgado. The event was co-chaired by Annie Leibovitz, championed by Charles Stewart, Chief Executive Officer of Sotheby’s, and his wife Caterina, and sponsored by Morgan Stanley." (29 September 2022)

Artnet || Art Industry News: Movers & Shakers; Sotheby’s Climate Gala – The house raised $1 million during its debut New York Impact Gala, with funds headed to Instituto Terra, a rewilding project in Brazil led by photographer Sebastião Salgado and his wife, Lélia Deluiz Wanick Salgado." (First item, 30 September 2022; click here for Tweet)

Artnet || Art Stars for Sale! Sotheby’s Is Auctioning Off a Studio Visit With David Hockney and a Sitting With Annie Leibovitz for Charity; "Sotheby’s New York is presenting Magnum Opus, a major selling exhibition of the work of Brazilian photographer and environmentalist Sebastião Salgado. ...Magnum Opus also launches Sotheby’s new Social Impact program, which aims to promote access to art and environmental protection, among other concerns. The initiative will be further marked by the auction house’s first-ever gala, hosted by CEO Charles F. Stewart this week on September 28." (26 September 2022)

Barron's || Sotheby’s Launching Social Impact Program With Sebastião Salgado Fall Photo Exhibit and First-Ever Gala; "Sotheby’s will introduce its social impact initiative this fall with an exhibit celebrating work by Brazilian documentary photographer and environmentalist Sebastião Salgado. ... Composed of 50 photographs spanning 1978 to 2018, the Sotheby’s show, Magnum Opus ... marks the artist’s first U.S. survey show since the 1990s and Sotheby’s largest-ever solo curated photography show." (25 August 2022)

WWD || Sotheby’s Plans First Gala With Help From Fashion Crowd; "Annie Leibovitz has been tapped to cochair the 2022 Sotheby's Impact Gala … that will support the Brazilian reforestation nonprofit Instituto Terra. The festivities will include … a musical performance by another member of the benefit committee, the Latin pop star Anitta. All of the proceeds from the gala will go to Instituto Terra, as will all the proceeds from this fall's exhibition of artist and environmentalist Sebastião Salgado." (25 August 2022; click here for Tweet)

Galerie || The Artful Life: 5 Things Galerie Editors Love This Week; "Sotheby’s hosts its first Impact Gala this Wednesday, September 28, to benefit climate protection initiative Instituto Terra. Cocktails, dinner, and a live auction will all be held at the auction house’s New York flagship, and event co-chair Annie Leibovitz has auctioned off the opportunity of a lifetime: As part of the live-auction lot, the iconic photographer (whose work has graced the covers of Rolling Stone, Vogue, and Vanity Fair) is offering a private portrait commission for up to two people .... Among the other auction items are a private studio visit with David Hockney in Normandy and Sebastião Salgado’s debut NFT, Tree of Life. Get your paddles ready." (27 September 2022)

The Baer Faxt || News/People; "Sotheby's is set to launch its new Social Impact program next month with a curated selling exhibition of Sebastião Salgado, opening September 26, and its first gala in Sotheby's history, the Sotheby's Impact Gala on September 28. 100% of proceeds from the exhibition and gala will benefit Instituto Terra." (25 August 2022)

New York Magazine || Dua Lipa, Amal Clooney, and More of the Bestest Party Pics This Week; “Who said tye-dye can’t be fancy? Anitta wore this multicolored ruffled gown to the Sotheby’s Impact Gala and paired it with a purple asymmetrical bag." (30 September 2022; click here for Tweet)

Lévy Gorvy Dayan

A major Pierre Soulages retrospective at Lévy Gorvy Dayan—featuring paintings on loan from the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Art Institute of Chicago, and more—will honor the late artist (1919 - 2022) with an in-depth academic revisitation of his life and legacy, including the 1950s-60s New York art zeitgeist that fostered his early institutional rise and the revelatory Outrenoir (“beyond black”) series that would boldly define his oeuvre from 1979 until his death last year at age 102. (14 September - 4 November 2023) — Click here to view press kit landing page and press release

The New York Times || A Giant of Painting Sheds New Light on Darkness; “In his decades-long evocation of texture, depth, and drama in black paint, Soulages finds a link to our sorrows, despair, regrets — the depths of our emotional selves. These depths contrast with the low ceilings we encounter with feelings of elation and happiness. These paintings visually demonstrate that for the painter and for the viewer willing to confront themselves, in the darknesses there’s still work to do.” (full-page print 27 October; online 25 October 2023)

Forbes || With Love To Colette: The Love Of Artist Pierre Soulages And His Wife; "'With Love to Colette'. These words are discreetly inscribed in delicate cursive in the vestibule between the front door and entrance to the Lévy Gorvy Dayan gallery, where a museum-style retrospective of French painter, Pierre Soulages, is currently housed. While the show is a standing ovation for the recently deceased painter recognized as one of the greatest French artists of all time for his meticulous, abstract exploration of the color black, the exhibition is also an honor to the woman who, in equal measure, is responsible for the artist’s success: His wife of 80 years, Colette Soulages (née Llaurens)." (27 October 2023)

The Guardian || ‘It’s like an excavation’: the powerful black paintings of Pierre Soulages; “[The retrospective at Lévy Gorvy Dayan] makes a considerable case for why Soulages deserves to be honored by major US art institutions, and it also shows an artist whose work has endured, offering much to those creating art today. As Lévy put it: ‘He’s a great master for courage. He’s a great master for generosity. And he’s a great master for radical thinking. I think these three transcend time.’” (26 September 2023)

Les Echos || Soulages, En Majesté; "Une «lettre d'amour» à Colette, la femme de Pierre Soulages. C'est ainsi que la galeriste new-yorkaise Dominique Lévy a conçu la rétrospective dédiée au peintre disparu. ... L'accrochage, conçu en collaboration avec le musée Soulages de Rodez, offre un concentré saisissant de cette œuvre prolifique, qui court sur pas moins de soixante-dix ans." (27 October 2023; print PDF here)

New York Public Radio || A Career Retrospective of Late French Painter Pierre Soulages; "French artist Pierre Soulages was known for his famous black monochrome paintings. Lévy Gorvy Dayan's new retrospective of the artist's work includes significant pieces on loan from the Met, the Guggenheim, the Art Institute of Chicago, and more. Dominique Lévy, a gallery partner and a close friend of the artist for many years, joins us to discuss Pierre Soulages: From Midnight to Twilight, which is on view through November 4." (13 October 2023)

Observer || ‘From Midnight to Twilight’ Brings the ‘Painter of Black’ Back Into the Light; "'Pierre Soulages: From Midnight to Twilight' functions not only as a standing ovation for Soulages’ long, illustrious career but also as a call to action. ... With the exhibition, Lévy Gorvy Dayan presents a convincing argument that it’s time American museums and art institutions gave him the recognition he so deserves." (19 September 2023)

Euronews || Superstar French artist Pierre Soulages gets a major New York art show this autumn; "A year on from the death of iconic French artist Pierre Soulages, his work is celebrated in a major New York exhibition now open. Pierre Soulages: From Midnight to Twilight is an in-depth retrospective of the artist’s work. Housed in Lévy Gorvy Dayan, it features numerous loans from institutions including the Met and the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum. The show is organised by Dominique Lévy in collaboration with the artist’s 102-year-old widow Colette Soulages and Alfred Pacquement, the former longtime director of Centre Pompidou, who co-organised the 2019-2020 Louvre exhibition of Soulages’ work." (15 September 2023)

Yahoo News || Ibid; syndicated from Euronews (15 September 2023)

Galerie || Pierre Soulages’s Moody Masterpieces Go On View at Lévy Gorvy Dayan; "Arguably one of the most Instagram-worthy galleries among New York City’s ample inventory, Lévy Gorvy Dayan’s location on the Upper East Side recently opened its latest exhibition, which pays homage to a true French icon. Titled 'Pierre Soulages: From Midnight to Twilight,' this major retrospective features a selection of works spanning nearly seven decades of the legendary artist’s career and were drawn from major collections including the Art Institute of Chicago and Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum." (25 September 2023)

Vogue Mexico & Latin America || New York Art Exhibitions Not to Miss This Season; "Pierre Soulages 'From Midnight to Twilight' at Lévy Gorvy Dayan: This retrospective pays tribute to the influence of the French master just before the first anniversary of his death. The exhibition spans seven decades of his career and invites viewers to join his exploration of light and darkness." (20 September 2023)

Whitewall || Best New York Exhibitions: Retrospectives, Recontextualizations, and More; "Lévy Gorvy Dayan’s Not-to-Miss Fall Exhibition is a retrospective of the artist Pierre Soulages (1919-2022) encompassing seven decades of creative practice, with a central focus on two periods and bodies of work—those leading to his rise to global recognition made during the 1950-60s and the artist’s Outrenoir (“beyond black”) paintings, which were executed in the later 40 years of his practice. Organized in collaboration with Colette Soulages, the artist’s partner of 80 years, the show is the first at the gallery’s East 64 Street global flagship to fill the entirety of the exhibition space. ... the presentation takes viewers on a journey through Soulages’ rise to prominence through an academically focused examination that includes documents, photographs, and other attributes that unravel the details of his unprecedented practice and his relationships." (18 September 2023)

Air Mail || Arts Intel Report: Pierre Soulages: From Midnight to Twilight; "Pierre Soulages died in October 2022, at 102. Up until his death, he was known as “the painter of black.” ... The exhibition at Lévy Gorvy Dayan traverses seven decades of his practice, from his early years up until 2019. It is dedicated to his wife, Colette Soulages, just ahead of the one-year anniversary of his death." (September 2023)

Secret NYC (1.6M Instagram followers) || Best Art Exhibits & Installations In NYC; "A major exhibition dedicated to the career of legendary late French artist Pierre Soulages just opened, also known as “the painter of black.” With unprecedented loaned items from the Met, Guggenheim, and more, the collection of works will be dedicated to his life and showcase his recognizable Outrenoir (“beyond black”) paintings, created between 1979 and 2019. There is also a separate documentary room dedicated to his legacy and 1 year anniversary of his death." (14 September 2023)

Condé Nast Traveler || The Best Art Exhibits in New York City Right Now; "A gallery exhibition lush with works on loan from New York's museums (the Met and the Guggenheim have each sent works), Pierre Soulages: From Midnight to Twilight opens September 14 with a sprawling and insightful look at the French painter's time in the New York City cultural scene in the ‘50s and ’60s. There will be paintings galore, of course, but also a room filled with documentary materials showcasing some of Soulages's fans (do the names Hitchcock or Rothko ring a bell?)." (Sole non-museum exhibition, 7 September 2023)

LGDR is pleased to present Swallow Whole, a solo exhibition of new paintings by Zhang Zipiao (b. 1993, Beijing, China; BFA 2015, School of the Art Institute of Chicago), whose lush canvases imbue recognizable imagery—a shell; an apple; a spider—with a painterly quality intended to “at once evoke meat, bodily fluids, ripe fruit, and the petals or pistils of flowers.” The new work furthers Zipiao’s exploration of the human body and organic matter, but represents a thematic and technical departure brought on by her experience during the prolonged pandemic lockdown in Beijing. (8 June - 28 July 2023) — Click here to view press kit landing page and press release

Artnet || Beijing-Based Painter Zhang Zipiao Abstracts the Bounty of Life—Flesh, Flowers, Fruit—in Her Opulent Still Lifes; "Flesh, in all its decadent and disturbing forms, is the artist’s primary fascination, as 'Swallow Whole' underscores, but here rendered obliquely, in looping, rhythmic passages of oil paint. ... On one register, Zhang’s gestural handling of paint harkens to Lee Krasner’s abstractions. Meanwhile, her paintings of calla lilies and spiders, of course, bring to mind Georgia O’Keeffe and Louise Bourgeois, and their incumbent Freudian analyses." (22 June 2023)

Galerie || 8 Must-See Solo Gallery Shows Across America in July; "Creating gestural abstractions with twisting forms that reference aspects of nature, the Beijing-based artist’s all-over compositions keep our eyes in motion while simultaneously engaging our minds, as we seek to identify corporal forms in otherworldly canvases that are defined by such titles as Calla Lily 10, Spider 03 and Brain 04. The monumental paintings and the smaller-scaled canvases in her appropriately titled “Swallow Whole” solo show pull the viewer into their pulsating swaths of color and energetic brushwork; a realm of raw emotion." (5 July 2023)

Hypebae || Zhang Zipiao's "Swallow Whole" Is a Journey Into Raw Emotion, Intuition and Energy; "The artworks in Swallow Whole evoke a sense of psychological unease, a reflection of the challenging social conditions that surrounded their creation. Departing from Zipiao’s previous focus on beauty, lust and euphoria, these pieces convey raw emotion and untamed energy through their compositions. The entangled lines and contorting forms still draw inspiration from the human body and organic matter but with a twist, a shifting and destabilized perspective that adds intrigue." (5 June 2023 online; also widely shared with the publication's 1M Instagram followers and its affiliate, Hypebeast’s 10M Instagram followers)

Surface || Zhang Zipiao's Fleshy, Psychologically Charged Still Lifes; "Mesmerized by videos of gastrointestinal surgeries viewed over her mother’s shoulder as a child, the Chinese painter rhythmically abstracts the body inside and out in all its dark, enveloping glory." (26 July 2023 online and newsletter inclusion)

Marianne Boesky Gallery

Marianne Boesky Gallery’s presentation for Art Basel Miami Beach 2023 will feature fresh-from-studio works by Ghada Amer, Sanford Biggers, Gina Beavers, Pier Paolo Calzolari, Svenja Deininger, Allison Janae Hamilton, The Haas Brothers, Jammie Holmes, Dashiell Manley, Sarah Meyohas, Donald Moffett, and Michaela Yearwood-Dan. (Booth D19, December 2023) — Click here to view announcement press kit landing page and press release

CBS News || Art Basel returns to Miami Beach for 21st year; "The world-class fair features 277 galleries from 33 countries showcasing the highest quality of modern and contemporary art. Louisiana artist Jammie Holmes features two remarkable pieces at Marianne Boesky's New York gallery, reflecting on his journey from small town to the global stage. "Do you pinch yourself that you grew up in Louisiana sketching, and now you're showing at the premiere art fair in the world?", Petrillo asked. "100%. I'm always thinking about that like, I don't know how I went from Thibodeaux to Miami," Holmes said." (6 December 2023)

The Guardian || ‘My art makes a statement’: what to expect at this year’s Art Basel Miami; "Part of what makes [Ghada Amer's textiles] feel so compelling and original is how Amer draws on calligraphy traditions to create a form of written English that is at once beautiful, mysterious and somewhat undecipherable." ... "Donald Moffett offers a much more abstract work – a longtime crusader for LGBTQ+ rights with Act Up, his most recent art is not about civil rights but rather the degradation of the Earth’s biosphere. He is showing Lot110123 at the fair, [part of] his ongoing Nature Cult series, through which the artist has engaged the climate crisis via a diverse array of striking and mysterious works." (7 December 2023)

Town & Country || The Best Exhibitions from Art Basel & Design Miami 2023; "From Louis Vuitton's collaboration with architect Frank Gehry, to the Haas Brothers and Jammie Holmes at the Marianne Boesky Gallery booth, here are the highlights from the week." (7 December 2023)

Vogue Mexico & Latin America || Emerging art and reflection at Art Basel Miami Beach 2023; "Works fresh from the studio of Ghada Amer, Sanford Biggers, Gina Beavers, Pier Paolo Calzolari, Svenja Deininger, Allison Janae Hamilton, The Haas Brothers, Jammie Holmes, Dashiell Manley, Sarah Meyohas, Donald Moffett and Michaela Yearwood-Dan were part of the presentation of the Marianne Boesky Gallery at Art Basel Miami Beach in 2023. We highlight this work by Ghada Amer titled simply 'Because'" (9 December 2023)

Cultured || As the Art World Contends With Political Discord, Art Basel Miami Beach Marks an Optimistic Turn for the Markets; "Indeed, the institution-to-fair pipeline is strong as ever. This fall, Jammie Holmes is just off his first solo museum show, “Make the Revolution Irresistible,” at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, said Marianne Boesky, whose eponymous gallery had already sold Out the front door, 2023, for $65,000 by Thursday morning. “We’re also showing two artists at the fair that utilize technology in really different ways,” she added. “Sarah Meyohas is showing a piece that is generated by A.I. technology, while the Haas Brothers are showing work using JavaScript, an ‘old’ technology, in a new way.'" (8 December 2023)

The National || Art Basel Miami Beach wraps up with significant sales from Mena artists; “Works by artists from the Middle East and North Africa also proved to be popular with collectors. ... Marianne Boesky Gallery’s highest sale was Egyptian artist Ghada Amer’s cotton applique on canvas, entitled BECAUSE (2023), for $275,000" (12 December 2023)

The Art Newspaper || Art Basel in Miami Beach: art and politics, a Gaza protest and notable sales; “Ghada Amer, BECAUSE (2023), sold for $275,000 at Marianne Boesky. The cotton appliqué on canvas is emblazoned with English-language words of varying sizes drawn from a 1975 Australian feminist declaration." (9 December 2023)

W Magazine || Art Basel Miami Beach 2023: All the Can't-Miss Events and Exhibitions; "Highlights of this year’s presentation include ... fresh-from-the-studio pieces by Ghada Amer at Marianne Boesky." (4 December 2023)

WWD || Anitta Kicks Off Art Basel Miami Beach; "On Monday evening, gallerist Marianne Boesky hosted an intimate cocktail reception for collectors and artists including Jammie Holmes, Nikolai Haas, Sarah Meyohas and Celeste Rapone at Mandolin Aegean Bistro in the Design District." (5 December 2023)

Artnet || Price Check! Here’s What Sold—and For How Much—at Art Basel Miami Beach 2023 (13 December 2023; 14 December 2023 newsletter inclusion)

David Nolan Gallery

Following recent acquisitions by the Baltimore Museum of Art and others, the Iraqi-American painter Vian Sora (b. 1976, Baghdad; based in Louisville, Kentucky since 2009) will be subject of her first New York solo exhibition, presented by David Nolan Gallery. Vian Sora: End of Hostilities consists of new work that furthers her practice’s abstract, gestural distillation of her experience coming of age in Baghdad under the dictatorship of Saddam Hussein. Central to the work are themes of war, political upheaval, migration, and subsequent geographic and cultural displacement. (26 October - 9 December 2023) — Click here to view announcement press kit landing page and press release

The Guardian || ‘It was my way to resist’: the Iraqi-born artist who grew up under a dictator; “Colors are one of the many oppositions that Sora elegantly reconciles at her debut New York City show, 'Vian Sora: End of Hostilities.' on view at David Nolan Gallery. The long and winding road that the Baghdad-born, Louisville, Kentucky-based painter has taken throughout her tumultuous life and career sits portentously in these meditative, appealing works that balance abstraction with figuration." (23 October 2023)

Artnet || Iraqi-American Artist Vian Sora Evokes the Splendor of Eden and Ancient Assyria in Her Paintings; “Hanging on the gallery walls are Sora’s electrically colored canvases, splattered and marked in riotous, even jubilant veils of green, pink, yellow, and bright blue. Sora’s works appear to be total abstractions at first. but as the eye adjusts to their bursts and fits of color, delicate forms emerge—birds, ships, lush marshlands.” (17 November 2023; 20 November 2023 newsletter inclusion)

Vogue Arabia || Iraqi-American Painter Vian Sora Makes A Bold Debut In New York; “On view this month at the David Nolan Gallery, the show titled Vian Sora: End of Hostilities consists of abstract, gestural work distilling the artist’s experience of coming of age in Baghdad. Grappling with themes of war, political upheaval, and geographic and cultural displacement, the exhibition takes place just steps away from Manhattan’s iconic Metropolitan Museum of Art at a relevant time for the city.” (12 December 2023 online; December 2023 print issue)

Secret NYC (1.7M Instagram followers) || 20 Best Museum Exhibits & Installations In NYC Right Now And Coming Soon; “New York City offers some of the best art exhibits in the entire world. From contemporary art to immersive experiences, you'll be sure to find something that will catch your eye. … (Sixteenth item, 26 October 2023)

For Art Basel Miami Beach 2023, David Nolan Gallery celebrates its 25th year exhibiting at Art Basel internationally. The gallery will exhibit a group presentation reflecting the spectrum of its diverse program, with artists’ global origins ranging from the Plains Indian tribal regions to Baghdad. (Booth A51; December 2023) — Click here to view announcement press kit landing page and press release

CBS News || Art Basel returns to Miami Beach for 21st year; "The world-class fair features 277 galleries from 33 countries showcasing the highest quality of modern and contemporary art. ... Even seasoned New York gallerist David Nolan admits to feeling the opening day jitters. "There's always butterflies. It's like an actor going on stage," Nolan said. "If you're not a little nervous, you won't do a good enough job. I think you have to be on the edge."" (6 December 2023)

The Guardian || ‘My art makes a statement’: what to expect at this year’s Art Basel Miami; "The work that Hartt was showing, an elaborate, intriguing tapestry ... is an apt example of how politics and history can be layered into a piece that is ultimately sophisticated and open to interpretation. Examining ideas around slavery, colonialism, terraforming, alien species and the biosphere, The Histories is a work that wears its heady intellectual pedigree quite lightly. ... Artist Chakaia Booker’s Flip Technique and Weighted Balances are gloriously tactile works that the artist created out of repurposed rubber. ... Beautiful, intricate and somewhat foreboding, Booker’s rubber works are impressive for their size and for the strange forms that the artist was able to wrest out of her materials." (7 December 2023)

Town & Country || The Best Exhibitions from Art Basel & Design Miami 2023; "The David Nolan Gallery hit its 25th year exhibiting at Art Basel internationally, and presented artists with a global point-of-view: Vian Sora in Baghdad, Chakaia Booker with New York's East Village, and Brazilian artist Paulo Pasta just to name a few." (7 December 2023)

Vogue Mexico & Latin America || Emerging art and reflection at Art Basel Miami Beach 2023; "The David Nolan Gallery at Art Basel 2023 reflected the spectrum of its global program that seeks to reflect a broader diversity of voices. Highlights include pieces by artist Vian Sora, 'which delve into the abstract and gestural distillation of her artistic practice, based on her experience growing up in Baghdad under Saddam Hussein's dictatorship. At the center of the work are themes of war, political upheaval, migration and subsequent geographical and cultural dislocation,' the gallery notes." (9 December 2023)

Cultured || As the Art World Contends With Political Discord, Art Basel Miami Beach Marks an Optimistic Turn for the Markets; "'Collectors like coming to art fairs, as they feel it’s more democratic and less pretentious,” said gallerist David Nolan, who first exhibited at Art Basel in Switzerland in the mid-1990s. ... During VIP hours, David Nolan Gallery sold contemporary masters like Brice Marden (Work Book 30 (6), 1986, for $150,000) and Carroll Dunham (Untitled, 2003, for $120,000), as well as Paulo Pasta, who let go of 24 pocket paintings for $9,000 each (as of 6 p.m. Wednesday). “We’ve sold to many newer art collectors this year, and it’s only the first day,” he concluded." (8 December 2023)

The Art Newspaper || Art Basel in Miami Beach: art and politics, a Gaza protest and notable sales; "Paulo Pasta, Untitled (2023), sold for $9,000 each at David Nolan Gallery. David Nolan’s stand in the fair’s main section features 40 so-called “pocket paintings” by the prolific Brazilian artist Paulo Pasta. Each sized at roughly 10cm by 15cm (4in by 6 in), the colourful miniature canvases are expert examples of geometric minimalism, an artistic tradition with which Pasta has been engaged for decades." (9 December 2023)

Art & Object || 10 Notable Works to See at Art Basel Miami Beach 2023; "The subject of a current solo show at David Nolan Gallery in New York, ... Vian Sora makes large-scale abstract paintings that deal with themes of war, political upheaval, migration, and geographic and cultural displacement." (6 December 2023)

Miami Herald and Yahoo News syndication || A $45 million painting and Lego art: A look at some of the works at Art Basel Miami Beach; "Abzu by Vian Sora is viewed at Meridians inside the Miami Beach Convention Center during Art Basel VIP day on Wednesday." (6 December 2023)

David Nolan Gallery is pleased to announce a solo exhibition of 19 recent drawings by Jim Nutt (b. 1938, Pittsfield, Massachusetts; BFA 1967, School of the Art Institute of Chicago), marking the artist’s first show of new work in over a decade. Organized in close collaboration with Nutt, the exhibition showcases the four-decade stylistic culmination of his richly referential, subtly sinister ‘imaginary women’ portraits. (6 September - 14 October 2023) — Click here to view announcement press kit landing page and press release

The New York Times || Jim Nutt’s Art Remains a Mystery. Even to Him; "Like Philip Guston’s Klansmen or Jasper Johns’s flags or Giorgio Morandi’s bottles, Nutt’s women sustain his attention. … Nutt makes deformity attractive. Eyes are pinpoints floating inside slits, entire hemispheres of a face appear in revolt, shifting upward like a tectonic plate. And yet with their sealed lips and tight chignons swept back in a neat beaver’s tail, Nutt’s portraits are like ethnographic studies of a particular kind of woman: taciturn, alluring in her androgyny, the people at the openings he’s never attended." (13 September 2023 online; 14 September print, p. C1)

Hyperallergic || Jim Nutt’s Art Deserves a Closer Look; "Jim Nutt’s painting and drawing go totally against the grain of internationally celebrated postwar American art. … Nutt started the drawings on view when he turned 80. Always a fastidious and inventive artist, he found a way to demand even more of himself. This is what makes him a great artist whose work remains challenging. Having received critical acclaim and institutional support, he could have initiated a mode of production that enabled him to make variations, but he didn’t. It is a level of independence that the art world is not used to celebrating." (21 September 2023)

The New Criterion || The Critic’s Notebook: On Jim Nutt, Giorgio Griffa, Jupiter Symphony Chamber Players, connoisseurship & more from the world of culture; "Opening this week at David Nolan Gallery, 'Shouldn't We Be More Careful?,' an exhibition of Nutt's latest works on paper, reveals the sharpness of his cutting blade. Returning to the same strange figure he has drawn since the 1980s, Nutt here conveys a maximum of emotion with a minimum of line, all drawn with laser precision." (6 September 2023)

ARTnews || Breakfast with ARTnews; "Chicago legend Jim Nutt currently has a show of drawings up at the David Nolan Gallery in Manhattan, and granted a rare interview to the New York Times at his studio in Wilmette, Illinois. Just how private is Nutt about his art? His wife of more than 60 years, artists Gladys Nilsson, does not always know what he is up to. “I had no idea he was working on a whole suite of drawings,” she told journalist Max Lakin. “I would ask him, ‘What are you doing?’ And he would mumble, ‘Nothing.’ So it was a shock to me. The little snot was sitting over there drawing all this time.” (Final item (“The Kicker”), 14 September 2023; PDF here)

The New York Sun || New York City Galleries' Fall Schedules Enlivened by Living Artists; "At David Nolan Gallery, Jim Nutt is exhibiting a suite of graphite portraits — or, rather, portraits of a sort. Mr. Nutt was among the nose-thumbing cadre of artists known as The Hairy Who, the Chicago equivalent of Pop Art. At 85 years of age, he’s spent the better part of his life delineating a series of imaginary personages whose contours bring to mind both the bumptious ideograms of Joan Miró and the sinuous exactitude of a Florentine master like Domenico Ghirlandaio. (15 September 2023)

Rema Hort Mann Foundation

The Rema Hort Mann Foundation announced its 25th-annual class of its acclaimed Emerging Artist Grant program, an insider-watched barometer of “artists who go on to become some of the most important names in the cultural conversation” (said the Whitney Museum of American Art’s director of the collection, Jane Panetta). The eight 2022 Emerging Artist Grant recipients join a community of over 100 alumni – many now far from the “Emerging Artist” qualifier – including Sarah Sze (1997), Kehinde Wiley and Dana Schutz (2002), Mickalene Thomas (2007), and Njideka Akunyili Crosby (2012). The RHMF was established in the 1990s to honor the legacy of Susan and Michael Hort’s arts-engaged daughter Rema, who died from stomach cancer at age 30. — Click here to view announcement press kit landing page and press release

Artnet || Art Industry News; “Rema Hort Mann Foundation Names Artist Grants: The 25th round of the $10,000 Emerging Artist Grants includes Blake Daniels, Jeremy Lawson, Shanzhai Lyric, Annabeth Marks, Asif Mian, Day Sinclair, Rachelle Mozman Solano, and Anne Wu.” (First item of “Movers and Shakers,” 13 October 2022)

ARTnews || Rema Hort Mann Foundation Names 2022 Winners of Closely Watched Emerging Artist Grants; “The grants program … has historically supported artists who go on to receive widespread recognition. This year’s winners include Shanzhai Lyric, whose installations figured prominently in MoMA PS1’s Greater New York show last year, and Asif Mian, who had a solo show at the Queens Museum last year.” (12 October 2022; click here to view newsletter inclusion)

Artnet || A Star Is Born? See the Artworks Sarah Sze, Kehinde Wiley, Dana Schutz, and Other Top Artists Made Before They Were Famous; “This year marks the 25th anniversary of the Rema Hort Mann Foundation’s Emerging Artist Grant, an early incubator [that] has seen more than a few of its grantees become art stars. … [Here], we look back at a few of the original portfolio submissions by some of art’s biggest names—when they were still emerging artists.” (25 October 2022; also subject-line newsletter inclusion)

The RHMF fêted its monumental achievements with a 500-seat 25th Anniversary gala in Manhattan, whose gallery sponsors included James Cohan, David Zwirner, Anton Kern, Hauser & Wirth, Gladstone, LGDR, Mitchell-Innes & Nash, and Jack Shainman. A direct-from-artist auction realized over $1.6 million, featuring works by Marlene Dumas, Nicole Eisenman, Marilyn Minter, Dana Schutz, Sarah Sze, Kehinde Wiley, and many more looking to return the support offered to them by the Horts and the RHMF over the years. — Click here to view announcement press kit landing page and press release; click here to view gala post-event recap.

Vogue || Inside the Art and Artist-Filled Rema Hort Mann Foundation Gala; “A dizzying array of talent gathered for an evening of reflection, conversation, and music. … The foundation was created in memory of Rema Hort Mann; the daughter of collectors [Susan and Michael Hort] and a friend to many young artists, Rema died of stomach cancer at the age of 30. In 1995, RHMF launched with the goal of fostering young talent and providing direct support to cancer patients. The [Emerging Artist Grant] grant program has become legendary for nurturing the likes of Kehinde Wiley, Mickalene Thomas, Sarah Sze, and Dana Schutz.” (3 November 2022)

Town & Country || A Picture Perfect Evening; “On November 1, nearly 500 guests flocked to Tribeca 360 in New York City to celebrate the 25th anniversary gala of the Rema Hort Mann Foundation. … Guests including Nick Cave, Marilyn Minter, Kelly Rowland, and Renée Elise Goldsberry were on hand for the evening, [which] honored Mickalene Thomas, Marianne Boesky and Dr. Elisa Port, and Billy Mann. Attendees were treated to musical performances by pianist BLKBOK and tenor Lawrence Brownlee as well as an art auction including works by Nicole Eisenmann, Dana Schutz, Oscar Murillo, and Marlene Dumas.” (3 November 2022)

ARTnews || At Tribeca Gala, Art Insiders Raise $2.7 M. for Medical Care and Emerging Artists; “On Tuesday night, collectors and artists gathered in Tribeca for a gala staged by New York’s Rema Hort Mann Foundation — a philanthropic organization dedicated to funding support for families of cancer patients that has forged deep roots in the city’s cultural sector as a longtime backer of emerging artists.” (3 November 2022; also subject-line newsletter inclusion)

Guest of a Guest || The Art World's Most Stylish Stepped Out For The Rema Hort Mann Foundation's Glam Gala; “On Tuesday evening, the art world's biggest names gathered in Tribeca for a sold out 500 seat gala to celebrate the 25th Anniversary of the Rema Hort Mann Foundation. RHMF was founded in the 1990s to honor the legacy of the art collectors Susan and Michael Hort’s arts-engaged daughter Rema, who died from stomach cancer at age 30. RHMF’s dual flagship programs are the annual Emerging Artist Grant, which welcomes artists into a lifelong support network starting with an unrestricted $10,000 grant, and the rolling-issuance Quality of Life Cancer Grant, which funds cancer patients’ abilities to spend time with loved ones during treatment—a medically important component of care that is too-often overlooked in cancer philanthropy. The gala honored 2007 Emerging Artist Grant alum Mickalene Thomas; art dealer and breast cancer survivor Marianne Boesky–a dual honoree with the acclaimed oncologist Dr. Elisa Port, who led Boesky’s treatment; and Rema’s widower Billy Mann, a co-founder of the RHMF, who with his second wife and children has lovingly upheld Rema’s legacy.” (4 November 2022)

Avenue Magazine || This Week in Events: It's All About the After Party; “Also on Tuesday, the Rema Hort Mann Foundation held its 25th anniversary gala and benefit auction at Tribeca 360.” (Ninth item, 4 November 2022)

Yahoo News || A Picture Perfect Evening; “The Rema Hort Mann Foundation celebrated its 25th anniversary with art, music, and some serious fundraising.” (3 November 2022)

New York Magazine / The Cut || Sydney Sweeney, Emily Ratajkowski, and More of the Bestest Party Pics This Week; “Kelly Rowland wore a black, LaQuan Smith cut-out gown at an art world bash on behalf of the Rema Hort Mann Foundation, an art and cancer nonprofit, which raised nearly $2 million dollars throughout the evening.” (First item, 11 November 2022; Tweeted here)

Christie's

The Collection of Anne H. Bass (May 2022 Marquee Week): Twelve masterpiece-quality works by Mark Rothko, Claude Monet, Edgar Degas, Morris Louis, and more have, since the 1980s, defined the aura of the late arts patron Anne Bass’ home on Fifth Avenue, legendary for the elegant soirees attended by Bass’ close circle including André Leon Talley and fellow arts patron Agnes Gund. In an extraordinary combination of freshness to market, lived-with quality, and historical importance, the works that defined the space, including a Met-exhibited Degas, toured internationally to Christie’s’ global showrooms before their May 2022 sale at Christie’s New York, realizing $363,087,500 against an estimate around $250,000,000.

Vogue || A Forthcoming Sale at Christie’s Highlights the Impeccable Taste of Anne Bass; "With her hair perfectly coiffed and her slender frame encased in couture, Bass telegraphed a polish remarkable even in her rarefied circles. ... On May 12, Christie's New York will auction 12 of the works that hung in her Manhattan apartment, a sale expected to fetch more than a quarter of a billion dollars. Beyond its value, the collection—a formally diverse but thematically cohesive selection of works by Edgar Degas, Claude Monet, Mark Rothko, Bauhaus, and other giants—provides insight into one woman's dogged pursuit of excellence." (11 May 2022)

Town & Country || Could Christie's' Anne Bass Auction Be the Sale of the Season?; "Much of what [Anne Hendricks Bass] did was in the name of supporting beauty ... Her art collection, which included spectacular Rothkos, Monets, and a Met-exhibited Degas, perhaps exemplifies this best. On May 12, a dozen of these masterpieces will be sold at Christie's New York in a sale that is estimated to bring in $250 million." (10 May 2022)

Galerie || Philanthropist Anne Bass’s Major Art Collection Is Coming to Auction at Christie’s; "Anne Bass was heralded for her contributions to the performing arts, most notably the New York City Ballet where she was a 25-year board member. Now, another portion of her legacy is being put forward—her exceptional collection of art, which is being sold in a May 12 auction at Christie's. Taking place in New York during Christie's Marquee Week, the 12-lot single-owner evening sale is estimated to achieve more than $250 million." (19 April 2022)

Vanity Fair || True Colors; "On Thursday, at the sale of work from the collection of the Fifth Avenue—by—way—of—Fort Worth billionaire Anne Bass, a trio of Monets are expected to sell for $165 million and a duo of Rothkos are expected to sell for $145 million." (12 May 2022)

Bloomberg || After a Pandemic Lull, Prices Soar for Blue Chip Art at Auction; "On May 12, a double-header of a 20th century sale at Christie's will begin with the collection of the late philanthropist Anne Bass, the ex-wife of billionaire Sid Bass. There, three vivid Monets will hit the block, with high estimates ranging from $50 million to $60 million each." (10 May 2022)

Architectural Digest || Tiffany Readies for an Exhibition, the Eames Institute Launches, and More News; "The late Anne Bass, a longtime pillar of New York society, acquired quite the collection of art throughout her years. Before her passing in 2020, the philanthropist frequently entertained at her Fifth Avenue apartment (a space that was “entirely breathtaking,” according to Hamish Bowles). On the walls hung pieces by the likes of Rothko, Monet, and Degas. Now, from April 5–8, twelve of those astounding works are on view at Christie’s London in preparation for the auction. The auction itself will take place during Christie’s Marquee Week at Rockefeller Plaza. It is expected to fetch more than $250 million." (8 April 2022)

Josh Baer / The Baer Faxt

The Baer Faxt expands from a beloved fax-based industry newsletter (est. 1994) to a multi-platform art market insights company with a suite of products for the next generation of art collectors. Following investments from LionTree and the family office of MoMA board member Glenn Fuhrman, among several expanded offerings are The Baer Faxt Art Auction Database and The Baer Faxt Art Advisory. — Click here to view Advisory press kit landing page and press release; click here to view Database press kit landing page and press release.

Bloomberg || A New Database Could Make It Easier to Successfully Invest in Art; “Baer has built a powerful tool for sifting data that was once the exclusive purview of dealers, advisers, and auction houses. Suddenly, anyone with $200 for a subscription can find the owner—or at least, the owner’s representative—of some of the most famous artworks on the planet." (7 October 2021)

Artnet News || Art Industry News: “Josh Baer on Scaling Up: Art advisor and newsletter scribe Josh Baer started his Baer Faxt art-world newsletter in 1994, as a literal fax—a fax! Now, he’s finally scaling up after selling a minority stake in his business to an investment bank. He’s now launched an underbidder database, video content, and on-demand advisory services priced at $3,000. “I got to a point where I could just sort of coast,” he said. “You know, I’m 66 now. I thought, ‘Do I want to just play out the string, or do I try to make it more interesting?’”” (11 February 2022)

Robb Report || How an Advisor Can Help Collectors Navigate Today's Evolving Art Market; “Josh Baer, purveyor of the respected Baer Faxt industry newsletter, introduced a concierge-style advisory, with annual membership going for just $3,000 instead of the tens or hundreds of thousands many advisers reap.” (20 February 2022)

Whitewall || Josh Baer Launches The Baer Faxt Art Advisory to Demystify the Start of Art Collecting; “In 1994, Josh Baer launched an art industry newsletter titled The Baer Faxt, and David Zwirner was his first subscriber. Fast-forward 28 years later, and today, he is celebrating the launch of his latest venture, The Baer Faxt Art Advisory. The new art advisory membership program aims to help the next generation build art collections, and make wise decisions from the start.” (13 January 2022)

The Art Newspaper || Baer Faxt launches database of buyers' and underbidders names; “Last year, The Baer Faxt got financial backing from LionTree and the family office of the Moma board member Glenn Fuhrman, and now it is launching The Baer Faxt Auction Database, which contains an index of auction buyer and under-bidder identities from 1996 to now.” (7 October 2021)

Artnet News || Art Industry News; “The art-industry newsletter is leveling up with the debut of a database listing the buyers and underbidders for works offered at auction. Users will be able to access an index of names recorded from 1996 through 2021." (Sub-header lead item, 7 October 2021)

ARTnews || ARTnews in Brief; “Following investments from Museum of Modern Art board member Glenn Fuhrman and boutique New York financial firm LionTree last year, the art industry newsletter the Baer Faxt has announced it will launch a database dedicated to information on auction clients. The Baer Faxt Auction Database takes advantage of the company’s archive of auction buyers and bidders who have taken part in evening and day sales at Christie’s, Sotheby’s, and Phillips dating back more than two decades." (Third item, 7 October 2021)

The Wall Street Journal || Art Is Among the Hottest Markets on Earth; “Christie’s, Sotheby’s and Phillips get ready to sell off at least $1.6 billion worth of art, including works that could sell for 15 times their asking prices ... Josh Baer, whose Baer Faxt Auction Database logs bidders at major sales, said: 'Fear of tax changes is an accelerant, but that's just one on top of accelerant after accelerant. I've never seen it like this before.'" (8 November 2021)

The Emily Mason | Alice Trumbull Mason Foundation

Nearly 50 years after her Whitney Museum retrospective, the work of American Abstraction pioneer Alice Trumbull Mason is contextualized anew in Shutter Paintings, a tightly focused exhibition of 16 late-career paintings that follows the Rizzoli publishing of a trove of documents that cement Alice Trumbull Mason’s status as a leading, avant-garde force within the “boys club” of Abstraction in the 1930s-1960s New York art world. (Shutter Paintings, 4 November 2021 - 8 January 2022) — Click here to view press kit landing page and press release

The New York Times || Critics' Picks: Alice Trumbull Mason, Alone and With Friends; "A poignant gallery show of the artist’s “Shutter Paintings” is paired with an exceptional Whitney exhibition of the forward-looking prints that she and her contemporaries made in days gone by. ... [The paintings at Washburn Gallery] were painted from 1960 to 1966, after the death of her beloved son sent her into a spiral of grief and intermittent drinking that shortened her life. Each show has an intensity and emotional resonance that invites close, careful looking." (print 7 January 2022; online 6 January 2022)

Art in America || Dash of Earth, Flash of Sky: Alice Trumbull Mason at Washburn Gallery; "Mason has a way of topping a hot, acidic color with an even hotter, more acidic color—before her paintings achieve any of their subtler effects, they have to burn. As your eyes adjust to the glow, though, colors start to ripen and shapes start to rhyme: the banana-yellow diamonds in White Parenthesis (1965), for example, recall the peach one in Bearings (same year), so that each painting seems like a mirror of the other’s secret depths." (7 January 2022)

Vogue || The 29 Art Exhibitions We Can't Wait to See This Year; Alice Trumbull Mason at Washburn: "Overlooked in the canon of art history, Mason was a leader in the boys’ club of abstract art in the New York art world during the 1930s to ’60s. Ad Reinhardt said in the early ’60s that 'were it not for Alice Trumbull Mason, we [the abstract painters] would not be here, nor in such force.' Mason also stars in The Whitney’s all-women group show, Labyrinth of Forms: Women and Abstraction, 1930–1950, on view through March." (First item, 12 January 2022)

The New Criterion || The Critic’s Notebook: On Seneca, Alice Trumbull Mason, Bach & more from the world of culture; "Alice Trumbull Mason (1904–71) is an artist deserving of reevaluation. ... Alice Mason’s experimental style ranged widely across forms of expression, from biomorphic curves to hard-edged patterns. An exhibition now on view at the venerable Washburn Gallery, which represents Mason’s estate, looks to her late “shutter paintings,” with prismatic stripes that conceal as much as they reveal." (14 December 2021)

The Art Newspaper || Three exhibitions to see in New York this weekend; "More than five decades since the Whitney Museum of American Art mounted a posthumous retrospective devoted to the late abstract painter and printmaker Alice Trumbull Mason, the artist’s work is being revisited in an exhibition that aims to recontextualise her as a pioneer of American abstraction, whose work was overshadowed by that of her male peers." (Second item, 14 January 2022)

Hyperallergic || Your Concise New York Art Guide for December 2021; "Alice Trumbull Mason, a painter, printmaker, and vocal proponent of non-objective art who cofounded the American Abstract Artists group in 1936, is among the figures who are getting their due with the reevaluation of the prevailing — typically white, male — narrative of American abstraction. Titled after a phrase from Will Heinrich’s contribution to a Mason monograph published last year, Shutter Paintings features 16 mature paintings made between 1960 and 1966 that are characterized by hard geometric ribbons of color running vertically, sometimes askant, down the canvas." (1 December 2021)

Flaunt || Shutter Paintings | Alice Trumbull Mason's Artworks Revived Today; "Like many of her contemporary female abstract artists, Mason was instrumental in defining American Abstraction and is finally receiving a fresh look to this end." (5 November 2021)

WWD || Four New Art Gallery Shows to Check Out in November; "Sixteen of the late artist’s paintings are going on view at Washburn Gallery — a short walk from the Whitney Museum, where Mason’s work headlines “Labyrinth of Forms,” an all-female exhibition of abstract works. Mason, who worked in New York’s avant-garde scene during the early to mid-1900s, was a founding member of the American Abstract Artists group, and in recent years is finally getting recognized on par with her male peers like Josef Albers. Her “Shutter Paintings” offer an introduction to her striking approach to color and shape." (Fourth item, 5 November 2021)

Art & Object || The Late Abstractionist Alice Trumbull Mason & Her Unique Style; "In a notable revival, the life and career of the late dedicated abstractionist Alice Trumbull Mason has been guided into light through a focused exhibition of sixteen Shutter Paintings at Joan Washburn Gallery and a richly revealing book published by Rizzoli with clearly presented contributions by Mason’s daughter, the late painter Emily Mason, as well as by critics, scholars, and art historians." (10 January 2022)

The first posthumously organized exhibition of works by seminal colorist Emily Mason (1932 - 2019; BFA Cooper Union, 1955). Featuring work primarily created between 1978 and 1989, Chelsea Paintings explores a distinct and transformational phase in the career of an artist whose circle of influence spans three generations of art history—from being nurtured into the American Abstraction movement by way of her pioneering mother’s close circle of friends including Josef Albers; Ad Reinhardt; and Piet Mondrian, to serving as a professor and lifelong mentor to contemporary artists including Nari Ward. (Chelsea Paintings, 7 January - 13 February 2021) — Click here to view press kit landing page and press release

The New York Times || 4 Art Gallery Shows to See Right Now; “It takes a little while to get used to the volume and pick out the subtleties. But once you do, you find constructions as delicate and deceptive as spider silk.” (print 29 January 2021; online 28 January 2021)

The Brooklyn Rail || Emily Mason: Chelsea Paintings; “In looking at the canvases of Emily Mason now on view at Miles McEnery … we sense not so much a relation to a certain place or thing, but a lifetime of visual experiences put down onto canvas through a keen process of filtering, something like Joan Mitchell’s translation of the gardens of Vétheuil in her soaring panels of the 1970s and ’80s.” (online 3 February 2021; inclusion in February 2021 issue)

Forbes || Emily Mason Connects Visitors to Height of Abstract Expressionism in New Show at Miles McEnery Gallery; “Mason’s joy and wisdom shine in the ‘Chelsea Paintings.’ A grouchy, insecure artist could not have created this work. These paintings are the result of an artist deeply in love and committed to her craft, sure of herself and what she is doing.” (11 January 2021)

Hyperallergic || With a Room of Her Own, Emily Mason’s Ethereal Abstractions Bloomed; “These canvases are layered with saturated reds, turquoises and purples that defy gravity, floating like iridescent veils despite their density. … Other paintings are harder to decipher, with one of the hallmarks of a Mason painting being that you can’t tell which layer is on the bottom and which is on top. In works like Untitled (“Vermont”), there are feathery veins of paint and uneven pigment goosebumps. When asked how Mason created such effects, <her former studio assistant> acknowledged to Hyperallergic that he still doesn’t know. ‘Emily would always mischievously giggle and say, ‘I’m not sure. Magic, I think.’ She was really coy about it.’” (11 January 2021; newsletter header item 12 January 2021)

Hyperallergic || Your Concise New York Art Guide for January 2021; “Known for her vibrant abstractions, painter Emily Mason would toil endlessly in her Chelsea studio, relying upon the solace and plentiful natural light to crank out expressive canvases. This airy environ became her “tuning fork,” where she would go to make or finish many of her most exciting works. Luckily for us, Miles McEnery Gallery is now presenting 22 of them, right in the same neighborhood where they were made.” (13 January 2021)

Air Mail || Emily Mason: Chelsea Paintings; “In 1979, Mason moved to a studio on 20th Street in Chelsea, where for over 40 years she experimented with analogous color theory. The paintings in this exhibition are radiant mid-career works, which see Mason using new oil types and solvents to play with opacity, translucency, and paint’s capacity for sentience.” (9 January 2021)

Art in America || Consistently Cool; “You’re struck by the clarity of Mason’s free association. She paints like Bach improvising a three-voice fugue: every color in crisp focus, precisely accounted for even where it doesn’t dominate. This plainspoken lucidity makes Mason’s compositions seem not just beautiful but correct—and, by the same token, different from the more roughly improvisational painting for which the New York School became famous.” (11 February 2021)

The New Criterion || The Critic’s Notebook: On William Barents, paintings by Wolf Kahn & Emily Mason, Franz Schubert & more from the world of culture; “‘Emily Mason: Chelsea Paintings’ opens a window onto the sunny compositions the artist developed in her New York loft, in which she worked since 1979. Taken together <with the Wolf Kahn show in Miles McEnery’s nearby space>, the paired exhibitions honor two artists, married for sixty-two years and both recently deceased, who maintained a connection with Tenth Street and, in their enduring work and long life, each other.” (4 January 2021)

Architectural Digest || 6 Historically Undersung Female Artists to Know About Now; "Emily Mason believed in chance operation, particularly as experienced in New York, where 'you could be inspired by a tropical fruit in Chinatown and an exhibition on Byzantine art uptown.'" (5 March 2021)

Elle Decor || This Chelsea Studio was the Catalyst for an Artist’s Creative Flourishing; “Chelsea Paintings … seeks to continue elucidating the ways in which solitary square footage can have a foundational impact on a woman’s creative output.” (4 February 2021)

Charles Moffett Gallery

Building upon Kenny Rivero (b. 1981, New York; MFA Yale, 2012)’s institutional representation in the permanent collections of the Whitney Museum of American Art; the Studio Museum in Harlem; and the Pérez Art Museum—and coinciding with his solo exhibition currently on view at the Momentary at Crystal Bridges—Charles Moffett is pleased to bring Kenny Rivero’s debut museum solo show (March-June 2021 at the Brattleboro Museum & Art Center) to The Armory Show 2021. (Booth S9, 9 - 12 September 2021) — Click here to view press kit landing page and press release

Artforum || Moveable Feasts; “Charles Moffett took the solo route too, staging an excellent New York–homecoming of Kenny Rivero’s recent exhibition at the Brattleboro Museum, transposed mostly wholesale: fantastical drawings and collages made on things retrieved from the trash of the luxury Gramercy Park building where he worked as a doorman.” (15 September 2021)

New York Magazine || What Kenny Rivero Learned About Being an Artist Working As a Doorman at a Fancy Manhattan Building; “One of the more profound booths [at The Armory Show] was ... Kenny Rivero’s solo presentation of melancholic, dreamlike drawings ... at the Charles Moffett Gallery ... (which had been exhibited at the Brattleboro Museum earlier this year).” (17 September 2021)

Cultured || In Person Again, the 2021 Armory Show Celebrates Superlatives; “Another pristinely-curated booth is New York-based Charles Moffett gallery’s solo presentation of Kenny Rivero’s drawings, which coincides with the artist’s solo exhibition “The Floor Is Crooked” at The Crystal Bridges Museum of Art in Arkansas. Imbalance in this presentation is rendered metaphorically to reflect class disparity in Rivero’s whimsical drawings over discarded papers that he collected while working as a doorman at a posh Manhattan residential building.” (11 September 2021)

Charles Moffett is pleased to present a new exhibition of works by the Florida Highwaymen: a Jim Crow-era cohort of 26 self-taught Black landscape painters who—in light of discrimination-based gallery rejection—established a booming market by selling original, still-wet paintings out of their trunks along the Florida coast. (Highwaymen, 13 July - 13 August 2021) — Click here to view press kit landing page and press release

The New York Times || 5 Art Gallery Shows to See Right Now; “In the 1950s, the Florida Highwaymen, a collective of self-taught Black artists, developed a loosely unified aesthetic: luscious, Fauvist landscapes of subtropical Floridian splendor. ... The 11 paintings on view <in the Charles Moffett show> constitute a small, exhilarating taste of an inadequately recognized segment of American folk art." (print 30 July 2021; online 29 July 2021)

Artforum || Best of 2021: 'Highwaymen' (Charles Moffett Gallery, New York); “This intimate presentation ... was revelatory for its focused reframing of the output of an aesthetic school historically segregated from the gallery system but gorgeously germane to an expanded understanding of postwar American art." (December 2021 print issue, page 144)

Artforum || Critics' Picks: "Highwaymen" at Charles Moffett; “The eleven pictures painted on board in this small, standout survey reveal the collaborative ethos of the so-called Highwaymen. ... Brazenly formulaic but fringed with fantasy, these paintings parade a wonderfully unprecious attitude about living with, and making one's living from, art." (27 July 2021)

Hyperallergic || Florida's Kaleidoscopic Skies and Windblown Palms, Immortalized by a Cohort of Black Painters; “A group of painters <retrospectively regarded as the Highwaymen> quickly realized there was a demand for selling the fantasy of Florida at reasonable prices. ... A small but important eponymous exhibition on the collective, currently up at Charles Moffett Gallery, uplifts its body of work into a broader spotlight." (10 August 2021)

Charles Moffett is pleased to announce a solo presentation of 22 new works by Los Angeles-based painter Lily Stockman, created during the pandemic lockdown. (Seed, Stone, Mirror, Match, 4 September - 18 October 2020) — Click here to view press kit landing page and press release

Interview Magazine || Lily Stockman Brings Us Back to the Gallery; “… once you step in, the traffic sounds dissolve and we are transported into Stockman’s world of soft colors, primitive shapes, and rounded edges. Slightly graphic though never overwhelming, her work has a gentle, steady effect.” (16 October 2020)

Brooklyn Rail || Lily Stockman: Seed, Stone, Mirror, Match; “The new paintings read less as transom-topped portals to spatial elsewheres than as presentations of things, however abstract, in the here and now … Taking my cue from the conceptual and experiential dimension in which the paintings operate, then they are, perhaps, more akin indeed to mirrors than I originally allowed.” (online 7 October 2020; print issue October 2020)

Surface || Studio Visit: Lily Stockman in Full Bloom; “Leading up to her second solo show with Charles Moffett, we drop by the abstract painter’s airy studio, where the desert’s poetic grandeur has broadened her perspective and fine-tuned her focus.” (28 August 2020; Design Dispatch newsletter 31 August 2020)

WWD || Lily Stockman Exhibits New Work in ‘Seed, Stone, Mirror, Match’ at Charles Moffett Gallery; “botanical-born colors and forms are reflected in the 22 new abstract paintings on view through Oct. 18, all created during the last few months.” (8 September 2020)

Yahoo News || Ibid; syndicated from WWD. (8 September 2020)

Interior Design || Lily Stockman of Block Shop Opens “Seed, Stone, Mirror, Match” Exhibition in New York; “<the show> opens this fall in New York on the second floor of a former Benjamin Moore & Co. factory from the 1920s. It’s Charles Moffett’s new, larger space, which debuted February 29 but closed two weeks later due to COVID-19. This is the gallery’s first in-person exhibition since the pandemic’s start.” (online 9 September 2020; print issue September 2020)

Whitewall || Lily Stockman’s New Paintings Insist on Joy, Delight, and Love; “Horticulture, agriculture, and environmental studies have had a lasting impact on the artist Lily Stockman. Raised on a farm in Rhode Island, she spent her summers mowing hay, absorbed in the beauty of nature. With degrees from both Harvard and NYU, her experiences traveling to places like Mongolia and India left a lasting impression.” (4 September 2020)

Frieze || The definitive guide to current and recommended exhibitions at the world's best galleries and museums. (27 August 2020)

Hypebeast || Lily Stockman's Abstract Paintings Reflect Life During Quarantine; “Drawing from the compositions of Fra Angelico’s fifteenth century frescoes, ninth century tradition of Indian miniature painting and the language of twentieth century American abstract painters, Stockman creates paintings that reference nature and give hints to plants, birds and places.” (31 August 2020)

Charles Moffett is pleased to announce a dual-site exhibition from mixed media artist Alteronce Gumby (b. 1985, Pennsylvania; MFA Yale, 2016). The show employs scale variance in new ways while pushing Gumby’s longtime thematic considerations of how light, physics, natural energies, and color can be contextualized into a larger societal conversation about race and identity perception. (18 March - 25 April 2021) — Click here to view press kit landing page and press release

Vogue || The Atomic, Cosmic Art of Alteronce Gumby; “Color is a preoccupation for most painters. For Bronx-based artist Alteronce Gumby, it is an obsession. In “Somewhere Under the Rainbow / The Sky is Blue and What am I,” a dual-site exhibition that opens today at New York galleries Charles Moffett and False Flag, Gumby interrogates the subjectivity of light. ... The show’s poetic title—at once searching, declarative, and ambivalent—is fitting for an artist that wrestles with questions of race, time, identity, and the universe.” (18 March 2021)

Artnet || Editors Picks: 11 Events for Your Art Calendar This Week, From Julie Mehretu at the Whitney to Alteronce Gumby in Queens and Manhattan; “While rooted in this history of Abstract Expressionism, Gumby’s abstractions, with their seemingly infinite variations of color, consider how light, physics, and natural materials can be contextualized into conversations about race and spirituality.” (23 March 2021)

Sugarcane Magazine || Alteronce Gumby: Somewhere Under the Rainbow / The Sky is Blue and What am I; “Using materials such as glass, gemstones, crystals, paint, and resin to bring the artworks to fruition, the works in this exhibition conceptualize ‘the vastness of the cosmos and the universe,’ as Gumby describes, while challenging perspectives on perception and color.” (13 April 2021)

Charles Moffett is pleased to announce I Still Hoop, a solo presentation of 14 new works by New York-based visual artist and musician Kenny Rivero (b. 1981, New York; MFA Yale, 2012). Through the lens of intergenerational Dominican-American identity, the autobiographical paintings poetically explore Rivero’s “fear of death as a person of color in America.” (I Still Hoop, 29 October - 27 December 2020) — Click here to view press kit landing page and press release

Forbes || Kenny Rivero Takes A Journey Through The Valley Of The Shadow Of Death In A New Body Of Paintings; “Space, in general, is so adeptly captured in Rivero’s work. Dimensions crash into each other on the canvasses. Entire neighborhoods are encompassed in abstract two-dimension. Pink Windows (2020), shows a flat night landscape filled with fireworks, cars, music, the warmth of a church window lit against the dark, that somehow, within its layers, transmits a feeling of wholeness.” (28 October 2020)

Cultured || Five New York Gallery Shows to See in New York This Winter; “The pieces are simultaneously resonant and playful around an aesthetic throughline that makes this relative newcomer stand out. … In his studio, Rivero alternates between music and artmaking; the result is an abstract, painterly narrative that feels nuanced, lyrical and improvisational, hailing an important voice in the art world.” (3 December 2020)

Hyperallergic || Your Concise New York Art Guide for November 2020; “A small but mighty exhibition of recent paintings, I Still Hoop offers a slice of Rivero’s attempts to grapple with and face the ever-present specter of death. Poetic and at times humorous, Rivero’s paintings — all made in 2020 — nod to science fiction, elements of his Afro-Caribbean upbringing, and reflect on increased rates of mortality for Black and brown people in a way that never feels heavy-handed.” (2 November 2020)

Hyperallergic || 2020: A Year in New York Exhibitions and More; “During a year when death has loomed larger than usual, Kenny Rivero’s compact but exquisite presentation at Charles Moffett accomplished the rare feat of reckoning with mortality in a manner that was both moving and cathartically humorous. Honing in specifically on the ever-present threats faced by communities of color, I Still Hoop nodded to the ladders, liminal spaces, and magical elements of a specifically Caribbean diasporic mundane in a manner that resonated precisely.” (30 December 2020)

Vogue || How Vogue’s Experiences Associate Has Reinvigorated His Love of Tailoring; Inclusion of I Still Hoop exhibition poster in Editor’s Picks (19 December 2020)

FAD Magazine || Kenny Rivero’s New Paintings Poetically Explore his “Fear of Death as a Person of Color in America; “The show speaks more broadly to the enduring lived experience of people of color in America, and what that looks like in the current political landscape.” (11 December 2020)

Artnet || Editors Picks; “14 haunting new paintings appear like a fever dream of mourning, ritual, and traditions … Perhaps unexpectedly, one finds a sense of hope and resilience in the works—amid the darkened corners to his paintings appear light-filled windows and street lamps casting halos on the darkened city streets.” (23 November 2020)

Fotografiska New York

Following group shows at the Whitney; the Brooklyn Museum; the Studio Museum; LACMA; and more, the interdisciplinary artist Kia LaBeija (b. 1990) is pleased to add greater context to her practice by way of her first solo museum exhibition (and first New York solo show), an autobiographical exhibition about “love, loss, and growing up HIV-positive in New York City.” Offering an intimate window into the artist’s life and upbringing through personal archival material interwoven with her contemporary artwork, Kia describes the show’s key themes as “grief, love, beauty, stigma, identity, being a queer woman of color, and balancing distinct cultural legacies of being a Black woman and an Asian woman.” (24 February - 8 May 2022) — Click here to view press kit landing page and press release

The New York Times || Portraits of Love and Loss From an H.I.V.-Positive Childhood; "At Fotografiska New York, the artist [Kia LaBeija] is currently presenting her first solo museum show, which features intimate, glamorous self-portraits, documentary shots from her time in New York’s ballroom scene, and personal ephemera from a childhood spent at the height of the AIDS epidemic in New York.” (print 4 March 2022; online 3 March 2022)

Interview Magazine || With ‘prepare my heart,’ Kia LaBeija Remembers Her Mother; "The deeply moving exhibition, on view at Fotografiska until Mother’s Day (May 8th), presents a combination of the artist’s self-portraits and landscapes, as well as family photos and ephemera. To mark the show’s opening, LaBeija sat down for a conversation about motherhood, memory, and triumph.” (22 March 2022)

PAPER || Kia LaBeija's First Solo Show Celebrates Love in NYC Ballroom; "Kia LaBeija’s first solo show, prepare my heart, is an intimate exploration of LaBeija’s experience as a queer, HIV+ positive woman of color and honored member of the ballroom community.” (28 February 2022)

Artnet News || Editors' Picks: 12 Events for Your Art Calendar; “In her first solo show, photographer Kia LaBeija presents a deeply personal, autobiographical body of work about growing up HIV positive, the loss of her mother—an AIDS activist who died from complications of the disease—and finding herself in New York’s Ballroom dance scene. (The former “mother” of the House of LaBeija, Kia also served as a principal dancer in the pilot for the television series Pose.)" (Tenth item, 14 March 2022)

i-D || Kia Labeija's personal portrait of New York's ballroom scene; "Now on view at Fotografiska, Prepare My Heart is a historical archive that authentically marries performance, beauty and pain.” (1 March 2022)

Hyperallergic || Your Concise New York Art Guide for March 2022; ”In her first museum solo show, Kia LaBeija (“Kia”), an artist, performer, and former Overall Mother of the Iconic House of LaBeija, presents tender autobiographical photographs and self-portraiture alongside personal archival material and ephemera.” (Subheader lead item, 28 February 2022)

Dazed || Kia LaBeija's heart-rending photos of queer New York; "In her first solo exhibition, prepare my heart, LaBeija honours her mother’s legacy with her extraordinary coming of age story, which weaves together three decades of archival images, poetry, video, self-portraiture and ephemera for a kaleidoscopic look at love, loss, resilience and creativity.” (9 March 2022)

ARTnews || Morning Links; "Kia LaBeija is in the New York Times, talking about her exhibition at Fotografiska New York, which addresses her late mother’s work as an AIDS activist and LaBeija’s experiences in New York’s ballroom scene and living with H.I.V.” (“Artist Updates” lead item, 7 March 2022)

BLACK VENUS: From colonial-era fetishizations to contemporary works by Kara Walker; Carrie Mae Weems; Zanele Muholi; and more, a new exhibition examines the historical representation of Black women through over 30 contemporary artworks, created between 1975 and today, and a selection of archival imagery dated 1793 to 1930. With artists of numerous nationalities (and birth years spanning 1942 to 1997), the show presents a global, cross-generational investigation into Black women’s reclamation of agency amid the historical fetishization of the Black female body. (13 May – 28 August 2022) — Click here to view press kit landing page and press release

CNN Style || A photographer's radical vision of a Black lesbian beauty pageant; "A decade after Zanele Muholi was a finalist in the South African pageant Ms Sappho, they recreated the moment as a bold declaration of Black, queer beauty. … In pageants around the world, beauty and femininity ideals have long been upheld and rarely challenged. [The artist’s 2009 Miss (Black) Lesbian series] is a bold declaration of Black queer beauty -- and a reminder that the status quo of mainstream beauty pageants has remained mostly unchanged." (24 June 2022)

PAPER || 'Black Venus' Curates Beauty Beyond the Body; "Thanks to exhibitions like Black Venus... we're able to recognize the interwoven cycles of trauma and triumph that characterize Black Beauty. Black Venus is a distinct, and intentional effort to end depictions of Black femininity as a commodity and, instead, give thought to the history that courses through each woman, and that which they create." (13 May 2022)

Wallpaper* || New York show explores the legacy of Black women in visual culture; "Contrasted with archival depictions of Black women dating back to 1793, the contemporary works – predominantly photography, but also featuring sculpture, mixed media works and film – together create a global survey of the Black female body; its historical ‘othering’, and contemporary empowerment." (23 May 2022)

Artnet || Editors' Picks: 13 Events for Your Art Calendar; "This wide-ranging show examines Western representations of the Black female body. By including archival images from 1793 to 1930, as well as contemporary photography from 1975 to the present, the exhibition allows Black women to reclaim their agency, rejecting the fetishization and sexual objectification faced by previous generations. Featured contemporary artists were born from 1942 to 1997, with an intergenerational mix that includes Kara Walker, Carrie Mae Weems, Zanele Muholi, and Renee Cox." (Twelfth item, 23 May 2022)

The Art Newspaper || Frieze New York Diary: cyborgian bacchanalia, a sentient self-driving car and a Gagosian vending machine; "On Wednesday evening, Fotografiska New York held a dinner celebrating the opening of Black Venus, a group show that places archival depictions of Black femininity alongside work by contemporary artists like Kara Walker, Carrie Mae Weems, Renee Cox and Ayana V. Jackson. Cox and Jackson were joined by the artist Amber Pinkerton, also featured in the show, Pat Cleveland and the artists Kennedy Yanko and Shantell Martin." (Third item, 19 May 2022)

Hyperallergic || 21 Art Shows to See in New York This Summer; "Fotografiska’s latest group show on Black femininity develops a narrative of subjugation and self-ownership. Works from the last two centuries reveal how Euro-American fetishization led to racialized caricatures of African women, followed by post-abolition agency and futurist empowerment." (Thirteenth item, 13 June 2022)

A major new exhibition from David LaChapelle—the artist’s largest-ever U.S. exhibition; first New York museum solo show; and most comprehensive exhibition to date—will feature more than 150 works created between 1984 and 2022. Starting in 1980s-NYC with existential religious explorations LaChapelle made as the AIDS crisis ravaged his close circle, the exhibition spans the thematic and technical breadth of the artist’s diverse, 40-year career of narrative social commentary, with a “full circle” effect in his newer work’s matured revisitation of his early practice’s religious themes. (9 September 2022 – 8 January 2023) – Click here to view press kit landing page (including press release and high-res images)

The New York Times || What’s in Our Queue? ‘Standing Up’ and More; “This exhibit at Fotografiska New York features decades of David LaChapelle’s surreal images. There are celebrity portraits, including of Tupac, David Bowie and Lana Del Rey. But I love LaChapelle’s sly sense of humor, as seen in the picture of a long-legged model being crushed by a giant cheeseburger.” (print 8 January 2023; online 4 January 2023)

Rolling Stone || The Ecstasy and Energy of David LaChapelle; “If there’s a takeaway from the Fotografiska exhibition, it’s LaChapelle’s unironic attempt to provide a balm, to capture the uncapturable beauty of the divine, one image at a time.” (November 2022 print issue, pp. 18-20, under the headline The Pope of Pop Art; online 29 November 2022)

W Magazine || David LaChapelle on His Fotografiska Retrospective, the AIDS Crisis, and Andy Warhol; “There’s no mistaking a photo taken by David LaChapelle, [who] has had a distinct vision since even the very start of his career—hence why Andy Warhol recruited him to work at Interview at just 17. .... But celebrity has long been just a fraction of LaChapelle’s oeuvre. That’s more apparent than ever at Fotografiska ... there’s always been a political and/or religious bent to LaChapelle’s photography. And how could there not be, seeing as he was pursuing activism as a member of ACT UP at the same time that he was establishing his vision?” (13 September 2022)

The Guardian || David LaChapelle: ‘I’ve never seen what I do as objectification’; “David LaChapelle – best known for his hyperreal, surrealistic portraits of pop stars – has come full circle. Running away from the bullying he received as a queer teenager, LaChapelle found an artistic path forward in 80s New York City, becoming an acolyte of Andy Warhol. ... LaChapelle’s signature style employs explosions of colour, a level of detail that paradoxically feels too precise to be real, whimsical playfulness and most of all a strong sense of intimacy. ... From David Bowie to Doja Cat, [the new exhibition] demonstrates that LaChapelle has consistently helped craft the images of figures who define the glamour and fashion of the pop world.” (6 September 2022)

Financial Times || Photographer David LaChapelle on fame, fantasy and #FreeBritney; “As New York Fashion Week opens, on September 9, so does an exhibition likely to pique the front row’s interest. Staged over six floors at Fotografiska in Manhattan ... The photographer on show is, of course, David LaChapelle, a man whose high gloss, sometimes controversial aesthetic — think Botticelli went to Vegas — is as recognisable today as when he injected an outrageous new energy into photography in the ’90s and noughties.” (print 10 September 2022; online 6 September 2022)

Forbes || In A Landmark Retrospective, Photographer David LaChapelle’s Make Believe Opens At Fotografiska; “David LaChapelle’s work is not inspired by the zeitgeist, it is the zeitgeist. The photographer’s images defined pop culture through the 90s and aughts and are a cultural commentary on the excesses of capitalism and the reverence of celebrity told through a style defined by rich saturation of color, setups of hyper-surreality, veneration of the human form, and an unfiltered influence from Christianity.” (9 September 2022)

Artnet || ‘I Want to Make Pictures That Mean Something’: David LaChapelle on Turning Away From Celebrity Portraits to Create More Enigmatic Images; “The retrospective Make Believe, which opens today at Fotografiska New York, is a reminder that there is much more to LaChapelle than his Hollywood forays, and that he is in fact, a lot more interesting when he veers away from the glitz. Yes, there are cameos by Madonna, Lizzo, and Tupac in the show. But the exhibition utilizes the minimum of his vast celebrity fodder in the more than 150 works spread across Fotografiska’s five floors. … The show makes the argument that there is a vast difference between a ‘best of’ and a ‘greatest hits.’” (9 September 2022)

CNN || Photographer David LaChapelle offers a balm for turbulent times; “The artist's new show, Make Believe, spans 40 years of images, from his provocative celebrity portraiture to his lush religious imagery. He believes it comes during a dire time for the world.” (12 September 2022)

ARTnews || From Warhol to Kim K and Beyond, a New Exhibit Looks at America’s Premier Celebrity Photographer; “LaChapelle’s decades-long career is now the focus of a new exhibition at Fotografiska, titled “Make Believe,” that spans all six floors of the museum. A big chunk of the exhibition is dedicated to his chronicling of America’s entertainers, sure, but it also takes a deeper look into the artist’s long career. The exhibit’s foundation is Chapelle’s early images from the ’80s, which responded to the AIDS crisis, and also includes his environmentally focused series, his fashion shoots, and his latest work from earlier this year. Throughout, we see how he often subtlety nods to art history in a myriad of ways.” (8 September 2022)

Dazed || A major David LaChapelle exhibition is on the way; "Since the 1980s, David LaChapelle has been creating some of the world’s most iconic images in fashion, music, and art. ... Now, the artist’s first solo show at a New York museum, and his biggest in the U.S. to date, is set to chronicle these decades of pioneering work.” (10 August 2022)

PAPER || David LaChapelle's Exhibition 'Make Believe' Spans 40 Years; “For the high-end editorial photographer, known for his visionary, vulnerable shots of quintessential pop culture figures, Make Believe presents the full canon of LaChapelle’s legendary work.” (11 August 2022)

i-D || David LaChapelle on the death of the superstar; “Few people are as qualified as David to make such sweeping judgements about the changing nature of fame, pop, artifice, money, the art world, and so forth, and Make Believe — comprising 150 works from the past 40 years arranged over six floors — certainly forces you to listen.” (31 August 2022)

The Art Newspaper || Celebrity and sorrow feature in David LaChapelle's New York show; “The US photographer David LaChapelle’s new blockbuster show in New York at the Fotografiska venue includes a wealth of celebrity snapshots, capturing headline-hitting stars such as Britney Spears, Michael Jackson and Madonna. The exhibition features more than 150 works spanning LaChapelle’s 40-year career.” (5 September 2022)

VICE || How David LaChapelle Makes Everyone Look Like a God; “At the age of 15, LaChapelle left his Connecticut home and moved to Manhattan in the 1980s. He got his start as an artist in the East Village, where he immersed himself in nightlife and cut his teeth at Andy Warhol’s notorious Interview magazine. Fueled by the existential uncertainty of living through the HIV/AIDS epidemic, his early work featured his friends wearing angel wings and washed in sacred, glowing light. …The new show, Make Believe, is a culmination of his dynamic, interdisciplinary career.” (8 September 2022)

Rolling Stone || David LaChapelle’s Greatest Music Photographs: From Kanye to Lizzo to Doja; “[David LaChapelle] had been a professional photographer for more than a decade [when he shot his first Rolling Stone cover in 1998], and was on his way to becoming one of the most celebrated visual artists of his era. He has shot 19 Rolling Stone covers overall, including Britney Spears, Kanye West, and Lizzo, but they represent just a fraction of his life's work. A new exhibit, Make Believe, at Fotografiska in New York City, will display more than 150 photographs created between 1984 and 2022. Here are 12 of his most iconic music photographs.” (22 September 2022)

A major Terry O’Neill retrospective—the late artist’s largest-ever U.S. exhibition and first New York museum solo show—will feature 110 works created between 1963 and 2013. Capturing the faces that defined 50 years of global pop culture, from electrifying editorial portraiture to rare and intimate ‘off-duty’ photos that show the human side of fame, Stars vibrantly highlights the unparalleled and historically important trove of visual culture that O’Neill left to posterity upon his death from cancer in 2019. (2 June - 16 September 2023) — Click here to view press kit landing page (including press release and high-res images)

Financial Times || From Bowie to Jagger, the photos that created legends; "Something peculiar happened when [Terry] O’Neill photographed a star. Whether it was Elton John, Spike Lee, Pelé, or Amy Winehouse, the subject was both elevated and, at the same time, rendered candidly human. This contradiction shines through in Stars, the upcoming O’Neill show at Fotografiska, New York, spanning six decades of work by the late photographer, who died in 2019." (print 27 May 2023; online 26 May 2023)

Vogue || The Flawless Glamour of Terry O’Neill’s ‘Stars‘; "If celebrity, as John Updike put it, 'is a mask that eats into the face,' the subjects of O’Neill’s imagery disappear entirely behind their personas. ... The 1971 picture of a windswept Brigitte Bardot, a cigarette cocked between her lips, revels in her celestial beauty. ... Similarly, Patrick Swayze, pictured in a denim shirt before an American flag, recalls old matinée heartthrobs like Cary Grant and Tab Hunter. These images do not aim to expose the interior lives of Swayze or Bardot, but rather to celebrate the power of their exteriors. As Sunset Boulevard’s Norma Desmond, a silent film star, once raved: 'We didn’t need dialogue; we had faces.'" (2 June 2023)

CNN || Why this morning-after portrait of Faye Dunaway became an iconic Hollywood moment; “In just 10 minutes, photographer Terry O’Neill snapped one of the most recognizable celebrity portraits of the 20th century — Faye Dunaway, poolside at the Beverly Hills Hotel, on the morning after her 1977 Oscars win. ... 'Stars', a posthumous retrospective of his work at the photography museum Fotografiska in New York, spans five decades of O’Neill’s career, charting his path from British tabloid snapper to one of the most trusted names in the world of editorial photography." (6 June 2023)

Interview Magazine || Inside the Terry O’Neill Retrospective at Fotografiska New York; "Before social media, and even the days of peak paparazzi, Terry O’Neill defined the concept of the celebrity story in photographs you can find at Stars, a new exhibition celebrating a half-century of the photographer’s legacy at Fotografiska New York." (6 June 2023)

Artnet News || See Jaw-Dropping Portraits of Audrey Hepburn, David Bowie, and Other Icons in Fotografiska’s Starry Terry O’Neill Retrospective; '“Stars,” an exhibition of works by late British photographer Terry O’Neill, opens at New York’s Fotografiska in June with an eye on the celestial plane. Or something close enough: the 110 images, snapped between 1963 and 2013, see O’Neill train his lens on earth’s biggest celebrities at work and at play—engaging in some cricket on break, lounging by the pool after winning an Oscar, commanding a stadium-sized audience. It’s proof finally that celebrities are, in fact, not like us." (30 May 2023)

Daily Mail || A very glamorous step back in time: Stunning photos capture Hollywood's biggest stars during the swinging sixties - from Audrey Hepburn lounging in a pool and playing cricket to Brigitte Bardot relaxing with a cigarette; "Famed photographer Terry O'Neill died in 2019 at his home in London from prostate cancer aged 81. Now, 110 of his works will be displayed at the Fotografiska museum in New York. Curator Johan Vikner says O'Neill had an 'extraordinary ability to capture fame from the frontlines.'" (13 May 2023)

Town & Country || T&C Design Dispatch: NY Design Week Highlights, Frieze NY, Spring Shopping and More; "... Across town, Fotografiska delivered just as much of a cultural punch with the announcement of the upcoming opening of Terry O' Neill: Stars, the photographer's largest retrospective exhibition to date. Expect to see some familiar sights: Audrey Hepburn playing cricket in 1966, Elton John performing in his famous sequined LA Dodgers uniform in 1975, and Faye Dunaway sitting poolside at the Beverly Hills Hotel at dawn after the 1977 Oscars night." (22 May 2023)

Observer || On View Now: Warhol, Lee Friedlander, Njideka Akunyili Crosby and More; "For those who try not to throw around the word “iconic,” describing the photographs that Terry O’Neill took over the course of his decades-long career presents a challenge. His subjects included the Beatles, Elizabeth Taylor, Naomi Campbell, Elton John, Kate Moss—and many, many more, as seen in the late British photographer’s new solo exhibition at Fotografiska." (Second item, 5 June 2023)

Cultured || Spend Your Lunch Hour at These 7 New York Museum Cafes; "Housed in a church-like Renaissance Revival palace, this venue is home to floor after floor of exhibitions including “Listen Until You Hear,” organized in collaboration with For Freedoms, and Terry O’Neill’s “Stars,” which could easily draw you in for hours." (2 June 2023)

A new exhibition of over 200 photographs, dated 1972 to 2022, traces the rise and proliferation of hip-hop through five decades of work from the trailblazing image-makers who helped codify hip-hop as the most influential pop culture movement of its generation. The works on view traverse intersecting themes such as the role of women in hip-hop; hip-hop’s regional and stylistic diversification and rivalries; a humanistic lens into the 1970s-Bronx street gangs whose members contributed to the birth of hip-hop; and the mainstream breakthrough that saw a grassroots movement become a global phenomenon. (26 January – 21 May 2023) — Click here to view press kit landing page (including press release and high-res images)

The Guardian || ‘A reflection of the people’: looking back on 50 years of hip-hop; “The exhibition feels as vast as it does energetic, capturing the excitement behind countless iconic moments of hip-hop history. ... But even as the exhibition reflects on global systems and abstract ideas, it always remains grounded in the human – it’s clearly no accident that the show centers so much around portraiture, and what it can show us about individual identity and the cultural influences behind it.” (1 February 2023; Tweeted here)

Vogue || At Fotografiska, a New Hip-Hop Exhibition Sees That Women Aren’t Left Behind; "In [the exhibition's portraits of women], the gripping stories of women who used artistry and musicality to refute the combined prejudices of racism and misogyny—and in the process, became mouthpieces for people around the world—unfold. While the show offers plenty to marvel at (the potency of Black creativity, the timelessness of hip-hop style, and the wealth of talent in the industry), for music-lovers, the predominant emotion may well be one of gratitude, not only for all of the brilliant music that has already been made, but also for what’s still to come." (25 January 2023)

Financial Times || Four cultural spots to hit this spring; "Hip-hop was born at a basement party in the Bronx in 1973, so it’s said. While there have been myriad events and shows examining its history since, the one currently marking hip-hop’s 50th at Fotografiska is a must for any student of the aesthetics of the genre. ... From The Notorious B.I.G. and Afrika Bambaataa to Mary J Blige and Eve (women’s contributions get a big nod), via Public Enemy, Nas and dozens of others, there are more than 200 photographs dated between 1972 and 2022." (28 January 2023)

NPR Morning Edition || Hip-hop traces its roots to economic hard times; "A photo exhibit at New York’s Fotografiska museum connects hip-hop’s emergence in the 1970s with the economic problems convulsing the country, New York City, and the borough of the Bronx at the time. ...The exhibit’s photographs chronicle the early days in documentary fashion, with artists backdropped by crumbling buildings and urban decay. More recent photographs are often displays of success and wealth for magazine and album covers, including a particularly striking 1990 portrait of a young Queen Latifah. The photo exhibit runs through May 20th." (15 March 2023; aired nationally on NPR Morning Edition, within "Marketplace Morning Report" segment)

The New Yorker || Hip-Hop at Fifty: An Elegy; "In January, the Fotografiska museum in Manhattan launched 'Hip Hop: Conscious, Unconscious,' a photographic survey of how hip-hop has evolved since the days of Kool Herc and Grandmaster Flash. ... Fifty years is scarcely a blink in the life of a culture, but it can be an actual lifetime for human beings. Half a century in the unlikely, inspiring, and unpredictable story of how invisible kids from forgotten precincts crafted art that defined an era remains worth telling." (16 March 2023; Tweeted here)

MTV News || 'Hip-Hop Is About People': Tracing Rap's Rise Through Photography; “These images solidify that hip-hop was a direct creative extension of its first home in the Bronx, a far cry from the glitzier stylings to which many modern fans may be accustomed. A 1983 photo by Martha Cooper shows a crew of kids carrying a piece of cardboard that they’ll use to breakdance, a shot that remarkably seems to mirror the Beatles’ Abbey Road cover art. It transports you to another time, a reminder that what has grown into one of the United States’ largest cultural exports was once just part of a small community’s lifestyle.” (31 January 2023)

AnOther || Visually Arresting Portraits of Hip-Hop’s Biggest Stars; "Spanning the years 1972 to 2022, the exhibition features both familiar and rare portraits of hip-hop’s most legendary stars and pioneers, taken by some of the best practitioners of the craft." (26 January 2023)

Time Out New York || This powerful photography exhibit in NYC chronicles 50 years of hip-hop; "The hip-hop we know today—the kind that sells out arenas, racks up Grammy awards and gets major radio airtime—grew from DJing and breakdancing in New York City. A new exhibition at Fotografiska ... traces the genre’s evolution from its early days to today through 200 powerful photos by 57 photographers." (26 January 2023)

Travel + Leisure  ||  This Photo Exhibit Celebrating 50 Years of Hip Hop Just Opened in NYC; "On the surface, it was just a birthday party in the recreation room of a Sedgwick Avenue apartment building in The Bronx, but on a summer day in 1973 the music being spun by Clive Campbell, known as DJ Kool Herc, was about to change the course of American music, as his sister’s August 11 celebration is now credited as being the birthplace of hip-hop music. As the 50th anniversary of that date approaches, Fotografiska New York — the Manhattan location of the photography museum that started in Stockholm — is celebrating the impact of the musical genre with a new exhibit, Hip Hop: Conscious, Unconscious." (25 January 2023)

Essence  ||  50 Years Of Hip-Hop (And The Women Who Made It) Exhibition; “‘Hip Hop: Conscious, Unconscious’ will highlight the pivotal figures responsible for the growth of the world’s most popular genre of music throughout its five decades.” (23 January 2023)

Weltkunst  ||  Bild des Tages: Happy Birthday, Hip-Hop!; "Hip hop was born fifty years ago. An exhibition in New York celebrates its importance in pop culture." (20 January 2023)

Artnet ||  On Hip Hop‘s 50th Anniversary, Here Are the Essential Museum Shows Celebrating the Movement‘s History and Enduring Legacy; "To trace hip hop’s trajectory from its origins as a community concern to its emergence as a global juggernaut, Fotografiska, in conjunction with Mass Appeal, will exhibit a trove of images documenting some of the scene’s most notable players and moments." (6 January 2023)

Surface || A Half-Century of Hip Hop’s Visual Impact; “At Fotografiska, indelible portraits of the genre’s most unfuckwithable stars prove their gargantuan talents and charisma also extend to the camera.” (31 January 2023; also 30 January 2023 newsletter inclusion)

NY1 || Photo exhibit celebrates 50 years of Hip Hop; "There are more than 200 photos in the show, curated by Sacha Jenkins and Sally Berman, dated from 1972 to the present day. They chronicle hip-hop’s rise from the streets of the Bronx in the early 70s to a culture and movement with worldwide impact. ... visitors don’t have to be a hip-hop fan to appreciate the photography in the show and to take a look back at an art form born right here in the five boroughs." (2 February 2023)

New York Public Radio || New Exhibition Celebrates the 50th Anniversary of Hip Hop; “In honor of hip hop's 50th anniversary, a new Fotografiska exhibition showcases some of the most pivotal moments and faces of the movement. The show includes early-1970s South Bronx street photos, Nicki Minaj at a Brooklyn diner in 2008, De La Soul in front of The Apollo (1993), Lauryn Hill and Wyclef Jean on a Harlem rooftop working on the Fugees’ debut album (1993) and more.” (30 January 2023)

Rolling Stone || Hip-Hop Turns 50. The Grammys Celebrate the Milestone Despite Its Complicated History With the Genre; "Several other high-profile celebrations of hip-hop's 50th birthday are planned for this year, including the Hip Hop: Conscious, Unconscious photo exhibit at Fotografiska New York." (6 February 2023)

Cool Hunting || "Hip-Hop: Conscious, Unconscious" at NYC's Fotografiska; “Ultimately, the show provides insight into the early years of hip-hop and the foundation of a worldwide phenomenon.” (6 February 2023)

Gothamist || At Fotografiska New York, a new show explores the love affair between hip-hop and photography; "Urban and street photography took shape alongside New York City’s financial crisis of the 1970s, as creatives sought ways to capture the undercovered vibrancy of communities. Hip-hop, an explosive new culture of music, art and dance, had just begun to emerge in the west Bronx early in the decade. ... From the very start, a continuous love affair formed between hip-hop and the photographers who've documented it. That deep bond, which endures today, is the subject of “Hip-Hop: Conscious, Unconscious," an exhibition that just opened at Fotografiska New York." (8 February 2023)

Dazed || Art shows to leave the house for this February 2023 ; "Hip hop is believed to have been born almost 50 years ago – on the night of August 11, 1973, at a basement party in the Bronx. In honour of the groundbreaking impact the music has had globally, Fotografiska is hosting ... an exhibition exploring the people, places, and things that hip hop has given the world. From the pioneers to the present day, witness the trajectory of what is undoubtedly the world's most influential genre today.” (Sixth item, 7 February 2023)

Daily Mail || Stunning exhibit traces 50 years of hip hop history: How a genre birthed in a basement in the Bronx created legendary artists like Tupac and Lauryn Hill - and today's most popular stars, including Kendrick Lamar, Megan Thee Stallion and Cardi B; "New York City's photography museum Fotografiska has launched a stunning new exhibit that takes a deep dive into the rise of hip hop's biggest stars. Hip Hop: Conscious, Unconscious, co-curated by Sally Berman and Sacha Jenkins, takes audiences through five decades of history - from the Bronx street gangs that birthed it to the role of the women in hip hop and how basement raps made their way to the mainstream." (11 February 2023)

Artnet || Hip-Hop Chronicler Sacha Jenkins on Curating a New Show to Celebrate the Movement’s Visual Language on Its 50th Anniversary; “Entering the first gallery of Fotografiska’s Hip Hop: Conscious, Unconscious exhibition, it’s hard to imagine the array of black-and-white photographs, each documenting stark New York City street scenes, as containing the seeds of a globe-dominating cultural behemoth. But they do. In between the images of kids cradling boomboxes in deserted lots, of youths manning turntables in the street, and of young street gang members play-fighting in a Bronx basketball court are captured the essence and energy of a subculture formed in response to and in spite of a bleak urban landscape. … In its following galleries, Hip-Hop: Conscious, Unconscious unfolds with increasingly slick portraits of hip-hop stars not limited to Lauryn Hill, Queen Latifah, Tupac Shakur, the Beastie Boys, and Kendrick Lamar. They’re images that see the cementing of hip-hop codes, as practitioners awoke to the genre’s form and impact, as much as the solidifying of an American visual culture.” (16 February 2023)

Service95 (Dua Lipa's official newsletter) || Dua Lipa's New York List; "On my last visit, I immersed myself in all [New York] had to offer, and you know what? I can’t wait to go back again! Here are the shows, exhibitions, and places to add to your list, whether you’re a local or planning on visiting soon. ... Hip Hop: Conscious, Unconscious – an immersive experience by Fotografiska that celebrates 50 years of hip-hop.'" (Issue 57, 6 March 2023)

The Brattleboro Museum & Art Center

Fall exhibitions 2020-2021; Spring exhibitions 2021

The New York Times || Supreme Court, Election 2020, U.S. Virus Surge: Your Monday Evening Briefing (item no. 9); “Remembering the Great Sneaker Spill: During a violent ocean storm in 1990, more than 61,000 Nike sneakers on a ship destined for America went overboard in the Pacific. Months later, carried by wind and currents, the sneakers started showing up on beaches in Vancouver, Washington and Oregon. Now, Andy Yoder, a Washington, D.C., artist, has commemorated the Great Sneaker Spill with a display of 250 replicas of the shoes to highlight the continuing degradation of the marine environment. The exhibit, above, is on view in Vermont and online. Sneakers “cross over into so many demographics of color, race, class, age,” the artist said. “That made them the perfect vehicle for a project like this. They’re instantly relatable.”” (26 October 2020)

Vogue || Meet the Artist Using a 100-Year-Old Technique to Depict the Power of Women’s Hair; “All that female hair evokes—a tense tangle of sexuality, gender, self-identity, ownership, repression, and conformation—is the focus of Portesi’s latest series. In her images, which have an antique appearance as they are tintypes, the artist molds and sculpts her sitters’ hair, defying gravity and any notion of how hair ought to look. Portesi fashions it into fantastical creations, lacing in natural elements like crinkled leaves, twigs, and tropical fronds. The result is a collection of photographs which beguile with intimacy and the unexpected.” (25 October 2020)

Vogue || 9 Art Exhibitions Worth Masking Up for This Spring; “This month, the Brattleboro Museum & Art Center in southern Vermont presents “Jennifer Mack-Watkins: Children of the Sun” ... The show centers on 14 colorful works on paper, principally inspired by a short-lived children’s periodical, The Brownies’ Book: A Monthly Magazine for the Children of the Sun, edited by W.E.B. Du Bois in the early 1920s. A printmaker by training—she received her MFA in this medium from the Pratt Institute—Mack-Watkins has established a practice that investigates societal pressures, body image, gender dynamics, and other themes.” (19 March 2021)

Interview Magazine || Kenny Rivero Is Painting the Monsters We Choose to Ignore; “Kenny Rivero paints the monsters under the bed. The sort that make you have to dream extra hard, just to distract you enough to forget their snoring. And his paintings feel like attempts to recreate these dreams, monsters and all. They often include references to pop culture and New York streets, but through the distorted, unfamiliar appearance they make in dreams ... They are intricate, intentional, and cross-dimensional, manipulated through shape and line.” (17 March 2021)

Flaunt || Kenny Rivero’s Palm Oil, Rum, Honey, Yellow Flowers at BMAC; “The Brattleboro Museum & Art Center is presenting the first museum solo show of New York-based visual artist and musician Kenny Rivero. The works on view feature drawings on paper that Rivero intercepted from the trash, mostly while working as a doorman for eight years in a luxury, prewar residential building in New York City. ... Epitomizing the subculture of ‘Old New York’, the show at BMAC will be accessible internationally by way of an interactive, high-resolution, walk-through interface hosted on the Museum’s website.” (19 March 2021)

Essence || 11 Must-See Black Art Exhibitions Opening This Spring; “Jennifer Mack-Watkins uses inspiration from the defunct 1920s periodical The Brownies’ Book: A Monthly Magazine for Children of the Sun to visually “persevere the act of play.” Edited by W.E.B. Du Bois, the publication sought to fill the gap of uplifting contemporary content and imagery Mack-Watkins responds to that legacy with delicate silkscreens and lithographs. (22 March 2021)

Bust || Jennifer Mack-Watkins's Newest Exhibit Is An Ode To The Beauty Of Black Youth; “With her talents as both an artist and a storyteller, Jennifer Mack-Watkins’s exhibit "Children of the Sun" provides a look into the world of being a Black child growing up during an era of struggle, fear, and uncertainty. This exhibit is meant to provide a space where Black children can be celebrated and uplifted.” (8 April 2021)

Elephant || Lost & Found: Kenny Rivero Redraws a Personal Landscape of New York; “Notable for his use of found materials and unpretentious presentation, Rivero’s works are a series of chopped narratives, pithy snapshots and collage-esque assemblages of New York City’s everyday underbelly, studies of life at the feet and in the basements of its skyscrapers. Influenced also by summers spent in his ancestral Dominican Republic, Rivero addresses the Caribbean diaspora, belonging, and masculinity in his work.” (29 March 2021)

Airmail || Kenny Rivero: Palm Oil, Rum, Honey, Yellow Flowers; “‘The works in this body of drawings,’ explains the American artist Kenny Rivero, ‘point directly to death, violence, fear, faith, spirituality, war, and magic.’ … Drawing for as long as he can remember, his work is autobiographical, and brings New York and Caribbean aesthetics together in eclectic combinations of form and color.” (7 April 2021)

Airmail || Jennifer Mack-Watkins: Children of the Sun; “‘Though public discourse on the Black Lives Matter movement and African-American identity has emerged in recent years, W. E. B. Du Bois began the conversation back in 1920, when he collaborated on The Brownies’ Book: A Monthly Magazine for Children of the Sun. The magazine collected stories, games, and art—positive images that celebrated Black culture—as a way to nurture children hindered by racist school systems. To celebrate the 100th anniversary of The Brownies’ Book, the visual artist Jennifer Mack-Watkins has drawn from the magazine’s imagery, and from other sources, to create a series of vibrant, positive prints. Her work celebrates beauty while it bends genres.” (29 April 2021)

British Vogue || Artist Rachel Portesi On Defying The Male Gaze With Her Sculptural Tintype “Hair Portraits;” “Each magically metallic, sepia-toned work features an elegantly poised model whose hair has been transformed into a kind of sculpture, seemingly defying gravity with invisible strings, some also enhanced and adorned with flowers and leafy branches gleaned from Portesi’s garden.” (26 October 2020)

Smithsonian Magazine || Artist Fashions Nike Air Jordan 5s From Trash; “Sculptor Andy Yoder’s latest exhibition is a nod to the Great Shoe Spill of 1990 and the advances in ocean science that came from it.” (28 October 2020)

Forbes || Brattleboro Museum & Art Center Rewards A Trip Off The Beaten Path To Vermont; “<Brattleboro> has a surprisingly vibrant arts scene anchored by the Brattleboro Museum & Art Center which offers visitors a head-to-toe exhibition experience this winter. Literally. “Hair Portraits” and “Overboard” combine to delight guests from the top of their heads to the souls of their feet.” (26 December 2020)

Sports Illustrated || How the 'Great Shoe Spill of 1990' Inspired a Modern Sneaker Art Installation; “Revisiting the spill 30 years later, artist Andy Yoder has crafted a mock showroom, repurposing everyday objects to make Air Jordan 5 sculptures. Dozens of sports posters were used to cover sneakers, some of which feature Lakers, Ohio State and Rams iconography. The others feature objects much of which he foraged from recycling and trash bins.” (2 November 2020)

Mashable || An artist made 240 Air Jordans entirely out of trash; “A Vermont museum just debuted a sneaker exhibit unlike any other.” (29 October 2020)

Surface || ITINERARY: Andy Yoder - Overboard; “To address the event’s environmentally horrid consequences, the Vermont-based artist Andy Yoder pokes fun at sneaker culture by adorning 240 Air Jordan 5 replicas in various brand identities.” (online 28 October 2020; Design Dispatch newsletter 29 October 2020)

Observer || An Artist Has Made Air Jordan 5s Out of Recycled Consumer Packaging; “The shoes the artist has created out of recycled materials are therefore both tongue-in-cheek and deadly serious; they’re as much engaging in consumer culture as they are rejecting it in search of something more meaningful.” (27 October 2020)

ARTnews || Morning Links; “Photographer Rachel Portesi is showing a new series titled “Hair Portraits” at the Brattleboro Museum & Art Center in Vermont” (26 October 2020)

The New York Times || Supreme Court, Election 2020, U.S. Virus Surge: Your Monday Evening Briefing (item no. 9); “Andy Yoder, a Washington, D.C., artist, has commemorated the Great Sneaker Spill with a display of 250 replicas of the shoes to highlight the continuing degradation of the marine environment. The exhibit is on view in Vermont and online.” (26 October 2020)

Juxtapoz || Rachel Portesi's Beautiful Wet Plate Collodion Hair Portraits; “Portesi’s “crowns” befit Demeter, goddess of growing plants and motherly relationships; and Artemis, goddess of the hunt, wild animals, and the moon.” (30 October 2020)

gal-dem || Seven places to see art now the government has forced us all to go cyber; “Since the dawn of man, hair has held cultural, racial and symbolic meaning. Artist Rachel Portesi has worked with models to create intricate hairstyles which she documents using an early photographic method known as tintype.” (10 November 2020)

Artribune (Italy) || 250 Nike di cartone. Una mostra nel Vermont; “The works highlight the continuous degradation of our marine environment. They are attractive, colorful sculptures, which nevertheless make you aware of the alarming volume of trash invading the planet.” (9 November 2020)

Artnet || In the Kitchen: Artist Delano Dunn Dishes Out His Family's Secret Gumbo Recipe, Which Inspired His Latest Work; “The famous New Orleans soup is the basis for new works on view at the artist's solo show at Vermont's Brattleboro Museum & Art Center." (15 July 2021)

CulturalDC

Alluding to the DIY-aesthetic chicken coops and vernacular architecture he grew up seeing across 1980s-Trinidad, Nyugen E. Smith’s latest nonprofit exhibition, Bundlehouse: Ancient Future Memory, features a new series of found-object works that amalgamate discarded items Smith collected from the street in Congo-Kinshasa with items he has accumulated over the years in the U.S. and Caribbean. The work thematically explores the notion of attempting to rebuild after trauma, whether in a fundamental sense of historical displacement (the transatlantic slave trade) or in contemporary contexts like climate change, natural and manmade disasters, famine, war, pandemics, and genocide. (12 January - 28 March 2023) — Click here to view press kit landing page (including press release and high-res images)

The Art Newspaper || Sculptor Nyugen E. Smith’s new show in Washington DC turns discarded objects into art; “The Caribbean-American artist tells us about his new exhibition and how his work was inspired by makeshift houses in a Ugandan refugee camp.” (13 January 2023)

Air Mail || Arts Intel Report: Nyugen E. Smith: Bundlehouse: Ancient Future Memory; “The Luba people—or the Baluba—come from the south-central region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and have been there since 400 C.E. Over centuries, they specialized in certain crafts: metalwork for necklaces, bracelets, and hooks, and woodwork for ceremonial axes, stools, and memory boards. The American artist Nyugen Smith incorporates Luba relics into his large assemblages. … The African diaspora is an omnipresent theme in his work, along with the subjects of migration and rehousing.” (March 2023; PDF here)

Thrillist || Everything Fun You Can Do in DC This Weekend; “Take in a thought-provoking exhibit by a renowned artist: CulturalDC's Mobile Art Gallery will showcase the work of Caribbean-American artist Nyugen E. Smith. The new exhibition, Bundlehouse: Ancient Future Memory, features a new series of works that highlight discarded items Smith collected from the street in Congo, the US, and the Caribbean. The show explores the notion of attempting to rebuild after trauma, with topics like climate change, natural and manmade disasters, famine, war, pandemics, and genocide all explored.” (12 January 2023)

Washington City Paper || New Jersey Artist Nyugen E. Smith Considers Climate Change in the Caribbean for CulturalDC; “In Bundlehouse: Ancient Future Memory, presented in a 40-foot shipping container inside CulturalDC’s Mobile Art Gallery, Smith builds narratives about the forced migrations of people throughout the world.” (17 February 2023; Tweeted here)

DCist || 15 Virtual And IRL Things To Do Around D.C. This Martin Luther King Jr. Weekend; “Jamaican songwriter Protoje draws inspiration from reggae artists of the past to create hip-hop inspired music for the future. That’s why multimedia artist Nyugen Smith has titled his latest work Bundlehouse: Ancient Future Memory. Like Protoje, Smith is looking at the African diaspora’s past to craft a representation of its future.” (12 January 2023)

NBC Washington || The Weekend Scene: Lunar New Year Parade, Auto Show and 15+ More Things to Do Around DC; “FREE PICK: Bundlehouse: Ancient Future Memory. Caribbean-American artist Nyugen E. Smith’s work will be on display following an opening reception on Thursday.” (19 January 2023)

1980s-to-present transgressive art icon Andres Serrano debuts his first-ever film, Insurrection, a 75-minute feature. “I don’t want to brag, but I think this is one of the most violent and controversial films ever made,” said Serrano. Set to the instrumental interludes and title card framework of The Birth of a Nation (1915), Insurrection principally touches on the American wartime cultural ethos and the jarring ubiquity of Americans’ persistent marriage of Christianity and war. The overarching narrative is 150 years of lead-up to the January 6 Capitol riots. The timeline slows down as January 6 itself comes into focus, with footage culled from hundreds of first-person videos uploaded to sites like Parler. (Debuts January 2022) — Click here to view press kit landing page (including press release and high-res images)

New York Magazine || Medieval in Manhattan Artist Andres Serrano's ecclesiastical Greenwich Village home is not a museum; "The place might have the feel of a castle, but it’s where he lives with his wife and works when he is in town. ... Recently, Serrano worked on his first-ever film, Insurrection, a found-footage epic based on the events of January 6 and made in collaboration with the London arts organization a/political and the arts nonprofit CulturalDC, here. ... [The] impetus to make sure we confront uncomfortable truths remains central to Serrano’s work. Insurrection is not an easy film to watch, and that’s the idea." (online 14 February 2022; print inclusion in 2022 Issue 4, 14-27 February)

Vanity Fair || The Artist, the Madonna, and the Last Known Portrait of Jeffrey Epstein; "In the late 1980s, Serrano became something of a culture-war star after creating his best-known work, a photograph called “Piss Christ.” … His most recent project is his first film, titled Insurrection. Serrano worked with the London art production organization a/political to stitch together historical footage and scenes from the January 6 riot into a kaleidoscopic account of the day. Serrano debuted the film in Washington, D.C., at the arts organization CulturalDC’s theater.” (3 February 2022)

Die Welt || Serrano: "Donald Trump would love 'Insurrection'"; “January 6, 2022 marked the first anniversary of the attack on the Capitol. A year earlier, demonstrators, angry citizens, thugs, but also "normal Americans" had stormed the Congress building in Washington, DC. To mark this anniversary, the American artist Andres Serrano has released the film "Insurrection".” (14 January 2022)

The Guardian || Andres Serrano on his Capitol attack film: 'I like that word, excruciating'; "Insurrection comprises news clips and smartphone footage culled from around the internet, alongside archival imagery dating back to the riots of the Great Depression. The score is a mix of American ballads that range from Bob Dylan’s You Ain’t Goin’ Nowhere to a children's rendition of the historic civil war song, Battle Hymn of the Republic. As rioters march toward the Capitol steps, the incessant repetition of “glory, glory hallelujah” emphasizes the role that Christianity, a recurring theme in Serrano’s practice, plays in validating violence in American mythology.” (8 January 2022)

The Washington Post || A haunting, Hollywood-style vision of Jan. 6 as a product of the Trump propaganda machine; "Artist Andres Serrano takes the fear of Jan. 6 denialism to an even scarier place. In a new film, “Insurrection,” he shows us what may come next, when the events of a year ago are processed not as facts, but as propaganda, using cinema pioneer D.W. Griffith’s infamous 1915 racist screed “The Birth of a Nation” as a framing device [for contemporary history].” (print 8 January 2022; online 7 January 2022)

The Art Newspaper || Artist Andres Serrano debuts film placing Capitol attack footage in context of US's violent history; “A calendar year ago, the US Capitol building in Washington, DC, the seat of American democracy, suffered the worst assault since 1814, when the British burned it to the ground. The chaos and lethal violence of that day is captured, in viscerally immersive terms, in a new film by the American photographic artist Andres Serrano in his debut film Insurrection, which is premiering via a series of free-to-the-public screenings starting today at CulturalDC’s Source Theatre in Washington.” (7 January 2022)

Artnet News || Andres Serrano's Shocking New Film Delves Into the Chaos of the U.S. Capitol Riot. He Thinks Trump Will Love It; "It’s entirely fitting that Andres Serrano, a boundary-pushing artist who always (sometimes eerily so) has his finger on the pulse of culture and current events, is set to release a film—his first ever—that delves into the riot at the U.S. Capitol that unfolded exactly a year ago today. … Following the riots, Serrano spent months going through photos and footage of the uprising, including material uploaded to conservative networking website Parler. Support from the Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit CulturalDC (known for financing artworks such as Jennifer Rubell’s Ivanka Vacuuming in 2019) and the London-based organization a/political (which has worked with Serrano before) helped push him past the finish line when he felt overwhelmed by the sheer volume of material.” (6 January 2022; also featured newsletter item 6 January 2022)

ARTnews || Andres Serrano's Film About the Capitol Insurrection Tends Toward 'Comedy and Tragedy'; "Artist Andres Serrano, best known for his provocative photographs, has long had an interest in Donald Trump. Now, Serrano is debuting his latest Trump-related work, a new film called Insurrection (2022). Like “The Game,” this new piece continues Serrano’s explorations of Trump’s branding machine and the displays of devotion from his fans and supporters. In an interview with ARTnews ahead of the film’s debut at Washington D.C.’s arts nonprofit CulturalDC on Thursday, Serrano described the film as a 'comedy and tragedy.'” (6 January 2022; newsletter header item 6 January 2022)

Washingtonian || A Roundup of January 6 Anniversary Commemorations in DC; "Transgressive artist Andres Serrano will debut his first-ever film, Insurrection at CulturalDC’s Source Theatre on 14th Street this week. The film chronicles the events that led up to the attack using “historical footage of the past 150 years; news segments from the past five years; and dozens of first-person recordings posted to online forums like Parler.” (4 January 2022; newsletter header item 6 January 2022)

DCist || 10 Virtual And IRL Things To Do Around D.C. This Weekend; “Insurrection by Andres Serrano (6:15 p.m. doors, 7 p.m. show; CulturalDC’s Source Theatre).” (6 January 2022)

For his first nonprofit solo show, Umar Rashid (Frohawk Two Feathers) is pleased to present an exhibition of new work developed during a transformational residency in DC this summer. Imbued with Afro-Futuristic folklore and anachronistic pop culture references such as Hennessy and basketball, Rashid's new installment of his fictional, Colonial Era universe depicts a fête of global dignitaries whose arrival feast is interrupted by an uprising. The exhibition culminates Rashid’s term as the inaugural artist of CulturalDC’s Capital Artist Residency, a new annual program dedicated to elevating impactful discourse from artists of color. (24 September – 21 November 2021) — Click here to view press kit landing page (including press release and high-res images)

Forbes || Umar Rashid Brings Expansive Story To Tiny Space In Washington, D.C.; “Umar Rashid's fictional Colonial Era universe, 18 years in the making, reveals its latest chapter in Washington D.C. ... in one of the District's smallest art spaces. Culinarialism is staged within CulturalDC's Mobile Art Gallery, a shipping container that's been converted to have a fully white-box interior and gallery lighting for an effect reminiscent of many small New York Lower East Side galleries. The roving program is an accessibility initiative that brings art to locales outside of concentrated cultural districts.” (22 October 2021)

Washingtonian || Art All Night DC, the AFI Latin American Film Festival, and the #FreeBritney March: Things to Do in DC, September 23-26; “Sandlot Southeast at the Capitol Riverfront is now home to a 17-piece collection of paintings and ink-on-paper works from Umar Rashid, artist-in-residence at nonprofit CulturalDC. The collection depicts a dinner party that's interrupted by an uprising of enslaved people, and focuses on the class dynamics of food while bringing attention to DC's history as an epicenter of inhumane international trade practices.” (23 September 2021)

Art & Object || CulturalDC Presents Umar Rashid: Culinarialism; “Presented in a solo exhibition on view September 24 - November 21, the focus of Rashid's residency has been producing the latest installment of his massive fictional universe 18 years in the making: "an alternative, feudal version of America that has nobility and titles." Within this world, Rashid whimsically imagines the cultural intricacies of Colonial Era class dynamics through cross-generational iconography, maps, cosmological diagrams, Afrofuturistic sensibilities, and pop culture references from his upbringing, such as the Golden Age of hip hop.” (23 September 2021)

Lucien Smith

At the Parrish Art Museum in Water Mill, the Montauk-based painter Lucien Smith (b. 1989) exhibits the ten final works of his iconic Rain Paintings series. (Lucien Smith: Southampton Suite, 7 August 2020 - 31 January 2021) — Click here to view press kit landing page and press release

i-D || Lucien Smith is Still Disrupting the Art World; “The Zombie Formalism ‘apocalypse’, as Artnet called it, has long since passed, and still Lucien’s work remains a feature of solo and group shows globally. A small number of artworks from his breakout Rain Paintings series … are now the subject of a new solo exhibition — Southampton Suite — his first in a museum. Like all good artworks, they remain as divisive now as when they were when first presented.” (13 August 2020)

Interview Magazine || Lucien Smith Wants to Be the Jeff Bezos of Nonprofit Directors; “The artist’s first institutional solo exhibition centers on the Rain Paintings, Smith’s best-known series, for which he used a fire extinguisher to spray pigment across each of the canvases. Interview called up Smith at home to talk about the show, life in Montauk, and the artist’s lofty ambitions for his growing nonprofit.” (26 August 2020)

Artnet News || Fed Up With Speculators, Artist Lucien Smith Quit His Galleries. Now He’s Been Rewarded With His First Solo Museum Show; “Lucien Smith, subject to rampant market speculation, quit his galleries in 2015. Now, he's having a solo show at the Parrish Museum.” (18 August 2020)

WWD || Lucien Smith Paves an Uncharted Path; “The Montauk-based artist has mounted 10 final works from his Rain Paintings series at the Parrish Art Museum, his first institutional show. … Despite his early success, Smith isn’t wedded to genre or stylistic language, or even to his own accomplishments.” (12 August 2020)

Surface || Lucien Smith: Southampton Suite; “Lucien Smith began his Rain Paintings series when he discovered that filling fire extinguishers with acrylic paint enabled him to make quick, improvisational gestures whose light, ethereal end result expressed something he wasn’t able to previously obtain with traditional mark-making methods.” (10 August 2020)

Office Magazine || Lucien Smith: A Constant Return, “To many, going from a hungry art student to international recognition in the elite circles of art curation is a dream, but for Lucien proved to be an unexpected challenge in a lifetime dedication to art. In art school, they teach you how to find ways to make money; no class explains how to handle the stresses of becoming one of the youngest artists in the Whitney biennial.” (19 September 2020)

The Armory Show

The 2020 edition of The Armory Show, New York’s essential art fair, took place from March 5 - 8 with 183 exhibitors from 32 countries. — Click here to view the End of Fair press release

NY1 || Live news segments on NY1 onsite at The Armory Show, featuring interviews with Sean Kelly and Nicole Berry. (6 March 2020)

The New York Times || Welcome to the Armory Fair. It’s Huge. It’s Hectic. Would You Like an Audio Guide? “How far will art fairs go to make themselves educational affairs on par with museum exhibitions? …. The fair is offering, for the first time, a museum-style audio guide that connects through your cellphone … a patchy but promising first effort. So if you’re looking for a new way to experience an art fair, charge up your phone battery, put in your earbuds, and head to the Piers.” (6 March 2020)

Vogue || All About the Armory: The Art Fair Opened With a Cocktail Party and Closed With an Orville Peck Performance; “The night before the Armory Show’s VIP opening, the Top of the Standard buzzed with anticipation. Silhouetted by a staggering skyline, the eclectic crowd mingled and mused on the upcoming exhibition. ‘I feel like we could start tonight,’ said Nicole Berry, the Armory’s executive director. ‘Everyone’s here!’” (5 March 2020)

Guest of a Guest || Inside The Armory Show’s Glam Kickoff Bash; “Collectors, curators, and creative luminaries gathered Tuesday night for The Armory Show’s annual VIP reception at the Boom Boom Room. The Armory Show’s Executive Director Nicole Berry charmed in a floral patterned full circle dress, warmly inspiring the crowd through remarks that touched on The Armory Show’s storied history and sowed inspiration for its future.” (4 March 2020)

Car and Driver || Wreath, Crest, and Gavel; “The Caddy Court is an important piece by famed California experimental assemblage artists Edward and Nancy Kienholz, and it will be making its first public appearance in 25 years at The Armory Show.” (4 March 2020)

Observer || An Animal Psychic Will Communicate With Fairgoers’ Pets at the Armory Show; “<Adrian Wong’s> project will be part of <The Armory Show’s> Focus section, organized by Jamillah James, a curator at the Institute of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles. Presented during the 26th edition of New York’s quintessential art fair, Wong’s installation will center around his collaboration with telepathic animal communicator Lynn Schuster, who will sit down for half-hour readings with fairgoers to communicate with their pets, based on their photos.” (28 February 2020)

For Freedoms

For Freedoms, the nonpartisan collective for creative civic engagement cofounded by artists Hank Willis Thomas and Eric Gottesman, presented the inaugural For Freedoms Congress in Los Angeles, with cultural partners including MOCA, the Hammer Museum, the Japanese American National Museum, and the Sundance Institute (February 28 - March 1, 2020) — Click here to view press kit landing page and press release

LA Weekly || L.A.’s Arts Community Drives Angelenos to the Polls with For Freedoms Congress; “Ahead of the 2020 election, <For Freedoms> is launching its first ever For Freedoms Congress (FFCon), a series of discussions and community events bringing together activists, artists and everyday citizens to not only talk about the issues affecting them, but to actually strategize collective action.” (27 February 2020)

LAist || Amazing Events Happening in Southern California This Weekend; “A nonpartisan civic engagement event brings together artists, academics, cultural institutions and social justice organizations before the 2020 presidential election. Expected attendees include Duckwrth, Hank Willis Thomas, Klaus Biesenbach, Glenn Kaino, Dread Scott, Gina Belafonte, Narcissister, and Black Lives Matter co-founder Patrisse Cullors. FFCon includes a free Duckwrth concert on Sunday.” (27 February 2020)

The Art Newspaper || US artists and museums join forces to fire up voters; “For Freedoms has partnered with the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), the Japanese American National Museum and the Hammer Museum, and enlisted artists including Glenn Kaino, Rafa Esparza and Cassils, among others, to lead events. ‘Hank is ambitious,’ says Amanda Hunt, MoCA’s director of education and senior curator of programs. ‘We’re getting ready for an epic battle—the stakes are really high. It’s about power in numbers, and bringing together all kinds of thinkers across disciplines.’” (February 2020 print issue; online 11 February 2020)

The Los Angeles Times || Why artist Hank Willis Thomas smashed up ‘The Dukes of Hazzard’s’ General Lee; “On Feb. 28, For Freedoms (which now operates as a nonprofit artist collective), in conjunction with the Sundance Institute, the Hammer Museum and Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles will present a three-day gathering in Los Angeles to further these goals. ‘It’s a congress of the doers,’ Thomas says energetically. ‘It’s gonna be action-packed — affirmative action-packed.’” (29 January 2020)

Dazed || Artist-activist movement For Freedoms wants to wake us all up; “Inspired by political conventions and artistic communities coming together in the past like Black Mountain, Vision and Justice, and the Black Artist Retreat, FFCon provided a creative framework for museum curators, administrators, educators, established and emerging artists, civic organizers, and activists working on the front lines in their respective communities to connect and engage at a time when unity is needed more than ever before.” (17 March 2020)

Brown Political Review || For Freedoms Congress—BPR Interviews: Patrisse Cullors; “The three-day event is a first-of-its-kind convening of artists, academic and cultural institutions, and social justice organizations. Its objective—through a tightly curated series of artist-led planning sessions, creative workshops, and public events—is to build a collective strategy to supercharge civic engagement back in attendees’ local communities leading up to the 2020 presidential election.” (19 February 2020)

Artnet News || Opinion: In One Month, For Freedoms Will Stage the Largest Congress of Creatives in America’s History. Will You Join Us? “We believe in the power of community and in the endless possibilities of working together to create the future we want to see. At this moment of collective national anxiety, we hope the sight of creative and empathetic people coming together will be a balm for the soul.” (5 February 2020)

Contemporary Arts Center

At the Zaha Hadid-designed Contemporary Arts Center in Cincinnati, a solo exhibitor fills 3,300 cubic feet of ‘unintended’ exhibition space with site-specific sculptures (Lauren Henkin: Props, 22 Nov. 2019 - March 2020) — Click here to view press kit landing page and press release

The Architect’s Newspaper || AN rounds up the best exhibitions to see before the end of the year; “The physical access given to the artist provides her with the room to interrogate the architectural and stylistic elements of the starchitect-designed museum.” Dec. 20, 2019

Architectural Digest || Artist Lauren Henkin’s New Show Is an Ode to Zaha Hadid’s First U.S. Building; “Henkin, a gifted photographer and sculptor with a background in architecture, has constructed eight interventions into the building’s interior, creating works for spaces that were not intended for art exhibition, and building a compelling dialogue between artist and architecture.” Dec. 16, 2019

The Architect’s Newspaper || Props breathes new life into Zaha Hadid's Contemporary Arts Center; “Lacking any formalized infrastructure for art viewing (lights, art labels, etc.), the work feels at home amid and within the architecture of the building. The pieces dissolve into walls, hug corners, and playfully grow out from the floor. In this regard, the Props do not come off as menacing or insulting in any way. Instead, they feel like discreet, optimistically friendly characters, producing compelling moments of their own that stop us in our tracks.” Nov. 22, 2019

Wallpaper* || Meet the artist disrupting Zaha Hadid’s Contemporary Arts Center in Cincinnati; “What is art?’ seems to be a never-ending debate. This time, though, it’s not the critics looking down their noses, but in fact, an artist forging the dialogue.” Nov. 29, 2019

Metropolis || An Artist Re-thinks Museum Architecture’s Impact; “Henkin’s interventions both beautify and critique the building’s various architectural forms.” Nov. 25, 2019

Designboom || Lauren Henkin creates eight ‘props’ to spark dialogue with Zaha Hadid design elements; “using a distinct set of mundane industrial building supplies such as PVC pipes, wires and even some excess supplies from the building’s utility closets, the artist intentionally designed the artworks with raw aesthetics to spark a dialogue with the seamless architecture of the museum.” Dec. 22, 2019

The Architect’s Newspaper || An architectural exhibition will dialogue with Zaha Hadid's first U.S. building; “Along with the unconventional use of space, Henkin makes it clear that she does not consider the sculptures to be the main attraction. Rather than to evoke beauty, the sculptures are meant to serve as catalysts to get viewers thinking about Hadid’s built environment and one’s place within it.” Nov. 21, 2019

Dezeen || Props exhibit fills stairwells and bathrooms of Zaha Hadid’s Contemporary Arts Center in Cincinnati; “Sculptures are placed in locations both bold and unassuming, like dangling above the vertical plane of Hadid's "Urban Carpet" in the lobby, or placed in vestibules, on benches, and even in bathroom corners.” Nov. 9, 2019

Playboy

Marilyn Minter and Jerry Saltz host an intimate dinner party during Miami Art Week 2019

Vogue || Inside All the Best Parties at Art Basel Miami; “Tove Lo, Shantell Martin, and Marilyn Minter Toast to Playboy at the SoHo Beach House: Beneath a chandelier of tiered light bulbs at the Soho Beach House’s library, Marilyn Minter smiled, the center of a glittering pack. She and the Pulitzer Prize-winning art critic Jerry Saltz held court. In all, there were about two dozen present … Everyone sat on the floor kumbaya-style around the artistic seers. They began to paint a picture in words, a context of where we’re at in culture.” Dec. 6, 2019

Guest of a Guest || Playboy Hosted One of the Most Exclusive Dinners of Art Basel Miami 2019; “One of the hottest tickets during Art Basel Miami Beach wasn't that of a gallery or luxury champagne company. It was Playboy's Thursday night dinner at Soho Beach House, featuring an intimate crowd of just 28 guests, hosted by living-legend feminist artist Marilyn Minter and Pulitzer Prize-winning art critic Jerry Saltz.” Dec. 11, 2019

Architectural Digest || Moments People Are Talking About From Miami Art and Design Week; “Calling upon its noted history of publishing works by the likes of Andy Warhol, Salvador Dalí, and Picasso, Playboy is making known its commitment to art once again. To celebrate, it threw a small dinner party hosted by Marilyn Minter and Jerry Saltz, and attended by artists Shantell Martin and Shepard Fairey, gallerist Jack Shainman, Grammy-nominated Tove Lo, and other art world insiders.” Dec. 10, 2019

WWD || Art Basel Miami Beach 2019: Marilyn Minter and Jerry Saltz Host a Dinner and Convo With Playboy; “<Jerry Saltz> and Marilyn Minter had congregated with an intimate art crowd — gallerist Jack Shainman, artists Shepard Fairey and Shantell Martin, Tali Lennox, collector Carole Server — at the hotel for a conversation and dinner in collaboration with Playboy during Art Basel.” Dec. 6, 2019

Artnet News || Critic Jerry Saltz and Marilyn Minter Warn of ‘Creeping Puritanism’ in an ‘Unforgiving Art World’; “Playboy might seem an unlikely presence at Art Basel in Miami Beach, but the magazine has a long history of showcasing artists, including Andy Warhol, Keith Haring, and Salvador Dali. And it’s renewing its commitment to contemporary art with a series of art-focused features, including a recent spread of Minter’s paintings and an interview between Saltz and street-art phenom JR in the upcoming issue. Minter, an avowed feminist, feels a kinship with Playboy dating back to her youth.” Dec. 9, 2019

Equal Means Equal

Jerry Hall, Paris Hilton, Lizzy Jagger, Georgia May Jagger, Theodora Richards, Swoon, Mashonda Tifrere, Natalie White, and more launch the #EqualMeansEqual Campaign for Equal Rights in support of the passage of the Equal Rights Amendment; art donors include Tracey Emin, Will Cotton, Marc Quinn, and Hank Willis Thomas (May 2019 - onward) — Click here to view press kit landing page and press release

Harper’s Bazaar || Jerry Hall and Her Family Are United in the Fight for Equal Rights; “The Jagger daughters and their mother are determined to use their influence in any way they can, joining fellow boldfaced names Patricia Arquette, Alyssa Milano, Reese Witherspoon, Gillian Anderson, and Paris Hilton to highlight the issue.” Nov. 2019 print issue; online Oct. 17, 2019

Whitewall || Equal Means Equal: Kamala Lopez’s Decade-Long Method Strengthens with Art; “Whitewall spoke with Lopez about how her background in film led her to fighting for women’s equality, how art is present at Equal Means Equal, and what female artists she’s inspired by today.” Oct. 9, 2019

WWD || Girl Power Fuels Equal Means Equal Campaign; “If at first you don’t succeed, try, try, again. And recruit a few of your influential friends to help out.” May 22, 2019

The New York Times || Rupert Murdoch Is a ‘Big Feminist,’ Says His Wife, Jerry Hall; "The “Equal Means Equal” campaign kickoff drew a glittery crowd to the Times Square Edition hotel, which provided burger sliders along with an open bar and a performance by Lisa Fischer, a backup singer for the Rolling Stones. Here was Lizzy Jagger (the daughter of Ms. Hall and Mick Jagger, who has been a lobbyist for the cause since 2016) conferring with her sister, Georgia May Jagger, and their Stones “cousin,” Theodora Richards. There was Fran Lebowitz, sandwiched among Peter Brant Jr., Amy Sacco and Anne Dexter-Jones.” May 22, 2019 (online); May 23, 2019 (print)

The New York Times || Paris Hilton, Jerry Hall, Gayle King and Ava DuVernay Party for Social Justice; “Paris Hilton was a host of a party for the “Equal Means Equal” campaign on May 21 at the Times Square Edition hotel. The campaign seeks to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment.” May 23, 2019

Playboy || The Equal Rights Amendment Is One State Away, and Lizzy Jagger Wants You to Help Push It Over the Top; “Notoriously, the <Equal Rights Amendment> has not been ratified despite having been passed by Congress in 1972. … Its 24 words are so simple and fundamental, you, like Paris <Hilton>, might not believe they’re not already law: Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of sex.” June 10, 2019

ARTnews || ‘If I Am Not Offending People, There Is Something Wrong’: Artist Natalie White on Using Her Art to Fight for the Equal Rights Amendment; "In an era when women’s bodies remain battlegrounds and women’s lives are increasingly in danger from discriminatory legislation, few people are aware of the ERA, its history, its promise, and its urgent necessity." May 30, 2019

The Daily Mail || Paris Hilton wows in showstopper silver mini dress as she joins sister Nicky in a designer cape at equal rights campaign launch in New York; “Equal Means Equal is a groundbreaking exploration of gender inequality in the USA.” May 22, 2019

W Magazine || Paris Hilton Partied For the Sake of the Equal Rights Amendment; “… A decade later, Hilton is still very much on the scene, but now—as was the case this week—its for a good cause. On Tuesday, Hilton, along with her sister Nicky and fellow scions Georgia May and Lizzy Jagger, attended the launch of the Equal Means Equal campaign in support of the Equal Rights Amendment.” May 25, 2019

ArtLeadHer + Donna Karan

King Woman: Female artist advocacy organization ArtLeadHer collaborates with fashion icon and philanthropist Donna Karan for an art exhibition and month of cultural programming (March 8 - April 7, 2019) — Click here to view press kit landing page and press release

The Wall Street Journal || Donna Karan Has a Lot to Talk About; "Ms. Karan partnered with ArtLeadHer, a women-in-the-arts advocacy nonprofit, on the exhibition, “King Woman,” which opened on March 8 and closes on April 7. Forty percent of the exhibition’s proceeds will go toward a new foundation providing resources for girls from grades 8 through 12. There will also be a month-long series of events, including discussions on topical issues." March 8, 2019 (online), March 9, 2019 (print)

Cultured || Donna Karan & Mashonda Tifrere on ‘King Woman,’ an Exhibition Empowering Women to be Kings; Interview: "Last week, Tifrere and Karan opened King Woman, their collaboratively curated show at Urban Zen, 705 Greenwich Street. Cultured sat down with the two powerhouses to discuss the show, women in art, and what empowerment looks like." March 20, 2019

Whitewall || Donna Karan and Mashonda Tifrere’s Empowering “King Woman” Show; Interview: "… the collaborative presentation between Karan and nonprofit ArtLedHER’s Mashonda Tifrere was an empowering expression of feminist art." April 16, 2019

WWD || Donna Karan, Mashonda Tifrere’s Art Lead Her Team for ‘King Woman’ Exhibit at Urban Zen; "Tifrere and Karan said they feel a shift happening in the art world — women are bolstering other women’s artwork and careers in the industry so they can be seen and heard." March 15, 2019 (online), March 18, 2019 (print)

WWD || How Fashion and Beauty Brands Are Celebrating International Women’s Day 2019; "<Donna Karan> is collaborating with ArtLeadHer, a women-in-the-arts nonprofit organization, to host an all-female art exhibit on Friday at the former art studio of Karan’s late husband, Stephan Weiss. Curated by ArtLeadHer founder, Mashonda Tifrere, the exhibit will showcase 15 emerging artists and their work that explores identity and femininity." March 6, 2019

Artnet News || Editors’ Picks: 19 Things Not to Miss in New York’s Art World, Armory Week Edition; "Mashonda Tifrere has curated a new iteration of her feminist art show “King Woman” … Fashion designer Donna Karan is hosting the exhibition, which features work by emerging and mid-career artists including Swoon, Bisa Butler, and Delphine Diallo. The show’s title looks to defy expected gender roles, where women are praised as “goddess” or “queen,” but never allowed to aspire to kingliness." March 4, 2019

Truth About Me: Mashonda Tifrere curates an all-female/non-binary art show in Donna Karan’s 5,000-square-foot West Village Urban Zen loft (March 16 - April 17, 2019) — Click here to view press kit landing page and press release

Forbes || Introducing Mashonda Tifrere, The Renaissance Woman; “Nowadays, Tifrere finds her strength by empowering others and plans to continue using the impressive platforms she has created to even out the imbalance between men and women in the global music and art industries. This month, she collaborated with fashion icon and philanthropist Donna Karan to curate Truth About Me, an art exhibition of emerging and mid-career artists who explore themes of personal identity and the human condition.” (16 April 2021)

Whitewall || Mashonda Tifrere on Artists Searching for their Truest Selves; “Organized by the founder of the artist advocacy organization ArtLeadHer, the show at Donna Karan's exhibition space reveals a selection of work from 19 emerging and established artists who all explore themes of personal identity and human connection.” (16 April 2021)

Essence || 11 Must-See Black Art Exhibitions Opening This Spring; “This Spring, institutions across the country are offering exhibitions from Black artists and curators that speak to the diverse environments and traditions that contribute to the fabric of Black culture. The imagery connected to jubilee, mourning, love, creativity, and truth are all up for exploration as traditional aesthetics are reclaimed and standards are challenged. ... Curated by Mashonda Tifrere, ‘Truth About Me’ ... intends to provide “a vibrant homage to the curiosity, mystique, trauma and humility of humankind.”" (22 March 2021)

Artnet || Editors’ Picks: 11 Events for Your Art Calendar This Week; “Curated by ArtLeadHer founder Mashonda Tifrere, the show includes work by Amani Lewis, Shantell Martin, Monica Ikegwu, and Lauren Pearce, among other artists.” (First item, 15 March 2021)

W Magazine || Inside Donna Karan’s New Art Exhibition, a Celebration of Identity; “<Donna Karan’s> cavernous, 5,000-square-foot Urban Zen ... flooded with life this week. The airy space easily (and safely) accommodated the two dozen or so who attended the private opening of “Truth About Me,” a new exhibition curated by Mashonda Tifrere on view through April 17. With Karan on board, Tifrere set about selecting 19 female or nonbinary artists who explore identity and the human condition.” (18 March 2021)

Gotham Magazine || Mashonda Tifrere and Donna Karan Present Monthlong Art Exhibition; “During the past year of separation and uncertainty, art has acted as a mnemonic for power, unity and celebration. Creative expression has been a fundamental facet of community-building and collaboration, a notion that Mashonda Tifrere and Donna Karan are well aware of.” (19 March 2021)

Steinunn Thorarinsdottir

ARMORS, a public art installation on the Cloisters Lawn (May 9 - September 13, 2018) — Click here to view press kit landing page and press release

The New York Times || Outdoor Art Installations to Get Excited About; "The pairs might seem at first like combatants ready to do battle, as the medieval exterior of the Cloisters looms in the background. But looking closer reveals that the nude androgynous figures are posed in the same stance as the armor. You see the outside and the inside at once, a transformation that manages to illuminate the human fragility and vulnerability in gleaming metal." May 25, 2018

The New York Times || New York Today (for May 9, 2018); "Coming up today: 'Armors,' Steinunn Thorarinsdottir’s exhibition featuring replicas of suits of armor from the Met, opens with a reception at Fort Tryon Park in Washington Heights. 5 p.m." May 9, 2018

Observer || Knight in Shining Armor Trope Gets a Public Reckoning at NYC’s Cloisters; "... this summer, artist Steinunn Thorarinsdottir is challenging these long-held, gender-coded assumptions through her site-specific public installation at Manhattan’s Fort Tryon Park, where she has installed three androgynous metal figures in dialogue with suits of armor cast from custom 3-D scans of real suits in the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s collection." May 22, 2018

Time Out New York || Life-size knight sculptures are taking over the Cloisters Lawn; "ARMORS is a new outdoor art installation coming to the Cloisters Lawn this May, and three of its figures replicate the 16th century armor found at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The statues were created by Icelandic sculptor Steinunn Thorarinsdottir, who’s known for the figures of androgynous folks she’s placed at iconic landmarks across the globe, including in Reykjavík outside Hallgrímskirkja church and Hammarskjöld Plaza near Second Avenue in NYC back in 2011. " April 27, 2018

The Art Newspaper || Three to See; "While the exhibition Heavenly Bodies takes up space inside the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Upper Manhattan outpost for medieval art, a group of earthly bodies has landed at the Cloisters Lawn in Fort Tryon Park, in the Icelandic artist Steinunn Thorarinsdottir’s public work, ARMORS. The project places Thorarinsdottir’s typical nude, androgynous life-sized figures, based off the body of her son, face-to-face with replicas of 16th-century European suits of armour selected from the Met’s collection. " May 10, 2018

The Art Newspaper || Ten public art works to see for free around New York this summer; "They have been 3D scanned by the museum’s imaging department and cast in the same aluminium as the human figures. Unlike in a museum setting behind glass, where the armour’s original purpose is somewhat lost, the artist says, these “are actual firm, cast sculptures that people can approach, touch and feel the tension between the armour and the naked vulnerable human being opposite.” July 2, 2018

Artnet News || The Met 3-D Scanned Three Suits of Armor for an Icelandic Artist’s Public Art Show at the Cloisters; "Visitors to New York’s Cloisters just might meet their knight in shining armor this summer. A new public art installation from Icelandic artist Steinunn Thorarinsdottir is bringing life-size copies of real suits of armor from the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Medieval collection to the Cloisters Lawn in Fort Tryon Park." May 17, 2018

NY1 || Fort Tryon Park armor exhibit gets suited up (two live, onsite news segments and a produced segment that ran hourly); "A new art installation has brought suits of armor into a Manhattan park. Fort Tryon Park's "Armors" by Iceland-based artist Steinunn Thorarinsdottir features three human-like figures that appear to be speaking with the suits of armor." May 21, 2018

MASS MoCA

MASS MoCA unveils the world's largest watercolor painting (May 28, 2017) — Click here to view press kit landing page and press release

Smithsonian || The Story Behind the World’s Largest Watercolor Painting; "Watercolors are among the least forgiving mediums for artists to work with ... still, when <MASS MoCA> approached celebrated contemporary painter Barbara Prey about creating what would become the largest known watercolor painting in the world to celebrate the opening of Building 6, its newest wing located in North Adams, Massachusetts, she was up for the challenge." June 22, 2017

Artnet News || Mass MoCA Just Became One of America’s Largest Museums; "The architects also opened up double height spaces to accommodate the light-based works of James Turrell. Also on view will be Barbara Prey’s massive 8 ft. x 15 ft. specially commissioned watercolor depicting the space in its original pre-renovations state, thought to be the largest watercolor in the world, and described by <museum director Joseph> Thompson as a “technical tour de force.” May 19, 2017

VICE || The World's Largest Watercolor Goes on Display at MASS MoCA; "An unusual (but quite interesting) commission to say the least, the painting is something of a cultural preservation of an older America. ... Prey's painting, the result of a two-year endeavor beginning in 2015, is also notable for a variety of reasons beyond offering a historical slice of an iconic building. For starters, Building 6 Portrait: Interior is quite literally the largest-known watercolor painting ever created in terms of total square footage. Its sheer size is more than just visual grandeur; it's also an incredibly technically challenging feat to accomplish, considering how watercolor dries much quicker than other forms of painting, and how mistakes are near-impossible to cover up in this particular medium." May 30, 2017

Hyperallergic || Required Reading; "This week, the world’s largest watercolor painting, the bedcover Rauschenberg stole, the language of autocrats, Crapumenta, Apple’s new HQ, and more.” May 21, 2017

Artnet News || There’s Only One Visual Artist on the NEA’s Board. Here’s What She Thinks of the Imperiled Organization’s Future.; "Working primarily in the unforgiving medium of watercolor, Prey built a career by selling her delicately composed works of landscapes, seascapes, and various scenes of American life to the US government and high profile private collectors including Orlando Bloom and Tom Hanks. Her works hang in over 100 US embassies around the world. She is one of only two living female artists who has work in the White House permanent collection, and has been commissioned by NASA on numerous occasions. Recently Prey was commissioned by MASS MoCA to create a monumental watercolor—said to be the world’s largest—for the museum’s newly inaugurated Building 6. The completed work hangs at the museum alongside works by Louise Bourgeois and Robert Rauschenberg." Aug. 16, 2017

SATELLITE Art Show

SATELLITE Miami Beach 2016, taking over the entirety of a retro, Miami Vice-style dive hotel, is a concept-driven alternative art fair that positions itself at the confluence of art, music, performance, new media, and technology (December 1 - 4, 2016)

Artspace || Confessions of a Miami Party Monster; "Satellite Art Show was an explosion of youthful energy and creativity. Suddenly I was in an artists’ playground where each room had another experience waiting in store thanks to a constant rotation of performances. It was like running through a funhouse of exciting young art. I couldn’t force myself to leave and ended up spending my remaining daytime hours in Miami at that show ... Youthful and rebellious, the Satellite Art Show was my favorite part of the whole week." Dec. 7, 2016

Playboy || Lap Dances, Tattoos and… Fine Art? Meet Art Basel’s Sexy Little Sister; "Where else can you check out a Venice Biennale U.A.E. Pavilion artist, enjoy a lap dance and leave with some fresh ink? As the fair’s director Brian Whiteley puts it: 'We believe art can be marketable and still have a soul.'” Dec. 2, 2016

Hyperallergic || Miami Beach’s Satellite Art Fair Draws the Interactive into Its Orbit; "This year at Miami Beach’s Satellite art fair, I viewed art the way I might’ve as a child: excitedly and experientially. The work is fresh and innovative and interactive and smart." Dec. 2, 2016

Artnet News || Satellite Art Show Brings ‘More Fun’ to Miami Art Week; "The quirky art fair stood out among Miami Art Week offerings ... the fair was installation-based, with the seedy motel rooms of the Parisian transformed beyond recognition ... Where else are you going to have this much fun?" Dec. 6, 2016

The Wall Street Journal || Five Artists to Watch at Art Basel Miami Beach; "... a playful vibe also imbues the 25 satellite art fairs—a record tally—that have set up shop around the city. Artist duo Jen Catron and Paul Outlaw intend to critique the profusion of satellite displays by swimming around in a makeshift bowl of cereal located outside the Satellite Art Show." Nov. 26, 2016

VICE || The Most Uncanny Installations at Miami Art Week; "In Castor Gallery’s room at SATELLITE, dried palm fronds frame a silky, glowing bedroom, adorned with vintage girly mags, roses, and donuts. It’s a place for its creator, and you get to take part in, too." Dec. 5, 2016

Blouin Artinfo || ‘SATELLITE Art Show’ at South Beach, Miami; "Each space at this fair offers an opportunity for visitors to collect new works of art along with experiencing art in new and unique ways ... SATELLITE 2016 will feature more than 50 international exhibitions by the most progressive organizations of current time." Dec. 1, 2016

The Financial Times || Art museums heating up Miami’s cultural scene; "An artist-run, experiential affair, Satellite debuted last year as a free-roaming fair with a young crowd. This year it has settled on a centralised home and has a lively programme of events that takes in a post-feminist tattoo parlour and a queer strip club." Nov. 25, 2016

Artnet News || Jen Catron and Paul Outlaw Swim in 3,000 Gallons of Milk for Art at SATELLITE in Miami; "In many ways, Miami Art Week is about spectacle and making a splash, and the second edition of the SATELLITE Art Show is set to do just that." Nov. 9, 2016

Miami New Times || Art Basel Miami Beach 2016 and Its Satellite Fairs Make Miami Art Week a Crazy Extravaganza; "Only in its second year, SATELLITE is the scrappy, crazy newcomer." Oct. 5, 2016

The Art Newspaper || Our guide to the satellite fairs during Art Basel in Miami Beach; "Here's a breakdown of some of the more interesting projects around town ... [SATELLITE Art Show] will be the site of a continuing playful performance." Nov. 30, 2016

PAPER || What's Happening Thursday at Art Basel Miami Beach 2016; "This is an artist-run and concept-driven alternative fair that includes music, performance, new media and technology. For example: They're planning a a queer strip club, a virtual reality lounge, a post-feminist tattoo parlor and after-hours entertainment in the hotel's penthouse curated by NYC alt venue Trans-Pecos." Dec. 1, 2016

Miami New Times || Art Basel and Miami's Satellite Fairs Compete for the Art World's Attention; "Located in a retro, Miami Vice-style dive hotel, Satellite will feature a quirky medley of art, music, performance, new media, and technology. Guests can visit the DiMoDA — the Digital Museum of Modern Art — through Oculus Rift headsets. Or make a permanent memory at the Famousonmars Custom Tattoo Parlor, where you can get a real tat, themed with feminism and social codification." Nov. 29, 2016

Lepore Savage Gallery

In Bloom, an exhibition launching the gallery's expansion to Amagansett (9 - 17 July 2016)

Blouin Artinfo || Lepore Savage Gallery, Art in a Town House and by the Sea; "In an era when blue-chip galleries operate more and more like multinational corporations, it’s easy to feel nostalgic for a time when looking at art was an intimate affair. So it was a welcome development when the fashion designer Nanette Lepore and her husband and business partner, Robert Savage, launched their salon-style space, Lepore Savage Gallery, in their Manhattan town house last October. This past weekend, the couple expanded the venture to their seaside home in Amagansett, New York." July 14, 2016

Forbes || Nanette Lepore and Bob Savage Bring the Lepore Savage Gallery Concept to The Hamptons; "Nanette Lepore and husband and business partner Bob Savage have long held an association with the visual art world in tandem with fashion label Nanette Lepore. This association reached new heights last year when Savage and Lepore opened a gallery right out of their beautiful home in the West Village. ... Lepore Savage Gallery ultimately works because of how personal it feels." July 19, 2016

Whitehot Magazine of Contemporary Art || In Bloom: An Interview with Nanette Lepore and Bob Savage, the Fashion and Art Couple Behind Lepore Savage Gallery; "It’s clear that Ms. Lepore has no trouble dream mining the artistic works populating In Bloom for similar sartorial inspiration, while simultaneously appreciating the paintings for what they are and not just sample patterns and color swabs." July 2016

Blouin Artinfo || Instagram: "Nanette Lepore with Robert Savage and daughter Violet Savage at Lepore Savage Gallery, an alternative art space that expands to their Amagansett home this weekend with 'In Bloom' ...," July 8, 2016

Artnet News || Must-See Art Guide: The Hamptons, July 7, 2016

Rose is a Rose (2 October - 1 November 2015)

T: The New York Times Style Magazine || Nanette Lepore Opens an Art Gallery — and Her Home — to the Public; "The 20th-century salon-style exhibition, “Rose is a Rose,” includes eight New York-based contemporary artists who retool classical iconography, set against pieces from Lepore and Savage’s personal collection, which comprises Cézanne and flea-market finds alike." Oct. 1, 2015

Vanity Fair || Nanette Lepore Turns Her Living Room—Yes, Her Actual Living Room—into a Public Art Gallery; "In its heyday, Gertrude Stein’s apartment at 27 Rue de Fleurus was a hotbed for the Parisian art scene ... But, if New York designer Nanette Lepore and her husband have their way, this 20th-century salon-style viewing will no longer be an artifact of the past, but a reality of the present." Oct. 2, 2015

Artnet News || Fashion Designer Nanette Lepore Opens an Art Gallery in Her Posh West Village Townhouse; "Having conquered the fashion world with her boho-chic look, designer Nanette Lepore has decided to try her hand at art dealing. Alongside her husband, singer and painter Robert Savage, she’s opening Lepore Savage Gallery, an alternative art venue that will host its first opening tonight (invite only, of course) in the couple’s West Village townhouse." Oct. 2, 2015

Forbes || Fashion Power Couple Nanette Lepore and Bob Savage Convert Their Home Into Lepore Savage Gallery; "Lepore has decided to share her other lifelong passion of fine art with the world. She is doing so by opening her own home to the public, transforming her living room into one of the more aesthetically vibrant art galleries in New York, Lepore Savage Gallery." Oct. 5, 2015

Travel + Leisure || Nanette Lepore’s New Art Gallery is in Her Living Room; "Designer Nanette Lepore and her husband and business partner, painter Robert Savage, may have already conquered the fashion world, but there’s no reason they can’t take on the art world too. Their new Lepore Savage Gallery may do just that." Oct. 5, 2015

Vanity Fair || Culture List; "Every week in Culture List, Vanity Fair editors present a ruthlessly curated selection of parties, art openings, exhibits, and mustn’t-miss events ... <this week>, New York–based designer Nanette Lepore and her husband, Robert Savage, have put their own spin on “open house” by turning their West Village home into a new art gallery." Sept. 30, 2015

Fotografiska (continued)

Fotografiska is pleased to announce its expansion to three new locales: Berlin (opening Q3 2022), Shanghai (opening Q3 2022), and Miami (opening Q2 2023). Upon completion of the expansion, Fotografiska will become the world’s largest privately owned art museum by multiple measures, including number of locations; number of exhibitions produced per year; and total indoor size. — Click here to view press kit landing page and press release

New York Times || Art Basel Miami Beach Returns, Smaller but Ready to Party; “Beyond Art Basel, the mood within Miami's year-round art scene is anything but tentative. ...Fotografiska, the privately owned global string of photography museums, has announced that it is moving into the 42,000-square-foot warehouse right across the street [from Superblue], next door to the Rubell Museum, with its David Rockwell-designed building set to open in 2023.” (print 26 November 2021; online 24 November 2021)

Artnet News || Fotografiska Aims to Become the Largest Private Museum in the World by 2023, Unveiling Plans to Expand to Miami, Shanghai, and Berlin; “Fotografiska is adding three new locations to its existing roster of sites in Stockholm, Tallinn, and New York. The private museum will expand to Miami, Berlin, and Shanghai throughout 2022 and 2023. Once unveiled, these six spaces will make Fotografiska the largest private museum in the world.” (26 November 2021)

Architectural Digest || Fotografiska Set to Become the World's Largest Private Art Museum—With Help From Rockwell Group, Herzog & de Meuron, and Neri&Hu; “As with the museum's previous buildings, Fotografiska's new outposts will be housed within spaces that are either historically or architecturally significant—an intentional choice on the institution's behalf.” (29 November 2021)

ARTnews || Photography Museum Fotografiska to Open Spaces in Berlin, Miami, and Shanghai; “Sited in a one-floor warehouse, [Fotografiska Miami] will also be hotly anticipated, given its proximity to art-world destinations like the Rubell Collection and Superblue. Collector Mera Rubell called the museum a "tremendous win for Miami."“ (26 November 2021)

Designboom || Fotografiska Will Expand Into Three New Cities to Become World's Largest Private Art Museum; “Upon completion of the expansion, Fotografiska will become the world's largest privately owned art museum by multiple measures. These include number of locations, number of exhibitions produced per year, and total indoor size.” (26 November 2021)

ArchDaily || Fotografiska Announces Three New Locations in Berlin, Shanghai and Miami, Becoming the Largest Private Art Museum; “Together with the existing locations in Stockholm, Tallinn and New York, these will form the world's largest private art museum in terms of size, number of locations, and exhibitions per year.” (29 November 2021)

ARTnews || Morning Links; “Fotografiska, the for-profit photography museum that got its start in Stockholm in 2010, will open venues in Berlin and Shanghai in 2022 and Miami in 2023. ARTnews Top 200 Collector Mera Rubell declared the news a "tremendous win for Miami," which is the location of her family's contemporary art museum.” (26 November 2021)

Surface || Fotografiska Plots Expansion to Berlin, Miami, and Shanghai; “Now, as Fotografiska announces expansion plans to Berlin, Shanghai, and Miami by mid-2023, it's looking to replicate that tried-and-true formula while aiming to become the world's largest privately owned art museum by number of locations, exhibitions produced per year, and total indoor size.” (29 November 2021)

WWD || Fotografiska Plans Three New Outposts; “With plans to open outposts in Berlin, Miami and Shanghai, Fotografiska now bills itself as the world's largest private art museum.” (26 November 2021)

WWD || Mera Rubell: 'Something Happens If You Trust People'; “Fotografiska last week unveiled an ambitious international expansion program, with museums planned for Berlin, Shanghai and Miami, with the latter opening in 2023 adjacent to the Rubell Museum.” (1 December 2021)

With 20 nationalities represented among its artists, NUDE—a diverse survey of contemporary photography of nude subjects—addresses the historical fascination with the naked body through varying aesthetic lenses, from bubblegum commercialized beauty standards to the macabre and disorienting. While the creative perspective of the show is limited to female-identifying photographers (in an effort to subvert the overwhelmingly male-artist attribution of art historical nudity), the subject matter is not limited by gender identity; the subjects include nonbinary individuals, men, and women. (11 February - 1 May 2022) -- Click here to view press kit landing page (including press release and high-res images)

CNN || The human body is often seen through a male lens. 30 female photographers present a different view; "A new exhibition at Fotografiska New York features 30 contemporary female artists who offer new perspectives on the naked form as a symbol of beauty, self-expression, identity, eroticism or politics.” (23 March 2022; also posted to @cnn’s 17.2M Instagram followers; CNN's 57.5M Twitter followers; CNN International's 13.6M Twitter followers; and multiple other platforms)

The Guardian || Nude: female photographers explore nudity and the feminine gaze; "Nude reveals much of what is inherently strange and mysterious about bodies that may not normally appear to be worthy of sustained artistic attention. It does so through a female gaze that does not dominate or take but rather empathizes and asks for consent. A rich interplay of human connection underlies the photographs in Nude, a freeing of self born of a genuine desire to see who other people really are. This is what allows these women to find views of the everyday that do not look so normal.” (9 February 2022)

Vogue Italia || Mostre 2022: il corpo nell'arte, nella fotografia e nella moda; "The female gaze on the nude can subvert a long male dominance, at least in terms of photographic representation. This is the premise on which the Nude group show rests.” (Third item, 10 March 2022)

Dazed || This exhibition celebrates the naked body, freed from the male gaze; "This exhibition offers an example of the “new nude”, as seen through the lens of 30 contemporary female artists, spanning 20 nationalities. The perspective is limited to female-identifying photographers in direct response to the overwhelmingly male slant of art history, with the aim of tilting the gender balance in the right direction.” (20 January 2022)

Aesthetica Magazine || Forms of Celebration; "Framed as a "celebration of the human form through the lens of female-identifying photographers," Fotografiska's last show, Nude, centers on the naked body and how it is represented through, and by, the camera lens. These images not only subvert the dominant male gaze, but portray the body as a complex site of beauty, disruption and experimentation: of joy, elation and celebration, as well as innate complexity and introversion. Featured photographers include Evelyn Bencicova, Dana Scruggs, Brooke DiDonato and Marie Hald, practitioners who move in the realms of fine art portraiture, to fashion, performance and documentary as masters of craft and concept. As a whole, these collected images consider what the body means on a universal level: how it is used, portrayed and seen by the world." (April / May 2022; print issue 106, page 22-23)

AnOther || This Exhibition Celebrates the Naked Body Through a Female Lens; "Offering a fresh new perspective on the nude, a new exhibition opening at Fotografiska New York investigates the body through the lens of 30 female-identifying artists from around the world, each of who have photographed the body in beautiful, disruptive, and experimental ways.” (1 February 2022)

Elle Italia || Il corpo messo a nudo e in discussione dalla prospettiva femminile entra al museo; "A breath of fresh air blows over Fotografiska New York with a female perspective that lays bare and questions the body, along with its richness and variety of form and energy." (12 April 2022)

Wallpaper* || The new nude? Radical show explores the naked body in photography; "In contemporary art, nudity – a term so potently linked to a male gaze on women – appears to have lost its lustre, while nakedness is synonymous with truth and authenticity. ‘Nude’, an exhibition at Fotografiska New York will look back on this gaze, and look hard. The show, which opens on 11 February 2022, explores the naked body through different aesthetic lenses: poignant, macabre, glamorised and disorientating.” (31 January 2022)

i-D || The radical, multifaceted power of nude photography; "The collection emphasises multidimensionality, with nude forms manifesting as everything from a peach in lingerie to a self-portrait performance based on an unsolved rape case. Here lies the exhibition’s central point: nudity, and the gaze it attracts, is not a monolith.” (15 February 2022)

Forbes || Rare Photos Explore Intimate Full Frontal Nudes Through An Erotic Gaze and Tinder; "The male nude is by leaps and bounds way less exoticized than the female nude in art, and in all forms of media. ... [Dana's] photo series Roze en la Playa on show at New York’s Fotografiska Nude exhibition illustrates how Scruggs is committed to addressing the inequality of male and female nudes in art." (21 February 2022)

BuzzFeed News || These 30 Women Photographers Look At Nudes In A Fresh New Way; "NUDE at Fotografiska addresses the “centuries-long fascination with the naked body, and explores the balance between ‘the nude’ as an idealized form versus an honest, natural, and personal artistic expression.”" (26 March 2022)

The British Journal of Photography || Fotografiska's latest exhibition celebrates the nude through the female gaze; "NUDE is a group exhibition reframing the representation of nude bodies in art. A celebration of the human form through a female lens, it spans the work of 30 women photographers of 20 nationalities, focusing on the subversive and the experimental; the progressive and the personal.” (10 February 2022)

Andy Warhol: Photo Factory, a comprehensive new survey of Andy Warhol's film-based work, will feature rare and never-exhibited pieces as well as some iconic favorites. The 124-work exhibition offers a particularly intimate look into Warhol's life and practice, including rare photo studies integral to the creative development process behind some of his most famous silkscreen paintings. (10 September 2021 - 30 January 2022) — Click here to view press kit landing page and press release

i-D || The rare Andy Warhol photographs on show for the first time ever; “Photo Factory reminds us just how playful Warhol could be with his subject matter — and how his various characters all had an intimate story to tell. ... Portraits and other scenes of the collection merge the viewer with Warhol’s eye as an inside voyeur. Consequently, we become closer to key characters that defined The Factory, the mythical world of Studio 54, and a more wild incarnation of the city.” (27 September 2021)

WWD || The Return of New York's Cultural Scene; “Experience Art in Person: Fotografiska New York is exhibiting a major survey of Andy Warhol’s work. Opening Sept. 10, the show will include more than 120 works, including his earliest work and 20 photographs being exhibited for the first time.” (3 September 2021)

Airmail || Andy Warhol: Photo Factory; “… Later, Warhol began to physically stitch together his prints, creating grids of 4, 6, and 12 repeated images—a suggestion of his diptychs. This exhibition features over 120 works, some stitched, and some never before displayed.” (30 August 2021)

Hypebeast || Fotografiska New York Will Play Host to a Major Exhibition on Andy Warhol's Photography; "Entitled Andy Warhol: Photo Factory, a collection of 120 photographs and four 16mm films will shine light on all six facets of the artist's work across film – including intimate polaroid shots of celebrities, such as Dolly Parton, Keith Haring, Jane Fonda, Jean-Michel Basquiat, and more." (26 August 2021)

Time Out New York || A major museum survey of Warhol photography is headed to NYC; Andy Warhol's photography is getting its own exhibit at Fotografiska this fall that will showcase more than 120 images, 20 of which have never been shown to the public before. Andy Warhol: Photo Factory will pay homage to Warhol’s New York City studio and give viewers an inside look at his life and work. They'll come to understand how he experimented with photography and how it served as a springboard for his iconic silkscreen paintings, commissioned portraits, and commercial work.” (25 August 2021)

Observer || Honoring Andy Warhol's Rare, Never-Exhibited Images; “A new exhibit unearths Andy Warhol’s unseen photographs, revealing the artist’s proficiency as an imagemaker. ... But also, the experience of this exhibition is unlike any other Warhol exhibition through its design ... the museum has taken textures and themes directly from Warhol’s work, using color, aluminum foil, and wallpapers designed by and inspired by his drawings to create a totally new environment for Warhol’s work.” (21 September 2021)

Modern Luxury || Warhol’s World; “Featuring rare, never-before-seen photographs as well as iconic favorites, Andy Warhol: Photo Factory at Fotografiska offers a new way for viewers to interact with his work.” (November 2021 print issue; online 15 October 2021)