Apr 17PEDAGOGY AS SELF @ HOUSING 9 APRIL 2023–27 MAY 2023The process of conceptualizing as a self professed prophecy. An examination of object hood in a state of pre action, and how community bolsters this continuous dialogue. While exploring the themes of pedagogy and self mythology this exhibition takes inspiration from Black Mountain College Featuring the work of Vivian Tong…Sunday Fall2 min readSunday Fall2 min read
Apr 17HENRY TAYLOR: B- SIDE @ MOCA LOS ANGELES 6 NOV2022 — 30 APR 2023Showing thirty years of painting, drawing, sculpture, and installation, The museum of contemporary art Los Angeles presents Henry Taylor’s art highlighting the living painter’s experimentation and bold spirit. Taylor still lives and works in Los Angeles. He was born in California. His observations occupy portraits and the Black American experience…Los Angeles3 min readLos Angeles3 min read
Dec 4, 2022“WET DREAM TOMATO” ORGANIZED BY GUNNER DONGIEUX @ 48 HESTER ST, NEW YORK, NY 11 AUGUST — 30 AUGUST 2022Wet Dream Tomato features works by Gunner Dongieux, Sunday Fall, Alex Leav, Mad Luellen, and Patrick Quinn. Artists in the show examine cultural disconnects- public versus personal perceptions of self, the existence of multiple realities, and blurred lines between truth and myth. …Sunday Fall3 min readSunday Fall3 min read
Jun 8, 2022BEAUFORD DELANY : BE YOUR WONDERFUL SELF @ MICHAEL ROSENFELD 8 SEPTEMBER 2021–23 DECEMBER 2021Michael Rosenfeld Gallery in New York organized a monumental new show of portraits and abstract paintings by forgotten Black American artist, Beauford Delaney. Delaney was a really fascinating man. He suffered and left behind a beautiful legacy. He’s America’s Vincent van Gogh. A real deal tragic hero artist. But unlike Pollock, or Van Gogh, Delaney doesn't have a real masterpiece to make him a well known name to younger generations.Beauford Delany2 min readBeauford Delany2 min read
Jun 8, 2022MARTHA JUNGWIRTH: RECENT PAINTINGS @ THADDAEUS ROPAC PARIS 4 SEPTEMBER 2021- 12 OCTOBER 2021Martha Jungwirth was born in Vienna in 1940. Talking about her painting and drawing, Jungwirth says, “my art is like a diary…Martha Jungwirth2 min readMartha Jungwirth2 min read
Apr 9, 2022ROBERT MAPPLETHORPE : INTERIEUR JOUR @ THADDAEUS ROPAC 4 SEPTEMBER 2021–14 OCTOBER 2021Thaddaeus Ropac Paris presents a new showing of photographs by Robert Mapplethorpe. The black and white portraits of subjects like Patti Smith and Truman Capote is curated by French artist and photographer, Jean-Marc Bustamante.Robert Mapplethorpe2 min readRobert Mapplethorpe2 min read
Apr 9, 2022NATE LOWMAN : MOTHER’S INDIGESTION @ PIECE UNIQUE/ MASSIMO DE CARLO GALLERY PARIS 1 SEPTEMBER 2021–19 SEPTEMBER 2021Massimo De Carlo in Paris organized a show of new paintings by New York artist Nate Lowman. Along with Dan Colen and Dash Snow, Lowman and friends were dubbed by NYMAG as “Warhol’s children”. The main painting on view, titled, “Frankenstein Vesuvio” is an homage to Warhol, who also painted the historic volcano.Nate Lowman1 min readNate Lowman1 min read
Apr 9, 2022GEORGIA O’KEEFE @ CENTRE POMPIDOU 8 SEPTEMBER 2021- 6 DECEMBER 2021In her first French retrospective, the Centre Pompidou in Paris presents paintings, drawings, photographs by Georgia OKeefe. …Georgia O Keeffe2 min readGeorgia O Keeffe2 min read
Nov 16, 2021ART PARIS 2021 @ GRAND PALAIS EPHEMERE ON THE CHAMP-DE-MARS 9 SEPTEMBER 2021–12 SEPTEMBER 2021Art Paris 2021 brings together 140 galleries from around the world showing contemporary art . The art fair is hosted at the Grand Palais Emphemere, a temporary exhibition space to be destroyed in 2024 after the completed renovation at the Grand Palais. Thank you to Galerie Martine Aboucaya for the…Art3 min readArt3 min read
Nov 15, 2021DAVID HAMMONS @ BOURSE DE COMMERCE/PINAULT COLLECTION PARIS 19 MAY 2021- 1 JULY 2022Francios Pinault is a wealthy French billionaire and collector of artists like Richard Prince, Jeff Koons, Marlene Dumas, and Rudolf Stingel. He had to wait twenty years to open the Pinault collection to the French public. The Bourse de commerce is an old building that was used to trade commodities…David Hammons3 min readDavid Hammons3 min read