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Jacoba Urist

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Art Journalist | W Magazine, Smithsonian Magazine, The Financial Times, Galerie, ARTnews, The Art Newspaper, etc. | New York Arts Editor & Hamptons Editor, Cultured Magazine | NYC

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Jacoba Urist @jacobaurist.bsky.social · 20h
You never forget your first Magritte- latest @financialtimes.com feature- in print this weekend: www.ft.com/content/6ba2...
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Do you remember your first Magritte? Artists on the surrealist’s impossible world
Dana Schutz, Ed Ruscha, Anna Weyant and more on how they fell for the Belgian painter — and why his visions feel even more intense in the age of AI
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Jacoba Urist @jacobaurist.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
New September W Magazine feature: www.wmagazine.com/culture/emma...
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Emma McIntyre Makes Powerful, Sensual Artworks With Everything From Rust to Bubble Wrap
Inside the artist's L.A. studio ahead of her new show, ‘This body holds / swamp stuff’ at David Zwirner New York.
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Coalition for the Homeless @nyhomeless.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
The Emergency Mail Program provides more than 1,000 homeless individuals with a safe and reliable place to receive their mail and benefits, and we thank @speakermenin.bsky.social and @cmcrystalhudson.bsky.social for making critical service possible.
Man in blue hoodie and black vest standing on city street. Red "THANK YOU" text overlays image with "FROM THE COALITION FOR THE HOMELESS" below and organization logo. Emergency Mail Program banner at the top and Coalition for the Homeless logo in the bottom right.
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Jacoba Urist @jacobaurist.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
www.culturedmag.com/article/2026...
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Artist Ugo Rondinone Unveils His Hamptons Tribute to His Late Husband
Since his passing, Rondinone has toiled away at a sprawling garden and three new bodies of work that pay homage to the East End.
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Jacoba Urist @jacobaurist.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
My latest feature for @financialtimes.com - this one was really special to work on. www.ft.com/content/ec06...
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Max Beckmann’s granddaughter on living with his paintings — and the artist’s love of cartwheels
Denounced by the Nazis, his nightmarish pictures straddle a singularly dark era — yet, set against our current moment, they feel ever more haunting
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Jacoba Urist @jacobaurist.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Big Hamptons Issue feature drop - Cultured Magazine www.culturedmag.com/article/2026...
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Two of the Biggest Names in American Patronage Have Kept Their Homes Private—Until Now
A new coffee-table book featuring Glenn and Amanda Furhman's museum-worthy collection marks the beginning of a new chapter for the couple.
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W Magazine [Unofficial] @wmagazine.com.web.brid.gy · 03/06/2026
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Sophia Loeb Paints Places That Feel Like They Should Exist
For her latest show at London’s Pippy Houldsworth Gallery, the Brazilian artist channeled six months of solitude into luminous paintings that offer an escape.
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Jacoba Urist @jacobaurist.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
This month's @wmagazine.com.web.brid.gy studio feature www.wmagazine.com/culture/soph...
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Sophia Loeb Paints Places That Feel Like They Should Exist
For her latest show at London’s Pippy Houldsworth Gallery, the Brazilian artist channeled six months of solitude into luminous paintings that offer an escape.
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Jacoba Urist @jacobaurist.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
Galerie Magazine summer issue Artist to Watch- on stands now. galeriemagazine.com/artist-to-wa...
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Artist to Watch: Daniel Correa Mejía Uses Vivid Colors to Conjure Surreal Landscapes and Water Scenes
Daniel Correra Mejía’s latest artworks debut June 5 at P.P.O.W. for his second solo show with the New York gallery
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Jacoba Urist @jacobaurist.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
In print this weekend @financialtimes.com @ftweekend.com www.ft.com/content/720f...
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The artists finally finding fame in their 80s
From a Vietnam war veteran turned ceramicist to a sci-fi-loving minimalist, there is a deep well of life experience at Frieze New York
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Jacoba Urist @jacobaurist.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Latest @ftweekend.com feature- in print Saturday: www.ft.com/content/28fa...
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Gallerist Gordon VeneKlasen: ‘I wanted to go anti-minimal’
Inspired by cinema’s golden age, the gallerist has countered LA mid-century restraint with Hollywood Regency excess
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Jacoba Urist @jacobaurist.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
www.wmagazine.com/culture/gius... @wmagazine.com.web.brid.gy
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In Giuseppe Penone’s Sculptures, Humankind and Nature Are One
Inside the studio with the legendary Italian artist ahead of his new Gagosian exhibition, ‘The Reflection of Bronze.’
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Jacoba Urist @jacobaurist.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
www.wmagazine.com/culture/tamo...
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In the Studio With Tamo Jugeli, the Artist Whose Paintings Are “Pure Action”
“There are no themes and there's no research,” the Tbilisi native says of her process. “I have no idea what I will do. That’s my high.”
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Jacoba Urist @jacobaurist.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
www.ft.com/content/f196...
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Beauty entrepreneur Terry de Gunzburg auctions her museum-worthy collection of art and design
Almost 200 pieces, many from her New York apartment, include paintings by Rothko and Picasso, and furniture by Jacques Grange and Emile-Jacques Ruhlmann
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Jacoba Urist @jacobaurist.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture... @smithsonianmag.bsky.social
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Martha Graham Took Classic Ballet and Turned It Into Modern Dance. It’s Still Moving Us 100 Years Later
Her choreography told stories in new ways and her collaborations with costume and stage designers changed the aesthetic of the art. Now, her dance company marks its first century
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Jacoba Urist @jacobaurist.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
www.ft.com/content/b881... @ftweekend.com
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The LA fires changed these artists’ lives — a year later, they’re still dealing with the fallout
A slew of exhibitions ruminate on displacement, rebirth and the climate threat looming over the city’s future
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Jacoba Urist @jacobaurist.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
Last Studio Visit feature for @wmagazine.com.web.brid.gy for 2025. Love this one. www.wmagazine.com/culture/masa...
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Masaomi Yasunaga Pushes the Limits of Ceramics, One Sculpture at a Time
The artist talks his first major U.S. exhibition, on view at ICA to coincide with Art Basel Miami Beach.
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Jacoba Urist @jacobaurist.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
www.culturedmag.com/article/2025...
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To Follow Up His Giant Pigeon on the High Line, Sculptor Iván Argote Creates a Different Kind of Public Art
The Paris-based artist invites Jacoba Urist into his studio—a site of both fun work and serious play.
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Jacoba Urist @jacobaurist.bsky.social · 01/11/2025
100 artists. 100 original artworks. Bid now! ARTWALK NY 2025 is here. Tonight, 350,000 New Yorkers will face the night without a home. The Artist Plate Project supports the city organization closest to my heart @nyhomeless.bsky.social. artwalkny.indy.auction/auctions/68e...
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Indy.auction | ARTWALK NY x Artist Plate Project Silent Auction
View the Live AuctionFor 28 years, ARTWALK NY has brought together artists, art lovers, and compassionate New Yorkers to...
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W Magazine [Unofficial] @wmagazine.com.web.brid.gy · 16/10/2025
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Nicole Wittenberg’s Colorful Paintings Transcend Realism
In the studio with the artist channeling Monet and Cezanne on acid.
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Jacoba Urist @jacobaurist.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
Latest studio feature for @wmagazine.com.web.brid.gy this month- www.wmagazine.com/culture/nico...
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Nicole Wittenberg’s Colorful Paintings Transcend Realism
In the studio with the artist channeling Monet and Cezanne on acid.
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Jacoba Urist @jacobaurist.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
Latest @financialtimes.com feature to kick of Art Basel Paris art week coverage 2025: www.ft.com/content/b2e6...
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Jeffrey Gibson was about to give up — now he’s on top of the art world
Ahead of his show in Paris, the artist talks about Native American history, interstellar painting — and the moment he nearly quit
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Jacoba Urist @jacobaurist.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
Artist talk and book singing with Jesse Mockrin tomorrow: www.jamescohan.com/news/artist-...
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Artist Talk and Book Signing - Jesse Mockrin with Jacoba Urist - News - James Cohan
Features contemporary art, painting, sculpture, video, installations, photography and editions by established and emerging American and international artists.
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Jacoba Urist @jacobaurist.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
www.culturedmag.com/article/2025...
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What Is the Legacy of Land Art in a Time of Climate Catastrophe?
Eighty-year-old artist Meg Webster, whose ever-urgent work is on view in New York and Paris this season, shares some thoughts.
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Coalition for the Homeless @nyhomeless.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
We joined with more than a dozen organizations to discuss the impact of catastrophic federal cuts to services for homeless New Yorkers. You can read our testimony here: www.coalitionforthehomeless.org/wp-content/u...
Crowd holding signs in front of New York City Hall
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Jacoba Urist @jacobaurist.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
From artists to art collectors, don't miss our best interiors of the summer: www.culturedmag.com/article/2025...
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Craving Domestic Inspiration? These Are CULTURED's 9 Favorite Interiors of the Summer.
From James Frey's towering gallery wall to David Salle's eclectic Great Room, these are the spaces our editors have on their mood boards.
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Jacoba Urist @jacobaurist.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
Latest studio visit for CULTURED with SHARA HUGHES to preview new work for her major David Kordansky show opening soon: www.culturedmag.com/article/2025...
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Why Shara Hughes Plays Hard to Get With Her Own Paintings
In her Brooklyn studio, the painter is putting finishing touches on dreamlike canvases bound for a major David Kordansky show.
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Jacoba Urist @jacobaurist.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
In conversation with artist Liz Collins, celebrating her new monograph Motherlode, at LongHouse Reserve. Tickets here: longhouse.org/products/lon...
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LongHouse Talks: Motherlode with Liz Collins & Jacoba Urist (August 24)
An afternoon with artist Liz Collins in conversation with Jacoba Urist on her new monograph and mid-career retrospective on Sunday, August 24 from 3–5 PM for the launch of Motherlode, her first monogr...
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Jacoba Urist @jacobaurist.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
Latest Hamptons issue feature in print and online. Don't miss the legendary David Salle: www.culturedmag.com/article/2025...
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Artist David Salle Takes Us Inside His Hamptons Home, and How He Chose the Pieces on Its Walls
The 72-year-old East Hampton artist still has the same mantra: Do your work, and stay clear of the nonsense.
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Jacoba Urist @jacobaurist.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
My Galerie Magazine Artist To Watch for September- Julie Curtiss- @whitecube.com: galeriemagazine.com/artist-to-wa...
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Artist to Watch: Julie Curtiss Explores Powerful Themes of Motherhood with Hyperreal Style - Galerie Magazine
Julie Curtiss will present new paintings, sculpture, and gouache-on-paper works in her first solo exhibition in Korea at White Cube, Seoul this November
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Jacoba Urist @jacobaurist.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
Cultured Magazine summer cover story.
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Jacoba Urist @jacobaurist.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
Summer cover story drop: www.culturedmag.com/article/2025...
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Look Inside the Art-Filled Montauk Home of New York Design Staples Stephen Alesch and Robin Standefer
The husband-and-wife design duo of of Roman and Williams let their creativity run wild in a refurbished oasis in Montauk.
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Jacoba Urist @jacobaurist.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
Our first Cultured Hamptons issue of the summer now online. www.culturedmag.com/article/2025...
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After Depicting Scenes of War, Artist Zoya Cherkassky Is Turning to Sunsets on Shelter Island
The Kyiv-born artist has spent much of her life in motion. When she discovered the Long Island town, she felt a sense of home again.
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Jacoba Urist @jacobaurist.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
Sat down with Sanford Biggers to talk Hamptons art. www.culturedmag.com/article/2025...
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‘Am I Beautifying These Artifacts, or Am I Desecrating Them?’: Sanford Biggers Examines His Own Practice at the Parrish This Summer
This summer, revered artist and Sag Harbor local Sanford Biggers will be honored by his hometown institution out East.
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W Magazine [Unofficial] @wmagazine.com.web.brid.gy · 06/06/2025
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Artist Tammy Nguyen’s New Show Finds Heaven on Earth
The paintings featured in “A Comedy for Mortals: Paradiso” draw inspiration from Dante’s “Divine Comedy.”
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Jacoba Urist @jacobaurist.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
Latest studio feature for @wmagazine.com.web.brid.gy this month: www.wmagazine.com/culture/tamm...
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Artist Tammy Nguyen’s New Show Finds Heaven on Earth
The paintings featured in “A Comedy for Mortals: Paradiso” draw inspiration from Dante’s “Divine Comedy.”
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Kevin Buist @kevinbuist.com · 04/06/2025
On Facebook they're asking the important questions about Michael Heizer's City.
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Jacoba Urist @jacobaurist.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
The major Guggenheim show- A Poem for Deep Thinkers- was the perfect opportunity to sit down with Rashid Johnson for @smithsonianmag.bsky.social: www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-...
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This Renowned Artist Brings Plants, Shea Butter and Black Soap Into His Groundbreaking Work
In Rashid Johnson’s largest show of art yet, the power of mixed media is on full display
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Jacoba Urist @jacobaurist.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
Latest Artist to Watch in the summer issue of Galerie Magazine- on stands now galeriemagazine.com/artist-to-wa...
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Artist to Watch: Che Lovelace’s Vibrant New Paintings Are a Love Letter to His Native Trinidad - Galerie Magazine
A solo exhibition at Nicola Vassell Gallery, on view through July 25, explores the poignant relationship between nature and society in Che Lovelace's home country
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Jacoba Urist @jacobaurist.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
And he won! That's my baby brother! news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
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Milbank Lawyer Wins Supreme Court Case After Switching Firms
The night before his first-ever argument at the US Supreme Court Nathaniel Zelinsky was nervously refreshing the court’s docket on his phone. Donald Trump had reclaimed the White House the day before ...
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Jacoba Urist @jacobaurist.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
Latest @smithsonianmag.bsky.social feature online and on stands in the June issue now. www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture...
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Three Formerly Enslaved Artists Created Beautiful Pottery 150 Years Ago, and Now Their Wares Are Coveted Around the World
The stunning vessels from the H. Wilson & Company were forgotten for generations, only to gain new appreciation for the craftsmanship that went into them
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Jacoba Urist @jacobaurist.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
Artist Plate Project 2025 is live today! Purchase one plate and feed 100 hungry and homeless people. Thank you @nyhomeless.bsky.social - the organization closest to our family's heart @wilson-urist.bsky.social @themarshallny.bsky.social, in our beloved city. artwareeditions.com/pages/about-...
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Artist Plate Project - Official Page – Artware Editions
The Artist Plate Project benefitting Coalition for the Homeless features dinner plates by world-renowned artists.
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Jacoba Urist @jacobaurist.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
www.culturedmag.com/article/2025...
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Here’s Everything You Need To Be Paying Attention to This May, According to Our Editors
From an odd makeup trend to equally singular film premiere, here's what our editors have been loving, listening to, and locking in on this month.
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Jacoba Urist @jacobaurist.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
This weekend's @financialtimes.com feature: www.ft.com/content/0382...
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From Barbadian silk paintings to painstaking ink-wash — these are the New York debuts to watch
The Independent fair has a reputation for career-making starts — this year it’s looking for the next generation of stars
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Jacoba Urist @jacobaurist.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
Latest Artist to Watch in the current issue of Galerie Magazine. galeriemagazine.com/artist-to-wa...
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Artist to Watch: Tonia Calderon Creates Striking Large-Scale Paintings Inspired by Poetry - Galerie
Los Angeles artist Tonia Calderon employs an unusual mix of mediums, fusing flower pigment, resin, acrylic, grout, sand, and fuel
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Artforum @artforum.com · 08/04/2025
In a new interview with Jacoba Urist for artforum.com, Charles Gaines discusses the evolution of his seminal series “Numbers and Trees, The Tanzania Baobabs” and its latest iteration, on view at Hauser & Wirth, West Hollywood. www.artforum.com/columns/char...
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Charles Gaines
In Charles Gaines's “Numbers and Trees, The Tanzania Baobabs," the artist extends his canonical series beyond the Western Hemisphere for the first time.
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Jacoba Urist @jacobaurist.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
Latest @artforum.com feature- I sat down with Charles Gaines to discuss his new body of work @hauserwirth.bsky.social, LA: www.artforum.com/columns/char...
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Charles Gaines
In Charles Gaines's “Numbers and Trees, The Tanzania Baobabs," the artist extends his canonical series beyond the Western Hemisphere for the first time.
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Jacoba Urist @jacobaurist.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
Latest print feature- new Cultured issue on stands now. www.culturedmag.com/article/2025...
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This May, Artist Torkwase Dyson Will Bring Her Transhistorical Touch to Two New York Monuments. Here’s How She’s Preparing
Torkwase Dyson will unveil her design for the Met's annual fashion exhibition and a new public work at Brooklyn Bridge Park within a week of each other next month.
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Jacoba Urist @jacobaurist.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
Sat down with David Altmejd to discuss his greatest sculpture yet- at White Cube for Cultured Magazine: www.culturedmag.com/article/2025...
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Artist David Altmejd Reveals How Dipping Into the Underworld and Following a Rabbit Spirit Guide Helped Him Produce New Works for White Cube
Artist David Altmejd’s most ambitious sculptural installation yet—The Serpent—has taken over the gallery's New York outpost this month.
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Jacoba Urist @jacobaurist.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
Latest Smithsonian Magazine feature @smithsonianmag.bsky.social- @brooklynmuseum.org celebrates 200 with a big new exhibition Breaking the Mold, on view now: www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture...
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Over the Last 200 Years, a Small Library Became One of New York City’s Biggest Museums. A New Showcase Tells the Story of Its Unique Legacy
To mark its bicentennial, the Brooklyn Museum highlights the pieces that have shaped its collection—and the foundational art made in the borough
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