Tag: Painter
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Chicana Painter Criselda Vasquez Says ICE Detained Her Father
News Vasquez was inspired by her Mexican immigrant parents to paint her celebrated 2017 portrait “The New American Gothic.” Criselda Vasquez’s parents posing in front of the artist’s painting “The New American Gothic” (2017) (photo courtesy the artist) Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has detained the father and portrait muse of California-based Chicana painter Criselda read more
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Painter Emmi Whitehorse, Known for Her Abstract Landscapes of the Indigenous Southwest, Joins White Cube
White Cube will now represent Emmi Whitehorse, alongside New York–based Garth Greenan Gallery, which has exhibited her work since 2022. Related Articles White Cube will feature Whitehorse’s 2025 painting Father Sky meets Mother Earth in its booth at Art Basel Hong Kong later this month. The representation comes after she had a solo exhibition at read more
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Prominent Israeli Painter Doron Langberg Addresses ‘Atrocities’ in Gaza
On Friday, Doron Langberg, one of the most successful and well-known Israeli artists working today, will open his first New York exhibition in seven years at Jeffrey Deitch’s Tribeca gallery. For the occasion, Langberg has so far opted to give a single interview—to the New York Times—and to publish an accompanying 750-word text on Deitch’s read more
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Louis Fratino, Ascendant Painter of Queer Intimacy, Joins David Zwirner
With his fame fast rising, painter Louis Fratino has joined David Zwirner, one of the world’s biggest galleries. Rather than cutting ties with his past galleries, as many artists do when they join a mega-gallery like Zwirner, Fratino will still be represented by Berlin’s Galerie Neu and New York’s Sikkema Malloy Jenkins, which helped make read more
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Beer With a Painter: Mary Lovelace O'Neal
Mary Lovelace O’Neal in her studio in Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico (photo by Karen Jenkins-Johnson, all images courtesy Jenkins Johnson Gallery New York and San Francisco) “I can mark” is a phrase Mary Lovelace O’Neal uses often. Rightly so: She has been leaving her mark since the late 1960s, both on painting and on the Civil read more
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Painter Amy Sherald Signs with Talent Agency CAA
Amy Sherald, a painter renowned for her tender portraits of Black American life, has signed with talent agency Creative Artists Agency (CCA), marking the latest high-profile crossover between the art world and Hollywood. Sherald rose to national fame in 2018 after being commissioned by former First Lady Michelle Obama to paint her official portrait for read more
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