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Kristy Luck at Marin MoCA
The Journey Before Me: Etel Adnan, Michelle Blade, Kristy Luck April 13, 2024A cross-generational conversation, “The Journey Before Me: Etel Adnan, Michelle Blade, Kristy Luck,” Marin Museum of Contemporary Art (Novato, CA) features writings and images by renowned poet, essayist, and visual... -
Laurie Nye at EXPO Chicago
EXPO Chicago, Booth 251 11 - 14 April 2024At 2024 EXPO Chicago Art Fair, Philip Martin Gallery is pleased to present a solo booth of new works by Los Angeles-based artist, Laurie Nye. In Laurie Nye's work, painting is itself a motif, one that offers utopia, expression and freedom, particularly when depicting nature. -
Kwame Brathwaite: Things Well Worth Waiting For
ArtCenter College of Design April 17, 2024Kwame Brathwaite: Things Well Worth Waiting For, on view at Alyce de Roulet Williamson Gallery Exhibition Dates Wednesday, April 17 through Saturday, August 17, 2024 In 1956, 18-year-old Kwame Brathwaite... -
Hyperaccumulators
Lisa Sanditz April 20, 2024Philip Martin Gallery is pleased to present 'Hyperaccumulators,' an exhibition featuring new works by New York-based artist Lisa Sanditz. Sanditz’s pictures point to human cognition, emotion and the power of... -
Rema Ghuloum in CARLA
Refusing Identification, Not Identity: Contemporary Positions in Abstraction February 1, 2024Griffin, Jonathan. Refusing Identification, Not Identity: Contemporary Positions in Abstraction. CARLA, Issue 35, February, 2024. Sometimes, you only notice something when it’s gone. In the past few months, I have... -
The Sky Has a Thousand Windows
Rema Ghuloum, Sky Glabush, Pamela Jorden, Sophie Treppendahl March 16, 2024Philip Martin Gallery is pleased to present, 'The Sky Has a Thousand Windows,' an exhibition featuring new works by Rema Ghuloum, Sky Glabush, Pamela Jorden, and Sophie Treppendahl. Rema GHULOUM... -
Sung Jik Yang at NADA New York
NADA New York 2 - 5 May 2024At 2024 NADA New York, Philip Martin Gallery is proud to present a solo exhibition of new paintings by Los Angeles-based painter Sung Jik Yang. Produced in the "alla prima" or wet-on-wet style of Edouard Manet and others, Sung Jik Yang's portraits express the feeling of modern identity as experienced through the people he meets in LA's San Gabriel Valley. -
In Conversation with Aaron Morse
Virtual Walkthrough February 23, 2024Join Aaron Morse in conversation on Friday, February 23, 2024, at 9am PST / 12pm EST. The Los Angeles-based artist will discuss his solo exhibition with the gallery, 'Sea and... -
Artist in Residence - Kristy Luck
Swill Magazine, Issue #5 February 15, 2024Artist in Residence - Kristy Luck. Article from Issue #5 of Swill Magazine. -
Holly Coulis, Works from Nikko
Klaus von Nichtssagend Gallery January 19, 2024Holly Coulis’s unique exploration of color, transparency, and line are on full display in her gouache paintings on paper. These works complement her oil paintings in their use of layering... -
Remembering Kwame Brathwaite (1938-2023)
MoMA December 26, 2023Remembering Kwame Brathwaite (1938–2023) We pay tribute to a visionary photographer whose lens illuminated the beauty of a generation. Oluremi C. Onabanjo, The Peter Schub Associate Curator, Department of Photography:... -
The Kwame Brathwaite Archive
The Kwame Brathwaite Archive December 23, 2023You can support the mission of The Kwame Brathwaite Archive. As Brathwaite’s son, Kwame S. Brathwaite, writes, “Kwame Brathwaite was about empowering people to see the beauty in themselves. We... -
In Conversation With John Joseph Mitchell
Virtual Walkthrough January 19, 2024Join John Joseph Mitchell in conversation as he discusses his solo exhibition with the gallery, '41 Paintings of Summer and Fall', which features new oil-on-panel works by the New Jersey-based... -
"What Our Critics Are Looking Forward to in 2024”
The New York Times January 1, 2024“What Our Critics Are Looking Forward to in 2024” Published January 1, 2024. With work by Sophie Treppendahl for the cover of the New York Times Arts Section. “Mad Max”... -
Kwame Brathwaite | “The Things They Cherished: The Very Personal Collections That Seven Artists Left Behind”
The New York Times December 22, 2023Kwame Brathwaite, the photographer and activist whose ardent shots propelled civil rights conversations and helped birth the “Black is beautiful” movement of the 1960s, took his cues from music —... -
Kwame Brathwaite | "The Year in Black Art: A Wealth of Blockbuster Exhibitions"
ARTnews December 22, 2023Kwame Brathwaite’s photography produced an Afro-diasporic shift in thinking about the physical characteristics of Blackness. His 2023 exhibition at the Art Institute of Chicago, “Kwame Brathwaite: Things Well Worth Waiting... -
Kwame Brathwaite at Reynolda House | "Good Impressions"
Reynolda House October 20, 2023Portraits are often taken at face value—as accurate representations of a person’s appearance, sometimes removed by decades or centuries. But portraits are often the products of delicate negotiations between artist... -
Christy Matson at James Cohan | "Arcadia and Elsewhere"
James Cohan December 14, 2023James Cohan is pleased to present Arcadia and Elsewhere, an ex- pansive group exhibition celebrating the breadth and complexity of contemporary landscape painting practices across geographies and generations. For the... -
Muzae Sesay at James Cohan | "Arcadia and Elsewhere"
James Cohan December 14, 2023James Cohan is pleased to present Arcadia and Elsewhere, an expansive group exhibition celebrating the breadth and complexity of contemporary landscape painting practices across geographies and generations. For the first... -
Rema Ghuloum | Most Transcendent Solo Show of 2023: '4 is a Rainbow Line'
KQED Arts & Culture December 5, 2023The Best Art I Saw in 2023 KQED Sarah Hotchkiss December 5, 2023 'Most Transcendent Solo Show' Rema Ghuloum, ‘4 is a Rainbow Line’ March 4–April 8, 2023 Stepping into... -
Aaron Morse | "The Old, Weird America"
Contemporary Arts Museum Houston May 1, 2008One of Aaron Morse’s strongest childhood memories is of camping under a tree on an open plain in Utah during a violent thunderstorm. He remembers being impressed by the terrific... -
Aaron Morse | Collecting on the Edge
Utah State University | Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art September 15, 2018“On the human imagination events produce the effects of time.” This is the first sentence of James Fenimore Cooper’s 1841 historical novel The Deerslayer, which recounts the adventures of a... -
The Guardian | Avatars, karaoke and the circus: exhibition explores the concept of 'game'
The Guardian November 3, 2023Game is the central theme of this year’s Foto/Industria festival in Bologna, Italy. Exhibitions present a varied selection of artists and projects exploring the subject: the relationship between playing and... -
Art Basel Miami Beach | Booth C22
Kwame Brathwaite, Holly Coulis, Tomory Dodge, Sky Glabush, Sophie Treppendahl, Muzae Sesay, Lew Thomas | 6 - 10 December 2023 December 6, 2023At 2023 Art Basel Miami Beach Gallery Sector, Philip Martin Gallery presents paintings and photographs by Kwame Brathwaite, Holly Coulis, Tomory Dodge, Sky Glabush, Sophie Treppendahl, Muzae Sesay and Lew... -
In Conversation with Rema Ghuloum
Virtual Walkthrough November 10, 2023Join Rema Ghuloum on Friday, November 10, 2023, at 9am PST / 12pm EST. The Los Angeles-based artist will discuss her online exhibition, 'Flower Moon Eclipse', at Philip Martin Gallery,... -
In Conversation with Lisa Sanditz
Virtual Walkthrough October 27, 2023Join Lisa Sanditz on Friday, October 27, 2023, at 9am PST / 12pm EST. The New York-based artist will discuss her online exhibition, 'Strawberry Sun', at Philip Martin Gallery, which... -
In Conversation with Tomory Dodge
Virtual Walkthrough October 20, 2023Join Tomory Dodge on Friday, October 20, 2023, at 9am PST / 12pm EST. The Los Angeles-based artist will discuss his solo exhibition, 'Hair into Gold and Back Again', at... -
Forest Lawn Museum: Shaping Gravity: Abstract Art Beyond the Picture Plane
Forest Lawn Museum October 19, 2023Featuring the work of seven contemporary artists, Shaping Gravity: Abstract Art Beyond the Picture Plane brings abstract art into new dimensions for a mesmerizing and interactive exhibition that challenges notions... -
The New York Times: Texas Museum Uses Art Exhibition to Consider Climate Change
The New York Times October 18, 2023What if people could see what is driving climate change? Months before fires raged across the globe, that question was posed by the Blanton Museum of Art at the University... -
YBCA "Bay Area Now 9" Exhibition Catalogue | Muzae Sesay
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts October 6, 2023Muzae Sesay uses painting as a means of comprehending our relationship to space, community, and memory. Often depicting our designed environment, the artist synthesizes and flattens theories, images, and symbols... -
In Conversation with Laurie Nye
Virtual Walkthrough September 29, 2023Join Laurie Nye on Friday, September 29, 2023 at 9am PST / 12pm EST. The Los Angeles-based artist will discuss her paintings currently on view in her solo exhibition 'My... -
PLATFORM: Muzae Sesay | Artist Interview
PLATFORM Art October 17, 2022SPOTLIGHT: MUZAE SESAY The Oakland-based artist on his deep love for the city he calls home and the limits of memory. Muzae Sesay may be an Angeleno at heart, but... -
YBCA Announces Ninth Iteration of Triennial Exhibition Bay Area Now
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts October 6, 2023 - May 5, 2024(San Francisco, CA – August 3, 2023) – Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (YBCA) is thrilled to announce Bay Area Now 9 (BAN9), the ninth iteration of the institution’s... -
Revue Eclipse: Interview with John Joseph Mitchell
Revue Eclipse July 21, 20231. Can you introduce yourself? I live and work a few miles up the road from the house I grew up in. It’s a fairly rural area on the New... -
Carl Cheng: Nature Never Loses
The Contemporary Austin Fall 2024Alex Klein [Head Curator and Director of Curatorial Affairs at The Contemporary Austin] is working closely with artist Carl Cheng to organize Nature Never Loses, a survey of his prescient,... -
Carl Cheng: From the Ground Up: Nurturing Diversity in Hostile Environments
Armory Center for the Arts Aug 9, 2024 - Feb 23, 2025What happens when populations that depend on international supply chains for basic needs are systemically cut off from food production? And when power grids fail, and reservoirs dry up? For... -
The Flag Art Foundation: "Friends & Lovers" October 6, 2023 - January 20, 2024
The Flag Art Foundation October 6, 2023-January 20, 2024OCTOBER 6, 2023-JANUARY 20, 2024 Opening Friday, October 6, 6-8 PM Friends & Lovers is an expansive group exhibition that centers on the relationships between artists and their subjects and... -
The Guardian: 'Telling truths about this moment': climate change author Jeff Goodell curates vital exhibition
The Guardian August 29, 2023Climate change is a very complex topic that is not just about data and information and physics, it’s about culture and politics and psychological responses,” the author and newly minted... -
Arts and Culture Texas: How to Harmonize with Nature: the Blanton Museum of Art Plants Texas in the Climate Change Conversation
Arts and Culture Texas July 26, 2023Mere days before acclaimed environmental journalist Jeff Goodell picks up the phone to talk about the Blanton Museum of Art’s If the Sky Were Orange: Art in the Time of... -
The Armory Show
Booth 344 | Kwame Brathwaite | Holly Coulis | Tomory Dodge | Kristy Luck | Aaron Morse | Sophie Treppendahl | Muzae Sesay 7 - 10 September 2023For the 2023 edition of The Armory Show, Philip Martin Gallery is pleased to present new works by Kwame Brathwaite, Holly Coulis, Tomory Dodge, Kristy Luck, Aaron Morse, Sophie Treppendahl and Muzae Sesay. In their respective practices, these seven artists of different generations and backgrounds consider modern life as it is both represented and experienced. They ask questions about what pictures do, how we read them, and the ways in which we can better understand our society and ourselves. -
In Conversation with Kristy Luck
Virtual Chat July 7, 2023Join Kristy Luck on Friday, July 7, 2023 at 9am PST / 12pm EST. The Los Angeles-based artist will discuss her paintings currently on view in her solo exhibition 'Close... -
In Conversation with Katy Cowan
Virtual Chat June 23, 2023Join Katy Cowan in conversation as the Berlin-based artist discusses her online exhibition "FIGURETHROUGHCONTOUR, DRIFT " on view at philipmartingallery.com. -
In Conversation with Christy Matson
Virtual Walkthrough June 16, 2023Join Christy Matson on Friday, June 16, 2023 at 10 am PST/ 1 pm EST. The Los Angeles-based artist will discuss her exhibition with the gallery, 'The Cloud, ' which... -
In Conversation with Rema Ghuloum
Virtual Chat June 2, 2023Join Rema Ghuloum in conversation on Friday, June 2, 2023 at 9 am PST/ 12 pm EST. The Los Angeles-based artist will discuss her current body of work. -
In Conversation with John Joseph Mitchell
Virtual Walkthrough May 19, 2023Join John Joseph Mitchell in conversation as the New Jersey-based artist discusses his online exhibition “A Cat in the Other Room,” on view on philipmartingallery.com. -
Artforum: Kwame Brathwaite (1938 - 2023)
Artforum April 3, 2023Photographer Kwame Brathwaite, who through his warm and elegant photos documenting life and culture adjacent to the civil rights and Black Power movements popularized the phrase “Black is beautiful,” died... -
The New York Times: Kwame Brathwaite, 85, Photographer With a Lens on Black Pride, is Dead
The New York Times April 12, 2023Part of the “Black is beautiful” movement during the civil rights era, he trained his camera on athletes, musicians and models as well as everyday people. Kwame Brathwaite, a photographer... -
New York Amsterdam News: Celebrated photographer Kwame Brathwaite dies at 85
New York Amsterdam News April 5, 2023Citing the luminaries captured through the lens of Kwame Brathwaite’s cameras, are, so to speak, mere snapshots of his remarkably productive career chronicling Americana, particularly Black life and culture. His... -
ArtReview: Kwame Brathwaite, ‘Black Is Beautiful’ Photographer, 1938 - 2023
ArtReview April 4, 2023Kwame Brathwaite, the pioneering American photographer of Black communities, has died at the age of 85. After decades of working largely without institutional recognition, in recent years his vast archive... -
CNN Style: Kwame Brathwaite, Photographer of ‘Black Is Beautiful’ Movement, Dies at 85
CNN Style April 3, 2023Kwame Brathwaite, the pioneering activist and photographer whose work helped define the aesthetics of the “Black is Beautiful” movement of the 1960s and beyond, died on April 1, aged 85.... -
Artnet News: Remembering Photographer and Activist Kwame Brathwaite, Who Gave a Visual Language to the ‘Black Is Beautiful’ Movement
Artnet News April 7, 2023Kwame Brathwaite, the photographer and activist whose work gave a visual identity to the “Black is Beautiful” movement, died on April 1. He was 85. The news was shared by... -
ARTnews: Kwame Brathwaite, Influential Photographer Who Proclaimed ‘Black Is Beautiful,’ Dies at 85
ARTnews April 3, 2023Kwame Brathwaite, a photographer and activist whose stylish images forced many to see Black beauty anew, inspiring generations of artists who came after him, died at 85. His son, Kwame... -
NPR: 'Black Is Beautiful’ Photographer Kwame Brathwaite has Died at 85
NPR April 4, 2023Photographer Kwame Brathwaite, who helped popularize the “Black is Beautiful” movement of the 1960s, has died. From Nelson Mandela to Muhammad Ali and the so-called Grandassa Models, Brathwaite’s work embraced... -
The Washington Post: Kwame Brathwaite, whose photos said ‘Black is beautiful,’ dies at 85
The Washington Post April 12, 2023For more than six decades, New York photographer Kwame Brathwaite was a joyous chronicler of Black life and culture, taking candid, richly textured pictures of beauty pageants and boxing matches,... -
ArtNowLA: Sung Jik Yang: ‘Paseo’ Locking in Emotions From Subject to Artist
ArtNowLAIn an urban environment bustling with countless, transient faces, what better way to get to know the inhabitants of our city than through the eyes of a portrait artist? At... -
In Conversation with Aaron Morse
Virtual Walkthrough April 7, 2023Join Aaron Morse in conversation as the Los-Angeles based artist discusses his online exhibition “Web of Life” on view on philipmartingallery.com. -
In Conversation with Sung Jik Yang
Virtual Chat March 22, 2023Join Sung Jik Yang as he discusses his exhibition with the gallery, 'Paseo,' which features new oil on canvas works by the Los Angeles-based artist. -
Frieze: A Group Show in London Traces Artists’ Spiritual Connection With Nature
Modern Art March 1, 2023Frieze, Say, Aliya, March 1, 2023 At Modern Art, London, ‘The Moth and the Thunderclap’ contains works by over 40 artists channelling the energies of the natural world Featuring works... -
Sky Glabush Joins Stephen Friedman Gallery
Stephen Friedman Gallery March 4, 2023Sky Glabush Stephen Friedman Gallery Sky Glabush (Canadian) is one of the country’s leading mid-career artists. As Critic Sarah Milroy describes, Glabush’s paintings investigate “the legacies of art, expressing a... -
Kwame Brathwaite: Things Well Worth Waiting For
The Art Institute of Chicago February 25, 2023During a career that spans seven decades, Kwame Brathwaite (born 1938) has become known for his photographs of Black fashion, music, and events. Brathwaite came to photography through music. In... -
In Conversation with Lisa Sanditz
Virtual Chat March 2, 2023Join Lisa Sanditz in conversation on March 2, 2023 at 9am PST / 12pm EST. -
In Conversation with Laurie Nye
Virtual Chat February 3, 2023Join Laurie Nye in conversation on February 3, 2023 at 9 am PST / 12 pm EST. The Los Angeles-based artist will discuss her new oil paintings. -
Carla: Carl Cheng at REDCAT
Carla February 1, 2023Contemporary Art Review Los Angeles (Carla) | Carl Cheng at REDCAT Fabruary 1, 2023 | Holyoak, Vanessa. The post-minimalist artist/inventor Carl Cheng has, over his nearly six-decade career, regularly produced... -
Katy Cowan, Soulscapes
Meyer Riegger Galerie January 27, 2023Soulscapes: Caroline Bachmann, Peter Böhnisch, Will Bruno, Katy Cowan, Penny, Davenport, Johnny DeFeo, Anders Dickson, Asana Fujikawa, Vidya Gastaldon, Rema Ghuloum, Christopher Hammerlein, Paul Hance, Mary Herbert, Sophia Heymans, Pierre... -
In Conversation with Sophie Treppendahl
Virtual Walkthrough January 20, 2023Join Sophie Treppendahl in conversation as she discusses her exhibition with the gallery, 'Take Care of Yourself,' which features new works by the New Orleans-based artist. -
Kwame Brathwaite, It's Time
Vielmetter Los Angeles January 10, 2023Opening reception: Saturday, January 14, 4 – 6 PM Several years ago my father said “The world needs to acknowledge the tremendous, artistic legacy of the people of Africa and... -
Art Basel Miami Beach
Booth B23 | Kwame Brathwaite, Tomory Dodge, Sky Glabush, Kristy Luck, Laurie Nye, Muzae Sesay December 1, 2022Art Basel Miami Beach | Galleries Section December 1 – 3, 2022 At Art Basel Miami Beach, Philip Martin Gallery presents an exhibition of six artists: Kwame BRATHWAITE, Tomory DODGE,... -
We Are Moving!
November 26, 2022January 7th, Philip Martin Gallery will reopen at our new 4,000 sq ft location at 3342 Verdugo Rd, Ste A, Los Angeles, CA 90065, in our new neighborhood, Glassell Park.... -
Ericka Beckman and Pat O'Neill, Objects of Desire
LACMA November 23, 2022Ericka Beckman and Pat O'Neill are included in LACMA's current exhibition Objects of Desire: Photography and the Language of Advertising which is on display until December 18, 2022. Objects of... -
In Conversation with Muzae Sesay
Virtual Chat November 18, 2022Join Muzae Sesay on Friday, November 18, 2022, 11 am PST/ 2 pm EST for a conversation. During the discussion Sesay walked us through his current body of work. Click... -
In Conversation with Sky Glabush
Virtual Chat November 9, 2022Join Sky Glabush on Friday, November 11, 2022, 9 am PST/ 12 pm EST for a conversation. During the discussion Glabush will walk us through his current body of work.... -
Daniel Dove: ‘reAnimal,’ Exploring the Familiar Against the Unknown
Art Now LA November 6, 2022In the exhibition Picasso Cut Papers (Hammer Museum October 1 – December 31, 2022), numerous animal forms emerge from folded and cut pieces of paper. Picasso had the ability to... -
In Conversation with Daniel Dove
Virtual Chat November 4, 2022Join Daniel Dove on Friday, November 4, 2022, 9 am PST/ 12 pm EST for a conversation. During the discussion Dove will walk us through his current body of work.... -
Brian Bress, Message from Our Planet
The Carl & Marilynn Thoma Foundation October 1, 2022The Carl & Marilynn Thoma Foundation announces Message from Our Planet, a new media exhibition that brings together 20 software, video, and light-technology artworks from 19 international artists and artist... -
Lew Thomas, Time Management Techniques
Whitney Museum of American Art September 24, 2022Time Management Techniques showcases photography by artists who examined the medium’s relationship to time between 1968 and 2019. Drawn from the Whitney’s permanent collection, the exhibition features many recent acquisitions...
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