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Ericka Beckman | Surreal Visions of Late Capitalism
Hyperallergic March 17, 2025“Though often associated with the Pictures Generation, Beckman’s work shifts focus from deconstruction to archetypes — and from the commodity to the human” The expansive front gallery of the Drawing... -
Carl Cheng | The Art Newspaper
'It's like playing jazz': Carl Cheng reflects on his ecological investigations at the ICA in Philadelphia March 3, 2025The legendary Post-Minimalist artist Carl Cheng is all about systems, not instructions. The experimental artist-tinkerer has spent six decades defying genre and bucking institutional notions of branding in the broader... -
Ericka Beckman | Power Games: Winning Isn't Possible
Interview with Lukas Brasiskis for e-flux March 3, 2025On February 13, 2025, in conjunction with Ericka Beckman’s solo exhibition on view at the Drawing Center, e-flux Screening Room presented Power Games: Winning Isn’t Possible, a retrospective screening of films by Beckman. The screening was followed by a conversation between the artist, Lukas Brasiskis, and the audience. The transcript of this conversation was edited for the present publication. -
Carl Cheng | The Brooklyn Rail
Carl Cheng: Nature Never Loses March 1, 2025“Everything can be turned into an artifact, a relic. There’s no waste. It all finds a place.”—Carl Cheng -
Kwame Brathwaite: The 1970s
Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts February 25, 2025In the 1960s, Kwame Brathwaite (1938-2023) used photography to promote “Black is Beautiful” through the artist collectives he helped create—the African Jazz Art Society and Studios (AJASS) and Grandassa Models.... -
ICA Exhibition Surveys Artist Carl Cheng's Career
Penn Today February 19, 2025An entire room at Penn’s Institute of Contemporary Art is covered with three feet of sand that has been carved into a unique landscape by Carl Cheng, who has been... -
Sky Glabush's Living Canvas
Critic's Chronicle February 14, 2025Klimt, Canada, Deadhead, Seamus Heaney - all these disparate threads anchor and inspire Sky Glabush’s work. His abstract paintings often depict landscape scenes but also encompass more experimental aspects that... -
Carl Cheng: Nothing Lasts Forever
Frieze Week Magazine February 10, 2025An interview between Carl Cheng and Xin Liu in Frieze Week Magazine. -
Ericka Beckman: Power of the Spin
The Drawing Center February 7, 2025A filmmaker who came to prominence in the late 1970s, Ericka Beckman is considered a key figure of the Pictures Generation, a group of American conceptual artists who appropriated images... -
In Conversation with Sophie Treppendahl
Virtual Walkthrough February 7, 2025Join Sophie Treppendahl on Friday, February 7 @ 12noon PST/3 PM EST for a webinar conversation on, 'The Nearness of You,” Sophie Treppendahl's current solo exhibition with Philip Martin Gallery. -
In Conversation with Tim Garwood
Virtual Walkthrough January 31, 2025Join Tim Garwood on Friday, January 31 @ 12noon PST/3 PM EST for a webinar conversation on, "A Green Place,” Tim Garwood's current solo exhibition with Philip Martin Gallery. -
Carl Cheng, "Nature Never Loses," opens at ICA Philadelphia
ICA Philadelphia January 17, 2025This exhibition is the first in-depth survey of Carl Cheng’s prescient, genre-defying work from the 1960s to the present that will transform both floors of the ICA. -
Rema Ghuloum
Artforum January 1, 2025Water, fire, and air played starring roles in Rema Ghuloum’s latest exhibition, with most of the paintings dominated by a single element. -
Aaron Morse | NADA Miami 2024
NADA Miami December 3, 2024At NADA Miami 2024, Philip Martin Gallery is proud to present a solo exhibition of new paintings and works on paper by Aaron Morse. Aaron Morse’s work engages with human and environmental concerns, often with a view toward our greater narratives about ourselves and the world in which we live. -
Carl Cheng: Nature Never Loses
Artforum December 1, 2024Artforum , Vol. 63, No. 4, December 2024. Carl Cheng, "Nature Never Loses,": Best of 2024 - Natilee Harren on Carl Cheng -
Artist-Tinkerer Carl Cheng Teaches a Lesson in Surrendering to Systems
Art In America November 27, 2024Since the 1960s, Carl Cheng has sometimes worked under the alias “John Doe Co.,” a sly response to his accountant’s suggestion that his art practice become a business. This coy refusal is perhaps one of several reasons why his ingenious work has yet to receive the art historical recognition it deserves. -
Carl Cheng: Nature Never Loses
The Brooklyn Rail November 25, 2024Incorporated as John Doe Co. in the late 1960s so as to better deduct unconventional artistic materials without raising the suspicion of the IRS, Carl Cheng’s chosen incorporation name was... -
Artist Carl Cheng’s Work Won’t Last Forever. He’s More Than Okay With That
Cultured Magazine November 22, 2024In a wide-ranging conversation with museum curator Alex Klein, the artist reflects on the impermanence of art and his ongoing “Nature Never Loses” exhibit at the Contemporary Austin. -
In Conversation with Christy Matson
Virtual Walkthrough November 15, 2024Join Christy Matson on Friday, November 15 @ 9am PST/12noon EST for a webinar conversation on, 'Index Color,” Christy Matson's current solo exhibition with Philip Martin Gallery. -
An Interview with Christy Matson
Valise November 11, 2024Valise user Christy Matson is an artist based in Los Angeles. Her latest exhibition, “Index Color,” opened November 9 at Philip Martin Gallery in Los Angeles and remains on view through December 21. Below, we discuss how she creates her “woven wall-based works,” what is gained and lost as we translate the world and artworks into pictures, and art museums’ recent embrace of textiles. -
Index Color
Christy Matson November 9, 2024Philip Martin is proud to present a solo exhibition of new wall-mounted works by Los Angeles-based artist, Christy Matson. Christy Matson’s woven, wall-mounted works combine the skill, sensitivity and craft of painting and hand weaving with the artist-directed process of an industrial Jacquard loom. -
In Conversation with Katy Cowan
Virtual Walkthrough October 25, 2024Join Katy Cowan on Friday, October 25 @ 9am PST/12noon EST for a webinar conversation on, 'Painted Drawings,” Katy Cowan's current online exhibition with Philip Martin Gallery. -
Rema Ghuloum at Philip Martin Gallery | Atmospheres
KCRW October 19, 2024Rema Gholoum’s paintings in her new solo show, Atmospheres, are just that. Many are titled after natural phenomena — Deep Sea, Sunshine, Facade (Dusk), Still Morning — and each abstract... -
In Conversation with Rema Ghuloum and Daniel Dove
Virtual Walkthrough October 4, 2024Join Rema Ghuloum and Daniel Dove on Friday, October 4 @ 9am PST/12noon EST for a webinar conversation on, "Atmospheres,” Rema Ghuloum's current solo exhibition with Philip Martin Gallery. -
Sky Glabush | Textures of Time and Place
Plus Magazine September 30, 2024Sky Glabush’s work invites viewers into a rich dialogue where language, nature, and form converge. Through his use of textured landscapes, blending sand and oil paint, Glabush creates surfaces that... -
Kwame Brathwaite | Ideas of Africa: Portraiture and Political Imagination
MoMA September 24, 2024MoMA ANNOUNCES A MAJOR EXHIBITION HIGHLIGHTING THE ROLE OF THE PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAIT IN CIRCULATING IDEAS OF PAN-AFRICAN SUBJECTIVITY AND IMAGINATION. -
Carl Cheng’s “Nature Never Loses” | Visual Art Review
The Austin Chronicle September 13, 2024The Austin Chronicle. Visual Art Review: Carl Cheng’s “Nature Never Loses”. The Contemporary's exhibit showcases the artist's fearlessness in the face of extinction -
Sophie Treppendahl | The Superfluity of Things
James Cohan September 6, 2024James Cohan is pleased to present The Superfluity of Things, a group exhibition that celebrates the enduring vitality of the still life tradition for contemporary artists. This exhibition presents an intergenerational cross-section of artists working within and against the genre to plum its expressive possibilities across a variety of media, including painting, photography, and sculpture. -
Sky Glabush: The letters of this alphabet were trees
Stephen Friedman Gallery September 5, 2024Stephen Friedman Gallery presents The letters of this alphabet were trees, an exhibition of new paintings by Canadian artist Sky Glabush, marking his New York debut. Based in the countryside near London, Ontario, Glabush is celebrated for his brilliantly colored landscapes depicting forests, fields, flowers, sea and sky. -
Carl Cheng | A Ceaseless Encounter With Nature, An Enduring Vision
Flaunt Magazine September 1, 2024Aerospace grade aluminum, avocado seeds, surfeit cerulean plexiglass, chemistry pipettes, stumps from abandoned Christmas trees, defunct miniature TVs, Wonder Bread, and organic specimens scavenged from shores around the world: these... -
Carl Cheng: 'I'm not a guy that wants to be a celebrity'
Financial Times August 27, 2024Artist Carl Cheng: ‘I’m not a guy that wants to be a celebrity’ His first retrospective, at the age of 82, showcases work which satirises wealth, technology and the American... -
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... -
In Conversation with Sky Glabush
Virtual Walkthrough July 26, 2024Join Sky Glabush Friday, July 26 @ 9am PST/12noon EST for a webinar conversation on, 'Mount Temptation,” Sky Glabush's current online show with Philip Martin Gallery. -
In Conversation with Jackie Gendel
Virtual Walkthrough July 19, 2024Join Jackie Gendel on Friday, July 19, 2024, at 9am PST/12pm EST for a webinar conversation on “The Architect’s Daughters,” Gendel’s solo show at Philip Martin Gallery. -
Artforum: MUST SEE, Jackie Gendel, "The Architect's Daughters"
Artforum July 1, 2024ARTFORUM MUST SEE: “The Architect’s Daughters,” an exhibition of new paintings by Jackie Gendel. “The Architect’s Daughters” is Providence-based artist Jackie Gendel’s first solo show at Philip Martin Gallery. Jackie... -
The Architect's Daughters
Jackie Gendel June 29, 2024Philip Martin Gallery is delighted to present, “The Architect’s Daughters,” an exhibition of new paintings by Jackie Gendel. “The Architect’s Daughters” is Providence-based artist Jackie Gendel’s first solo show at... -
John Joseph Mitchell | Ingleby Gallery
Instalments June 26, 2024INSTALMENTS is a series of focussed presentations that take place in the ‘Feast Room’, on the first floor of the Glasite Meeting House, the building which houses our gallery in... -
In Conversation with Pamela Jorden
Virtual Walkthrough June 7, 2024Join Pamela Jorden on Friday, June 7, 2024, at 9am PST / 12pm EST. The Los Angeles-based artist will discuss her solo exhibition, 'Light Falls', at Philip Martin Gallery, which... -
In Conversation with Lisa Sanditz
Virtual Walkthrough May 10, 2024Join Lisa Sanditz on Friday, May 10, 2024, at 9am PST / 12pm EST. The New York-based artist will discuss her solo exhibition, 'Hyperaccumulators', at Philip Martin Gallery, which features... -
Sung Jik Yang | 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. -
Kwame Brathwaite | Hyperallergic
10 Shows to See in Los Angeles This May April 30, 2024Stromberg, Matt. “10 Shows to See in Los Angeles This May: Kwame Brathwaite’s singular photography, Jackie Amézquita’s “soil paintings,” Sanaa Gateja’s paper beadwork, ancient pottery, and more ,” Hyperallergic, April... -
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... -
Kwame Brathwaite: Things Well Worth Waiting For
ArtCenter College of Design April 17, 2024Kwame Brathwaite: Things Well Worth Waiting For, on view at ArtCenter College of Design's Williamson Gallery Exhibition Dates Wednesday, April 17 through Saturday, August 17, 2024 In 1956, 18-year-old Kwame... -
Kristy Luck | 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 | 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. -
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... -
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. -
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... -
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... -
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”... -
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... -
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... -
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... -
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... -
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... -
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,... -
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... -
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... -
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... -
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 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... -
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... -
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... -
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. -
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... -
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... -
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. -
Kwame Brathwaite | Artforum
Deborah Willis on Kwame Brathwaite April 20, 2023Willis, Deborah. “Kwame Brathwaite (1938-2023),” Artforum , April 20, 2023. KWAME BRATHWAITE WAS FAMILY! He taught me about the possibilities of photography and what it means to document everyday life... -
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... -
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,... -
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. -
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... -
ArtNowLA: Sung Jik Yang: ‘Paseo’ Locking in Emotions From Subject to Artist
ArtNowLA April 6, 2023In 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... -
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... -
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... -
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.... -
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... -
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... -
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. -
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... -
In Conversation with Lisa Sanditz
Virtual Chat March 2, 2023Join Lisa Sanditz in conversation on March 2, 2023 at 9am PST / 12pm EST. -
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... -
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 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.... -
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... -
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... -
Kwame Brathwaite: Black Is Beautiful
Aperture June 11, 2020In a piece for Aperture, Tanisha C. Ford writes about the life and work of photographer Kwame Brathwaite.
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