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Kwame Brathwaite: Black is Beautiful
Centre de la Photographie de Mougins July 5, 2025 While almost everyone may be familiar with the expression ‘Black is beautiful,’ few people know who made it popular. We... Read more -
In Conversation with Katy Cowan
Virtual Walkthrough July 18, 2025 Join Katy Cowan on Friday, July 18 @ 9am PST/12noon EST for a webinar conversation on "Built from Line,” Katy Cowan's current solo exhibition with Philip Martin Gallery hosted by Haverkampf Leistenschneider in Berlin, Germany. Read more -
Kwame Brathwaite, Beyond 'Black Is Beautiful,' At Arkansas Museum of Fine Art
Forbes July 22, 2025 “Kwame Brathwaite: The 1970s” at the Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts in Little Rock contradicts what museumgoers expect from photography... Read more
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Untitled Art, Houston | Booth A12
Tomory Dodge, Jackie Gendel, Sky Glabush, Aaron Morse and Sung Jik Yang. September 19 - 21, 2025 For Untitled Art Houston 2025, Philip Martin Gallery is delighted to present new and never-before-seen works by Tomory Dodge, Jackie Gendel, Sky Glabush, Aaron Morse and Sung Jik Yang. Read more -
Laurie Nye: This World Only
Opening Saturday, September 27, 2025 September 27, 2025 Philip Martin Gallery is proud to present, 'This World Only,' an exhibition of new paintings by Los Angeles-based artist Laurie... Read more -
Pictures Without Prejudice at the Carnegie Museum of Art
The Wall Street Journal September 27, 2025 An exhibition in Pittsburgh highlights the work of black photographers, both well-known and unidentified, who captured the life of their community and beyond. Read more
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Carl Cheng | 5 Artists to Watch from Made in L.A. 2025
Artnet News October 7, 2025 One of the most closely watched shows in Los Angeles, the “Made in L.A.” biennial at UCLA’s Hammer Museum showcases... Read more -
Black is Beautiful: The Kwame Brathwaite Story | Film Review
The Guardian October 9, 2025 Four-star review of the new documentary film "Black is Beautiful: The Kwame Brathwaite Story," written by Peter Bradshaw for The Guardian. Read more -
Black is Beautiful: The Kwame Brathwaite Story | Film Review
Ebony Magazine October 14, 2025 Text by Delaina Dixon. “‘Black Is Beautiful: The Kwame Brathwaite Story’ documentary honors a visionary who redefined beauty,” published in Ebony, October 14, 2025. Read more
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In Conversation with Laurie Nye
Virtual Walkthrough October 17, 2025 Join Laurie Nye on Friday, October 17, @ 9am PST/12noon EST for a webinar conversation on "This World Only,” Laurie Nye's current solo exhibition with Philip Martin Gallery. Read more -
Sliding Into Entropy: Rema Ghuloum, "Day After Day"
MPLSART October 19, 2025 Each painting acting as a touch tree, Rema Ghuloum’s daily, ritualistic practice provides a documentation of time and presence. In her series Day After Day, Ghuloum welcomes the viewer into lapses of tension and release, and lapses of additive abandon balanced by mindful deduction. Text by Cory Eull. "Sliding Into Entropy". MPLSART.COM, October 19, 2025. Read more -
Black is Beautiful: The Kwame Brathwaite Story | Film Review
Cineuropa October 20, 2025 World-premiered at the BFI London Film Festival as part of the official competition, Yemi Bamiro’s Black Is Beautiful: The Kwame Brathwaite Story tells of the life and art of Kwame Brathwaite, an activist and photographer who started the “black is beautiful” movement in 1960s Harlem, which eventually spread around the world. Born Gilbert Ronald, Brathwaite changed his name to honour Kwame Nkrumah, the first president of independent Ghana. Read more
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Hubert Schmalix - Once Upon a Time
Stadtgalerie Klagenfurt October 24, 2025 - February 1, 2026 With "Once Upon a Time..." the Alpine-Adriatic Gallery dedicates a comprehensive retrospective to the painter Hubert Schmalix. Read more -
Yemi Bamiro on the making of "Black is Beautiful: The Kwame Brathwaite Story"
Little White Lies October 31, 2025 The documentary filmmaker breathes life and love into this doc on the trailblazing photographer who helped to define the aesthetics of the “Black is Beautiful” movement. Read more -
In Conversation with Daniel Dove
Virtual Walkthrough November 7, 2025 Join Daniel Dove on Friday, November 7, @ 9am PST/12noon EST for a webinar conversation on "Dry Season,” Daniel Dove's current solo exhibition with Philip Martin Gallery. Read more
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Rema Ghuloum | Fertile Dreams: Exploring Land, Transformation and Ritual in the Middle East
Planted Journal November 11, 2025 My paintings are experiential and reflect states of being. I consider them to be more like atmospheres than anything else because they shape-shift depending on what one brings to them. They capture the essence or feeling of a place or something familiar that words fail to describe accurately, much like dreaming or memory. - Rema Ghuloum Read more -
Sky Glabush: All Night I Heard a Singing Bird
Opening Saturday, November 15, 2025 November 15, 2025 Philip Martin Gallery is delighted to present an exhibition of new works by London Ontario-based artist, Sky Glabush. For almost four decades, Sky Glabush has explored art-making as a route for external observation and personal self-discovery. Read more -
The Man Who Made Black Beautiful: New Doc Tells Kwame Brathwaite’s Untold Story
Ebony Magazine November 26, 2025 The creative team behind Black Is Beautiful: The Kwame Brathwaite Story takes us inside their documentary process. Read more
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Art Basel Miami Beach | Galleries
Kwame Brathwaite, Carl Cheng, Rema Ghuloum and Sky Glabush December 5 - 7, 2025 For Art Basel Miami Beach 2025 Gallery Section, Philip Martin Gallery presents a four-artist booth featuring new and never-before seen works by Kwame Brathwaite, Carl Cheng, Rema Ghuloum and Sky Glabush. Read more -
Art Basel Miami Beach | Kabinett
Sophie Treppendahl December 5 - 7, 2025 At Art Basel Miami Beach 2025 Kabinett Section, Philip Martin Gallery presents, "O Sole Mio," an exhibition of new diaristic paintings by New Orleans-based artist Sophie Treppendahl. Read more -
Christy Matson | W Magazine
"The Textile Artists Bringing Fiber Art Into the Future" December 9, 2025 Fusing age-old techniques with digital tools, a new generation of creatives is expanding the tradition of tapestries—and filling art galleries and museums to a degree never seen before. Read more
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Abstraction, People and Landscape
Holly Coulis, Tomory Dodge, Tim Garwood, Jackie Gendel, Christy Matson December 11, 2025 Philip Martin Gallery is proud to present, “Abstraction, People and Landscape,” a group exhibition featuring the work of Holly Coulis, Tomory Dodge, Tim Garwood, Jackie Gendel and Christy Matson. These five artists consider abstraction as a means by which to think about people and landscape as motif. Read more -
In Conversation with Sophie Treppendahl
Virtual Walkthrough December 12, 2025 Join Sophie Treppendahl on Friday, December 12 @ 9am PST/12noon EST for a webinar conversation on "O Sole Mio,” Sophie Treppendahl's solo exhibition with Philip Martin Gallery at Art Basel Miami Beach. Read more -
Aaron Morse: Lights Out for the Territories
Opening Saturday, January 24, 2026 January 24, 2026 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. Morse's paintings and works-on-paper invite us to consider myth, nature and culture through dynamic compositions that combine their elements in colorful and complex layers. Read more
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Lisa Sanditz
Swamp Thistle February 4, 2026 Philip Martin Gallery is pleased to present, "Swamp Thistle," an exhibition of new works-on-paper by New York-based artist Lisa Sanditz. In over almost three decades of practice, Sanditz has made works of tremendous pictorial verve, exploring nature, humans and the profundity of their ongoing relation. Read more -
In Conversation with Aaron Morse
Virtual Walkthrough February 6, 2026 Join Aaron Morse on Friday, February 6, @ 10am PST/1pm EST for a webinar conversation on "Lights Out for the Territories,” Aaron Morse's current solo exhibition with Philip Martin Gallery. Read more -
Tomory Dodge
Sequencer February 11, 2026 Philip Martin Gallery is proud to present, "Sequencer," an exhibition of new works-on-paper by Tomory Dodge. Executed in colored pencil, Tomory Dodge's drawings follow a generative formal logic that operates according to its own terms, stacking line, color and shape in sequenced compositions. Read more
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In Conversation with Lisa Sanditz
Virtual Walkthrough February 13, 2026 Join Lisa Sanditz on Friday, February 13, @ 10am PST/1pm EST for a webinar conversation on "Swamp Thistle,” Lisa Sanditz's current solo exhibition with Philip Martin Gallery. Read more -
Black is Beautiful: The Kwame Brathwaite Story
Pan African Film Festival 2026 February 17, 2026 BLACK IS BEAUTIFUL will have 3 separate screenings at the 34th anniversary edition of the Pan African Film Festival 2026... Read more -
In Conversation with Tomory Dodge
Virtual Walkthrough February 20, 2026 Join Tomory Dodge on Friday, February 20, @ 10am PST/1pm EST for a webinar conversation on "Sequencer,” Tomory Dodge's current solo exhibition with Philip Martin Gallery. Read more
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Felix Art Fair | Room 1237
Brian Bress, Katy Cowan, Tomory Dodge, Daniel Dove, Aaron Morse, Laurie Nye, Lisa Sanditz, Sophie Treppendahl, Sung Jik Yang February 25, 2026 At Felix Art Fair, Booth 1237, Philip Martin Gallery is pleased to present new and never-before-seen works by Brian Bress, Katy Cowan, Tomory Dodge, Daniel Dove, Aaron Morse, Laurie Nye, Lisa Sanditz, Sophie Treppendahl and Sung Jik Yang. In their respective bodies of work, these nine artists of different generations and backgrounds consider interiority, personal vision and the nature of the art object today. Read more -
Unsettled Vision: Aaron Morse on the Fantasized West at Philip Martin Gallery
Momus February 26, 2026 Aaron Morse’s tall heavens evoke Georgia O’Keeffe’s painting Sky Above Clouds IV (1965); the big-sky country of the American West;... Read more -
Daniel Dove: Slab Citizen
Opening Saturday, March 14, 2026 March 14, 2026 Philip Martin Gallery is pleased to present, “Slab Citizen,” an exhibition of new oil-on-canvas paintings by Austin-born, Los Angeles-based artist Daniel Dove. In addition to new works, Dove’s solo show will include four monumental pieces from 2013-2017, never-before-seen in Los Angeles. Read more
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In Conversation with Daniel Dove
Virtual Walkthrough March 20, 2026 Join Daniel Dove on Friday, March 20, @ 10am PST/1pm EST for a webinar conversation on "Slab Citizen,” Daniel Dove's current solo exhibition with Philip Martin Gallery. Read more -
Hubert Schmalix
Creating Light March 26, 2026 Philip Martin Gallery is proud to present, “Creating Light,” an exhibition of the late works of Los Angeles-based, Austrian-born artist Hubert Schmalix (1952-2025). Most of the works were produced in 2024, with Schmalix reflecting on his long career, a life in Europe, Asia and the United States, and the practice of painting to which he daily returned. Read more -
Sophie Treppendahl
By Candlelight April 2, 2026 Philip Martin Gallery is proud to present, “By Candlelight,” a solo exhibition of new works by New Orleans-based painter Sophie Treppendahl. The show features jewel-sized, highly-detailed small works with succinct yet evocative titles such as, "Breakfast with Vuillard and Candles, Gray;" and "Dinner with Derain and Candles, Green." Read more
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Sky Glabush | Dallas Art Fair 2026
Booth D4 April 16, 2026 At the 2026 Dallas Art Fair, Booth D4, Philip Martin Gallery presents a solo exhibition of new works by Ontario-based artist Sky Glabush. Sky Glabush’s solo stand will include two monumentally-scaled paintings, a selection of smaller works, and a series of framed paintings-on-paper, several of which pull from Glabush’s recent trip to Arles and the hospital at St. Rémy-de-Provence, where Van Gogh lived from 1889-1890. Read more -
Katy Cowan: Tape Drifts and Figures Reach
Opens Saturday, May 2, 2026 May 2, 2026 Philip Martin Gallery is proud to present, “Tape Drifts and Figures Reach,” a solo exhibition of new cast, wall-mounted, hand-painted sculptures by Katy Cowan. Katy Cowan makes her works with existing studio objects, altering the forms of these objects expressively in the casting process. Read more -
Pamela Jorden
Webs May 7, 2026 Philip Martin Gallery is proud to present, “Webs,” a solo exhibition of new paintings by Los Angeles-based artist Pamela Jorden. In Jorden’s work, shape - often defined by the perimeter of the painting itself - informs one’s experience of painterly color, sinuous line and rich atmosphere. Read more
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Christy Matson
Moonshadow May 14, 2026 Philip Martin Gallery is pleased to present, "Moonshadow," an exhibition of new wall-mounted, woven works by Los Angeles-based artist, Christy Matson. Christy Matson's pieces explore both objective and non-objective motifs with an eye towards landscape and abstraction. Read more -
Carl Cheng
Everything in the Universe is Energy May 21, 2026 Philip Martin Gallery is pleased to present, “Everything in the Universe Is Energy,” an exhibition of important tabletop and wall-mounted works by Carl Cheng. The online show features pieces from across the Los Angeles-based artist’s oeuvre, highlighting different modes and periods in his work. Read more -
James Castle / John Joseph Mitchell
Opening Saturday, June 20, 2026 June 20, 2026 Philip Martin Gallery is pleased to present “James Castle/John Joseph Mitchell,” an exhibition featuring more than sixty works by two American masters of intimate scale separated by generations, geographies and backgrounds: legendary self-taught artist James Castle (1899–1977) and contemporary painter and printmaker John Joseph Mitchell (b. 1989 in Somers Point, NJ). The exhibition features works-on-paper, sculptural constructions and a handmade book by James Castle alongside paintings, monotypes and framed pastel-on-box-lid constructions by John Joseph Mitchell. Read more
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Sophie Treppendahl: Dinner by Candlelight
Online June 25 - July 9, 2026 June 25, 2026 Philip Martin Gallery is proud to present, “Dinner by Candlelight,” its second solo exhibition of new jewel-sized domestic interior paintings by New Orleans-based painter Sophie Treppendahl. Read more -
Preorder: James Castle / John Joseph Mitchell
Catalog preorder June 27, 2026 The limited run exhibition catalog, "James Castle / John Joseph Mitchell," features 35 full-color artwork images, detail shots, essay and a short interview conversation with Alex Baker and John Joseph Mitchell on the work of landmark artist James Castle (1899-1977). The exhibition features works-on-paper, sculptural constructions and a handmade book by James Castle alongside paintings, monotypes and framed pastel-on-box-lid constructions by John Joseph Mitchell (b. 1989, Somers Point, NJ). Read more -
Aaron Morse: Deluge
Online July 1 - 15, 2026 July 1, 2026 Philip Martin Gallery is proud to present, “Deluge,” an exhibition of new paintings and works-on-paper by Los Angeles-based artist Aaron Morse. In Aaron Morse's work, landscape is non-hierarchical; time is fluid; and imagery, both abstract and representational, whether drawn from textbooks, postcards, advertising, comic books, collage, drawings, paintings or range of lived experiences, is a multiverse containing both possibility and interpretation. Read more
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David Korty: Perennials
Online July 9 - 23, 2026 July 9, 2026 Philip Martin Gallery is proud to present, "Perennials," an online exhibition of paintings and ceramics by Los Angeles-based artist David Korty. For over 25 years, David Korty has made dynamic pictures and objects that explore painterly space, handmade forms and the various points at which they intersect. All works can be viewed at the gallery by appointment. Philip Martin Gallery is open Wednesday - Saturday from 11-5. For additional images, or information please email info@philipmartingallery.com, or call 323-507-2037. Philip Martin Gallery is located at 3342 Verdugo Road, Los Angeles, CA 90065. Read more -
Rema Ghuloum
Moment to Moment July 16, 2026 Philip Martin Gallery is proud to present, “Moment to Moment,” an exhibition of new paintings by Los Angeles-based artist Rema Ghuloum. The exhibition focuses on Ghuloum’s sustained investigation into painterly abstraction as an experiential space of action, color and atmosphere. Rema Ghuloum’s exhibition, “Moment to Moment,” is online July 16 - July 30, 2026. All works can be viewed at the gallery by appointment. Read more -
In Conversation with John Joseph Mitchell
Virtual Walkthrough July 24, 2026 Join John Joseph Mitchell on Friday, July 24, @ 10am PST/1pm EST for a webinar conversation on his current exhibition with Philip Martin Gallery, "James Castle / John Joseph Mitchell”. Read more
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