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Representing contemporary art by emerging and mid-career American and International artists, emphasi

Callan Contemporary represents contemporary art by emerging and midcareer American and international artists with an emphasis on abstract and figurative paintings and sculpture. Artists

Pablo Atchugarry
Raine Bedsole
David Borgerding
Teresa Cole
Jose-Maria Cundin
Adrian Deckbar

George Dunbar
Margaret Evangeline
James Flynn
John Folsom
Doyle Gertjejansen
Key-Sook Geum
John Henry
Eva Hild
James Kennedy
Michael Kessler
Mitchell Lonas
Norah Lovell
Shawne Major
Sibylle Peretti
Bradley Sabin

08/27/2026

MITCHELL LONAS
THE LIGHT WITHIN
AUGUST 1 – SEPTEMBER 15, 2026

This dynamic relationship between object and observer positions Lonas within a broader lineage of artists concerned with perception and material presence. Yet his practice remains distinctly his own, distinguished by an exceptional command of process and an insistence on craftsmanship. In an era defined by acceleration and distraction, Mitchell Lonas offers an alternative: an invitation to pause, to observe carefully, and to discover that what changes before our eyes may also awaken something enduring within us.

Come preview the works in person at Callan Contemporary, Tuesday-Saturday 10am-5pm. For all sales inquiries, please email [email protected].

08/15/2026

MITCHELL LONAS
THE LIGHT WITHIN
AUGUST 1 – SEPTEMBER 15, 2026
The title, The Light Within, suggests that illumination is not something encountered externally alone, but something cultivated through experience, reflection, and endurance. At the center of The Light Within is the recognition that life is seldom defined by moments of certainty, but by continual movement. Lonas understands transformation not as an isolated event but as an enduring condition. Every season leaves its mark; every passage alters the landscape from which the next emerges. The exhibition reflects Lonas’ ongoing interest in the rhythms that govern the natural world and the ways those rhythms find resonance within human experience.
Visit the gallery Tuesday-Saturday, 10am-5pm or by appointment. For all inquiries, please email [email protected].

07/29/2026

Callan Contemporary is pleased to announce a new exhibition of paintings by
Mitchell Lonas opening on August 1st 6-9 pm during Fidelity Bank White Linen Night
For more than a decade, Lonas has developed a practice that occupies a compelling space between painting, sculpture, and optical experience. Working with painted aluminum, he meticulously engraves thousands of linear incisions into the surface. Rather than depicting light, the works receive and activate it, making perception itself an essential component of the work.
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06/04/2026

Bradley Sabin’s site-specific floral wall insulation featured Introspective Magazine’s Designers Spotlight article focusing on a project by Tara Shaw Design
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We are grateful to Tara Shaw for her vision of making this project come to fruition.

05/22/2026

BRADLEY SABIN
MAY 1 – JUNE 30, 2026

On view now at the gallery.

Sabin’s practice is grounded in a meticulous hand-built process in which each ceramic element is individually hand formed and assembled into expansive compositions. Through cycles of firing and glazing, he develops layered surface treatments that yield nuanced variations in color, depth, and finish. This approach balances precision with organic growth, as discrete forms coalesce into structures that feel both deliberate and emergent.

04/29/2026

Callan Contemporary is pleased to announce a new exhibition for Bradley Sabin featuring ceramic Floral Wall Installations and sculpture.
RECEPTION: Saturday, May 2nd, 6-9 pm
518 Julia Street

04/17/2026

If you’re going to French Quarter Festival this weekend, come visit us at the gallery.

“There’s a vibrational aspect to the work, a feeling of movement. I create connections and a sort of tonal landscape in which they sit. For me that’s the most important part of the painting.” - James Kennedy

JAMES KENNEDY
SPACES FOR THE MIND AND EYE
RECEPTION: SATURDAY APRIL 4TH, 6-8 PM
MARCH 5 – APRIL 20, 2026

04/03/2026

Join us tomorrow (4/4/26) from 6-8pm for live music and art by during Jammin’ on Julia in the .

JAMES KENNEDY
SPACES FOR THE MIND AND EYE
MARCH 5 – APRIL 25, 2026

To create his elegant abstractions on eucalyptus Masonite panel, Kennedy applies as many as 100 translucent acrylic washes over a gesso base, selectively incorporating pumice, graphite, modeling- paste extender, and micaceous iron oxide in layers so topographical, they often cast subtle shadows. This haptic, organic quality, contextualized within an organizing principle of order and balance, has origins in his interdisciplinary background across the fine arts, theater, dance, and design. The paintings that result from these meticulous processes are not only optically alluring, but visceral, almost corporeal.

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518 Julia Street
New Orleans, LA
70130

Opening Hours

Tuesday	10am - 5pm
Wednesday	10am - 5pm
Thursday	10am - 5pm
Friday	10am - 5pm
Saturday	10am - 5pm

Website

http://www.callancontemporary.com/

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