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04/14/2026

On the occasion of tonight’s gala, revisit this video of Adebunmi Gbadebo () reflecting on her cover for the Winter Issue No. 254.

Originally presented in Gbadebo’s solo exhibition at the gallery, her artwork featured on the cover, “How Did I Get Here?” (2025) is part of a five-panel work that exemplifies her distinctive process—combining cotton pulp with donated hair, dyed using pigment she creates from soil. The work marks her most ambitious achievement to date, both technically and conceptually.

Since 1953, The Paris Review has championed the development of creative voices while fostering a broader appreciation for excellence in literature and the arts. , the magazine’s Art Director and a fellow artist represented by the gallery, has played a key role in advancing this mission.

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03/20/2026

Take a look inside the exhibition catalogue for “Uman: After all the things…” The fully illustrated 96-page hardcover accompanies Uman’s first solo museum exhibition at (on view through May 10), and offers a deeper look into the artist’s radiant, intuitive practice.

Featuring an essay by Chief Curator and a poem by , the catalogue captures the layered influences and personal histories that shape Uman’s distinctive visual language.

Co-published by and
Design by .mccormick

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10/01/2024

🗳️ Artists for Kamala 🗳️

Launching today in support of the Harris Victory Fund, this painting by is part of a sale of works donated from a diverse group over 165 of the country’s most notable artists, whose voices and community leadership represent Vice President ’s vision for the country.

Link in bio for register for the sale through October 8 👆

Elizabeth Schwaiger
“Leaving Cryptic Notes to Myself” 2024

09/27/2024

If You Complete a Dream...

“The painting captures a moment just after I woke from a dream in which I was lost,” says in an interview with about her new show “Bedimmed Boundaries: Between Wakefulness and Sleep” on view through October 19. “Although my eyes are open and it appears that I’m awake, I’m actually caught in a hypnagogic hallucination—those fleeting moments just before I fully transition into wakefulness.”

Wangari Mathenge
“If You Complete a Dream … (Bedimmed Boundaries)” 2024

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09/18/2024

The brought together a group of power women in the art world, including Nicola Vassell, , .thecultivist, and to discuss the business of art and reflections on the industry’s future.

Founded by mother-daughter team .ok and , the series aims to create accessible, empowering, and uplifting events that bring women in business together.

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09/16/2024

📍 Notting Hill Carnival

brought the Caribbean celebration of Carnival to London with his new series of paintings installed on the Mangrove truck at this year’s .

The celebration coincides with the artist’s Britain commission “Grace,” an homage to the women who shaped him.

Images: Alvaro Barrington installation on Mangrove truck at Notting Hill Carnival 2024, Courtesy the artist, Mangrove Carnival, Notting Hill Carnival Community

09/12/2024

The American flag 🇺🇸 is a symbol that simultaneously unites and divides the nation it represents, and has long been celebrated and disparaged by artists enthralled by its power while remaining wary of its application.

Through October 26, ’s “America Seen Through Stars and Stripes (New York)” (1976) is on view in “Flags,” a group show at surveying artworks made using or depicting the flag of the United States.

A portion of the proceeds from the exhibition will be donated to America Votes, the nation’s largest grassroots voter mobilization effort.

Images: Installation view, “Flags: A Group Show,” Paula Cooper Gallery, New York, September 7 – October 26, 2024. Courtesy Paula Cooper Gallery, New York. Photo: Steven Probert | Ming Smith, “America Seen Through Stars and Stripes (New York),” 1976. Edition of 5 plus 1 artist’s proof (AP 1/1). © Ming Smith. Courtesy of the artist and Nicola Vassell Gallery

09/11/2024

Where do we go when we sleep?

In her new series of paintings, depicts her own body in fluctuating states of repose across multiple, durational panels. She images her fluttering eyes and restless spasms as if windows into her subconscious with the curtains drawn-gestures that imply, rather than illustrate, her vivid hallucinations.

“Bedimmed Boundaries: Between Wakefulness and Sleep” is on view through October 19.

09/06/2024

Thank you for joining us last night to celebrate the opening of ’s new solo show “Bedimmed Boundaries: Between Wakefulness and Sleep.”

In her interview with Alison Stewart on , Mathenge describes the concept behind her new series of paintings in which she observes her own sleeping body:

“We were talking about our dreams, and I realized that I have a certain kind of dream state that is not that common. This is the dream state that happens as you’re falling to sleep and also as you’re just about to awaken...”

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09/05/2024

Opening Tonight ‼️

Join us tonight 6-8 pm to celebrate the opening of “Bedimmed Boundaries: Between Wakefulness and Sleep,” a new series of paintings and video installation by Wangari Mathenge in which she observes her own sleeping body to derive profound, personal insights into the nature of altered states of consciousness. Cloaked in slumber, Mathenge’s compositions are mesmerizing and perplexing-portraits of her mind as it pursues equilibrium between empirical and imaginary realms.

Wangari Mathenge, “Shooting Up Chickens (Bedimmed Boundaries),” 2024

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