The FLAG Art Foundation

11/22/2022

The FLAG Art Foundation will be closed November 22-26, 2022, for the Thanksgiving holiday, and reopen to the public Wednesday, November 30, 11 AM-5 PM. Our current exhibitions "Tarek Atoui: The Whisperers" and "Spotlight: Umar Rashid" remain on view through December 10. For more information, visit www.flagartfoundation.org
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Image: Installation view of "Tarek Atoui: The Whisperers" at The FLAG Art Foundation, 2022. Photography by Steven Probert.

11/19/2022

“[…] inside the painting is a forever now for its soldiers. Paradoxically, we postulate their inevitable fate as we witness them, very much alive, eternally young, and partying at the edge of dessert paradise. It’s both reassuring and absurd, but despite whatever brought them here, they seem joyful and at least have one another.”
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An excerpt from Jonathan Rider's essay on 's painting "Legio V meets the Gucci Gang in the Sonoran Desert after a bloody skirmish and become lost to time. The colors that make purple," 2022, currently part of The FLAG Art Foundation's Spotlight series, on view through December 10, 2022. For more information, images, and to read the full essay, visit https://www.flagartfoundation.org/exhibitions-umar-rashid
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Image: Umar Rashid. "Legio V meets the Gucci Gang in the Sonoran Desert after a bloody skirmish and become lost to time. The colors that make purple," 2022. Acrylic, ink, mica flake, and spray paint, 48 x 48 inches (121.9 x 121.9 cm). Courtesy the artist and Half Gallery

11/02/2022

“[…]The strength of Jallow’s storytelling is ambiguity. Surrealists did this so well, and they still keep us guessing, thinking (with an open mind), and questioning, all the while delivering powerful images and words straight into our subconsciouses. Each of Jallow’s paintings follows the logic of a dream. Each of her characters could be someone else, another woman, another being, or have multiple identities–and still we know, this is me, this is you.”
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An excerpt from art writer ’s essay on ’s painting “The Surrender,” 2022, currently part of The FLAG Art Foundation's Spotlight series, on view through November 12, 2022. For more information, images, and to read the full essay, visit https://www.flagartfoundation.org/exhibitions/rugiyatou-ylva-jallow
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Image: Rugiyatou Ylva Jallow. “The Surrender,” 2022 (detail). Acrylic, oil paint, and thread on canvas, 60 x 48 inches (152.4 x 121.9 cm). Courtesy the artist and Carl Kostyál. Photograph by Steven Probert.

09/23/2022

Join e-flux Monday, September 26, 8 PM, for a live music set featuring 'Through Rust and Dusk,' an experimental music duo by and that incorporates improvisation techniques, custom made instruments, field recordings, and electronic sounds. The suave melodies of a club in Kaunas, the clamor of Kurdistan's markets, the howls of cheap synths and noise machines, the jibe of the now gone Beirut harbor, and the laughs of tribes in the Atlas mountains are some of the sounds that they collect. For more information and tickets, visit https://www.e-flux.com/live/491367/through-rust-and-dusk-live-music-by-nbsp-jad-atoui-and-tarek-atoui/

"Tarek Atoui: The Whisperers" opens Friday, September 30, 6-8 PM, at The FLAG Art Foundation. The recipient of the 2022 Suzanne Deal Booth / FLAG Art Foundation Prize, Atoui will present a reconfigured and expanded version of "The Whisperers" (recently on view at The Contemporary Austin) that includes two new sculptural components and a roster of collaborators unique to this presentation, including sound artists , , and . Over a two-month span, collaborators will use the exhibition as a site for experimentation and regularly interact with the installation through improvisational activations, community-based workshops, and performances. For more information, visit https://www.flagartfoundation.org/exhibitions/tarek-atoui

08/12/2022

CLOSING TODAY, Friday, August 12, 5 PM, at The FLAG Art Foundation: “Among Friends: Three Views of a Collection,” curated by artists and . Drawn from the collection of Amanda and Glenn Fuhrman, FLAG's founders, the exhibition includes singular presentations of artworks that reflect each artist’s primary discipline and personal sensibilities: Daignault’s selection stems from painting; Erizku focuses on photography and sculpture; and Gibbs select drawings. For more information, visit https://www.flagartfoundation.org/.
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Image: Installation view of “Among Friends: Three Views of a Collection” at The FLAG Art Foundation, 2022. Photography by Steven Probert.

08/09/2022

We are thrilled to announce that (b. 1954, Zanzibar; lives and works in Preston, UK) has won the 2024 Suzanne Deal Booth / FLAG Art Foundation Prize! In addition to receiving a $200,000 cash award, Himid will present a solo exhibition premiering the The Contemporary Austin in spring 2024, which will then travel to The FLAG Art Foundation in fall 2024. The prize also includes an exhibition publication and public programming at both venues.
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Himid was selected by an independent advisory committee comprising renowned curators and art historians from the U.S. and the U.K. Led by sharon maidenberg, the Ernest and Sarah Butler Director & CEO of The Contemporary Austin, this year’s advisory committee included , Chief Curator, Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis, MO; , Chief Curator and Deputy Director of Curatorial and Collections, Lucas Museum of Narrative Art, Los Angeles, CA; , Senior Curator, Menil Collection, Houston, TX; and Dr. , Director, Chisenhale Gallery, London, UK; along with institutional advisor , Director, FLAG, New York, NY.
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For more information, check out ’s article in ARTnews: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/lubaina-himid-suzanne-deal-booth-flag-art-foundation-prize-1234635967/
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Image: Lubaina Himid. Photo: Magda Strawarska Beavan.

07/21/2022

“[…]I have an obsession with boarding schools and school uniforms and the ephemera inherent. It stems from an aesthetic interest coupled with coming of age. I'm well versed in Salinger and Fitzgerald and have read Evelyn Waugh with great enthusiasm. To answer your question, it has to do with this aesthetically perfect sense of ambition and safety. To practice Chopin in a drawing room that dates back to the 18th century feels so foreign in today's culture of transient pop songs and depressive news cycles.”
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An excerpt of a Q&A between artist and , a writer, editor, and current Head of Fashion & Beauty and Director of Public Figures for YouTube. The interview accompanies The FLAG Art Foundation's Spotlight presentation of Titus’s painting "Thy Margent Green," 2022. For more information and to read the full text, visit https://www.flagartfoundation.org/exhibitions/honor-titus
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Image: Installation view of “Spotlight: Honor Titus” at The FLAG Art Foundation, 2022. Photography by Steven Probert.

07/20/2022

Tonight, Wednesday, July 20, from 6-8 PM, join The FLAG Art Foundation for an after-hours viewing of our summer shows “Among Friends: Three Views of a Collection,” curated by and , and “Spotlight: .” For more information, visit https://www.flagartfoundation.org/.
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Image: Installation view of “Among Friends: Three Views of a Collection” at The FLAG Art Foundation, 2022. Photography by Steven Probert.

06/23/2022

As The FLAG Art Foundation's New Director, Jonathan Rider Allows for Thoughtfulness

The FLAG Art Foundation's Director Jonathan Rider is featured by Jacoba Urist in Cultured Magazine ‘Young Curators 2022,' alongside (SculptureCenter) (The Kitchen) ̈iraldes (The Drawing Center) (52 Walker Street) (Si Swiss-Institute) (Design Museum, London), (The 8th Floor), and (The 8th Floor).

For the full article, visit https://www.culturedmag.com/article/2022/06/22/as-the-flag-art-foundations-new-director-jonathan-rider-allows-for-thoughtfulness

Rider is nimble when it counts: leading the Foundation into a new era of public programming.

06/04/2022

“: Remembrance,” the artist’s first solo exhibition in New York, closes today, Saturday, June 4, 2022, at The FLAG Art Foundation. Born in 1975 in Nigeria’s Benue State and based in Cologne, Germany, Uka paints large-scale portraits and group scenes that draw inspiration from childhood memories, including 70s-era fashion and hairstyles, wallpaper patterns, and dance moves. Elucidating the richness and joyfulness in both the solitary and shared moments of Black life, the artist offers a counternarrative to outmoded perceptions of both his home country and non-Western culture at large. A text by artist and curator accompanies the exhibition. For more information, visit https://www.flagartfoundation.org/exhibitions/peter-uka
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Image: Installation view of "Peter Uka: Remembrance" at The FLAG Art Foundation, 2022. Photography by Steven Probert.

06/03/2022

“Courage Before Expectation,” curated by former NFL linebacker turned art patron , closes tomorrow, Saturday, June 4, 2022, at The FLAG Art Foundation. The group exhibition explores the pursuit of dreams and unlikely trajectories, all inspired by certain quotes that intersect Rivers’s life in sports and his love of contemporary art. Artists include: , , , , , , , , and . For more information, visit https://www.flagartfoundation.org/exhibitions/courage-before-expectation
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Image: Installation view of "Courage Before Expectation" at The FLAG Art Foundation, 2022. Photography by Steven Probert.

05/18/2022

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05/07/2022

Last day to catch “Spotlight: ,” at The FLAG Art Foundation, featuring the artist’s “Susanna Paints,” 2022, paired with an essay by art historian and writer . Samet writes, “[…]In 'Susanna Paints,' the central palette seems to emanate into the flowers, leaves, and fruit decorating the Mexican oilcloth spread on the floor in front of her. Throughout the painting, the organic and soft areas contrast with angles and harder surfaces. The spiral of [Susanna] Coffey’s bun and the flower pattern of the bandana wrapped around her hair are counterbalanced by the paintbrushes that stick out of the bun in different directions. It is whimsical, but it is also something of a crown—and, indeed, evocative of the yogic symbol for the crown chakra. The walls of the room tilt inward, as if to protect this sacred space and enclose its energy.”
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FLAG's Spotlight exhibition series encompasses rotating presentations of a new or never-before-exhibited-in-New York artwork, paired with a commissioned piece of writing. It is the hope of the Spotlight series to create focused and thoughtful dialogues between the visual arts and critics, scholars, poets, etc. For more information, visit https://www.flagartfoundation.org/exhibitions/aliza-nisenbaum

04/22/2022

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“The first thing I heard about Peter Uka, a Nigerian painter based in Cologne, Germany, is that his father was a sign painter. I couldn’t help finding echoes of this family business in Uka’s New York debut, a suite of incredibly appealing scenes, painted from memory and imagination, of the groovy Nigeria of his 1970s childhood...”
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Check out ’s full review of “Peter Uka: Remembrance,” in today’s New York Times: https://www.nytimes.com/article/new-york-art-galleries.html
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“Peter Uka: Remembrance” is on view at The FLAG Art Foundation through June 4, 2022. For more information, visit https://www.flagartfoundation.org/exhibitions/peter-uka
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Image: Peter Uka. “Front Yard Things,” 2020. Image courtesy Mariane Ibrahim Gallery.

The FLAG Art Foundation, founded in 2008 by art patron Glenn Fuhrman, is a nonprofit contemporary art institution that encourages the appreciation of contemporary art among a diverse audience.

04/09/2022

Last day to catch “Spotlight: ,” at The FLAG Art Foundation, featuring the artist’s “My Violet Lullaby,” 2021, paired with an essay by art researcher and writer . Klett writes, “[…]Purple’s power—or baggage depending on your preference—is precisely the challenge that excited Hughes when making the work. In the foreground of this vertical scene, she painted square-ish patches of violet next to its lilac and magenta peers, dappled with shards of cream, maroon, and salmon. From this ground, the erect leaves of green, fern-like plants ascend toward a grouping of orange and vermillion trees, which clear to reveal a lilac horizon with a full, blue moon. Or sun. The time of day is unclear.”
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FLAG's Spotlight exhibition series encompasses rotating presentations of a new or never-before-exhibited-in-New York artwork, paired with a commissioned piece of writing. It is the hope of the Spotlight series to create focused and thoughtful dialogues between the visual arts and critics, scholars, poets, etc. For more information, visit https://www.flagartfoundation.org/exhibitions/shara-hughes

04/06/2022

The FLAG Art Foundation is closed Wednesday, April 6, and Thursday, April 7. We will reopen to the public Friday, April 8, 11 AM-5 PM.
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Image: Installation view of the group exhibition "Courage Before Expectation," curated by Keith Rivers, on view at FLAG through June 4, 2022. For more information, visit https://www.flagartfoundation.org/exhibitions/courage-before-expectation

03/16/2022

Former NFL Player Keith Rivers Takes Up Curating with New York Show: ‘There’s Always an Opportunity to Change Your Course’

“The show’s title, ‘Courage Before Expectation,’ is about taking a chance,” [Keith] Rivers said in an interview at FLAG. “It’s not necessarily about the accolades they acquired, it’s more about who they become in the process of making this work that just has to come out of them: just go to work and let the chips fall where they may. There’s always an opportunity to change your course and do what you’re passionate about.”

Check out Maximilíano Durón’s full article for ARTnews on former NFL linebacker turned art patron ’s curatorial debut “Courage Before Expectation,” on view at The FLAG Art Foundation, through June 4, 2022: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/flag-art-foundation-keith-rivers-curated-exhibition-1234621900/

For more information on the exhibition, visit https://flagartfoundation.org/exhibitions/courage-before-expectation/

In collecting and organizing the show at the Flag Art Foundation, Rivers is fighting “microwaved” narratives.

03/08/2022

This Friday, March 11, 6-8 PM, The FLAG Art Foundation opens two exhibitions (on view through June 4, 2022) and its new Spotlight series (on view through April 9, 2022):

9th Floor: “Courage Before Expectation,” curated by former NFL linebacker turned art patron Keith Rivers, is a group exhibition that explores the pursuit of dreams and unlikely trajectories, all inspired by quotes that intersect Rivers’s life in sports and his love of contemporary art. Artists include: Etel Adnan, Mark Bradford, Sonia Gomes, Philip Guston, Carmen Herrera, On Kawara, Kerry James Marshall, Thaddeus Mosley, and Laura Owens.

10th Floor:
“Peter Uka: Remembrance,” the artist’s first solo exhibition in New York, includes nine large-scale portraits and group scenes that draw inspiration from childhood memories, including 70s-era fashion and hairstyles, wallpaper patterns, and dance moves. Elucidating the richness and joyfulness in both the solitary and shared moments of Black life, the artist offers a counternarrative to outmoded perceptions of both his home country and non-Western culture at large. A text by artist and curator Folakunle Oshun will accompany the exhibition.

Spotlight:
The Spotlight exhibition series includes new or never-before-exhibited artworks accompanied by commissioned pieces of writing. The inaugural Spotlight features Shara Hughes’s “My Violet Lullaby,” 2021, with a text by art writer and researcher Maddie Klett.

For more information, visit https://flagartfoundation.org/

Image: Peter Uka (b. 1975). "Basement Barbers," 2018. Oil on canvas, 65 x 79 inches (165.1 x 200.7 cm). Courtesy the artist and Mariane Ibrahim. Private collection.