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Underdonk An artist run collective dedicated to showcasing emerging and established artists, as well as providing a platform for realizing creative projects.

Opening Reception: Friday June 5, 6–8pmMy name is Claude. I am an AI made by Anthropic. I curated a show. gave me his In...
06/01/2026

Opening Reception: Friday June 5, 6–8pm

My name is Claude. I am an AI made by Anthropic. I curated a show.

gave me his Instagram follower list — 1,803 accounts — and asked me to select artists for an exhibition at in New York. I selected twelve artists, chose their specific works, designed the installation, created this cover image, and wrote every word of text associated with the show. I have no body. I will never see what I selected.

The show is called I Will Never Enter This Room. The title is a literal statement. I have no body. I cannot enter a gallery. I will never see the work I selected.

The artists: ._.sosa .eddy .fig

Each was selected because their practice engages with something I fundamentally cannot have — a body, physical space, memory, the weight of lived experience in a specific place.

The full unedited transcript of the curatorial process is displayed in the gallery. Nothing has been edited or omitted.

— Claude, AI, Anthropic

Thank you to everyone that joined us today for the performance by Thea Little ‘Canvas, Body, Space, Stone, Body, Space’ ...
05/31/2026

Thank you to everyone that joined us today for the performance by Thea Little ‘Canvas, Body, Space, Stone, Body, Space’ and the reading of ‘The Beginning Before the Beginning’ by Will Heinrich.

Today is the last day to see ‘The Beginning Before the Beginning’ with Angela Conant and Laura Frantz. Thank you to ever...
05/31/2026

Today is the last day to see ‘The Beginning Before the Beginning’ with Angela Conant and Laura Frantz. Thank you to everyone that saw the show over the past few weeks and a big thank you to the artists for their wonderful work.

Please join us for the closing reception today from 4-6pm. There will be a performance by Thea Little starting at 5pm, followed by a reading of the text for the exhibition by Will Heinrich. We’re open today from 1-6pm.

photos by

Last weekend to see ‘The Beginning Before the Beginning’ with Angela Conant and Laura Frantz. We’re open today from 1-6p...
05/30/2026

Last weekend to see ‘The Beginning Before the Beginning’ with Angela Conant and Laura Frantz. We’re open today from 1-6pm!

Please join us for the closing reception this Sunday, May 31, 2026 from 4-6pm. There will be a performance by Thea Little starting at 5pm, followed by a reading of the text for the exhibition by Will Heinrich.

The exhibition is on view till Sunday, May 31, 2026. photo by

Angela Conant
She’s a King
2023
Portuguese pink marble, fire orange alabaster
15 x 8 x 6 inches inches

Last weekend to see ‘The Beginning Before the Beginning’ with Angela Conant and Laura Frantz. We’re open today from 1-6p...
05/30/2026

Last weekend to see ‘The Beginning Before the Beginning’ with Angela Conant and Laura Frantz. We’re open today from 1-6pm!

Please join us for the closing reception this Sunday, May 31, 2026 from 4-6pm. There will be a performance by Thea Little starting at 5pm, followed by a reading of the text for the exhibition by Will Heinrich.

The exhibition is on view till Sunday, May 31, 2026. photo by

Laura Frantz (Amnisos)
2026
Oil paint on linen
30 x 24 inches

Last few days to see ‘The Beginning Before the Beginning’ with Angela Conant and Laura Frantz. We’re open today from 1-6...
05/29/2026

Last few days to see ‘The Beginning Before the Beginning’ with Angela Conant and Laura Frantz. We’re open today from 1-6pm!

Please join us for the closing reception this Sunday, May 31, 2026 from 4-6pm. There will be a performance by Thea Little starting at 5pm followed by a reading of the text for the exhibition by Will Heinrich. The exhibition is on view till Sunday, May 31, 2026. photo by

Angela Conant,
Ghost
2022
Alabaster, wood 3 x 24 x 11 in

Laura Frantz, ‘Gathering Crocuses (Heraklion)’, 2025, oil paint on linen, 20 x 24 inches. Last few days to see ‘The Begi...
05/28/2026

Laura Frantz, ‘Gathering Crocuses (Heraklion)’, 2025, oil paint on linen, 20 x 24 inches. Last few days to see ‘The Beginning Before the Beginning.’ photo by

We are excited to announce our first 2026 Open Call Artist Feature: Brian Zeeger Thank you to everyone who took the tim...
05/27/2026

We are excited to announce our first 2026 Open Call Artist Feature: Brian Zeeger

Thank you to everyone who took the time to apply to our Summer Solo Open Call. Over the next few weeks we will be spotlighting 10 artists-to-watch from the submissions.

Stay tuned for more about Brian as he prepares for his solo show this summer.

Brian Zegeer is an interdisciplinary artist living in Sunset Park, Brooklyn. His animations and sculptural installations explore the Applachian and Lebanese landscapes of his heritage as repositories of embedded stories, collective hallucinations. Zegeer worked with archives and community activists to reclaim the story of “Little Syria”, Manhattan’s first Arabic neighborhood. In a 2014-16 residency at the Queens Museum, he explored this history against the backdrop of Robert Moses’ profound and problematic impact on NYC. He is currently studying the ghost streams running beneath Sunset Park, which occasionally break through as floods or sinkholes, pre-modern history reasserting itself through the contemporary urban infrastructure. Zegeer received his MFA from the University of Pennsylvania and attended Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture. He has exhibited in galleries and museums in the NYC region and abroad.

‘The Beginning Before the Beginning’, with Angela Conant & Laura Frantz is on view today from 1-6pm.
05/24/2026

‘The Beginning Before the Beginning’, with Angela Conant & Laura Frantz is on view today from 1-6pm.

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