If you sprung the title of this book on us without disclosing the artist, we would have guessed Mr. Mothersbaugh, known for DEVO, as well as a fine art practice that consists of over a half-century of collecting and creating “mail art” (literally the art movement based on sending small-scale works through the postal service). This book, Mark Mothersbaugh: Apotropaic Beatnik Graffiti, is about a nuanced kind of performance art and the craft of correspondence, a Pynchonian version of American beatnik culture and counterculture expression ..read more

What’s an It Girl? An image of an seraphic figure, glowing almost too bright to be looked at until the flashbulbs recharge and the cameras become visible. Glamoured, the viewer is still seeing spots and rubbing their eyes as the figure stalks out of view, no-one quite sure if she’s real or not, an apparition disappeared. An apparition, by its very nature is uncertain, the intention defined by the person who sees it - The angel becomes a monster if enough people describe it so ..read more

It was at the beginning of the month, but we wanted to highlight the standout booth at Frieze New York by Leyla Faye with Company Gallery. Drawing from the concept of the uncanny and a clever twist on the English translation of "unhomely," Faye's solo presentation at Frieze New York mirrors the structure of a traditional dollhouse. Each painting forms a distinct room, contributing to an immersive installation complete with molding and wood-paneled flooring. Within this confined yet evocative space, oversized automaton-like depictions of the artist engage in a series of acrobatic rituals, usin ..read more

As we pack our bags for Nuart Aberdeen, we are still showcasing the roster for this year's festival that kicks off on June 6th in Scotland. A Portfolio today is dedicated to Case Maclaim, a technical master who will add such a nice work and aesthetic to the granite city.  ..read more

Ernest Hemingway first arrived in Valencia in the summer of 1925, following bullfighting legend Cayetano Ordóñez from Pamplona, with the intent to keep “the party going,” so to speak. He found himself in the center of the city at the Hotel Reina Victoria, with a balcony that gave him a panorama of the bustling town below. He was enamored. “In Valencia, it's damned stupendous at the beach or in the city to eat a melon washed down with a real cold jug of beer,” he wrote, and in that spirit, began his first novel, The Sun Also Rises, on that same balcony. Hemingway, the master of short prose and ..read more

LOYAL is proud to present Fallen Scale, Zoé Blue M.’s first solo exhibition with the gallery and her first in Europe. Eight paintings revolving around Shinto mythology feature Amaterasu, the Japanese sun goddess and Ame-no-Uzume, the Japanese goddess of dawn, mirth, and arts. The paintings are presented in Loyal’s ground floor exhibition space, originally designed by famed Swedish architect Hans Asplund in the 1950’s. Fallen Scale, unfolds a tale of crisis, cycles, and balance framed by myth and a sense of place and identity. Shintoism is the indigenous spirituality of Japan, center ..read more

Devon DeJardin makes beautifully rendered images of what look to be intentionally constructed piles of rounded stone forms. He uses a very sophisticated colour palette and chiaroscuro to model paintings of statues of a convincing bulk and heft. The forms sit outdoors, in landscapes, illuminated by dramatic Caravaggesque light. The light is otherworldly, unfathomable, it doesn’t seem to come from the weather. They look like they’ve been there forever, wherever there is ..read more

Anna Zorina Gallery is pleased to present Ben Crase’s American solo debut exhibition, Smoke On The River. The exhibition title is drawn from the artist’s fond memories of floating on the river every summer with his dad. His late father would be guiding the boat, oars in hand and cigarette in mouth. While initial interpretation of the title may stir alarm, for the artist, it invokes a sense of nostalgia and tranquility. This upending of expectations is at the heart of Crase’s artistic vision, intending to challenge the common perceptions and narratives associated with the American West ..read more

ADOR is a French graffiti artist living and working in Nantes, in the West of France. He has created his own universe filled with imaginary characters inspired by fairy tales, circus spectacles, and current events. ADOR's goal is to portray the point where the silly meets the serious ..read more

For over a decade, Christopher Robin Duncan has been capturing, cutting, sewing, and ensembling light, resulting in a body of work that intersects painting and photography, collage and sculpture, the visible and the audible. In The Space Between Years, he presents at Pt.2, in collaboration with Rebecca Camacho Presents, an exhibition in various states of transition.  ..read more