Ongoing: Potomac River Shen Series and Forward: A Group Exhibition at Union Station Katherine Tzu-Lan Mann in front of her artwork; Credit: Dolby Chadwick Gallery For most people living in and around the District, Union Station is more likely to be a means to reaching a destination than a destination in and of itself. But now, art lovers have two reasons to visit the train station: dual installations of local artists’ work as part of the Art at Amtrak program. One installation features the work of 22 mostly self-taught local artists partnered with Art Enables, an art g ..read more

WHITEHOT MAGAZINE MAY 2024 “THE BEST ART IN THE WORLD” Future Fair 2024 Is Gen Z Approved Excited attendees line up during Future Fair’s public days. Image courtesy of Future Fair’s Instagram.  By ANNA CARLSON May 10, 2024 Amid the excitement of New York Art Week and the Frieze frenzy, the fourth edition of Future Fair opened on May 1. The fair’s programming, focusing on New York-based galleries, offers a variety of established and emerging galleries from the US and around the world. The Fair prides itself on promoting women-run galleries and its profit model makes galler ..read more

Morton Fine Art: Jenny Wu 2024 Future Fair Solo presentation of new sculptural paintings Jenny Wu Future Fair Booth. Photo by Keenon Perry Morton Fine Art: Jenny Wu 2024 Future Fair Solo presentation of new sculptural paintings To create each work, Jenny Wu pours thick coats of latex paint onto silicone surfaces, allowing each layer to dry completely before adding another layer of latex in turn to dry. Demonstrating a greater feel and technique for pouring, drying and composing wet and dried paint—cracking that used to be a frequent element of the drying process is now far less present—Wu has ..read more

Photo credit: Keenon Perry Photo credit: Keenon Perry Photo credit: Keenon Perry Photo credit: Keenon Perry Photo credit: Keenon Perry Photo credit: Keenon Perry Photo credit: Keenon Perry Photo credit: Keenon Perry JENNY WU’s sculptural paintings transform liquid paint into sculpture, a process derived from making oil on canvas paintings and discovering the many layers of oil paint beneath the surface. These layers embody linear time, repetitive process and material characteristics. WU pours a thick coat of latex paint one color at a time on a glass surface allowing each layer to dry ..read more

New York City. – Morton Fine Art is pleased to bring a presentation of new sculptural paintings from artist Jenny Wu to 2024 Future Fair, the artist’s first solo presentation of her works in New York City. Underpinned by transformation and embodying time, material characteristics and chance, Wu’s sculptural paintings operate as both built objects and records (of labor, gesture, accident).  Future Fair will be held May 1-4, 2024 at Chelsea Industrial (535 W 28th St., New York, NY 10001). A Set of Lies That Have Been Agreed On, 2023, 14″x11″x2.5″, latex paint a ..read more

Olivia Niuman | 52 O Street Studios May 4, 2024 Timeless and Timely: Morton Fine Art, May Featured Business This month, we interviewed Amy Morton, founder and owner of Morton Fine Art. She told the story of her gallery, from its inception to its future direction, and shared how she built a successful business that prioritizes supporting art and artists that engage in relevant and substantive conversations.  Amy Morton in her gallery at 52 O Street Studios. Photo by Jarrett Hendrix. Amy Morton can still remember the moment she fell in love with art. As a high school student, she was ab ..read more

ARTFEATURED Hope Brew: A Solo Exhibition of New Works by Hiromitsu Kuroo at Morton Fine Art, Washington D.C. Featuring 13 works made between 2024 and 2022, Hope Brew is Hiromitsu Kuroo’s first solo exhibition with the gallery and first in Washington D.C. Hiromitsu Kuroo Bleach E, 2024 28 x 37 in. Ink and bleach on canvas Courtesy Morton Fine Art and the artist Last updated: April 22, 2024 05:31 Art Martin Cid MagazinePublished April 22, 2024 Share Washington, D.C. – Morton Fine Art is pleased to announce Hope Brew, a solo exhibition of new works from Japanese collage painter H ..read more

MORTON FINE ART | HIROMITSU KUROO HOPE BREW By Editorial Team on April 16, 2024 Sat, April 20 2024 — Sat, May 18 2024 Courtesy of the artist and Morton Fine Art.Opening Reception: Saturday, April 20 from 2-4pm Thinned and sharpened by his use of bleach, the color and forms in Kuroo’s works evince a state of long endurance and erosion. Alongside pandemic necessity, inspiration for the bleach paintings sprung from a memorable 2014 camping trip Kuroo took through Utah and Colorado in the western United States. Viewing many Native American murals, Kuroo was struck both by their arti ..read more

Hiromitsu Kuroo | Hope Brew Saturday, April 20 Opening Reception 2-4pm Morton Fine Art 52 O Street, NW #302 Washington , DC 20001 Morton Fine Art is pleased to announce Hope Brew, a solo exhibition of new works from Japanese collage painter Hiromitsu Kuroo’s Bleach Painting series. Requiring few materials while allowing for complex structures and intense sensitivity, the series’ simplicity, feasibility and rigor appeal to Kuroo, who first devised the Bleach Paintings series during COVID-19 pandemic’s long period of uncertainty and scarcity. Using everyday items for creation, the a ..read more

Morton Fine Art is pleased to announce Healing Waters, a solo exhibition of mixed media collage works by Kesha Bruce at Joan Hisaoka Healing Art Gallery’s second space at Inova Schar Cancer Institute. An intuitive combination of painting, collage and textile art, Bruce’s work represents the culmination of a holistic creative practice developed by the artist over several decades. Healing Waters, will be on view for three months beginning April 12th, 2024 at Joan Hisaoka Healing Art Gallery in Inova Schar Cancer Institute. (8081 Innovation Park Drive, Fairfax, Virginia). Visit ..read more