Gail Spaien, Pearl with Boots and Pheasants, 2024, acrylic on linen, 34 x 36 inches
“It’s been my experience that you can nearly always enjoy things if you make up your mind firmly that you will.” -Lucy Maud Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables Against a backdrop of many circumstances – even some of the most challenging – joy can be found. Children are particularly adept at finding it regardless of what is happening around them. When you look around and things seem to
be falling apart in every direction, seek joy and do so relentlessly. The glimmer, the bright spots, the shine beneath the tarnish – these keep us going in hard times. Gail Spaien spoke to us about her exhibit of new
paintings, which is on view at Nancy Margolis Gallery until July 19. Throughout her career, Spaien has held onto the words of one of her undergraduate professors during the mid-1970s, who said, “The grid is a meditation.” For years, she didn’t understand this and, as a young student, certainly did not grasp the concept of minimalism. Fast forward
to now – the work in her current show uses the grid as both a stable force and the idea of infinity in her representational works. To learn more, listen to the complete interview. Michael Gac Levin joined us to discuss his current and upcoming exhibitions, including A Cup is a Cup, a Tree is a Tree, a group show at Deanna Evans Projects that will run from July 11 to August 9. Levin’s oil on canvas piece,
Talking Married appears in the show. Since about 2018, he has created work that touches on the universe of family life, touching on concepts such as parenting and the partnership between parents. To learn more, listen to the complete interview. Read the summary of this week's interviews and
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Eden Deering is a New York City based curator and director at PPOW. Deering has organized numerous solo and group exhibitions with the gallery including Anton van Dalen: Junk Culture, 2019,
Do You Love Me?,2019, Noplace, 2020, Recovery, 2021, and a forthcoming group exhibition opening in October 2022. Deering also co-runs the curatorial project DUPLEX since 2016, which has collaborated with organizations such as Visual AIDS, The Box NYC, and Planned Parenthood.
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If you know where to look, opportunity abounds. But much as in any other career field, there is no reason that an understanding of the art world and how to navigate should be innate. There is perhaps sometimes an expectation that those who choose to work within this field should somehow arrive with the knowledge and tools to
succeed without even trying. But this is just like any other pursuit that takes hard work, patience, education (well beyond a studio education), resources and, importantly, time. A career is possible. Just set your expectations correctly and be willing to learn and fail a bit. Here are a few opportunities to get you going.
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