We will feature works by contemporary masters Kwame Brathwaite, Wadsworth Jarrell, Mary Lovelace O’Neal, Esther Mahlangu, and Gordon Parks as well as a very special Kabinett presentation by one of the most important figure painters of his generation, Robert Colescott. Colescott is renowned as the first African American artist to represent the United States in the 47th Venice Biennale, and his personal history to Oakland California closely aligns him our program. As part of his centennial, our Kabinett focuses on paintings produced abroad in Egypt and France in the mid 1960s, a critical turning point for his creative development. Colescott’s centennial celebration also includes a solo show at the Tacoma Art Museum, opening concurrent to Art Basel Miami Beach. We are pleased to show alongside Colescott his peer and personal friend Mary Lovelace O’Neal, showing two historical works from the 1990s, including Race Woman Series #7, which was recently in Edges of Ailey, curated by Adrienne Edwards, at the Whitney. Lovelace O’Neal's work was recently in Paris Noir, Centre Pompidou, 2025. She has a major forthcoming exhibition at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, curated by Valerie Cassel Oliver, opening 2026.
Alongside our historic artists, we are thrilled to present multidisciplinary artists Rindon Johnson, Genevieve Gaignard, and Tariku Shiferaw, whose genre-defying practices bridge research, conceptual explorations, and material history in unexpected, continually evolving projects. We are pleased to bring a group of established artists each with unique methodologies, including expressive abstract paintings by Patrick Alston and rich narrative paintings Alex Jackson, and intimate, timeless street photographs by Andre D. Wagner. We are also excited to share work by renowned photographer Lola Flash, whose exhibition is currently on view in our Tribeca location at 385 Broadway, 3rd Floor. Flash is a 2025 recipient of Anonymous Was A Woman Award. Her work is currently on view at MoMA.