This summer, Gallery 495 and the historic Thomas Cole National Historic Site present Paradise Found: Contemporary Paintings by Lauren Sansaricq, a unique co-exhibition that places the work of a contemporary Hudson Valley painter in direct conversation with the legacy of the artist who helped define the American landscape tradition. Spread across both venues, the exhibition […]

For more than three decades, João Salomão has cultivated a visual language that moves fluidly between the streets of Rio de Janeiro, the creative underground of New York City, and the expansive terrain of spiritual imagination. Working across painting, sculpture, drawing, and assemblage, Salomão transforms fragments of everyday life into vibrant compositions that pulse with […]

There is a moment in one of Ellon Gibbs’ paintings when a figure—half-shadow, half-animal—turns its head as if hearing something just outside the frame. Not quite fear. Not recognition. More like instinct. Around him, the world burns blue. The Brooklyn-born painter has emerged as one of the more difficult artists to situate within the tidy […]