• Exploring the Visual Poetry of Art by Michele Abramowitz Recently at Kate Werble Gallery
  by Valerie Bright
  07-10-25
  Firework shows are romantic. They’re fleeting in a way that draws my fancy after them. By design, their material substance – the actual spectacle of… Read more: Exploring the Visual Poetry of Art by Michele Abramowitz Recently at Kate Werble Gallery
• Pondering the Captivating Artworks by Iva Gueorguieva at Derek Eller Gallery
  by Valerie Bright
  07-10-25
  So, this is something new. But I became really set on trying it. The following is a piece of poetry I wrote in response to… Read more: Pondering the Captivating Artworks by Iva Gueorguieva at Derek Eller Gallery
• Reflecting on the Staggering Art by Danica Barboza Now at LOMEX
  by Valerie Bright
  06-26-25
  Danica Barboza’s art in a new exhibition at the gallery LOMEX in New York City is gravitational and transfixing. I felt pleasantly stuck in front… Read more: Reflecting on the Staggering Art by Danica Barboza Now at LOMEX
• The Sublime Right in Front of Us: Contemplating the Art by Elise Ferguson at SHRINE
  by Valerie Bright
  06-26-25
  I enjoy looking closely at comparatively small areas of ornamentation. It’s the kind of thing that feels like it’s spatially completed, not just added to,… Read more: The Sublime Right in Front of Us: Contemplating the Art by Elise Ferguson at SHRINE
• Finding the Light Within Us: Anna Zemánková at Gladstone Gallery in New York
  by Valerie Bright
  06-19-25
  I loved a recent exhibition of works on paper from the 1960s-1970s by the late Czech artist Anna Zemánková that was held at Gladstone Gallery… Read more: Finding the Light Within Us: Anna Zemánková at Gladstone Gallery in New York
• Walking Among the Clouds: Jacqueline Gourevitch’s Captivating Paintings at Storage
  by Valerie Bright
  06-19-25
  In Jacqueline Gourevitch’s cloud paintings (they are titled as such and depict the same) in a new exhibition at the art gallery Storage in New… Read more: Walking Among the Clouds: Jacqueline Gourevitch’s Captivating Paintings at Storage
• Sitting with the Spectacular Art by Enzo Iwase & Xtina Vargas at LOMEX
  by Valerie Bright
  06-17-25
  Part of me lingered on this art exhibition what feels like every day since I first visited. I felt seen. I felt reflected. I felt… Read more: Sitting with the Spectacular Art by Enzo Iwase & Xtina Vargas at LOMEX
• Wolfgang Laib’s New Exhibition Brings the Cosmic into the Momentary
  by Valerie Bright
  06-16-25
  Honestly, I am transfixed by the artist Wolfgang Laib’s architecturally oriented yet transcendent sculptures made of beeswax in a new exhibition at the art gallery… Read more: Wolfgang Laib’s New Exhibition Brings the Cosmic into the Momentary
• Treasured Ephemera: Peter Schlesinger and Bertozzi & Casoni at Sperone Westwater
  by Valerie Bright
  06-16-25
  I’m thinking about simplicity. I’m thinking about decadence, excess, and the distaste that all of that can spur — sometimes it’s just too much —… Read more: Treasured Ephemera: Peter Schlesinger and Bertozzi & Casoni at Sperone Westwater
• Are We Really So Alone? Artist Bill Jensen’s Latest at Amanita
  by Valerie Bright
  06-16-25
  I notice something in my thinking and writing about the fine arts: a kind of… drama. Sometimes it’s richly on point, but it’s so consistent… Read more: Are We Really So Alone? Artist Bill Jensen’s Latest at Amanita

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