Annabel Keenan

Favorite show on view now 🪩 Jean-Pierre Villafañe’s solo show “Playtime” at Charles Moffett is full of lively, humorous, and lascivious figures performing their corporate duties as their true selves and inner desires peek through. Villafañe draws on his keen eye for fashion and architecture, revealing some of the ways we mask our many personas. The show is on view through August 2. One-to-One, 2024, oil on linen #jeanpierrevillafane #charlesmoffettgallery #contemporaryart

Took the ferry to Governors Island to see Jenny Kendler’s exhibition “Other of Pearl,” a multidisciplinary show that considers the role of extraction in climate change. Focusing on oysters and whales, Kendler invites viewers to seek kinship between the human and nonhuman. At the same time, she highlights the history of Governors Island and New York Harbor, in particular the changes of power and the impact of consumption, commerce, and extraction on maritime health. Read more about the show and some of the important work Kendler and others are doing (such as Billion Oyster Project, an initiative the artist is supporting through the sale of her oyster sculptures) in my latest for The Art Newspaper 🦪🐳 and swipe for some pictures I took during install. #governorsisland #jennykendler #theartnewspaper #billionoysterproject #newyorkharbor #maritimehealth #oceanhealth @billionoyster @nycferry

Obsessed with Lauren Quin’s solo show “Logopanic” at 125 Newbury. The colors are even better in person. The show I was just extended through July 12 ✨ Lauren Quin, Trebled, 2024, oil on canvas #laurenquin #125newbury #oiloncanvas #contemporaryart

From the aptly titled group show The Swimmer at Flag Art Foundation 🏊‍♀️ -Cynthia Talmadge, Pool, 2022, oil on canvas -Elmgreen & Dragset, Michael & Ingar, Powerless Structure, Fig. 19, 1998, jeans #flagartfoundation #summer #contemporaryart

Wrote about Jordan Weber’s powerful new public installation in Detroit for The Art Newspaper. The regenerative piece, Detroit Remediation Forest, tracks the air quality of the East Canfield neighborhood, alerting locals to the levels with sensors on the sculpture and via an app. The installation also cleans the polluted air with specifically chosen plants and trees and will include a raised walkway to bring visitors into the tree canopy. The project is one of many supported by the nonprofit Sidewalk Detroit and is done in collaboration with the East Canfield nonprofit Canfield Consortium. Read more over in The Art Newspaper 📰 #jordanweber #canfieldconsortium #sidewalkdetroit #theartnewspaper #regenerativeart #publicart

Some scenes from Detroit’s new cultural hub, Little Village, and Jordan Weber’s new regenerative public sculpture that cleans the air of East Canfield. -Charles McGee in the inaugural exhibition at the Shepherd, Little Village -Charles McGee -Jordan Weber “Detroit Remediation Forest”, made in collaboration with Sidewalk Detroit and Canfield Consortium -Canfield Consortium art park -Above the oculus in the Shepherd, a former church turned into a gallery by Peterson Rich Office in Little Village -Charles McGee sculpture park in Little Village -Zak Ové in Little Village #detroit #librarystreetcollective #littlevillage #sidewalkdetroit #airquality

Mike Shultis, Booty and La Bete at Library Street Collective 🔥 #librarystreetcollective #detroit 2022, mixed media

Had the opportunity to write for the Brooklyn Rail’s ArTonic section, a unique, long-form section that takes a deep dive (very deep, 4,000 words) into the history of arts nonprofits. I was tasked with writing about the storied International Studio & Curatorial Program (ISCP), the Brooklyn-based residency that has supported over 2,000 artists and curators since its founding 30 years ago. The more I learned about ISCP, the more I saw the name everywhere. They’ve been quietly uplifting artists and curators, giving them the space and resources to grow. ISCP alums have been involved with countless exhibitions and projects—at least 12 are in the current Venice Biennale and 4 are in the Whitney Biennial. Read more over in the Rail. #brooklynrail #iscp #artistresidency #artiststudio

Art Week recap ✨ -Maia Cruz Palileo in Moniquemeloche’s booth at Independent -Marty Schnapf in Diane Rosenstein’s booth at Independent -Anastasia Komar in Management’s at Independent -Jane Swavely in Magenta Plains’ booth at Independent -Nina Johnson’s wild booth at Independent -Haas Brothers at Marianne Boesky Gallery -Elizabeth Flood at Storage Gallery -Annabell Häfner at Tara Downs -Me on Independent for the Financial Times -💐 I picked #independentart #newyorkartweek #artfair #financialtimes

Favorites from Suzanne McClelland’s solo show Highland Seer at Marianne Boesky Gallery, on view through June 8 😍 #suzannemcclelland #marianneboeskygallery #abstractart #contemporaryart

Interviewed photographer Joshua Charow for Cultured’s latest issue, the Cult 100 🪩 A few years ago, Charow began photographing some of the last remaining artist lofts in the city, which are protected by the 1982 Loft Law. He found a map of buildings where these spaces might be located and buzzed hundreds of apartments, slowly meeting the artists who live and work there. Each space is like a time capsule of the artists’ lives, built up over years in these rare spaces. Some have been living in their lofts for decades. The images and interviews tell a story of a long-gone New York art scene. Read more over in Cultured and online. #culturedmagazine #culturedmag #artistlofts #loftlaw

Favorites from NADA 🍸 -Nihura Montiel at Sebastian Gladstone -Arghavan Khosravi and Hilary Harnischfeger at Rachel Uffner Gallery -Steven Cox and David Kennedy Cutler at Halsey McKay -Fabian Treiber at Ruttkowski;68 -Claire Milbrath at de boer gallery -Paul Rouphail at Jack Barrett -Z. Susskind at Entrance -Nando Alvarez-Perez at Rivalry Projects -Alise Spinella at Timothy Hawkinson Gallery #newartdealersalliance #nadanewyork