Mary Ann Unger Estate

Eve @biddlebiddle in front of her installation - with Mary Ann’s “Hoist” on the far right - for “Craft Front and Center: Conversation Pieces”, currently on view at @madmuseum . As featured in @voguemagazine in a beautiful write up by Grace Edquist: “The first time the artist Eve Biddle exhibited her work alongside her mother’s, she was a bit nervous. It was 2018, 20 years after she lost her mom, Mary Ann Unger, to breast cancer. [...] But Alexandra Schwartz, the curator of that 2018 show, knew it would be a powerful pairing despite the artists’ different styles. “She told me, ‘You can see two voices,’” Biddle recalls. One didn’t drown the other out—they harmonized.” “Since then, sculptural works from Biddle and Unger have continued to appear together in exhibitions, most recently in “Craft Front & Center: Conversation Pieces,” which opened in early June at the Museum of Arts and Design in Manhattan.” Image by Andre Wagner @photodre “Craft Front & Center: Conversation Pieces” June 1, 2024 - April 20, 2025 Museum of Arts and Design Floor 3

Mary Ann Unger’s “Untitled” (pictured) has entered the permanent collection of the Museum of Arts and Design. See Mary Ann’s work on view in “Craft Front & Center: Conversation Pieces” at @madmuseum from June 1, 2024 through April 20, 2025. Curated by @alixschwartz , the 2024 iteration of MAD’s annual permanent collection series “Craft Front & Center”, examines the relationships and influences between artists. More than many art forms, craft is collaborative. Its techniques and traditions are passed from teacher to student and generation to generation, and artists often work together. This exhibition focuses on these connections, highlighting how artists teach, inspire, and collaborate with one another. “Craft Front & Center: Conversation Pieces” June 1, 2024-April 20, 2025 Museum of Arts and Design Floor 3

The Mary Ann Unger Estate is thrilled to announce the acquisition of two Unger sculptures by the Museum of Arts and Design @madmuseum , “Hoist” and “Untitled”. “Hoist” (pictured here), along with twenty works by Mary Ann’s daughter @biddlebiddle , will be on view in “Craft Front & Center: Conversation Pieces” at MAD from June 1, 2024 through April 20, 2025. Mary Ann Unger and Biddle’s works will be in the “Teachers and Students” section of the show. Craft Front & Center: Conversation Pieces June 1, 2024-April 20, 2025 Museum of Arts and Design Floor 3 Curated by Alexandra Schwartz @alixschwartz Pictured: Hoist, 1994, terracotta, 32” x 30” x 15”, Collection of the Museum of Arts and Design Pictured: Eve Biddle, New Relics: Bronze Trilobite, 2022, Ceramic with glaze, 37 x 12 x 4 inches

Mary Ann in 1986.

Join Geoffrey Biddle and Marvin Heiferman for a conversation about grief and photography at the International Center of Photography @icp on February 28, 2024, from 6:30 PM - 8PM. The event, moderated by Marina Chao, is free, and Biddle will discuss his current exhibition and accompanying photo/text memoir portraying his life with sculptor Mary Ann. Heiferman will discuss his instagram project @whywelook and the sudden death of his husband, curator and cultural historian Maurice Berger. The in-person event is sold out, but can be attended for free online. Tickets are available via @icp ’s website.

Mary Ann’s “Shade Trees of Oaxaca” will be presented by @kimschmidtart at the 31st @IFPDA Print Fair. IFPDA Print Fair Kim Schmidt Fine Art Booth B05 The Park Avenue Armory VIP Preview: Thursday, February 15, 2024 Public Hours: Friday, February 16 - Sunday, February 18. Pictured: “Shade Trees of Oaxaca” Series, Watercolor on paper 12.5” x 9.5” 1994

Mary Ann, @biddlebiddle and @Joshuafrankel ‘s work will be on view at @IFPDA print fair with @kimschmidtart   Visit Booth B05 The Park Avenue Armory VIP Preview: Thursday, February 15, 2024
  Public Hours: Friday, February 16 - Sunday, February 18. Pictured:” Untitled”, etching on paper, 15” x 11.5”, c. 1994

The Mary Ann Unger Estate is thrilled to announce the acquisition of three Unger works on paper by @portlandmuseum All three works are currently on view in “+ collection” from February 2 to April 29, 2024. Pictured: Oyster Shells with Pine, Yaddo, 1994, etching on paper, 21 7/8 x 25 1/2 inches, Collection of the Portland Museum of Art

Mary Ann in Maine, 1987. Image by @geoffreybiddlephoto A reminder that “Rock In A Landslide”, an exhibition of  photographs by Geoffrey Biddle, and featuring select works by Mary Ann, is currently on view by appointment.  The exhibition is curated by Marina Chao, Curator at the Center for Photography at Woodstock, and celebrates the release of two publications by Biddle: “Rock In A Landslide” and “Eve and Me”. “Rock In A Landslide” is an intimate and candid portrait of his and Unger’s lives together, tracing their charged partnership and parallel creative practices through falling in love, parenting their daughter Eve, and Unger’s thirteen-year battle with cancer, ending with her death in 1998.

Studio view, 1978. ✨A reminder that “Rock In A Landslide”, a selection of photographs by Geoffrey Biddle, curated by Marina Chao, is currently on view at this very loft by appointment. Image by @geoffreybiddlephoto

Installation view of “Wave” New York City, 1977.

Portrait of Mary Ann, 1990 Image by @geoffreybiddlephoto A reminder that “Rock In A Landslide”, photographs by Geoffrey Biddle, curated by Marina Chao, is currently on view by appointment.  Chao’s selection feature new black-and-white prints of photographs taken from 1975 to 2000. They tell the interwoven stories of Biddle’s long parallel dedication to family and photography—giving form to his identity as a son, husband, father, and artist.