Salon 94

Every painting in Arm Now Legs exists in light isolation. They stutter in the empty space of raw canvas for us to contemplate like group of apparitions. Mary Jane Dunphe, 2021 Now open! Elizabeth Neel: Arms Now Legs and Ruth Duckworth: She’s Clay are on view in the second floor galleries of 3 E 89th Street. Link in bio to schedule an appointment!... #elizabethneel #ruthduckworth

JAY’s album ‘Reasonable Doubt’ changed the game 25 years ago, and continues to influence so many of us. It tells the story of someone from Brooklyn occupying the urban space a place that is as central to my own work as it is to his. My portraits aim to capture the sensibility, optimism and beauty of urban life, and in JAY’s work I’ve found tremendous kinship. Derrick Adams Sotheby's sat down with multi-disciplinary artist Derrick Adams to discuss his collaboration with... JAY-Z for ‘Heir to the Throne’, an NFT of original digital art and the first time either artist has ever offered an NFT. Commissioned by JAY-Z in celebration of his pioneering and landmark debut album, ‘Reasonable Doubt’, the one-of-one animated digital artwork comments on and recontextualizes the album cover of the legendary artist and entrepreneur, and a portion of the proceeds from the sale will benefit the Shawn Carter Scholarship Foundation Open for bidding online NOW through 2 July, stop by the York Avenue galleries to view the digital artwork in person or virtually via Sotheby’s galleries in Decentraland.

In celebration of JAY-Z’s pioneering and landmark debut album, ‘Reasonable Doubt’, Sotheby's is offering an NFT of original digital art by critically admired American artist Derrick Adams. Commissioned by JAY-Z, the one-of-one animated digital artwork titled, ‘Heir to the Throne’, comments on and recontextualizes the album cover of the legendary artist and entrepreneur. The auction is the only official event authorized by JAY-Z to commemorate ‘Reasonable Doubt’s’ historic 25th anniversary and a portion of the proceeds from the sale will benefit the Shawn Carter Scholarship Foundation NOW open for bidding online through 2 July, learn more and stop by our York Avenue galleries to view the digital artwork in person or virtually via Sotheby’s galleries in Decentraland

"Every painting in 'Arms Now Legs' exists in light isolation. They stutter in the empty space of raw canvas for us to contemplate like groups of apparitions. A neatness opposed over abject spoilages of color." Mary Jane Dunphe, 2021 Elizabeth Neel's first exhibition at Salon 94, "Arms Now Legs," opens next week! Link in bio to book an appointment. Image: Elizabeth Neel, "Following the Birds," 2021... #ElizabethNeel #ArmsNowLegs See more

Congratulations to Lyle Ashton Harris and Ta-Nehisi Coates! Lyle Ashton Harris’s portrait of the award winning writer Ta-Nehisi Coates has been acquired by The Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery. I've been wondering who might fill the intellectual void that plagued me after James Baldwin died. Clearly it is Ta-Nehisi Coates. Toni Morrison Lyle Ashton Harris, Untitled (Ta-Nehisi, Front #1) (2019)

"The moaning and groaning, The sighing and sobbing, Are quieted now, With that horrible throbbing At heart:ah, that horrible,... Horrible throbbing! The sicknessthe nausea The pitiless pain Have ceased, with the fever That maddened my brain With the fever called "Living" That burned in my brain." Edgar Allan Poe, excerpt from "For Annie" "Huma Bhabha: Facing Giants" opens May 8 at Salon 94 Schedule an appointment: https://bit.ly/3vrBTx8 Video Huma Bhabha, "Listen to What I'm Not Saying," 2021 Huma Bhabha, "Soft Touch," 2021