I am delighted to be showing two concrete “tiles” that were made in 2017 for the first time. They were created during a residency at Vermont Studio Center and are experiments that combine a new material, concrete, with steel that I have been working with for a long time. They were inspired by new surroundings at the residency and a …

October 10, 2025–May 17, 2026, Brooklyn Museum By Janet Goldner https://mandestudies.org/newsletters/ In viewing Seydou Keita’s photographs, it is complicated to know whose work you’re looking at. Is it the work of Seydou Keita, the talented Malian photographer whose Malian clients came to his Bamako studio to have their portraits during the 1950’s, the eve of independence? Or is it the …

Carter Burden Gallery starts the year off strong with Winter Mix, a vibrant group exhibition featuring recent works by seventeen of the gallery’s artists. Spanning a wide range of media, including oil on canvas, mixed media, ceramics, interactive sculpture, collage, drawing, printmaking, and more, Winter Mix highlights the diversity and creativity of the gallery’s artists, offering a fresh perspective on contemporary practice across …