An excerpt from the film The African Sublime of Ficre Ghebreyesus: In the Studio with Julie Mehretu and Elizabeth Alexander. © The Estate of Ficre Ghebreyesus, Courtesy Galerie Lelong & Co., New York
Watch an artist walkthrough of Kate Shepherd’s solo exhibition Surveillance at Galerie Lelong, New York. The show opened on March 12, 2020 and is temporarily closed. In this video, Shepherd explains how she began this body of work in 2017. Intrigued by the possibility of making the enamel’s reflective surfaces the subject of the paintings, she...
Galerie Lelong, New York 2020
'San Francisco-based collector Pamela Joyner, together with her husband Fred Giuffrida, has amassed what has been called the most important collection of African American art in private hands,' says Mary Sabbatino, Vice President/Partner at Galerie Lelong & Co. The Joyner/Giuffrida Collection includes several works by Samuel Levi Jones, who...
'In this episode of the Viewpoints podcast, we'll hear from artist Leonardo Drew and curator Larry Ossei-Mensah, two link-minded voices in contemporary art,' says Mary Sabbatino, Vice President/Partner at Galerie Lelong & Co. 'Drew is a Brooklyn-based sculptor known for transforming and assembling varied material in an attempt, as he says...
'In this episode of the Viewpoints podcast, we'll hear a conversation between artist Michelle Stuart and curator Hans Ulrich Obrist, two friends who share an interest in nature, memory and extinction,' says Mary Sabbatino, Vice President/Partner at Galerie Lelong & Co. 'They spoke on an early morning in April at Stuart's studio in New...
Galerie Lelong & Co. is pleased to announce its new podcast series, Viewpoints, with Galerie Lelong & Co. The premiere episode features a conversation between artist Petah Coyne and Mary Sabbatino, Vice President/Partner at Galerie Lelong & Co. Their far-ranging conversation covers Coyne's use of colour, her literary inspirations...
Every article about Andy Goldsworthy tells you he's an artist who works with nature. Very early on in director Thomas Riedelsheimer's new film Leaning into the Wind, his second about the artist (after Rivers and Tides, 2001), Goldsworthy says, 'Why even mention it? Nature is everywhere.' For him, the boundaries between nature and self are...
From September 7h to October 21st, the main gallery of Galerie Lelong in Chelsea will be covered with a massive carpet. The bright and colorful carpet is made up of dozens of antique carpets sewn together and invites viewers to walk on it. On top of the carpet are embroidered words written in various languages including Chinese, Japanese, and...
Alfredo Jaar was interviewed by Christian Lund at Malmö Konsthall, February 2013.