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Hyperallergic: Uman’s Diasporic Abstraction
The artist paints the distance between the homeland you lose and the one you try to dream back into existence.Qingyuan Deng, Hyperallergic, January 19, 2026 -
Uman in The New York Times
Will Heinrich, New York Times, November 21, 2025 -
New Yorker: Adebunmi Gbadebo and the Mysteries of Clay
Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, October 1, 2025 -
Nicola Vassell Announces Representation of Na Kim
September 30, 2025 -
Adebunmi Gbadebo in The Cut
In the studio with six female artists making major solo debuts this fall.Jerry Saltz, The Cut, August 12, 2025 -
Galerie Magazine Artist to Watch: Che Lovelace’s Vibrant New Paintings Are a Love Letter to His Native Trinidad
JACOBA URIST, Galerie Magazine, May 30, 2025 -
Elephant Magazine: Care in the Artwork of Alberta Whittle
Elephant , April 24, 2025 -
Impulse Magazine: A Conversation with Na Kim
Marcus Civin, Impulse Magazine, February 19, 2025 -
Observer: Na Kim’s Hauntingly Luminous Portraits Are a Study in Subjectivity
Christa Terry, Observer, February 12, 2025 -
Na Kim in The New York Times: She Designs the Book Covers You Judge
Lindsay Gellman, New York Times, February 6, 2025 -
Cerebral Women Podcast: A Conversation with Na Kim
Phyllis Hollis, Cerebral Women Podcast, January 22, 2025 -
Interview Magazine: Na Kim Designs Your Favorite Book Covers. Now She’s Painting For Herself.
Maria Owen, Interview Magazine, January 22, 2025 -
Surface: Alteronce Gumby Is Embracing Nature’s Interconnectedness
Ryan Waddoups , Surface Magazine, November 8, 2024 -
Observer: For Nicola Vassell, Art Market Success Is Rooted in Character
Christa Terry , Observer, October 24, 2024 -
designboom: Alteronce Gumby's Prince of the Far Rainbow Explores Shattered Glass & Gemstones
designboom, October 22, 2024 -
BOMB Magazine: Wangari Mathenge by Ugonna-Ora Owoh
Painting dream states.Ugonna-Ora Owoh, BOMB Magazine, October 4, 2024 -
Surface: Wangari Mathenge Drifts Into Hypnagogic Repose
Ryan Waddoups, Surface Magazine, September 27, 2024 -
The goop List: 26 Exceptional Museums and Galleries
goop, September 12, 2024 -
WNYC: Wangari Mathenge on All Of It with Alison Stewart
Alison Stewart , WNYC, September 6, 2024 -
Hyperallergic: Ming Smith Moving Through Shadows
Zoë Hopkins , Hyperallergic, May 21, 2024 -
The Guardian: Pioneering Black Photographer Ming Smith
Tim Adams, The Guardian, May 12, 2024 -
ARTnews: The Best Booths at Independent New York
Alex Greenberger, ARTnews, May 10, 2024 -
Family Style: Ming Smith—A Shine and a Song
Meka Boyle, Family Style, May 3, 2024 -
Now Representing Adebunmi Gbadebo
March 28, 2024 -
T Magazine: A Painter Inspired by Islamic Art and Rural New York Life
Anakwa Dwamena, T Magazine, March 28, 2024 -
Artnet: Inside Elizabeth Schwaiger’s Dream-Like Interiors
Katie White, Artnet, March 22, 2024 -
Cultured: Artist Elizabeth Schwaiger Wants You to Question How You Perceive Reality
Ella Martin-Gachot, Cultured, January 16, 2024 -
Now Representing Elizabeth Schwaiger
December 14, 2023 -
WNYC: Alvaro Barrington Paints 'Island Life'
November 29, 2023 -
BBC: London church honours Ghanaian-born abolitionist Quobna Cugoano
BBC News, September 20, 2023 -
Painter George Rouy Flirts With Abstraction
Ella Martin-Gachot, Cultured Magazine, September 8, 2023 -
George Rouy's paintings are about human essence
Emma Russell, i-D, September 7, 2023 -
George Rouy featured in Document Journal
Gilda Bruno, Document Journal, September 7, 2023 -
Whitewall: Endless Song, A must see at Nicola Vassell
Pearl Fontaine, Whitewall, September 7, 2023 -
A brush with... Alvaro Barrington
Ben Luke, David Clack, The Art Newspaper, August 16, 2023 -
We Buy Gold: SEVEN. a walkthrough in ARTnews
Harrison Jacobs, ARTnews, August 1, 2023 -
Curator Joeonna Bellorado-Samuels on We Buy Gold's epic exhibition
Ashley Tyner, i-D Magazine, July 17, 2023 -
We Buy Gold, Joeonna Bellorado-Samuels featured in Financial Times
Financial Times, June 25, 2023 -
Uman’s Studio in Upstate New York is a Portal to a Kaleidoscopic World
Meka Boyle, Elephant Magazine, June 16, 2023 -
The New Yorker: "Limitless pleasures await", Andrea K. Scott on Uman
Andrea K. Scott, The New Yorker, May 26, 2023 -
Uman: I Want Everything Now Featured in The New York Times 'What To See in N.Y.C. Galleries in May'
The New York Times, May 17, 2023 -
ARTFORUM: Portia Malatjie on Frida Orupabo
Portia Malatjie, ARTFORUM, May 1, 2023 -
Uman featured in The Brooklyn Rail, Interview with Chris Martin
Chris Martin, The Brooklyn Rail, May 1, 2023 -
Frieze: Meet Me at Reception, Alvaro Barrington and Róisín Tapponi
Frieze , April 21, 2023 -
'Every day a revolution': the first Black woman to open a Chelsea gallery shakes up the art world
Lauren Mechling, Brendan Gilliam, Sophia Herring, and Tom Silverstone, The Guardian, April 5, 2023 -
Che Lovelace: Bathers featured in The New York Times 'What to See in N.Y.C. Galleries in April'
Seph Rodney, The New York Times, April 5, 2023 -
Nicola Vassell featured on WNYC's 'All of It' with Alison Stewart for Black Art History
February 28, 2023 -
ArtReview: Ming Smith’s Radical Intuition
Jenny Wu, ArtReview, February 20, 2023 -
Ming Smith and Thelma Golden on the Art of Placemaking
Mara Veitch, Cultured Magazine, February 16, 2023 -
The Best Booths at Frieze LA 2023, From Poignant Reflections on History to an Art Gallery in a Van
Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews, February 16, 2023 -
W Magazine: Julia Chiang and the Impossibility of What We Try to Contain
Katy Donoghue, White Wall Art , February 9, 2023 -
Pioneering Photographer Ming Smith on How She Found Freedom in Her Art, and the Power of Drawing on ‘Goddess Energy’
William Van Meter & Cadillac, Artnet News, February 6, 2023 -
Ming Smith: Projects featured in W Magazine 'All the Must-See Art Shows of 2023 (So Far)'
Maxine Wally , W Magazine, January 12, 2023 -
Gallerist Nicola Vassell considers the Caribbean context
Cassie Packard, FINANCIAL TIMES, November 25, 2022 -
Vanguard Spotlight: Alteronce Gumby Is Making His Solo Museum Debut
Ayanna Dozier, Artsy, October 26, 2022 -
Everything, Everywhere and more with Alteronce Gumby
Tiana Ashley, Art Currently, October 11, 2022 -
Alteronce Gumby's paintings are a vehicle for cosmic exploration
Ashley Tyner, i_D Magazine, September 12, 2022 -
Alteronce Gumby Sees The Color in Everything
Maxine Wally, W Magazine, September 9, 2022 -
Critics' Pick - Uncanny Interiors
Bentley Brown, Artforum, August 1, 2022 -
A Group Show Examining Interpretations of Interior Space on View at Nicola Vassell Gallery
Eli Anapur, Widewalls, July 23, 2022 -
Alberta Whittle's A Caribbean Haunting at Nicola Vassell Gallery
Art Currently, June 1, 2022 -
An Elegant Return to Form at Independent Art Fair
Will Heinrich, The New York Times, May 5, 2022 -
We need to talk about anger
Enuma Okoro, Financial Times, April 22, 2022 -
Your Concise New York Art Guide for April 2022
Cassie Packard, Hyperallergic, March 29, 2022 -
Moses Sumney
Johanna Fateman, The New Yorker, February 28, 2022 -
Rested
Kendra Walker, The Art Newspaper, January 7, 2022 -
ARTNews: Poetic Physics: Nicola Vassell Brings Fred Eversley and Alteronce Gumby's Science-Based Artworks to Miami
Colony Little, ARTnews, November 30, 2021 -
Art Gallery Shows to See Right Now
Roberta Smith, The New York Times, September 16, 2021 -
Ming Smith - Nicola Vassell
Chloe Wyma, Artforum, September 1, 2021 -
‘THE EARTH, THAT IS SUFFICIENT’ OPENS AT NICOLA VASSELL GALLERY
Shelton Boyd-Griffith, Grazia Magazine, July 20, 2021 -
The Most Shocking Shifts of the Post-Pandemic Art World
Kelly Crow, The Wall Street Journal, July 6, 2021 -
Ming Smith captures the strength and sisterhood in women’s basketball
Megan Hullander, Document, June 29, 2021 -
Editors’ Picks: 8 Events for Your Art Calendar This Week
Nan Stewart, Artnet, June 28, 2021 -
Jordan Brand Partners With Largest Group of Jumpman WNBA Endorsees, Makes History
D'Shonda Brown, Essence, June 28, 2021 -
Stars and Symbols: Ming Smith At Nicola Vassell Gallery
Alexander R. Bigman, Art in America, June 23, 2021 -
Ming Smith captures the strength and sisterhood of the WNBA for Air Jordan
i-D, June 23, 2021 -
3 Gallery Shows to See Right Now
Martha Schwendener, The New York Times, June 23, 2021 -
JORDAN BRAND WELCOMES 8 MORE WNBA PLAYERS TO ITS ROSTER Marking the label’s largest female lineup ever.
Pauline De Leon, Hypebae, June 22, 2021 -
Electric Images: Ming Smith’s Transcendent Photography
Rachell Morillo, Hyperallergic, June 22, 2021 -
Strength, Fragility, and Beauty in the WNBA A new photo project from Nike’s Jordan Brand captures what makes the players
Devine Blacksher, The Cut, June 21, 2021 -
Ming Smith Photographs Michael Jordan, Women Basketball Players for Nike’s Jordan Brand
Sarah Douglas, ARTnews, June 21, 2021 -
Ming Smith's Lyrical Portrait of Black America
Miss Rosen, Huck, June 8, 2021 -
Your Concise New York Art Guide for June 2021
Cassie Packard and Dessane Lopez Cassell, Hyperallergic, June 8, 2021 -
Exhibition Review
COOPH, June 8, 2021 -
Joseph E. Yoakum's Spiritual Landscapes
Susan Delson, The Wall Street Journal, June 4, 2021 -
The First Black Woman-Owned Art Gallery Opens in New York's Chelsea Neighborhood
Andrea Blackstone, Black Enterprise, June 3, 2021 -
Nicola Vassell Opens First Black-Owned Gallery in New York's Chelsea
Artlyst, June 1, 2021 -
Dream-like states: Ming Smith's black and white photographs - in pictures
The Guardian, May 23, 2021 -
Latest News in Black Art: Nicola Vassell Opens New Gallery...
Victoria L. Valentine, Culture Type, May 23, 2021 -
Ming Smith: Evidence Brings the Photographer's Perfect Ethereal Moments to a New Chelsea Gallery
Madison Reid, Vanity Fair, May 20, 2021 -
Ming Smith Brings Studio 54 Nostalgia to Nicola Vassell Gallery
Isiah Magsino, W Magazine, May 20, 2021 -
Nicola Vassell Gallery's inaugural exhibition spans Ming Smith's 50-year-career
Marigold Warner, British Journal of Photography, May 20, 2021 -
'Unity is survival': former Pace director Nicola Vassell to open a gallery in New York
Colony Little, The Art Newspaper, May 19, 2021 -
A Rare Black-Owned Art Gallery Lands in Chelsea
Robin Pogrebin, The New York Times, May 18, 2021 -
'I'd Say Our Timing Is Perfect': Why Veteran Art Advisor and Dealer Nicola Vassell Is Opening Her First Gallery in New Y
Sarah Cascone, Artnet, May 18, 2021 -
Ugo Rondinone Talks To Ilka Scobie About His Latest NY And London Exhibitions
Ilka Scobie, Artlyst, April 26, 2021 -
On Ming Smith: A Life of Magical Thinking
Nicola Vassell, Gagosian Magazine, March 3, 2021 -
Walter Price - The Modern Institute
Artforum, March 1, 2021 -
Art Whisperer Nicola Vassell To Open A Space of Her Own
Karen Wong, Cultured Magazine, January 26, 2021 -
‘Rewarding Experiments, Strong Relationships, and Luck’: Art Dealer Nicola Vassell on the Ingredients of Success
Noor Brava, ArtNet, December 21, 2020 -
Lauren Halsey’s Summaeverythang Community Center Adds to the Social Fabric of L.A.
Catherine Wagley, Artnews, December 21, 2020 -
Ming Smith’s Pioneering Excavations of Black Femininity
Yxta Maya Murray, The New Yorker, September 23, 2020 -
‘Landscapes Opened a Whole New World for Me’: Artist Shara Hughes on How She Subverts the Tradition of Flower Painting
Katie White, Artnet News, August 17, 2020 -
Disembodiment: A New Generation of Painters is Reframing the Narrative Around Blackness and the Black Body
Victoria L. Valentine, Culture Type, January 24, 2020 -
How Rising Art Star Alvaro Barrington Charmed London's Top Galleries Into Breaking Their Own Rules for the Chance to Wor
Kate Brown, Artnet News, January 13, 2020 -
Painter Marcus Jahmal Doubles Down
Scott Indrisek, Garage Magazine, September 15, 2019 -
New York Galleries: What to See Right Now
Roberta Smith, The New York Times, July 24, 2019 -
The Painter Alvaro Barrington on the Art He 'Steals' From
Farah Nayeri, The New York Times, June 26, 2019 -
Ana Mendieta, Emotional Artist
Emily LaBarge, The Paris Review, March 8, 2019 -
From the Archives: A Studio Visit with Barkley L. Hendricks, in 2008
The Editors of ARTnews, ARTnews, April 20, 2017 -
Ming Smith
Johanna Fateman, The New Yorker -
Ming Smith Evidence
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