We are proud to present ‘Higher Love,’ a limited-edition silkscreen print by artist Michael Kagan (@mrkagan ).
‘Higher Love’ is based on one of the most iconic images in recent history: the photograph of astronaut Buzz Aldrin on the moon, taken by Neil Armstrong. Kagan’s work often focuses on astronauts, depicting the figures as both heroic and isolated.
Kagan builds his composition through layered, angular mark-making, creating images that are expressive, yet abstract. They ‘exist on the edge between representation and abstraction,’ he explains. ‘I want the paintings to function as quick reads at a distance…But as the viewer gets closer, the brush marks begin to take over, and the image starts to fall apart.’
Produced in an edition of 35, ‘Higher Love’ is a full-bleed 17-color silkscreen print with a beautiful deckled edge. Proceeds from edition sales will benefit the non-profit organization Animal Haven (@animalhaven ), as chosen by the artist, which works to find permanent homes for abandoned cats and dogs.
Secure your edition – link in bio.
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Michael Kagan - ‘Higher Love,’ 2026
Studio Photography by Nir Arieli
Edition photography by Garrett Carroll
Artspace, Phaidon, and Storm King Art Center are proud to present ‘Compost Meridian,’ a limited-edition lenticular print by pioneering artist Anicka Yi.
Working across biology and technology, Anicka Yi (@anickayi_studio ) creates ‘living paintings’ by sealing soil between acrylic panels, allowing ecosystems of bacteria and algae to develop into ‘extraordinary strata of color that shift constantly with temperature, light, and humidity.’
For her new edition, she printed a photograph of one of these cultures onto a lenticular surface. The abstract landscape of green, violet, and ochre moves with the viewer, resisting the stillness typically associated with reproduction. As Yi explains, ‘The lenticular preserves the essential quality of the work: that it changes depending on where you stand.’
‘Compost Meridian’ coincides with Yi’s first large-scale outdoor project, which opens this month at @stormkingartcenter in New York. Proceeds from the sale of the edition will support Storm King’s artistic program and mission to nurture a vibrant bond between art, nature, and people.
‘Compost Meridian’ is available now, exclusively through Artspace. Link in bio.
‘The paintings are technically about astronauts, but they’re also about distance, pressure, performance, loneliness, ambition — things that feel very contemporary.’ — Michael Kagan
You can look at Michael Kagan’s paintings and see grit, determination, and bravery — but beneath the layers of thickly applied paint, there is also an undeniable vulnerability.
‘I’m less interested in astronauts as flawless heroes than as vulnerable human beings inside enormous systems and machinery,’ the artist explains.
Look closely at the astronaut’s visor: that’s where ‘everything collapses together — the astronaut, the landscape, the machinery, the photographer, history, light,’ he told us. ‘The visor becomes this distorted psychological space rather than just a reflective surface.’
Read the full interview and learn more about the artist’s new limited-edition silkscreen print. Link in bio.
Anicka Yi turns hidden ecosystems into ‘living paintings.’
By enclosing soil between acrylic panels, Yi (@anickayi_studio ) allows self-organizing microbial ecosystems known as Winogradsky cultures to unfold over time into layered, painterly fields of color – organic compositions shaped by their environment.
‘With the Winogradsky cultures, the essential quality is instability,’ explains Yi.
For her Artspace limited-edition print, Yi chose a lenticular surface that ‘behaves almost optically the way the bacterial cultures behave temporally.’ As Yi explains, ‘What changes over weeks in [a] vitrine, the lenticular gives you in the gesture of shifting your weight from one foot to the other, which helps it resist the flattening that reproduction imposes.’
Read more from our interview with Anicka Yi – link in bio.
Available now: a trio of limited-edition prints by Jenny Walton.
Jenny Walton’s work weaves together illustration, memory, and observation, creating images that feel both intimate and timeless. Her distinctive style reflects the influence of René Gruau, Cecil Beaton, and Christian Bérard, along with a deeply personal visual language of her own.
These exclusive archival pigment prints are rendered on richly textured deckle-edge paper and presented in a custom-designed tulip envelope. Each is limited to an edition of only 75 and can be purchased individually or as part of a suite of three.
Released in tandem with Walton’s debut book, ‘Jenny Sais Quoi,’ these exquisite images elevate fashion illustration to a collectible art form.
Click the link in bio to explore the works.
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Photography by Theresa Rudzki (@theresarudzki ) and Garrett Carroll.
Coming soon: a trio of limited-edition prints by artist, designer, writer, and style icon Jenny Walton.
These exquisite archival pigment prints elevate fashion illustration to an art form. Rendered in Walton’s signature hand-drawn style, the images are printed on richly textured paper, presented in a custom-designed envelope, and accompanied by a signed copy of ‘Jenny Sais Quoi: Adventures in Vintage & Personal Style.’
Available exclusively through Artspace. Reserve your limited-edition print now — link in bio.
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Photography by @theresarudzki
Celeste Dupuy-Spencer: an appreciation.
Phaidon and Artspace are deeply saddened by the passing of artist Celeste Dupuy-Spencer. A fearless painter, her work was incisive, complex, and unflinching. She tackled our current American moment, mythology, violence, and poverty, but also deep humanity, intimacy, and kindness.
In her words, now especially poignant: ‘I think of myself as…a representation of what it feels like to be alive right now.’
We are proud to have collaborated with Celeste Dupuy-Spencer on her monograph, ‘Burning in the Eyes of the Maker,’ and an Artspace limited edition, ‘When you’ve eaten everything below you, you’ll devour yourself/except in dreams you’re never really free.’ She leaves us with a body of work that feels interrupted, yet still burning. As author Nina MacLaughlin writes in the book’s closing essay: ‘Celeste paints the right now for the future, so that the someones or somethings in an after-us time can look and understand, this is how it was.’
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Image 1: Celeste Dupuy-Spencer, Self Portrait in the Dark, 2024. Photo by Charles White - JW Pictures. Courtesy of the artist and Jeffrey Deitch, New York and Los Angeles.
Image 2: Celeste Dupuy Spencer, When you’ve eaten everything below you, you’ll devour yourself/except in dreams you’re never really free. Photo by Garrett Carroll.
Image 3: Celeste Dupuy-Spencer, The Death of Hypatia, 2023. Collection of Aïshti Foundation, Beirut, Lebanon. Photo by Joshua White – JW Pictures. Courtesy of the artist and Jeffrey Deitch, New York and Los Angeles.
Image 4: Celeste Dupuy-Spencer, Full Fathom Five Thy Father Lies Nothing of Him That Doth Fade / But Doth Suffer a Sea-Change / Into Something Rich and Astrange., 2023. Courtesy of the artist.
Breathe new life into your living space.
Our Spring Refresh Sale ends soon. Enjoy 30% off selected limited-edition artworks and books for a limited time only. Shop via link in bio.
Image 1: David Salle, Black Eyed Susan, 2011
Image 2: Jose Iraola, Florilegio, 2011
Image 3: Gaetano Pesce, Self Portrait (The Complete Incoherence), 2023