James Howell Foundation

Endless Limits: The Work of James Howell, 1962–2014 at the Parrish Art Museum, Water Mill, NY (September 13, 2025–February 8, 2026). Courtesy: @jameshowellfoundation and @parrishartmuseum Photo: Gary Mamay @garymamayphoto Video: Bartha_contemporary @barthacontemporary #ParrishArtMuseum #JamesHowellFoundation #JamesHowell #Series10 #Grey #Gradation #Retrospective #EndlessLimit #ContemporaryArt #ContemporaryPainting #NYCPainter #NYCPainting #BarthaContemporary

We are delighted to announce the release of "Endless Limits: The Work of James Howell, 1962–2014," the first career-spanning catalogue dedicated to James Howell’s remarkable practice. Published in 2025 by @parrishartmuseum and Hatje Cantz, this 144-page volume brings Howell’s lifelong pursuit of light, color, and perception into focus, from his early Bainbridge Island paintings to the mathematical gray gradients developed in Greenwich Village and Montauk. With essays by Kaitlin Halloran, Scout Hutchinson, Jason Rosenfeld, Ph.D., and an evocative reflection by Hiroshi Sugimoto on Howell’s influence and admiration for his Seascapes series, the publication offers an intimate and scholarly look at Howell’s evolution. Designed by Eileen Boxer (BoxerDesign) and printed by Trifolio srl, the catalog includes a complete plate section and detailed chronology of Howell’s life and work. Endless Limits is now available for purchase in the Parrish Art Museum store. We are thrilled to share this milestone with our community. #JamesHowell #EndlessLimits #ParrishArtMuseum #HatjeCantz #HiroshiSugimoto #ArtPublication #AbstractArt #LongIslandArt #ColorAndLight #MontaukArt #GreenwichVillageArt #ArtCatalogue #MuseumPublication

Executive Director Laura Bardier participated in The Hope Forum 2026 presented by ART 2030 during the preview days of the 61st Venice Biennale. The panel explored how artists, cultural leaders, and institutions are building new models for collaboration, access, and social impact. In addition to Bardier, the panel featured artist and founder of @gasfoundation , @yinkashonibarestudio ; philanthropist and Founder of @fundacionamaamoedo , @amaliaamoedo ; and CEO and Co-Founder of @las_artfoundation , Dr. Bettina Kames. The discussion was moderated by Editor-in-Chief of @artreview_magazine , Mark Rappolt. Bringing together voices from across art, science, philanthropy, and policy, The Hope Forum highlighted the vital role of culture in shaping collective futures and advancing global dialogue. We are grateful to ART 2030, The Human Safety Net, and all participants for this meaningful exchange. #TheHopeForum2026 #VeniceBiennale #Art2030 #JamesHowellFoundation

The James Howell Foundation is proud to support "In Minor Keys," the 61st International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia, currently on view in Venice. These installation views highlight works by Leonilda González, Tammy Nguyen, Antony Gormley, and Bonnie Devine, among the 110 participants featured in this year’s exhibition. Curated by Koyo Kouoh, "In Minor Keys" brings together artists, collectives, and artist-led organizations from across the globe in an exhibition centered on relation, reflection, and embodied experience. On view through November 22, 2026. #VeniceBiennale #InMinorKeys #BiennaleArte2026 #JamesHowellFoundation #ContemporaryArt

The James Howell Foundation is proud to support "In Minor Keys," the 61st International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia, opening May 9, 2026. Curated by the late Koyo Kouoh, "In Minor Keys" brings together 110 participants from across the globe, including artists, collectives, and artist-led organizations. The exhibition foregrounds quieter, more reflective modes of seeing, centering intimacy, emotion, and the subtle forces that shape our shared experience. On view across the Giardini, the Arsenale, and sites throughout Venice through November 22, the exhibition unfolds through interconnected motifs, “Shrines,” “Processions,” and “Schools,” that emphasize relation, collective knowledge, and embodied experience. We are honored to support this ambitious and deeply resonant presentation. #VeniceBiennale #InMinorKeys #ContemporaryArt #JamesHowellFoundation #BiennaleArte2026

Thank you to everyone who joined us for the @veralistcenter VLC Producers Council Spring Event, Gray Matter: A Special Matter of Intelligence Seminar. It was a pleasure to host this gathering at the James Howell Foundation and to welcome such a thoughtful and engaged community into the artist’s home and studio. We are especially grateful to Laura Bardier for her insightful reflections on James Howell’s decades-long engagement with the color gray. A sincere thank you as well to panelists Josiah McElheny and Kameelah Janan Rasheed for their generous and thought-provoking contributions. Their reflections on materiality, artistic intelligence, and their own practices made for a truly meaningful exchange. We are honored to have collaborated with the Vera List Center and to support spaces that foster dialogue around art’s political and social potential. Thank you again to everyone who attended and participated. We appreciated the opportunity to share this evening with you. The VLC Producers Council Spring 2026 Event—Gray Matter: A Special Matter of Intelligence Seminar hosted by the James Howell Foundation and featuring Josiah McElheny, Kameelah Janan Rasheed, and Laura Bardier, moderated by Carin Kuoni. Photos by Argenis Apolinario. Design by Bella De Angelis. #JamesHowellFoundation #VeraListCenter #GrayMatter #ArtAndPolitics #ArtistCommunity #ContemporaryArt

The James Howell Foundation is pleased to announce that works by James Howell are on view with @bigaignon_ at @artbrussels 2026 (Booth 5E17), on view April 23–26. Presented as part of Bigaignon’s ambitious selection of contemporary works exploring minimalism, formal rigor, and experimentation, the presentation includes: Nine-part array 8% straight 05/20/95 1995 Acrylic on paper, 22 x 30 in (56 x 76 cm) Series 1.9 48.17 11/26/00 2000 Acrylic on canvas, 66 x 66 in (168 x 168 cm) Series 10 We are grateful to Bigaignon for including James Howell’s work in this thoughtful presentation at Art Brussels 2026. #JamesHowell #JamesHowellFoundation #ArtBrussels #ArtBrussels2026 #Bigaignon

We are delighted to welcome Laura Bardier as a speaker at The Hope Forum 2026, whose work operates at the intersection of institutional strategy, curatorial thought, and cultural infrastructure. Laura Bardier is a New York–based curator from Montevideo, currently serving as Executive Director of @jameshowellfoundation and Founding Director of @esteartefair . Bardier has defined the Foundation’s intellectual direction, conceiving and implementing a long-term plan to reposition James Howell, an historically under-recognized American artist, within a major international institutional context. She founded ESTE ARTE in 2014, establishing a distinct model in deliberate contrast to the scale and spectacle of traditional fairs, privileging depth over volume and sustained engagement over transactional immediacy. Conceived in Uruguay, ESTE ARTE, centers on solo presentations of newly conceived artworks, positioning artists at the core of the experience and fostering direct, meaningful dialogue between artists, curators, collectors, and institutions. 📷: Maria Ines Arrillaga. Courtesy ESTE ARTE #TheHopeForum2026 #VoicesOfHope #ArtforGlobalGoals

Thank you @rosarioguiraldes for visiting the James Howell Foundation. It was a pleasure to hear about your work at the @walkerartcenter . #JamesHowellFoundation #ArtistVisit #CuratorialPractice #WalkerArtCenter #ContemporaryArt #ArtCommunity #MuseumProfessionals #ArtDialogue #NYCArts #ArtScene

We were delighted to host the @world.art.foundations for an engaging evening of conversation and connection on March 31 at the James Howell Foundation. The program began with a thoughtful roundtable led by Laura Bardier, Executive Director of the James Howell Foundation; @jamesmerlethomas , Deputy Director of the H@helenfrankenthalerfoundation ; and Dina Giordano @node.d_consulting , Executive Director of the @grovefoundationforthearts . Their discussion offered valuable insight into the evolving role of artist foundations today. Thank you to our speakers and to everyone who joined us for such a lively and generous exchange. We look forward to many more evenings like this. #JamesHowellFoundation #WorldArtFoundation #LauraBardier #JamesMerleThomas #DinaGiordano #HelenFrankenthalerFoundation #GroveFoundationForTheArts #ArtistFoundation #ArtFoundation

We extend our sincere thanks to Dr. Jason Rosenfeld for his illuminating lecture at the James Howell Foundation on his essay for Endless Limits: The Work of James Howell, 1962–2014. Rosenfeld’s reflections offered a compelling lens through which to consider Howell’s practice, situating his work within a lineage of Romantic landscape painting while also foregrounding the artist’s deeply individual pursuit of light, time, and perception. His discussion of the “aerial view,” and Howell’s translation of lived experience into the measured tonal bands of Series 10, opened up new ways of understanding the rigor and sensitivity at the core of Howell’s work. We are grateful for this thoughtful engagement with Howell’s legacy and for an evening that brought together scholarship, dialogue, and community. The full lecture is available on our website, jameshowellfoundation.org. #JamesHowell #JasonRosenfeld #EndlessLimits #AbstractArt #ArtHistory #JamesHowellFoundation

American painter James Howell found the subject of his art in the color gray. He explored the color’s sensual variety diligently over decades. In 2022, the Josef Albers Museum in Bottrop dedicated an exhibition to Howell presenting his work in the context of Albers‘ paintings. This catalogue documents this remarkable artistic encounter and explores Howell’s work in all its conceptual depth, transcending the seemlingly monothematic of the color gray. His paintings are meditations on the relationship between color and light, based on a refinement of painterly means that, despite their extreme reduction, allow for a paradoxical emphasis on expression. We also still have “Endless Limits: The Work of James Howell, 1962-2014” in stock to have a deeper dive into the exceptional artists work. — 📚James Howell: Painting | Malerei Edited by: Heinz Liesbrock, Laura Bardier Graphic Design: Ingo Offermanns Texts by: Laura Bardier, Heinz Liesbrock, Maria Müller-Schareck (English & German) ISBN: 978-3-7757-5724-9 #jameshowell #art #hatjecantz #hatjecantzart