Special thanks to The Blanton Museum of Art in Austin, TX for giving this sound piece a new site. Originally installed at the Philip Johnson Glasshouse in 2018, works like this often remain archived, an ephemeral aspect of the work. Here it is transformed by location. I am honored and grateful. #blantonmuseum @blantonmuseum@cole.akers
Mary Lovelace O’Neal 1942-2026 🖤
The losses of late are palpable and legacies resonate. She was a Skowhegan Alumni, Howard University, Columbia University graduate and unique voice in the Black Arts Movement. I am grateful for the path she created and honored to have contributed a text to her current exhibition at @vmfamuseum@casseloliver “When I think about abstractions a field of listening, O’Neal is working within a frequency that understands color as vibration and surface as duration “ JcJ —- “A dynamic force in American painting since the 1960s, Mary Lovelace O’Neal developed a singular visual language that is acutely personal and profoundly political. Drawing on a broad range of influences—from Minimalism to Abstract Expressionism—Lovelace O’Neal’s practice is at once worldly, parsing social themes of race and gender, and philosophical, fully immersed in conceptual and metaphysical investigations of joy, exuberance, nature, and the sublime.” —Boeskey Gallery
Special thanks to Marina Ancona!! @10grandpress for our wonderful collaboration of unique works ✨ proud to be a part of the BFAPF @powerhouse_arts more information at #10grandpress
Melvin Edwards (1937–2026) rest in power The light he shined was bright, his work fearless. He was my professor at Rutgers where I was the only African American student in my class. I cherished our studio visits, his truth bombs, encouragement and energy. He was tenacious and inspiring: “Melvin believed that abstraction could bear the full weight of history—and spent more than six decades demonstrating, with quiet rigor, that it could. Working in welded steel, he built a body of work that is at once an account of the African diaspora and a formal investigation of what sculpture can do: a sustained meditation on violence and beauty, rupture and continuity, and memory and hope.” #melvinedwardsartist 🖤
Thank you to everyone who joined us for an insightful and engaging conversation featuring artist Jennie C. Jones, independent curator and art historian Evelyn C. Hankins, and Pulitzer Senior Curator Stephanie Weissberg! We’ll be sharing a recording on our YouTube channel soon.
📸: @cbauerphoto
I express my heartfelt gratitude to all the of the kind and hardworking people at The Pulitzer Arts Foundation @pulitzerarts for their support and dedication. It was an experience I will cherish. Special thanks to Stephanie Weissberg @sweissberg for her thoughtful collaboration and care. AND to Emily Rauh Pulitzer, who is a treasure and true visionary. 2026 is the 25th anniversary year, may there be 25 more ✨ @themonasabau
It’s the final week to experience our current exhibitions with Jennie C. Jones! The museum is open Thursday–Sunday, with two special programs to close the exhibitions:
Friday, January 30; 5–8 pm
✨ Closing Reception for Current Exhibitions
Saturday, January 31; 11 am–12 pm
🎙 In Dialogue: Jennie C. Jones, Evelyn C. Hankins & Stephanie Weissberg
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Image Credit:
1) Photography by Robert Pettus.
2) Installation view of "Other Octaves: Curated by Jennie C. Jones," Photography by @virginia_harold .
3) Portrait of Jennie C. Jones by @suzygormanphoto . Portrait of Evelyn C. Hankins courtesy of The Smithsonian Institute. Portrait of Stephanie Weissberg by Virginia Harold.
4) Installation view of "Jennie C. Jones: A Line When Broken Begins Again" by Virginia Harold.
@jcjstudio@alexandergrayassociates
Experience two exhibitions from Jennie C. Jones through Feb 1, 2026!
Save the Dates:
🥂 Closing Reception
🔹 Fri, Jan 30; 5–8pm
🎤 In Dialogue: Jennie C. Jones & Evelyn C. Hankins
🔹 Sat, Jan 31; 11am–12pm
✨randomly selected 2025 moments ✨I am grateful… for the unbelievable projects last year. Grateful for the vulnerability, risk and courage it took, and the lessons it gave in return. I’m not accustomed to working with big teams, the support and kindness still resonates in my spirit. I’m still bad at instagram, I write too much, posted lots from institutions as default….All to say Thank you to: @alexandergrayassociates@pulitzerarts@rose_cestlavie@intcontemporary@metlivearts@davidcbreslin@cellisita@takealukearound@10grandpress@glennligon and countless others for being in my life. Now back to the woods.
Preorders are now open for "Jennie C. Jones: A Line When Broken Begins Again," our catalogue featuring Jennie C. Jones’s current exhibitions at the Pulitzer, arriving February 2026. Alongside new essays by senior curator Stephanie Weissberg and Jones, the publication brings together Jones’s writings on several artists included in "Other Octaves."
Richly illustrated with installation views and images of dozens of paintings, sculptures, and works on paper from both exhibitions, this catalogue offers an in-depth look at Jones’s practice. Order your copy now at the link in our bio! 📚
@marquandbooks@jcjstudio@alexandergrayassociates
It’s a wrap! Heartfelt THANK YOU, to all the friends and family who came to see Ensemble! What an epic experience. I’ll be posting stores this week—Looking back on the process, people and moments. Wind, no wind, sound, no sound….a conceptual manifestation, generative on all levels. I’m grateful especially to Lauren Rosati! For her fearless guidance and support @rose_cestlavie and @alexandergrayassociates for… everything AND to @glennligon whom I cherish as a thinker, inspiration and a friend for our dialogue in the publication. #metmuseumofart #ensemble
