OLYMPIA

We are heartbroken to share that artist and curator Kathleen Goncharov passed away on December 31, surrounded by family at her home in Boca Raton, Florida. Kathleen—known to many as Kathy—was an artist and curator whose practice shaped and supported generations of artists. She worked with influential institutions including the pioneering New York gallery Just Above Midtown and the public art nonprofit Creative Time. We are sharing a few reflections from artists in her community that speak to the remarkable depth, generosity, and intuition of her work: “Kathy lived art in every direction. She curated from the inside out. She was also a great artist,” says Tony Oursler. “This gave her a great sensitivity to process, possibilities, risk-taking, and the nature of the beast. Her passion for curating went beyond juxtaposition—she loved the alchemical process of production, helping many of us realize our dreams.” “I have known Kathy for years and felt her support through decades of making sculpture,” says Maren Hassinger. “Kathy gave unique attention to artists and helped me realize projects across public installations, performances, and exhibitions. She always remained open to the possibilities.” “Kathy looked at art based on what artists were saying through their work,” says Petah Coyne, “rather than trying to fit artists into a predetermined vision.” Kathy will be deeply missed. Her care, curiosity, and belief in artists continue to resonate. @goncharov.kathy

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Just under two weeks remain to visit Erin Lee Jones, ‘guardians of myth are rarely soft,’ on view at Olympia through October 17. “Jones excavates this archetypal terrain and midwives it into fresh embodied forms. In doing so, she conjures an idiosyncratic yet familiar vision, one that honors the hierophanic potency of both materials and process, while addressing the emotional urgency of protection, becoming and transformation. Her Olympian stargate is a visual and spiritual grammar of guardianship, honoring the fierce guides that steward both outer and inner voyages.“ —excerpt from Terrazzo Stargates: The Work of Erin Lee Jones, an essay by Wells Chandler Image 1-2: Erin Lee Jones Red and White Quilt # 1, 2025 Hydrocal, fabric, acrylic 21 x 16¼ x 1 in. (53.34 x 41.27 x 2.54 cm) Image 3: Erin Lee Jones, guardians of myth are rarely soft, Installation View, Olympia, September 2025 @erin.lee.jones @bugloverphat

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“Materials and processes function not only as carriers of aesthetic meaning, but as conduits for cosmic and protective power. Both a personal cosmology and devotional technology, the sculptural monoprints of Erin Lee Jones, embody these truths merging the union of elemental opposites. Sumi ink, a vessel of dark yin lunar essence fuses with terrazzo glass, a radiant trace of yang stardust, solar, crystalline and dispersive. Shadow and light, absorption and radiance coalesce. Tin foil and ancestral heirlooms perform psychic circuitry, as conductive sigils, grounding this coincidentia oppositorum into form, memory and shield. Simultaneously relic and revenant, Jones’ work unites multiple metaphysical lineages as both portals and protectors.” - excerpt from Terrazzo Stargates: The Work of Erin Lee Jones, an essay by Wells Chandler Erin Lee Jones’, ‘guardians of myth are rarely soft,’ is on view at Olympia through October 17th, 2025 Image 1, 3, 4: Erin Lee Jones Rain of Tears, 2024 Hydrocal, rubber, tin foil, acrylic, fabric 44 x 40 x ¾ in. (111.76 x 101.60 x 1.91 cm) Image 2 & 5: Erin Lee Jones, guardians of myth are rarely soft, Installation View, Olympia, September 2025 @erin.lee.jones

After five years (+ five more as a nomadic project), 43 shows (50+ with roaming), and 12 international art fairs, Olympia’s time as a gallery is coming to an end. Our final day of programming will be October 17, 2025. What began as an elastic, nomadic project—born in Western Massachusetts—followed me through my twenties as I attempted to figure out how to exist in the art world. In 2020, when the world had a real chance to reprogram itself for the better, I decided to go all in on an artist-driven, cooperative space where experimentation could thrive—mentally, physically, and materially. After countless installs, so many slipcases, press releases, and jungle-jimming across the city to bring collective ideas to life, the music must pause—so something new can take shape. Olympia has housed many triumphs, and has been there for me through profound grief, fierce celebration, and unexpected growth. To everyone who have supported this project: I am endlessly grateful. Especially # 1, Chantal. We’ll be back—in a new form—in a few months. With so much love, Ali

A selection of installation views from ‘Seeing and Reading,’ a two-person exhibition featuring works by Dana Frankfort and Josephine Halvorson at Virginia Tech’s Center for the Arts. Frankfort’s paintings transform language into bold, abstract compositions — layered with color, gesture, and emotion. Halvorson’s works depict found text in the world, rendered with quiet precision and presence. Together, they explore how words can shape what we see, feel, and remember. The exhibition is on view through November 22, 2025, at the Miles C. Horton Jr. Gallery and Sherwood Payne Quillen ’71 Reception Gallery, Center for the Arts at Virginia Tech. @dmfrankfort @halvorsonstudio @artscenteratvt

Erin Lee Jones Wallpaper Sample # 1, 2023 Hydrocal, fabric, acrylic 21 x 16 x ¾ in. (53.34 x 40.64 x 1.91 cm) Erin Lee Jones’, ‘guardians of myth are rarely soft,’ is on view at Olympia through October 17th, 2025. @erin.lee.jones

A selection of installation views from ‘Pearly Whites,’ Lee Maxey’s current solo exhibition at 12.26 in Dallas, Texas. The exhibition is on view through October 18, 2025. “Pearly Whites showcases new delicate egg tempera paintings, the artist’s typical medium of choice. Tempera’s slowness and precision mirror the psychological atmosphere that Maxey’s paintings create—a steady accumulation of control that builds toward revelation, but never allows release.” – excerpt from the Press Release. Images: Lee Maxey, Pearly Whites, Installation Views, 12.26, Dallas, Texas. Images courtesy of the gallery and the artist. @leemaxey_ @12.26_gallery

“The material world is not dead, but suffused with agency. Transformation of matter mirrors the transmutation and preparation of the soul. In Jones’ practice, casting becomes a ritual of revitalisation where swaddling, embalming, and encasing give way to rebirth. Much like the ancient preparations of the dead in cultures from Egypt to India, Jones’ sculptural process marks a consecrated passage from one state of being to another” - excerpt from Terrazzo Stargates: The Work of Erin Lee Jones, an essay by Wells Chandler Erin Lee Jones’, ‘guardians of myth are rarely soft,’ is on view at Olympia through October 17th, 2025. Image 1 & 2: Erin Lee Jones Floral Bedsheet # 1, 2025 Hydrocal, velvet, acrylic, rubber 20 x 16 x ¾ in. (50.80 x 40.64 x 1.91 cm) Image 3 &4: Erin Lee Jones, guardians of myth are rarely soft, Installation View, Olympia, September 2025 @erin.lee.jones

Erin Lee Jones’ ‘guardians of myth are rarely soft’ is now on view at Olympia through October 17. “In Jones’ practice, ancient material legacies are reanimated. Her process employs a contemporary form of scrying, one that collapses the distance between ancient civilizations, astrofuturism, and personal mythos. Each pillar is a locus of convergence, a casted frequency holder, forged through ritual and visionary sight. Using mold-making and casting techniques, Jones engages in a kind of ceremonial archaeology. Her figures, often rough-hewn, metallic, or ink-black, appear at once exhumed from the earth and descended from the heavens. They resemble fragments of a forgotten temple, yet stand sentinel in the present, charged with a custodial resonance. These forms suggest guardians imbued with lapidary star wisdom, who have always existed and whose time has come again.”– excerpt from Terrazzo Stargates: The Work of Erin Lee Jones, an essay by Wells Chandler accompanying the exhibition. Images: Erin Lee Jones, guardians of myth are rarely soft, Installation Views, Olympia, September 2025 @erin.lee.jones

Thank you to everyone who joined us last night to celebrate Erin Lee Jones’ ‘guardians of myth are rarely soft.’ The exhibition is on view through October 17—a must-see that’s sure to make your soul glow. Big love to Wells Chandler for this picture and the powerful essay accompanying Erin’s latest work. @erin.lee.jones @bugloverphat