The Opening

We are so proud for Brenda Zlamany and her new commission of Dr Ruth Gottesman’s portrait in honor of her $1 billion Bronx Medical School #AlbertEinsteinCollegeOfMedicine donation. Featured @nytimes article. . The Opening Gallery @openinggallery presented Brenda Zlamany’s 366—a project capturing the heart of New York’s arts community through daily watercolor portraits. 💦🎨💦🎨💦🎨💦🎨💦 Begun on April 25, 2015, 366 was an immersive experience, inviting a different artist each day over a leap year to sit for a camera lucida portrait. Each session became a shared moment, with sitters engaging in the process and telling their stories. We are beyond excited to share this tribute to connection, resilience, and the bonds that shape our community. Hope to see you there! 💫✨💫✨💫✨💫 🌟 366: A Watercolor Portrait A Day
📍 The Opening Gallery
📅 Exhibition Dates: Nov 7 - Nov 14
🕰 Reception: Nov 7, 6–8 PM
⏰ Gallery Hours: Tues - Sat, 12–6 PM
📞 Contact: +1 (347) 971-8670 . . @brenda_zlamany . . #366Project #NYCArts #WatercolorPortraits #TheItinerantPortraitist #itinerantportraitist #cameralucida #womensartists #share_watercolors #artactivism #artcurator #SozitaGoudouna @sozitagood #artconsultant #artgallery #contemporaryart #fulbrightscholar #paintingfromobservation #contemporaryportait #watercolor #portrait #paintingfromlife  #artdaily  #artstudio #art_exhibitions

With thanks to Anna Mikaela Ekstrand for her #FineArtGlobe article on #Estar(ser) @shrimp__sandwich . About ESTAR(SER): The Esthetical Society for Transcendental and Applied Realization (now incorporating the Society of Esthetic Realizers) is an established body of private, independent scholars and amateurs who work collectively to recover, scrutinize, and (where relevant) draw attention to the historicity of the so-called Avis Tertia, or “Order of the Third Bird.” . The Opening is pleased to inaugurate the #WaterMillCenter affiliated artists Season this Spring/Summer (April – June 2024) that features exhibitions by Christopher Knowles & Sylvia Netzer, ESTAR(SER)_The Order of The Third Bird and Brian Block. . Founded in 1992 by avant-garde visionary Robert Wilson, The Watermill Center is a laboratory for the arts and humanities providing a global community the time, space, and freedom to create and inspire. With an emphasis on creativity and collaboration, The Center offers year-round artist residencies and education programs, providing a global community with the time, space, and freedom to create and inspire. . With thanks to the @watermillcenter team #NoahKhoshbin @marialouizou_studio @brian_block_studio #openinggallery #theopening #theopeningArtInitiative supporting #neurodiversity and the autistic community and the non profit @luvmichaelco founding director @liberatoremd

Last chance to see the ORLAN @madame.de.sainte.orlan #finissage, live acts and discussion in partnership with @columbia University Hellenic Studies with Phoebe Giannisi, Anna Mikaela Ekstrand, Daria Faïn, Neni Panourgia, Martha Schwendener and interventions by Rhonda Garelick and Catherine A. Peila. . With deep thanks to Gary Ryan @templedrake for his moving @whitehotmagazine review: “Exhibitions at The Opening Gallery always seem to matter, invariably touching the world in relevant ways. The contributing artists are to the person full to the point of overflowing with purpose and vision. And, the curation is expansive in its scope, advanced in its presentation of subject-matter, and artist-centric —in short, it’s consistently spot on. Precisely for all these reasons, I find The Opening Gallery to be much more consistently compelling than almost all other smaller galleries in the city, and very much worth following. If you’re looking for one gallery to befriend and follow, I highly recommend this one at 42 Walker Street. WM” . @openinggallery @columbia #ColumbiaHellenicstudies @greeceinus @giannisiphoebe @shrimp__sandwich @cultbytes @etienne_la_font_de_saint_yenne @nenipanourgia @rhondagarelick @catherinepeila more at /e/transhumance-tickets-1051020439427?aff=oddtdtcreator @newyorkbecker

#ExhibitorSpotlight @openinggallery ✨ The Opening Gallery presents always a multidisciplinary platform where contemporary art, performance, publishing, and public discourse intersect. Founded in New York as a nonprofit cultural initiative, the gallery supports an expansive artistic ecosystem through exhibitions, live events, research-based practices, and educational programming. With an international and community-driven approach, the gallery continues to cultivate new ways of engaging with contemporary art and collective experience. Meet them soon at 🙌 📍 Chelsea Industrial, New York 🗓 May 21–24, 2026 #interdisciplinaryart #chelseanyc #emergingartist

Happy MayDay 2026 💐 . Join us today at THE UNFINISHED LANDSCAPE // CHRONICLES OF PLACE We are pleased to announce a solo exhibition by Venia Behraki, curated by Dr. Sozita Goudouna. Presented by the Maliotis Cultural Center @maliotisculturalcenter_of_hchc director @chrysoula_kourkounti in collaboration with @greeceinus 🗓️ May 1 – September 1, 2026 🎉 Opening Reception: May 1, 6–8 PM Behraki reframes landscape not as a fixed view, but as a dynamic field shaped by time, movement, and breath. Working with watercolor, her large-scale works bear the visible traces of gesture and fluid flow—inviting a “travelling gaze” rather than a single point of observation. Engaging with the grammar of classical Chinese shanshui painting, Behraki inherits core principles: layered distance, the choreographed gaze, and the meaningful use of empty space (liubai 留白). Drawing on Bakhtin’s chronotope (the fusion of time and space) and Bachelard’s poetics of “intimate immensity,” her paintings become felicitous spaces where temporal experience—cycles, shifts, dissipations—becomes legible. Respiration is central. Behraki’s breath—the pause between inhalation and exhalation, air released across wet paper—leaves material traces. Her paintings breathe. This is the “respiratory turn” in contemporary aesthetics: breath as nexus of embodiment, temporality, and ecological awareness. The landscape is never finished. It is continuously formed through movement, duration, and the act of looking. Join us May 1. 🎟️ Free and open to the public. 📍 Maliotis Cultural Center, Brookline, MA . Greece in USA is under the auspices of The Greek Ministry of Culture @minculturegr & Ekkomed @ekkomed_gr @creativehub.gr.ekkomed With thanks to @cathelinevdb @cathelinestudio for her support #and @ambi_blue_tamashi Marilena Gropatsakis @greeceinus associate #TheUnfinishedLandscape #VeniaBehraki #SozitaGoudouna GreeceInUSA ContemporaryPainting Shanshui Chronotope RespiratoryTurn Bachelard BostonArt BrooklineMA MaliotisCulturalCenter

We are excited to announce that the @openinggallery will be participating in FOCUS Art Fair 2026 in New York this May! As one of the most dynamic platforms for contemporary discovery, FOCUS brings together groundbreaking galleries and visionary artists from around the world — and we couldn’t be more excited to be part of it. Join us in NYC this May as we present a curated selection of works that speak to our mission of amplifying emerging and established voices / exploring art and politics / pushing aesthetic and social boundaries. Stay tuned for artist highlights, booth details, and special events. We can’t wait to see you there. @focusartfair Minds behind FOCUS 🧩 — the people shaping ideas, connections, and conversations #JardinLee @karimbenz From curatorial vision to global partnerships, making a collective effort to create a precious space for dialogue, exchange, and discovery. See you soon at ⤵️ FOCUS NYC 2026 May 21–24 Chelsea Industrial #focusartfair culturaldialogue #asiancontemporaryart #artcommunities nycart 🗓️ May 21-24 2026 📍 New York, NY 🔗 Link in bio @focusartfair for previews and pass registration. FocusArtFair FocusArtFair2026 NewYorkArtFair ContemporaryArt ArtFairSeason NYCArts

Join us tomorrow #May1 at THE UNFINISHED LANDSCAPE // CHRONICLES OF PLACE We are pleased to announce a solo exhibition by Venia Behraki, curated by Dr. Sozita Goudouna. Presented by the Maliotis Cultural Center @maliotisculturalcenter_of_hchc director @chrysoula_kourkounti in collaboration with @greeceinus 🗓️ May 1 – September 1, 2026 🎉 Opening Reception: May 1, 6–8 PM Behraki reframes landscape not as a fixed view, but as a dynamic field shaped by time, movement, and breath. Working with watercolor, her large-scale works bear the visible traces of gesture and fluid flow—inviting a “travelling gaze” rather than a single point of observation. Engaging with the grammar of classical Chinese shanshui painting, Behraki inherits core principles: layered distance, the choreographed gaze, and the meaningful use of empty space (liubai 留白). Drawing on Bakhtin’s chronotope (the fusion of time and space) and Bachelard’s poetics of “intimate immensity,” her paintings become felicitous spaces where temporal experience—cycles, shifts, dissipations—becomes legible. Respiration is central. Behraki’s breath—the pause between inhalation and exhalation, air released across wet paper—leaves material traces. Her paintings breathe. This is the “respiratory turn” in contemporary aesthetics: breath as nexus of embodiment, temporality, and ecological awareness. The landscape is never finished. It is continuously formed through movement, duration, and the act of looking. Join us May 1. 🎟️ Free and open to the public. 📍 Maliotis Cultural Center, Brookline, MA . Greece in USA is under the auspices of The Greek Ministry of Culture @minculturegr & Ekkomed @ekkomed_gr @creativehub.gr.ekkomed With thanks to @cathelinevdb @cathelinestudio for her support #and @ambi_blue_tamashi Marilena Gropatsakis @greeceinus associate #TheUnfinishedLandscape #VeniaBehraki #SozitaGoudouna GreeceInUSA ContemporaryPainting Shanshui Chronotope RespiratoryTurn Bachelard BostonArt BrooklineMA MaliotisCulturalCenter

So proud for the book launch of Trouble With Space in Painting by @bloomsburypublishing written by acclaimed artist James Hyde @hyde.james @libraryresidency artist in residence and @openinggallery exhibited artist. James Hyde is recognized for his innovative blending of painting, photography, and sculpture, continuously pushing the boundaries of contemporary art. His impressive work is featured in prestigious collections, including the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), the Guggenheim collection, and the Brooklyn Museum, showcasing his significant contributions to the art world. Hyde’s accolades include the prestigious Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship, the Pollock-Krasner Grant, the Joan Mitchell Foundation Fellowship, and the New York State CAPS Grant, further solidifying his status as a leading figure in contemporary art. During his residency, he delved into new concepts, utilizing the rich resources of our library to inspire his creations. We eagerly anticipate the unique pieces he will develop during this time. #LibraryResidency #JamesHyde #ArtistAnnouncement #ContemporaryArt MoMA Guggenheim BrooklynMuseum ArtCommunity StayTuned @themuseumofmodernart @brooklynmuseum @guggenheim @joanmitchellfdn @hyde.james @libraryresidency . The Library Residency is a @greeceinus project under the Auspices and Support of the Greek Ministry of Culture @minculturegr

We are beyond proud for @openinggallery exhibited artist Elena Bajo! Please join us in celebrating @elenabajo an extraordinary artist of the Opening Gallery art community, who has been selected as a 2026 Guggenheim Fellow as part of the 101st Class of fellows. Selected out of numerous applicants—an absolutely fierce field—Elena’s recognition is a testament to a practice built on rigor, poetry, and decades of uncompromising vision. For over 20 years, Elena Bajo has redefined the boundaries of sculpture, ecology installation, and performance—working across ephemeral materials, ritual gestures, and site-responsive interventions. Highlights of her remarkable career include: 🔹 Solo & Group exhibitions at @kunsthallesaopaulo @arcomadriid 🔹 Participations @performanyc Manifesta @manifestabiennial 🔹 Integrative Art Studies for @sfsia 🔹 Her acclaimed ongoing series through S.L.A.B platform grapple with precarity, ecology, and the poetics of resistance Elena, we are honored to have collaborated with you. This is so, so deserved. Officially 2026 Guggenheim Fellow | 101st Class @elenabajo @guggfellows #guggfellows #elenabajo #guggfellows2026 @guggfellows @guggenheim #guggenheimfoundation OpeningGallery

Excited to learn more about #AgnieszkaKurant’s new project at @independent_hq ~ Agnieszka Kurant @openinggallery exhibited artist 2022 as part of the #WetConceptualismProject . Calling all New York artists—conceptual artist @agnieszka.kurant invites you to contribute to a participatory artwork to be presented at Independent, May 14-17. Titled “Redistribution,” the newly commissioned work will fuse together artists’ signatures into a single AI-generated collective signature in an exploration of art and class, networked value creation, and redistribution of capital in the art world. Each time the work is sold, profits will be shared equally among all the contributors, foregrounding the stark realities facing working artists—most of whom earn next to nothing from their work. Kurant, who designed Independent’s original logo in 2010, extends this invitation to New York-based artists and those who were once New York artists but may have been forced out for economic or other reasons. Link in @agnieszka.kurant bio submit your signature by April 30 ✍️

We are honored to collaborate with @nyumaisonnaisefrancaise for Je Suis Ātman, a powerful solo exhibition by Franco-Cambodian artist Adana Mam Legros @adana_titi Confronting the self through spiritual inquiry and psychoanalytic depth, Legros maps the psyche in works that transform personal struggle—including multiple battles with cancer—into universal resonance. This exhibition is both a document of survival and an act of individuation. . This is your last chance to see Je Suis Ātman— the exhibition closes April 10 And tonight, don’t miss the final opportunity to experience the work in dialogue: 🗣️ Guillaume Bresson: Sans Titre – A Conversation with Sylvaine Guyot 📅 Tonight 📍 La Maison Française – NYU 🔗 Link in @maison.francaise for details and to register Presented in partnership with the International Organization of La Francophonie (OIF), this exhibition bridges Eurasian spiritual traditions and Western psychoanalytic thought. 🎨 Adana Mam Legros, Je Suis Ātman 📆 On view through April 10 📍 La Maison Française – NYU #AdanaMamLegros #JeSuisAtman #LaMaisonFrancaiseNYU FrancophoneArt NYUArts PsychoanalysisAndArt LastChance NYCArt

The @libraryresidency goes to #Syros #April with @jamiebrisick with thanks to @eleniparidi @ioannisraissis . The Library Residency is excited to announce that writer, photographer, filmmaker and cultural documentarian Jamie Brisick is our spring Resident Writer ~ April 2026. A former professional surfer turned award-winning writer, Jamie has dedicated his life to chronicling surf culture with profound depth and nuance. His esteemed career includes serving as a longtime contributor to The Surfer’s Journal @surfersjournal , as well as the host of Soundings, the TSJ podcast. He is the author of several seminal works, including: ▪️ Becoming Westerly: Surf Champion Peter Drouyn’s Transformation into Westerly Windina ▪️ Have Board, Will Travel ▪️ The Eighties at Echo Beach A Fulbright scholar, Jamie’s writing and photography have appeared in The New Yorker @newyorkermag , The Guardian @guardian , The New York Times @nytimes , Heavy Traffic, @heavy_traffic_mag , and Erotic Review @eroticreview . His latest novel, In the Malibu Parking Lot, is forthcoming. During his residency with us, Jamie will be developing his current research project, a continuation of his masterful work exploring the intersections of surfing, art, philosophy, and identity. We are excited to support the creation of his next vital contribution to the literature of surfing. #LibraryResidency #WriterInResidence JamieBrisick SurfingCulture SurfHistory SurfLiterature Author Fulbright TheSurfersJournal EOSEncyclopedia ResidencyProgram photo @jamiebrisick . The Library Residency is a @greeceinus project under the Auspices and Support of The Greek Ministry of Culture @minculturegr @ekkomed_gr @creativehub.gr.ekkomed