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Today is the final day to see Gordon Robichaux’s Deondre Davis presentation at Frieze NY, Focus Booth F7. Davis’s exhibition ‘Ark’ is also on view at Gordon Robichaux, Fri-Sun 12-6pm, thru June 21. IMAGES: Deondre Davis ‘The Star Pit’ 2024, Pencil, colored pencil, and gouache on canvas mounted to wood panel, 5 x 8 in   @tux_pants #DeondreDavis #GordonRobichaux #DeondreDavis

Visit Reverend Joyce McDonald’s ‘Renewal’ Friday thru Sunday, 12-6pm and by appt. McDonald’s exhibition is on view at Gordon Robichaux alongside Deondre Davis’s ‘Ark.’ Gordon Robichaux is pleased to present Renewal, Reverend Joyce McDonald’s third solo exhibition at the gallery and her first since her retrospective exhibition at the Bronx Museum earlier this year. ‘Renewal’ unites ten of McDonald’s figurative sculptures created over the past four decades, several of which have never been previously exhibited. Each of the artist’s intimate artworks, which she refers to as “testimonial sculptures,” memorializes a person, experience, memory, or vision that McDonald translates into clay and adorns with humble materials such as paper towels, costume pearls, scraps of fabric, plastic plant sprigs, small rocks, and fragments of jewelry. The artist’s process is therapeutic, and the works resonate with emotional immediacy, spiritual energy, and the conviction of McDonald’s faith, which inspires their creation. As she has shared: “When I make art, I touch the clay and my hands move. I don’t know what I’m going to make—the Spirit guides me.” @joyketa #ReverendJoyMcDonald @visual_aids

Visit Reverend Joyce McDonald’s ‘Renewal’ Friday thru Sunday, 12-6pm and by appt. McDonald’s exhibition is on view at Gordon Robichaux alongside Deondre Davis’s ‘Ark.’ Gordon Robichaux is pleased to present Renewal, Reverend Joyce McDonald’s third solo exhibition at the gallery and her first since her retrospective exhibition at the Bronx Museum earlier this year. ‘Renewal’ unites ten of McDonald’s figurative sculptures created over the past four decades, several of which have never been previously exhibited. Each of the artist’s intimate artworks, which she refers to as “testimonial sculptures,” memorializes a person, experience, memory, or vision that McDonald translates into clay and adorns with humble materials such as paper towels, costume pearls, scraps of fabric, plastic plant sprigs, small rocks, and fragments of jewelry. The artist’s process is therapeutic, and the works resonate with emotional immediacy, spiritual energy, and the conviction of McDonald’s faith, which inspires their creation. As she has shared: “When I make art, I touch the clay and my hands move. I don’t know what I’m going to make—the Spirit guides me.” IMAGES: Reverend Joyce McDonald ‘Chain of Love’ 2026, glazed ceramic, necklace with costume pearls, epoxy, 10 x 7 x 2 in. @joyketa #ReverendJoyMcDonald @visual_aids

Visit Reverend Joyce McDonald ‘Renewal’ Fri-Sun, 12-6pm, at Gordon Robichaux, alongside Deondre Davis ‘Ark.’ Reverend Joyce McDonald (b. 1951; Brooklyn, New York) lives and works in New York. Recent solo exhibitions include ‘Ministry: Reverend Joyce McDonald’ at the Bronx Museum, New York (2025); Gordon Robichaux, New York (2024 and 2021); and Maureen Paley, London (2023). The artist’s work is held in the collections of the Hammer Museum, Los Angeles; Studio Museum in Harlem, New York; Brooklyn Museum, New York; the Hessel Museum of Art, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York; and the Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, Maryland. IMAGES: Reverend Joyce McDonald ‘Beauty and Dignity’ 2026, Glazed ceramic, 10 x 7½ x 3 in. @joyketa #RevJoyceMcDonald #GordonRobichaux @visual_aids

Opening today: Gordon Robichaux at Frieze NY: Deondre Davis Focus Booth F7 May 13-17, 2026 Gordon Robichaux is pleased to present a solo booth of Deondre Davis’s work at Frieze New York, May 13-17. The presentation is organized in coordination with the artist’s second solo exhibition at our gallery, ‘Ark,’ on view thru June 21. The gallery and fair presentations feature a new series of paintings and assemblage sculptures created during the artist’s residency at the Chinati Foundation, Marfa, TX, earlier this year. Davis’s practice is rooted in what he describes as “system-driven logic,” and the foundation of his paintings and drawings is generally a graphite grid, which he maps across the surface of paper or unprimed canvas. The grid functions as a structure onto and against which the artist builds a layered composition of geometric shapes, filled with areas of translucent and opaque color—Ash Yellow, Olive Green, Copper, Warm Grey, Ash Blue, Quinacridone Rose, Warm Yellow—applied with gouache and oil paint. The abstract works evince a generative tension between rational forms and processes and the artist’s intuition, imagination, and embrace of imperfections: lines of varied weights waver and stray from strict perpendiculars, while color exceeds enclosure, and smudges or uneven applications of graphite and paint create interference. For Davis, repetition and seriality yield inconsistency and difference. He locates freedom and meaning within a narrow set of variables, a process which the artist calls “contemplative repetition.” Deondre Davis (b.1991, Chicago) is a self-taught artist who lives and works in Los Angeles. Solo exhibitions include Gordon Robichaux in New York (2024) and CASTLE in Los Angeles (2025). Davis was awarded residencies at Chinati Foundation in Marfa, TX (2026) and at Rondo in Mexico City, MX (2025). IMAGE: Deondre Davis ‘Untitled (Brick Dust) #2’ 2026, Pencil and brick dust on newsprint, 15 x 14 in. (Paper), 19¼ x 20¾ x 1½ in. (framed) @tux_pants #DeondreDavis @friezeofficial

Gordon Robichaux at Frieze NY: Deondre Davis Focus Booth F7 May 13-17, 2026 @friezeofficial Gordon Robichaux is pleased to present a solo booth of Deondre Davis’s work at Frieze New York, May 13-17. The presentation is organized in coordination with the artist’s second solo exhibition at our gallery, ‘Ark,’ on view thru June 21. The gallery and fair presentations feature a new series of paintings and assemblage sculptures created during the artist’s residency at the Chinati Foundation, Marfa, TX, earlier this year. Davis’s practice is rooted in what he describes as “system-driven logic,” and the foundation of his paintings and drawings is generally a graphite grid, which he maps across the surface of paper or unprimed canvas. The grid functions as a structure onto and against which the artist builds a layered composition of geometric shapes, filled with areas of translucent and opaque color—Ash Yellow, Olive Green, Copper, Warm Grey, Ash Blue, Quinacridone Rose, Warm Yellow—applied with gouache and oil paint. The abstract works evince a generative tension between rational forms and processes and the artist’s intuition, imagination, and embrace of imperfections: lines of varied weights waver and stray from strict perpendiculars, while color exceeds enclosure, and smudges or uneven applications of graphite and paint create interference. For Davis, repetition and seriality yield inconsistency and difference. He locates freedom and meaning within a narrow set of variables, a process which the artist calls “contemplative repetition.” Deondre Davis (b.1991, Chicago) is a self-taught artist who lives and works in Los Angeles. Solo exhibitions include Gordon Robichaux in New York (2024) and CASTLE in Los Angeles (2025). Davis was awarded residencies at Chinati Foundation in Marfa, TX (2026) and at Rondo in Mexico City, MX (2025). IMAGE: Deondre Davis ‘Annex’ 2026, Pencil, gouache, and oil on canvas mounted to wood panel, 11.75 x 7.75 x ⅜ in. @tux_pants @chinatifoundation @friezeofficial @gordonrobichaux

Suppprt White Columns: Matlok Griffiths ‘Untitled (Difficult Craft) from the ongoing series Yesterday’s Solutions’ (2024) included in White Columns Benefit Auction. 2026 White Columns Benefit Auction Wednesday, May 27, 2026 White Columns – 91 Horatio St. New York, NY 10014 6:00pm Cocktails and hors d’oeuvres 7:00pm Live Auction IMAGE: Matlok Griffiths ‘Untitled (Difficult Craft) from the ongoing series Yesterday’s Solutions’ 2024, Gouache and newspaper on paper, 5 x 5 in. (paper), 24 x 20½ x 1 in. (framed) @matlokgritsngravy @matthewhiggs2015 @white_columns

Deondre Davis ‘Ark,’ the Los Angeles-based artist’s second solo exhibition at Gordon Robichaux, opens Sunday May 10th, 12-6pm, alongside Reverend Joyce McDonald’s third show at the gallery. Davis’ exhibition follows his debut at Gordon Robichaux in 2024 and his 2025 show at Castle in Los Angeles. In conjunction with the exhibition, Gordon Robichaux will present a solo booth of Davis’ work at Frieze New York, May 13-17. The gallery and fair presentations will feature a new series of paintings and assemblage sculptures created during the artist’s residency at the Chinati Foundation in Marfa, Texas, earlier this year. Deondre Davis (b.1991, Chicago) is a self-taught artist who lives and works in Los Angeles. Solo exhibitions include Gordon Robichaux in New York (2024) and CASTLE in Los Angeles (2025). Davis was awarded residencies at Chinati Foundation in Marfa, TX (2026) and at Rondo in Mexico City, MX (2025). Recent group exhibitions include ‘Glastonbury,’ organized by Conrad Guevara, at Sidecar, Los Angeles, CA; ‘Finding Aid,’ organized by Matt Connors at Goldsmiths Centre for Contemporary Art, London, UK; ‘Jamb,’ organized by Conrad Guevara, at Et al., San Francisco, CA; ‘LOVESCENE,’ organized by Mara Hassan and Wes Hardin, 17 N Oxford, Brooklyn, NY; and ‘Amerikas Most Wanted,’ a two-artist show with Acaccia Marable, organized by Keto Jackson at Attom, Los Angeles, CA. Davis is co-facilitator, with artist Anima Correa, of Support Group, a working group for artists to reflect and speak about shared experiences. As an extension of their ongoing meetings at Los Angeles Contemporary Archive (LACA), they presented break room at the Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, as part of the 2023 edition of ‘Made in LA.’ IMAGE: Deondre Davis ‘Untitled’ 2026, Found object, artificial eyelashes, epoxy, L-hooks, 16 x 4 x 1½ in @tux_pants #DeondreDavis #GordonRobichaux

Reverend Joyce McDonald ‘Renewal’ opens Sunday May 10th, 12-6pm, at Gordon Robichaux, alongside Deondre Davis ‘Ark.’ Reverend Joyce McDonald (b. 1951; Brooklyn, New York) lives and works in New York. Recent solo exhibitions include ‘Ministry: Reverend Joyce McDonald’ at the Bronx Museum, New York (2025); Gordon Robichaux, New York (2024 and 2021); and Maureen Paley, London (2023). The artist’s work is held in the collections of the Hammer Museum, Los Angeles; Studio Museum in Harlem, New York; Brooklyn Museum, New York; the Hessel Museum of Art, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York; and the Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, Maryland. IMAGES: Reverend Joyce McDonald ‘Planted Firm’ 1998, Air dry clay, paint, paper towels, artificial plant, synthetic hair, mixed media , 9 x 4 x 4 1/2 in @joyketa #RevJoyceMcDonald #GordonRobichaux @visual_aids

Deondre Davis ‘Ark,’ the Los Angeles-based artist’s second solo exhibition at Gordon Robichaux, opens Sunday May 10th, 12-6pm, alongside Reverend Joyce McDonald’s third show at the gallery. Davis’ exhibition follows his debut at Gordon Robichaux in 2024 and his 2025 show at Castle in Los Angeles. In conjunction with the exhibition, Gordon Robichaux will present a solo booth of Davis’ work at Frieze New York, May 13-17. The gallery and fair presentations will feature a new series of paintings and assemblage sculptures created during the artist’s residency at the Chinati Foundation in Marfa, Texas, earlier this year. Deondre Davis (b.1991, Chicago) is a self-taught artist who lives and works in Los Angeles. Solo exhibitions include Gordon Robichaux in New York (2024) and CASTLE in Los Angeles (2025). Davis was awarded residencies at Chinati Foundation in Marfa, TX (2026) and at Rondo in Mexico City, MX (2025). Recent group exhibitions include ‘Glastonbury,’ organized by Conrad Guevara, at Sidecar, Los Angeles, CA; ‘Finding Aid,’ organized by Matt Connors at Goldsmiths Centre for Contemporary Art, London, UK; ‘Jamb,’ organized by Conrad Guevara, at Et al., San Francisco, CA; ‘LOVESCENE,’ organized by Mara Hassan and Wes Hardin, 17 N Oxford, Brooklyn, NY; and ‘Amerikas Most Wanted,’ a two-artist show with Acaccia Marable, organized by Keto Jackson at Attom, Los Angeles, CA. Davis is co-facilitator, with artist Anima Correa, of Support Group, a working group for artists to reflect and speak about shared experiences. As an extension of their ongoing meetings at Los Angeles Contemporary Archive (LACA), they presented break room at the Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, as part of the 2023 edition of ‘Made in LA.’ IMAGE: Deondre Davis ‘Joe’s Deluxe (Joe’s Deluxe Club, Chicago)’ 2026, Pencil, gouache, and oil on canvas, 40 x 30 in @tux_pants #GordonRobichaux

Reverend Joyce McDonald ‘Renewal’ opens Sunday May 10th, 12-6pm, at Gordon Robichaux, alongside Deondre Davis ‘Ark.’ Reverend Joyce McDonald (b. 1951; Brooklyn, New York) lives and works in New York. Recent solo exhibitions include ‘Ministry: Reverend Joyce McDonald’ at the Bronx Museum, New York (2025); Gordon Robichaux, New York (2024 and 2021); and Maureen Paley, London (2023). The artist’s work is held in the collections of the Hammer Museum, Los Angeles; Studio Museum in Harlem, New York; Brooklyn Museum, New York; the Hessel Museum of Art, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York; and the Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, Maryland. IMAGES: Reverend Joyce McDonald ‘Starlette (My Niece)’ 2022, Air dry clar, fabric, artificial eyelashes, paint, 8 x 4 x 2 1/2 in @joyketa #RevJoyceMcDonald #ReverendJoyceMcDonald

Gordon Robichaux opens Sunday May 10th, 12-6pm, with two new exhibitions: Deondre Davis ‘Ark’ and Reverend Joyce McDonald ‘Renewal’ @tux_pants @joyketa