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“Poetic Trigonometry” Event Celebrates Art and Identity at ChaShaMa Gallery
Twi-NY, January 2024
In conjunction with the closing of the Gallery Particulier exhibit “Bey, Nkem & Elechi: A Triangulation” at ChaShaMa Gallery on January 13, a special event, “Poetic Trigonometry,” is set to take place on January 10 at 6:00. The celebration will feature the talents of musician and artist Clara Joy, musician K. Porcelain, and poet Ed Pankov. The exhibition, curated by Grace Nkem and Arabella von Arx, explores cultural identity and colonialism through the African diaspora, showcasing works by Nkem, Amir Bey, and Obinna Elechi. The event promises a unique blend of music and poetry, providing a fitting conclusion to the thought-provoking art display. Read more
“Sagrados Son Los Queers” Open Mic Night Celebrates Queer Talent at Gallery Particulier
Time Out New York, January 2024
Brooklyn’s Gallery Particulier is set to host “Sagrados Son Los Queers – Sacred are the Queers,” an open mic night celebrating queer talent on Sunday, January 7. This event marks the closing of the art exhibit “Sangre Sagrada” (Sacred Blood). Attendees can expect performances from a diverse range of talents, including poets, singers, and more. The evening, featuring artwork by Lupe Inès Cariño as a backdrop, aims to create a warm and intimate space, offering a unique and accessible experience with visual arts. Event organizers express their commitment to breaking down the intimidation often associated with traditional galleries and art museums. Read more
Gallery Particulier artists interviewed on WLA Podcast
White Label American, December 2023
Gallery Particulier Makes a New Art World Possible
Upmag.com, April 2023
If, as Dave Hickey once wrote, real art is “an accumulation of small, fragile, social occasions,” then the real art world can be found in quainter, smaller places than the mega-galleries of Chelsea — say, a living room. Say, your living room.
In a two-story house on Maple Ave. in the Prospect Lefferts Gardens sub-neighborhood of Flatbush, Brooklyn, writer and producer Arabella von Arx has turned her top floor into a modest gallery and art lending library. Von Arx founded Gallery Particulier last year with help from a crowdfunding campaign and grant support. Its aim is to “sidestep the art institutional system.” Read more
Grace Nkem, Art In A Digitized World
ATOD Magazine, December 22, 2022
Grace Nkem is a Nigerian Russian surrealist artist born in Russia now living in New York City who, after recently graduating from Columbia University, is already an artist in demand. With several exhibitions throughout New York, Nkem’s works showcase a feeling of isolation impacted by technology, a warmth of femininity with the fierce hand of power, the insistent themes of irregularity, and polarizing truths and mistruths—all of which require a suggested patience that begs you to look closer. Read more
Your Concise New York Art Guide for December 2022
Hyperallergic, November 30, 2022
Your list of must-see, fun, insightful, and very New York art events this month, including art made during the first stock market crash, a homage to feline friends, and the 10-year anniversary of a crucial public art initiative. Read more
No Purchase Necessary: A New Brooklyn Gallery Will Loan Out Artworks
Hyperallergic, January 30, 2022
What if anyone could loan a work of art for free and then return it, without making any commitment to ultimately buying it? Gallery Particulier, a new gallery opening in a houseware store on Flatbush Avenue in Brooklyn in March, is experimenting with establishing a different relationship between artists, artworks, gallerists, collectors, and the art-curious. Read more
New Brooklyn Gallery Plans to Loan Out Artworks Instead of Selling
WideWalls, November 30, 2022
Aiming to establish a different relationship between participants in the art world, this gallery is loaning out artworks to anyone, rent-free, zero commitment. Read more
