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View fullsize Some installation shots of 𝙎𝙚𝙡𝙚𝙘𝙩 𝘼𝙘𝙩𝙨 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙋𝙚𝙖𝙘𝙝 𝘽𝙡𝙤𝙨𝙨𝙤𝙢 𝙁𝙖𝙣 by Albert Maria Samreth @soulseekqt Visit the exhibition today from 1–6pm 🪭 Images: Telescope (2025) Brass telescope, acupuncture needles, re
View fullsize In 𝘿𝙪 𝙕𝙝𝙤𝙣𝙜 𝙃𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙩𝙤𝙬𝙣 𝙃𝙞𝙁𝙞 (2025), an Altec Lansing “Voice of the Theatre” A8 speaker has been modified and refaced with the bark of Du Zhong (Eucommia ulmoides). Within Traditional Chinese Medicine, Du Zhong is an essen
View fullsize Albert Maria Samreth 𝙎𝙚𝙡𝙚𝙘𝙩 𝘼𝙘𝙩𝙨 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙋𝙚𝙖𝙘𝙝 𝘽𝙡𝙤𝙨𝙨𝙤𝙢 𝙁𝙖𝙣 is on view at Brief Histories ✨ @soulseekqt
View fullsize In yesteryear reality was a play Now the play is just like reality From the sidelines I watch a second time Heaven preserves a man with cold eyes 當年真是戲，今日戲如真。 我再次从场边观看 上天眷顾眼神冷峻的人 The Peach Blossom Fan (1699) Kong Shangren Albert Maria Samr
View fullsize Albert Maria Samreth 𝑺𝒆𝒍𝒆𝒄𝒕 𝑨𝒄𝒕𝒔 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑷𝒆𝒂𝒄𝒉 𝑩𝒍𝒐𝒔𝒔𝒐𝒎 𝑭𝒂𝒏 Opening reception, Friday, December 12, 2025. 6–8 pm. Image: Albert Samreth 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘳 (2025) Pine needles, polyester, plastic, wi
View fullsize Edgar Serrano False Hydra, 2025 Oil on canvas mounted on rocks and panel 30 x 24 inches Edgar Serrano Alone, Omen, 2025 Oil on canvas mounted on rocks and panel 30 x 24 inches Edgar Serrano King of Silence, 2025 Oil on canvas mounted on rocks and p
View fullsize 𝙍𝙤𝙗𝙖𝙧é 𝙪𝙣𝙖 𝙘𝙝𝙞𝙨𝙥𝙖 𝙙𝙚𝙡 𝙜𝙧𝙖𝙣 𝙛𝙪𝙚𝙜𝙤 𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙖 𝙦𝙪𝙚𝙢𝙖𝙧 𝙚𝙡 𝙗𝙤𝙨𝙦𝙪𝙚 𝔇𝔬𝔫𝔡𝔢 𝔐𝔲𝔢𝔯𝔢𝔫 𝔩𝔞𝔰 𝔓𝔞𝔩𝔞𝔟𝔯𝔞𝔰 by Edgar Serrano October 18-November 22 Brief Histories, New York 115 Bowery 1-6pm @siempre
View fullsize 𝔇𝔬𝔫𝔡𝔢 𝔐𝔲𝔢𝔯𝔢𝔫 𝔩𝔞𝔰 𝔓𝔞𝔩𝔞𝔟𝔯𝔞𝔰 by Edgar Serrano is extended through Saturday, November 22! Brief Histories joins in the nationwide protest, Fall of Freedom’s National Day of Action, by extending the exhibition, Donde Mueren la
View fullsize 𝔇𝔬𝔫𝔡𝔢 𝔐𝔲𝔢𝔯𝔢𝔫 𝔩𝔞𝔰 𝔓𝔞𝔩𝔞𝔟𝔯𝔞𝔰 by Edgar Serrano is extended through November 22! Brief Histories joins in the nationwide protest, Fall of Freedom’s National Day of Action, by extending the exhibition, Donde Mueren las Palabras
View fullsize 𝓐𝓵𝔀𝓪𝔂𝓼 & 𝓕𝓸𝓻𝓮𝓿𝓮𝓻 🥀 Donde Mueren las Palabras by Edgar Serrano is on view through November 22 (extending to Saturday!) Last chance to see the show and visit Brief Histories before we move out. Edgar Serrano Always and Forever (20
View fullsize Edgar Serrano’s Donde Mueren las Palabras (2025) inspired the title of the show. It captures our moment, where words die but also where words have failed. Upending lessons in art history, Serrano uses modernist tropes as a leitmotif for the exh
View fullsize Proud Prophet (2025) by Edgar Serrano in the exhibition Donde Mueren las Palabras at Brief Histories through November 21. #edgarserrano #briefhistories @siempreserrano
View fullsize In The Return of Dr. Hardcore (2025), a scaled-up trompe l’oeil embroidered patch becomes a vivid painted confrontation. Death, horror, and power converge in the skull’s exaggerated grimace and military helmet, evoking the persistent pres
View fullsize My early encounters with art came through reproductions in books, magazines, album covers, stickers, and embroidered patches—and those images continue to inform my practice. My paintings explore the residual aura of memory that haunt these repr
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View fullsize Just look at the world around you. Actually—don’t look. Fortune’s wheel is just for show— A brutal turning. Nothing changes—the slow grind. Fancy language dies, And everyone is glad to see it go. Birds of prey stick t
View fullsize Bayan Kiwan 𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙩 𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙨 𝙛𝙤𝙡𝙙 𝙗𝙚𝙣𝙙 at Brief Histories is reviewed in @impulse_magazine_ written by Joey Mauro 🟡 @bayankiw @joeymauro #heatpressfoldbend #bayankiwan #briefhistories
View fullsize 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒕 𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒇𝒐𝒍𝒅 𝒃𝒆𝒏𝒅 by 𝐁𝐚𝐲𝐚𝐧 𝐊𝐢𝐰𝐚𝐧 ✨ On view at Brief Histories through July 19, 2025 🍃 @bayankiw #bayankiwan #heatpressfoldbend
View fullsize Central to the exhibition, 𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙩 𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙨 𝙛𝙤𝙡𝙙 𝙗𝙚𝙣𝙙 by 𝗕𝗮𝘆𝗮𝗻 𝗞𝗶𝘄𝗮𝗻, is a large-scale painting composed of overlapping figures. The protagonists include friends and family, and as often depicted in her paintings, they are caught