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“Embracing a changing landscape…”
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As autumn approaches here in New York, we look forward to the change in landscape that cooler weather ushers in. While the days soon get shorter, longer nights bring new opportunity, openings, and excitement—a shift we always embrace here as summer fades.
The landscape is a recurring theme in our clients’ work this Fall, from idealized views of Americana to emphatic calls to action, and more practically, by contributing to structures that explore the tension between the indoors and the outdoors.
As we mark our 25th anniversary, we’re honored to see our clients achieve their own milestones. While one celebrates an astounding 50 years of legacy in the gallery business, a new generation begins its journey as innovative BFA programs welcome their incoming freshmen.
We celebrate our client’s previous achievements and how their projects continue to enlighten, change minds and evolve with diverse insights and the most exceptional creative voices of our time.
— Corey O’Hara, Office Manager
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Image courtesy of the Tribeca Citizen
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Featuring Hal Bromm, founder of Hal Bromm Gallery
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Hal Bromm, founder of Hal Bromm Gallery, opened Tribeca’s first contemporary art gallery in 1975, which helped to pioneer the neighborhood’s transformation into a hub for contemporary art. As the gallery marks its 50th year with a September anniversary exhibition, Bromm’s contributions to Tribeca’s cultural history continue to be visible. He spearheaded the political movement to protect and preserve Tribeca alongside figures like Robert DeNiro. His early support of artists like David Wojnarowicz and Keith Haring, along with preservation activism, helped shape the art world and cement Tribeca’s place in it.
What makes you want to come to work every day?
The love of art: an enthusiasm and enjoyment of work by artists whose creative talents inspire us. The joy of sharing artworks with collectors, the pleasure of seeing their excitement about a work that delights them, or discovering a new artist for the first time.
I also treasure the bonds I form with artists, curators, collectors and critics. Friendships that develop from working together are richly rewarding. I have had many great evenings sharing conversation, food, and wine with colleagues who become friends. Our conversations can go wonderfully far beyond art, but a shared interest in art and culture is the golden thread that nurtures and connects us.
How does your gallery contribute to the art and design communities?
Over fifty years, we’ve been supporting community enhancement projects: developing gardens, saving historic landmarks, and rallying friends and neighbors to join the cause. Bringing people together for worthy causes has always been a passion of mine. We have raised funds for arts organizations like the ACLU, Visual AIDS, Sculpture Key West, The Historic Districts Council, and The NYC LGBTQ Center.
Art beyond gallery walls is an important part of our life, one that includes our natural and built environment, advertising, streetscapes, and more. It is important to preserve great architecture and our historic and cultural sense of place. Unlike Paris, Rome or London, our culture does not place equal value on old and new. New Yorkers cannot assume their history won’t be lost tomorrow.
What’s another passion of yours outside the art world?
There are many! I have a passion for great cinema, seeing films with friends and sharing discussions over dinner. Don’t get me started on favorites, but the work of Pedro Almodóvar and Alejandro González Iñárritu are on the list along with Woody Allen (who borrowed artwork from my gallery for a film), Hitchcock, Buñuel, and many others. Superb films are works of art.
In the 70s and 80s I was never without my SX70, Nikon, and tape recorder. Documenting people and their creative lives thrilled me. Attending an auction in London with Sam Wagstaff opened my eyes to my passion of collecting photographs.
I love to travel, and with a background in art, architecture, and design, I look at gardens, buildings, and architecture with an eye to how cultural differences and changes impact streetscapes, interiors, and ways of living.
I also enjoy good food and wine, cooking with friends, and entertaining. Spending time with those who share such pleasures is really special—the people are as important as the food and drink. My husband Don and I treasure our friends and share our lives with a wide circle that extends well beyond the art world.
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03/ WHAT’S ON | VISUAL ARTS
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Andy Warhol, “Self-Portrait with Skull,” 1978, © The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc.
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[THE ANDY WARHOL MUSEUM ]
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Andy Warhol: Vanitas, October 10, 2025 – March 9, 2026
Andy Warhol: Vanitas examines Warhol’s contemplation of life’s transient nature through the lens of three themes: Mortality, Vanitas, and Temporality. Each theme offers a lens through which Warhol’s fascination with death, the fleeting nature of beauty, and the passage of time can be understood. Warhol explored these themes in his work with seriousness, and he infused them with irony and humor, showcasing his unique, often philosophical and contemplative, perspective.
Contact: Max Kruger-Dull
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Sofia Gallisá Muriente and Natalia Lassalle-Morillo. Images credit L-R to Annenberg Innovation Lab and The Watermill Center
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[THE CLEMENTE SOTO VELEZ CULTURAL AND EDUCATIONAL CENTER]
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Remesas y Sobremesa – Material Culture and Memory, October 18, 2025
Artists Sofía Gallisá Muriente and Natalia Lassalle-Murillo will host the next edition of Remesas y Sobremesa, a series of intimate discussions held over shared meals. This edition will focus on material culture and memory in Puerto Rican art. Remesas y Sobremesa is a signature series of Historias, The Clemente’s three-year initiative charting the impact of Latinx community in New York City.
Contact: Katrina Stewart
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Reggie Uluru, “Wati Ngintaka (Perentie Lizard Man) with Kuniya (Woma Python Woman) and young Lungata (Blue Tongue Lizard)” (2024), image courtesy of the gallery
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Solo exhibition of Reggie Uluru, October 2 – November 7, 2025
D’Lan Contemporary New York will present a collection of recent works by Australian First Nations artist Reggie Uluru, a senior Traditional Owner of Uluru in the Northern Territory of Australia in what will be the 86 year old artist’s first international exhibition. This exhibition coincides with the 40th anniversary of the Australian Federal Government’s handback of the Uluru sacred mountain in the Northern Territory to its traditional owners.
D’Lan Contemporary will make its third consecutive return to Frieze Masters, October 15 to 19 in Regent’s Park, London, where it will present two seminal female artists, Makinti Napanangka and Naata Nungurrayi.
Contact: Max Kruger-Dull
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Installation view of Rosemarie Castoro, 1939-2015, at Hal Bromm Gallery, 2016
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50: The View From Tribeca, September 19 – November 29, 2025
Hal Bromm Gallery will present 50: The View From Tribeca, an exhibition celebrating the gallery’s 50th anniversary. Founded in 1975, Hal Bromm was the first contemporary gallery to open its doors in Tribeca, a neighborhood that has since become an international hub for contemporary art. The exhibition will showcase works by key artists from throughout the gallery’s history, including Rosemarie Castoro, Luis Frangella, Keith Haring, David Wojnarowicz, Lucio Pozzi, Jody Pinto, and Joey Tepedino.
Coinciding with the opening on September 19, the gallery will publish New Art, Old Buildings: Stories from Hal Bromm’s Tribeca, a collection of stories chronicling the 50 year history of the gallery.
Contact: Max Kruger-Dull
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Grandma Moses, We Are Resting, 1951, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Kallir Family, in Memory of Hildegard Bachert
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[KALLIR RESEARCH INSTITUTE]
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Grandma Moses: A Good Day’s Work, October 24, 2025 – July 12, 2026
Don’t miss the opening of Grandma Moses: A Good Day’s Work at The Smithsonian American Art Museum. This retrospective documents Moses’s life and artistic development through her paintings of nature and archival personal material, many of which were donated by the Kallir Research Institute. 80-year-old Moses gained widespread popularity under the Galerie St. Etienne’s management and formed a close relationship with longtime gallery secretary, the late Hildegard Bachert.
Contact: Katrina Stewart
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Juliette Roy Batanero, Stills from Abrazo (2023),. Image courtesy of the artist
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[LIU SHIMING ART FOUNDATION]
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Expressive Bodies, August 12 – September 12, 2025
Expressive Bodies spotlights the work of 11 MFA students and recent graduates from institutions who partner with the Foundation on the Liu Shiming Scholarship Program. The works in the exhibition resonate with those of artist Liu Shiming, expressing the potential of sculpture to consider the human body through artistic gestures, materials, and narratives. The Foundation supports over 40 universities and other institutions across five continents via their scholarship program, funding students studying art and art history at both undergraduate and graduate levels.
Contact: Max Kruger-Dull
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Installation view of Jos Sances, Or The Whale (2019-20). Included in Monstrous: Whaling and its Colossal Impact
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Monstrous!, Currently on View
Monstrous! explores the history, significance, and social impact of the United States’s whaling industry. The exhibition features Jos Sances’s Or, The Whale, a massive 51-foot wide scratchboard drawing of a sperm whale with scenes depicting American industrialization engraved within, and whaling tools and objects such as blubber hooks, trypots, harpoons and other gear alongside scrimshaw from Mystic Seaport Museum’s incomparable collection.
Contact: Katrina Stewart
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Sarah Khan, Speak Sing Shout: We, Too, Sing America (2025). Porcelain. Image courtesy of the artist
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Speak Sing Shout: We, Too, Sing America, October 7 – December 23, 2025
In October, BRIC will present Speak Sing Shout: We, Too, Sing America, a selection of ceramics, prints, and video work by Sarah K. Khan. The exhibition centers around a tiled table featuring an abstracted Islamic world map, and displaying eight porcelain serving vessels. Each porcelain depicts plants and spices that originated in the Global South alongside their names in multiple languages and scripts, contesting the replacement of common indigenous and local names in the study of botany. Speak Sing Shout is the third project commissioned for “What Can Become of Us?,” a collaboration between the Stanford Institute for Advancing Just Societies and Zócalo Public Square, envisioning new perspectives on migration and America’s changing communities.
Contact: Katrina Stewart
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Tomokazu Matsuyama, “Bring You Home Stratus,” 2024. Courtesy of the artist.
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Tomokazu Matsuyama: Liberation Back Home, August 1, 2025 – January 4, 2025
SCAD Museum of Art presents Tomokazu Matsuyama: Liberation Back Home, an exhibition which explores tensions between existing indoors and outdoors. Matsuyama depicts figures within intricate domestic spaces, drawing from a broad visual vocabulary from the refined tradition of Nihonga painting to contemporary Japanese aesthetics, alongside references to American editorial photography and the graphic sensibilities found in West Coast subcultures.
Currently on view at The Edward Hopper House Museum & Study Center, Tomokazu Matsuyama: Morning Sun pays homage to Hopper’s iconic 1952 work Morning Sun from a 21st- century perspective, exploring the complexities of solitude, globalization, and consumerism.
Contact: Max Kruger-Dull
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Megs Morley and Tom Flanagan, “A History of Stone,” Origin and Myth (still), 2016. Film with sound. Courtesy of the artists.
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[SHELLEY & DONALD RUBIN FOUNDATION]
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Romance, Regret, and Regeneration in Landscape, September 18 – December 13, 2025
At The Shelley & Donald Rubin Foundation’s exhibition space The 8th Floor, Romance, Regret, and Regeneration in Landscape will trace landscape traditions from the implicit “wonder” of European Romanticism into present day ideas of proximity to nature positively impacting mental health. The exhibition encompasses a spectrum of aesthetic, poetic, and political movements by visual artists who challenge dominant ideologies, question unregulated capitalism, and instill wonder at the sublime that actively needs saving.
Contact: Max Kruger-Dull
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Image credit to Kisha Bari
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2025 Stepping-Stone Grantee Announcement, November 2025
This November, Trellis Art Fund will announce the recipients of the 2025 Stepping-Stone grant, awarded to artists who demonstrate promising artistic practices and a strong focus. Each year, Trellis Art Fund awards twenty-one grant recipients with $20,000 of unrestricted funds alongside professional development resources. In each cycle, Trellis Art Fund reserves a number of grants for artists who are caregivers to close friends or relatives.
Contact: Katrina Stewart
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04/ WHAT’S ON | ARCHITECTURE & DESIGN
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BBB reimagines an NYC landmark for a tech-finance HQ
Beyer Blinder Belle has completed a 65,000 sq.ft. workplace for Tower Research Capital within the top three floors of the landmark Equitable Building at 120 Broadway, once the world’s largest office building. The project continues BBB’s long-term stewardship of the National Historic Landmark, following its 2019 revitalization of the lobby and rooftop as well as the firm’s own offices on the 20th floor.
The renovation preserves historic detailing and the former Bankers Club’s two-story Great Hall while integrating new infrastructure, biophilic elements, and hospitality-grade amenities. A custom steel-and-walnut stair links the three floors, and interiors draw from an idealized 1919, merging Gilded Age opulence with early modernism in a high-performance environment.
Contact: Dalia Stoniene
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Photography by Izzy Leung
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Salut, Ça va, c’est mo, Carmen D’Apollonio, September 12 – October 16, 2025
Carmen D’Apollonio returns to Friedman Benda this fall with Salut, Ça va, c’est moi, her fourth solo exhibition with the gallery. Known for her off-kilter, emotionally charged ceramic lamps, D’Apollonio’s new body of work introduces hand-sculpted glass shades: reflective, translucent elements that twist and stretch her sculptural language into new directions. The show is part lighting design, part emotional theater: the lamps themselves sprawl, perch, hang, and slouch their way through the gallery like characters on a stage. Titles like Why fall in love when you can’t fall asleep, Are we out of time, and If you ever have forever hint at the tone, equal parts confessional, existential, and funny. The exhibition is accompanied by a limited-edition artist book. An opening reception will take place on Thursday, September 11, 6-8pm. RSVP with michelle@bluemedium.com.
Contact: Michelle DiLello
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Photo credit: George Gray/ The Preservation Society of Newport County
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Preservation Society of Newport County unveils The Carriage House at The Elms
The Preservation Society of Newport County has unveiled a new café within the restored Carriage House at The Elms, a 1901 structure originally built for the Berwind family estate. The interiors honor the building’s equestrian past with leather and brass fittings, Edison bulbs, and traditional wallpaper motifs. Original ceramic tile walls have been preserved, while a new glass vestibule encases the historic barn doors, bringing natural light into the space without compromising its architectural integrity. Just steps from the Sunken Garden and Grand Allée, the museum café now offers coastal-inspired fare by Stoneacre Hospitality Group.
Contact: Michelle DiLello
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Photo credit: George Gray / The Preservation Society of Newport County
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Richard Morris Hunt: In a New Light, on view through November 2, 2025
Best known for iconic Gilded Age landmarks like The Breakers and Marble House, architect Richard Morris Hunt also played a vital role in shaping America’s cultural identity. This exhibition reveals a lesser-known side of Hunt—as a collector and cultural visionary—through rare drawings, sketchbooks, personal artifacts, and more, drawn from the collections of the Library of Congress, Vermont Historical Society, Bennington Museum, and the Preservation Society of Newport County, all displayed together for the first time at the historic Rosecliff mansion. Presented by the Preservation Society of Newport County, the show offers new insight into Hunt’s broader contributions to American art and architecture.
Contact: Dalia Stoniene
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[RHODE ISLAND SCHOOL OF DESIGN]
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Rhode Island School of Design launches Computation, Technology and Culture Department
RISD’s first new undergraduate department in nearly 30 years introduces two BFA programs—Art and Computation, and Sound—that blend coding, creative practice, and sonic exploration.
Rooted in studio work, theory, and hands-on innovation, the curriculum prepares students to lead in rapidly evolving fields while grounding their work in ethical and cultural awareness. RISD’s newest department invites a new generation of artists and designers to shape the future at the intersection of technology, culture, and craft.
Contact: Dalia Stoniene
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[RHODE ISLAND SCHOOL OF DESIGN]
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Liz Collins: Motherlode, through January 11, 2026
RISD Museum has opened Motherlode, the first U.S. survey of New York-based artist Liz Collins. A Queer feminist known for pushing the boundaries of textile, design, and performance, Collins brings three decades of radical experimentation continuously redefining fiber as a site of power, intimacy, and transformation. The exhibition features sculptural works, garments, drawings, performance ephemera, and designed environments dating from the late 1980s to the present. It also includes a special gallery developed with RISD students who were invited to shape a queer social space within the exhibition, complete with Collins-designed wallpaper, furniture, rugs, and a rotating display of queer art from the RISD Museum collection and community.
Contact: Dalia Stoniene
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Photo courtesy of Walker Warner
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Greg Mottola, FAIA, joins Walker Warner as Partner and CEO
Walker Warner has named Greg Mottola as Partner and CEO, bringing more than 35 years of experience in architecture, firm leadership, and strategic planning. Mottola spent the bulk of his career at Bohlin Cywinski Jackson (BCJ), where he served as a principal and was instrumental in shaping the firm’s national presence. In his new role, Mottola will focus on expanding the firm’s strategic vision and help guide Walker Warner into its next chapter, building on a legacy of craft, collaboration, and deep respect for place.
Contact: Dalia Stoniene
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Image courtesy of Whole Trees Structures
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WholeTrees Structures brings sculptural timber play to Toronto’s new waterfront landmark, Opened Summer 2025
Biidaasige Park, Toronto’s newest public green space, officially opened in July as the first major park on the city’s manmade island, Ookwemin Minising. Designed by Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates and led by Waterfront Toronto, the 20-hectare park integrates Indigenous-led design, ecological restoration, and flood resilience infrastructure.
WholeTrees Structures contributed custom-engineered natural play elements for the “Badlands Scramble”, an immersive zone inspired by the Don River’s natural and industrial heritage. Its centerpiece is a series of three-pronged White Oak “trident” pole climbers, designed to invite crawling, climbing, and scrambling. WholeTrees also crafted shaded seating areas using minimally processed White Oak, retaining the trees’ original forms to offer a biophilic place of rest.
Contact: Dalia Stoniene
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05/ BLUE MEDIUM | BILLBOARD
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Art and Design PR for Nonprofits 2025: Amplifying Your Nonprofit Organization via the Media and Beyond
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Blue Medium is pleased to announce “Art and Design PR for Nonprofits 2025: Amplifying Your Nonprofit Organization via the Media and Beyond,” a FREE workshop for nonprofit visual arts, design, and architecture organizations. Led by Michelle DeLillo (Partner, Architecture + Design) and Andy Cushman (Account Director, Visual Arts), this workshop will address an organization’s PR needs, explore effective strategies, address issues managements, and offer valuable tips for growing your local, national and international media relationships and audiences.
The workshop will be held on November 18th, 2025 via Zoom at 12 noon EST. Organizations must have an operating budget of US$2M or less to apply. Details on how to apply will be announced in the coming months. Please spread the word to your nonprofit art and design colleagues! Space limited.
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Art Spell: Your Morning Brew of Art-World Media
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Art Spell is your morning brew of national and international art world media Monday to Friday at around 10am (EST). We are proud to have helped launch Art Spell that delivers highlights from the most trusted art world media outlets. In a world with a deluge information, this subscription-based roundup of art news and reviews is your solution to staying current with what’s being covered by the media.
By subscribing, you’re not only supporting Art Spell but also contributing to a greater cause—100% of their profits are donated to organizations that support art journalists and writers. Click here to unlock a 7-day trial. Art Spell is free of charge for qualified media, and discounted for students. Please email them at hello@artspell.media to verify.
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Blue Medium is John, Michelle, Andy, Corey, Dalia, Max, Katrina, Lily, Nawal, Julia, and Pam.
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