Art for the Much Needed Long Weekend
Raise your hand if your only plans this weekend are also to rest and read
Good morning and welcome to this week’s double feature! As I caught up on emails and exhibitions, there were just too many gems not to send out another edition of my newsletter. I’ve already featured several of these artists, which means you know they are favorites of mine.
One thing that stands out about the works in this newsletter is that they really need to be seen in person, especially those pieces by Chris Oh (thank you Silke for introducing me to this artist!), Nick Modrzewski and Christian Franzen. Let me know if you’d like to view any of these works in person or be sent a video for more detail. Also let me know if you, too, are losing sleep over the J. Carino and Jennifer Carvalho brilliance.
A quick reminder that galleries often switch to summer hours after the Fourth of July. Many galleries change from a Tuesday through Saturday schedule to a Monday through Friday one, often with shorter hours, so don’t trust Google when planning your gallery walk.
Enjoy today’s edition and I wish everyone a healthy, happy and inclusive patriotic holiday!
Nick Modrzewski
Coat of Arms (Evening), 2025
Acrylic, charcoal and pastel on linen
45 x 39 1/2 inches (114.3 x 100.3 centimeters)
$8,000
Hasani Sahlehe
Untitled, 2025
Oil-based ink on paper
36 x 25 ¾ inches (91.44 × 65.41 centimeters)
$5,000
Angelo Vasta
Untitled, 2025
Oil pastel on paper
24 x 18 inches (61 x 45.7 centimeters)
$1,800 each
Chris Oh
Twilight, 2025
Acrylic enamel on antique mirror triptych
9 ¼ x 12 ½ x 2 ½ inches (open) (23.5 x 31.8 x 6.4 centimeters)
$6,000
Christian Franzen
Wall of Sound, 2023
Acrylic on linen
60 x 42 x 1 1/2 inches (152.4 x 106.7 x 3.8 centimeters)
$12,000
Melissa Brown
Window Shopping, 2025
Flashe, cmyk screen-print, acrylic and oil on dibond
54 x 40 inches (137.2 x 101.6 centimeters)
$15,000
Keer Tanchak
Towel, 2024
Oil on aluminum
19½ x 15½ inches (49.53 x 39.37 centimeters)
$3,500
J. Carino
Looking Back, 2025
Oil and acrylic on linen
24 x 30 inches (61 x 76.2 centimeters)
$7,000
J. Carino
Can’t Take the Roots, 2025
Oil and acrylic on linen
50 x 35 inches (127 x 89 centimeters)
$11,000
Jennifer Carvalho
Marble head of a deity, 2023
Oil on canvas
12 x 9 inches (30.48 x 22.86 centimeters)
$5,000
Abdolreza Aminlari
Untitled (24.014), 2024
Thread on handmade abaca and cotton paper
39.5 x 30.5 inches (100.3 x 77.5 centimeters)
Framed: 44 x 34 x 2 3/4 inches (111.76 x 86.36 x 6.99 centimeters)
$15,000
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