Lonnie Holley's I Snuck off the Slave Ship + Live Set
July 7, 2022
Alongside his upcoming exhibition at Blum & Poe, Los Angeles, Brain Dead Studios and Blum & Poe present a screening of the short film I Snuck off the Slave Ship by Lonnie Holley, followed by a live set by the artist and his band...
Art and Race Matters: The Career of Robert Colescott | New Museum, New York, NY
June 30 – October 9, 2022
The New Museum is pleased to present the final iteration of the traveling exhibition Art and Race Matters: The Career of Robert Colescott, the first comprehensive retrospective of one of America’s most adventurous and subversive artists, Robert Colescott...
Art Sense: Artist Lauren Quin
June 7, 2022
This week, listen to a discussion with artist Lauren Quin, an abstract painter that builds paintings known for their vibrant colors and layer upon layer of mark making. In the conversation, we discuss her multistage process, her pursuit of intense colors, her love of Los Angeles, and the meaning behind the name of her new show at Blum & Poe...
Cultured: With Botanicals and Celestial Bodies, Theodora Allen Examines Our Scientific Journey
May 11, 2022
At the Driehaus Museum in Chicago, Saturnine presents new paintings by Allen that place our relationship with botany at the center of contemporary conversation...
The Guardian: ‘It’s Like One Continuous Song Pours Out of Him’: Meet the Shaman-like Artist-Musician Lonnie Holley
May 1, 2022
The self-taught singer and sculptor from Alabama exists in a state of constant, spontaneous creativity. He talks about his roots and his new project with Artangel, inspired by Orford Ness..
Alvaro Barrington and Angie Martinez in Conversation
April 24, 2022
On the occasion of 91–98 jfk–lax border, Alvaro Barrington's first solo exhibition in Los Angeles, Blum & Poe is pleased to present a conversation with Barrington and Angie Martinez...
Solange Pessoa | 59th International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia
April 23 – November 27, 2022
Solange Pessoa has been invited to participate in the 59th International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia curated by Cecilia Alemani...
Ha Chong–hyun | Palazzetto Tito, Venice, Italy
April 23 – August 24, 2022
Kukje Art and Culture Foundation is pleased to present a solo exhibition of work by Ha Chong–hyun at Palazzetto Tito (Istituzione Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa) as a Collateral Event of the 59th International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia...
The Canvas: Abstract Realism
April 23, 2022
A pair of studio visits with Eddie Martinez...
Forbes: Lonnie Holley Debuting First Works in Clay at Dallas Contemporary
April 14, 2022
Earth has always held a tangible presence in Lonnie Holley’s life. Not only the planetary Earth, but the earth humanity exists upon. The dirt and soil and rock. He hasn’t simply lived and walked on it, his life has routinely taken him in to it...
The Guardian: “We Saved Each Other”: Alvaro Barrington’s 90s Hip-Hop Exhibition
March 29, 2022
The artist has assembled a tribute to the 90s hip-hop stars who defined an era and struggled against a society that tried to label them as lesser...
Alvaro Barrington: 91–98 jfk–lax border
March 12, 2022
A generation who saw the pain in the eyes and the souls of their mothers, fathers, aunties, uncles, and neighbors began to reimagine how to address these issues when the larger structural solution was locking us up. In L.A., Dr. Dre and Snoop made the less dangerous chronic cool...
Theodora Allen: Saturnine | Book Launch and Musical Performance
February 26, 2022
In celebration of Saturnine, the first monograph on Los Angeles-based artist Theodora Allen, and the final day of Allen's exhibition Syzygy at Blum & Poe, Los Angeles, join us for a book launch featuring live music by multi-instrumentalists Blake Mills and Sam Gendel...
On Eddie Martinez: A Walkthrough with Paul Schimmel
February 18, 2022
In conjunction with Frieze Los Angeles, celebrated curator Paul Schimmel leads a walkthrough of Eddie Martinez: Pigeon Sweat at Blum & Poe, Los Angeles, in which he discusses painterly composition, imagery associated with fatherhood, and much more...
Juxtapoz: “Songs Build Little Rooms in Time” by Friedrich Kunath
December 23, 2021
Marking the 2 years anniversary of a very special exhibition at Chicago’s Soccer Club Club, which was presented by Blum & Poe in partnership with Drag City, Friedrich Kunath has released a new book, Songs Build Little Rooms in Time...
Penny Slinger: 50% The Visible Woman | Book Launch and Signing
December 18, 2021
In celebration of the 50 year anniversary edition of Penny Slinger's iconic 1971 artists' book 50% The Visible Woman and the final day of Slinger's exhibition 50/50 at Blum & Poe, Los Angeles, join us for a conversation with the artist, followed by a Q&A and book signing...
Blum & Poe Holiday Book Sale
December 18, 2021
Visit Blum & Poe, Los Angeles on Saturday, December 18 for a holiday book sale...
50% The Visible Woman: A Conversation with Penny Slinger
December 18, 2021
In celebration of the 50 year anniversary edition of Penny Slinger's iconic 1971 artists' book 50% The Visible Woman, Blum & Poe presents a conversation with the artist...
New York Times: On Japan’s Pacific Coast, an Artist Communes with Nature
December 3, 2021
At his retreat near Isumi, Kazunori Hamana creates humble yet imposing ceramic vessels that evoke the world around him...
ELLE Japon: Cecily Brown
December 1, 2021
Juxtapoz: Umar Rashid “On God” at Blum and Poe, Los Angeles
November 10, 2021
You can’t say that Umar Rashid just makes paintings. In his name, there is something deeper and more encompassing of theater. He came into the art world as we knew him, Frohawk Two Feathers, creating historical paintings with slight nods to pop and contemporary culture...
Kazumi Nakamura | Chengdu Biennale, Chengdu, China
November 6, 2021 – April 6, 2022
Kazumi Nakamura’s oeuvre is grouped into distinct though interconnected bodies of work, each of which has unique characteristics that are what curator Mika Yoshitake terms “semiotics of abstraction”...
Mimi Lauter | Prospect.5 New Orleans, LA
October 23, 2021 – January 23, 2022
Mimi Lauter creates paintings and works on paper of widely varying scale, from the intimate to the expansive, with oil paint and soft oil pastels in a saturated, riotous palette...
TWO x TWO Honors Yoshitomo Nara
October 23, 2021
TWO x TWO is pleased to feature Yoshitomo Nara as its 2021 honoree. As part of TWO x TWO for AIDS and Art 2021, Nara will receive the amfAR Award of Excellence for Artistic Contributions to the Fight Against AIDS in recognition of his generous support of amfAR’s programs...
Shio Kusaka receives the Isamu Noguchi Award
October 5, 2021
On Tuesday, October 5, 2021, The Noguchi Museum will hold its annual Benefit and presentation of the eighth annual Isamu Noguchi Award to artist Shio Kusaka...
