Art school high, fishy pillows, and tattoos from mom . . .  A quick snapshot of what Dikeou Collection artists have been up to over the past month, and what to look forward to this month.

Installation view, Spencer Finch, One Hundred Famous Views of New York City (After Hiroshige), James Cohan, New York, NY, September 5 - October 4, 2025

Spencer Finch solo exhibition, One Hundred Famous Views of New York City (After Hiroshige), is on view at James Cohan Gallery, 52 Walker Street, through October 4.

Anicka Yi, Post Classical IV, 2025, Tempura fried flowers, resin, Plexiglas, stainless steel shelves, chrome plated dumbbells

Work by Anicka Yi will be presented by Esther Schipper Gallery at Art Jakarta, October 3-5.

Marcel Dzama, Redemption in Moonlight, 2025; @marceldzama

Join Marcel Dzama at the Ace Hotel Brooklyn on October 9 for the release of his “Redemption Moonlight” print edition to benefit Performa NYC.

Wade Guyton, Galerie Francesca Pia, Zürich

A solo exhibition by Wade Guyton is on view at Galerie Francesca Pia in Zürich, through October 25.

Sarah Staton / Riyadh Art

Sarah Staton has been named as one of the curators of Twain Sculpture 2026. Staton was also featured on a recent Royal College of Art Podcast episode.

Simon Periton, artwork for Hits (Pulp album), 2002; @simonperiton

Work by Simon Periton is on view in “Don’t Look Back” at Unit, London, through October 25.

Artemis Jegart, 𝘖𝘥𝘺𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘶𝘴, 1968, Seashells, paint, and cement, 24 x 24 inches; @freddybiz

Adventures of Odysseus, presented by Freddy Gallery / curated by Joshua Abelow, is on view at Santa Fe Community College through October 22.

@patricia_cronin

Patricia Cronin was the closing speaker for “10 Years On: Reflecting on Art & Marriage Equality” at the National Gallery of Ireland.

The Campus Upstate, 2025 Annual Exhibition

Work by Margaret Lee is on view at The Campus Upstate, through October 26.

"The World is Garbage" at Situations & New Discretions

Work by Lucky DeBellevue is on view in “The World is Garbage” at Situations + New Discretions through October 18. Work by DeBellevue is also on view in “Subway Riders” at Springs Projects, through November 22.

Paul Ramirez Jonas, A Trip Around the Block is the Trip Around the World, artist rendering

Paul Ramírez Jonas has been commissioned to create a large public art installation at Sacramento International Airport.

Lizzi Bougatsos, Galerie Molitor; @baby_seal777 / @galeriemolitor

Work by Lizzi Bougatsos was presented by Galerie Molitor + Concilium at Palazzo Grasselli, in Cremona, IT.

@olavwestphalen / @workonskin

Work by Olav Westphalen will be published in upcoming online issue of Works on Skin, with a launch party set for October 17 in Berlin.

Photo by Morgan Ellis/The Standard

Chris Johnson, in collaboration with Ethan Swan, is curating a monthly concert series for San Francisco’s Downtown First Thursdays, through December 4.

Fish pillow by Anya Kielar; Photograph by Stephen Kent Johnson for Architectural Digest

A hand-painted fish cushion by Anya Kielar appeared in a recent Architectural Digest photo spread.

Cheshire grins, the magic of mushrooms, and cardboard on set . . . A quick snapshot of what Dikeou Collection artists have been up to over the past month, and what to look forward to this month.

Sebastiaan Bremer, Of ignorant feet and a swishing dress, 2025, unique dye and acrylic hand paint on C-print, 10.83 x 8.07 in

New works by Sebastiaan Bremer will be presented at The Armory Show by Galerie Ron Mandos, September 4-7.

Patricia Cronin: Army of Love opens at Chart, NY, September 5 through October 18, 2025.

Sarah Staton opens her first solo exhibition in Venice at Fundament dei Penini, open September 4 through October 5.

Agathe Snow and her partner Anthony Holbrooke were recently awarded a Snail of Approval from Slow Food East End for their commitment to good, clean food produced through their Mattituck Mushrooms farm. You can visit Mattituck Mushrooms, where art meets fungiculture, during the 19th annual North Fork Foodie Tour on September 7.

Lisa Kereszi at MoCA CT, @mocact @lrkur

Lisa Kereszi will be in conversation with Tod Papageorge at Museum of Contemporary Art Connecticut on September 18.

Misaki Kawai at V1 Gallery

Misaki Kawai: Cosmic Traveler is on view at V1 Gallery, DK, through September 27.

Joe Brainard, Cherries, 1973, oil on canvas, 9 x 12 in

A selection of oil paintings by Joe Brainard were recently exhibited at American Catalogues, NY Video documentation of The Poetry Project’s “Love, Joe: The Selected Letters of Joe Brainard” reading event at St. Mark’s Church is now available on YouTube.

Chris Gilmour/Vectar Sets

Chris Gilmour has founded a film set company, Vector Sets, which produces high-quality, sustainable commercial sets out of his signature material . . . cardboard! 

Vik Muniz, On Photography, Mind, and Matter, 2025

Vik Muniz on Photography, Mind, and Matter, is now available through Aperture as part of The Photography Workshop Series. Muniz will be in conversation with Lucas Blalock at SVA on September 9 to discuss the project. 

@baby_seal777, @regimedesfleurs, @chloessevigny

Lizzi Bougatsos created a series of sensual collages in collaboration with Chloe Sevigny and Régime des Fleurs. Enjoy while listening to her speak with We Are Art People about experimental music, her multidisciplinary art practice, and creative rituals.

David Armstrong at Les Recontres de la Photographie, Arles, installation view

Wade Guyton and Matthieu Humery curated an exhibition of David Armstrong’s photography at Les Recontres de la Photographie, Arles, on view through October 5. The show was noted as a “Must-See” by Frieze.

Anicka Yi, installation view, A Shimmer Through the Quantum Foam, Esther Schipper, Berlin, 2023. Photo by Andrea Rosetti

Anicka Yi spoke with Minimal Collective about the collaboration of humans, organisms, and technology as the nexus of her creative process.

In Defense of Sara Nadal-Melsió and the Whitney Museum’s Independent Study Program, www.e-flux.com

Ester Partegàs and Paul Ramírez Jonas signed an open letter to The Whitney Museum of American Art calling for the reinstatement of Dr. Sara Nadal-Melsió and the Independent Study Program she operated.

Installation view: Marcel Dzama: Empress of Night, David Zwirner, Los Angeles, 2025. Courtesy David Zwirner

Marcel Dzama sat down with The Brooklyn Rail to discuss his Empress of Night exhibition at David Zwirner Los Angeles, on view through August 8. His exhibition in Istanbul, Dancing with the Moon, also received a large write-up in The Observer.

Chris Johanson

Work by Chris Johanson is on view in “Bay Area Then” at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts through January 2026.

Sarah Staton, Cheshire Cat

Ceramic sculptures by Sarah Staton exhibited at Fauna Sculpture Garden earlier this summer.

Month of Video, moon immersions, and hittin' the bricks . . . A quick snapshot of what Dikeou Collection artists have been up to over the past month, and what to look forward to this month.

Marcel Dzama, The sleep of reason produces monsters, 2025, pearlescent acrylic ink, watercolor, and graphite on paper, 70 x 51 3/4 inches. Courtesy Marcel Dzama / David Zwirner

Marcel Dzama’s solo exhibition, “Empress of Night,” is on view at David Zwirner Los Angeles through August 8.

Wade Guyton, Untitled, 2024, Epson UltraChrome HDX inkjet in linen, 213.4 x 175 cm. Courtesy of the artist
© Wade Guyton

An expansive, multi-part installation of work by Wade Guyton is currently on view at Foundation Beyeler in Riehen, Switzerland, through August 31.

Anicka Yi, Each Branch Of Coral Holds Up The Light Of The Moon, 2024, film still, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, museum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Accessions Endowment. © 2025 Anicka Yi / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / Courtesy of the artist and Gladstone Gallery.

Anicka Yi’s solo exhibition “Karmic Debt” is now on view at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, though September 7.

Simon Periton, Installation view 'National Geographic,' The Modern Institute, Bricks Space, 2025

Simon Periton’s solo exhibition, “National Geographic,” is on view at The Modern Institute’s Bricks Space in Glasgow through August 27.

839 Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

Joshua Smith will show some new work alongside eleven artists at 839 Gallery in Los Angeles though August 16.

Clockwise from top: Momoyo Torimitsu, Miyata Jiro: Business in New York, 1994; Serge Onnen, Break, 2004; Dan Asher, Creature, 1999; Devon Dikeou, The News Too, 2019 Ongoing

Work by Dan Asher, Serge Onnen, Momoyo Torimitsu, and Devon Dikeou (+ friends) will be on view in “Moving Still: Video Art Highlights from the Dikeou Collection” for special exhibition at Dikeou Collection for Denver Month of Video through August 1.

Margaret Lee in her studio. photo and pictured artwork by Lee

Margaret Lee, longtime studio manager for Cindy Sherman, spoke to The Art Newspaper about the newly launched Cindy Sherman Legacy Project. Lee also stopped to chat with Cultured Magazine about her fav things about the Upper East Side.

@joshuaableow / @dorpprojects / @freddybiz

Joshua Abelow’s solo exhibition, “Self-Portraits (2009-2024),” opens at Dorp Projects, Bath, UK, on July 7. Artwork by Abelow will be featured in Deerskin’s Spring/Summer 2025 handmade clothing line. And if you are in Osaka, you can see more of this collab at Single Double through July 3. 

Sarah Staton, Cloud Dust, Air-ink drawing, @__sarah__staton__

Work by Sarah Staton is part of Platform Earth’s portfolio shown on Self Similar and open now at Paul Smith in London. Staton also exhibited her work at Liste Art Fair in Basel by Galerina.

Ester Partegàs had her work featured at Art Basel by Prats Nagueras Blanchard in June.

Devon Dikeou, Julia Rose Katz, zingmagazine books, Permanent Accident, 2025

Devon Dikeou released “Permanent Accident,” a zingmagazine books publication, with fellow resident and scholar Julia Rose Katz at the American Academy in Rome.

Joe Brainard, author of I Remember Credit: Christopher Felver

Is Joe Brainard the greatest memoirist of the century? Read more from The Telegraph . . .

Upside Down Zebra at The Watermill Center

Work by Misaki Kawai is on view in “Upside Down Zebra” at The Watermill Art Center through February 2026.

Olav Westphalen, writing from Palliative Turn, printed in Permanent 041/100, 2025

Olav Westphalen’s text for his Palliative Turn project and exhibition was published in the most recent edition of “Permanent.”

Paul Ramírez Jonas, Let Freedom Ring, 2023. Steel, bronze, 32 automated bells, participant-activated bell, and patriotic song, installation view. Photo: Steve Weinik

Paul Ramírez Jonas’ 2023 installation “Let Freedom Ring” placed on the Washington D.C. Mall received mention in a Sculpture Magazine article.

Life's a beach, lion tamers, and audio in couture. . . A quick snapshot of what Dikeou Collection artists have been up to over the past month, and what to look forward to this month.

Tod Papageorge: At the Beach + In the Pool: On Influence curated by Lisa Kereszi at MoCA CT

Lisa Kereszi organized a pair of companion photography exhibitions, “Tod Papageorge: At the Beach” and “In the Pool” opening at MoCA CT June 26, 6-8pm.

@apt13gallery

Work by Lawrence Seward is currently on view in a two-person show with Drew Kahu’Aina Broderick titled “You can take the boy from the island, but not the island from the boy” at Apartment 13 Gallery in Providence, RI.

Artwork by Sebastiaan Bremer / @bascalyer

Work by Sebastiaan Bremer is on view in “We Are Nature” at Het Signer Museum in Laren, Netherlands, through August 25.

Lizzi Bougatsos at Maison Valentino / @baby_seal777

Last month Lizzi Bougatsos helped launch Maison Valentino’s new Madison Avenue boutique listening room with a vinyl set pulled from her personal archive. She shared a Q&A and playlist with Interview Magazine a few days later.  

@skyhighfarmhudsonvalley

Work by Bougatsos and Wade Guyton will be on view in Sky High Farm’s Fundraising Biennial Exhibition, curated by Dan Colen, opening June 28.

Mark Bolton, Elsa the lionness of Born Free fame lying on the roof of the Adamson’s Series 1 LandRover, Kenya; January 1, 2018; 26.4 x 34.5 cm; © Mark Boulton / Alamy Stock Photo

When in Rome. . . Devon Dikeou will debut new work in her exhibition “From Fulfilment to Adaptation” at Second Vue, on view June 3-6. 

American Academy in Rome, Open Studios 205

Additionally, Dikeou's 10-month residency at the American Academy in Rome will culminate during Open Studios 2025 at the academy’s McKim, Mead & White Building on June 5.

Vik Muniz, Oleanders, after Vincent van Gogh (Brushstrokes), 2025, Archival inkjet print, 127 x 156.2 cm. (50 x 61 1/2 in.), Edition of 6 + 4 AP

Vik Muniz: Brushstrokes opens at Ben Brown Fine Arts, London, June 5 through July 25.

Städtische Galerie Bremen, Ja leck mich am Arsch

Work by Olav Westphalen is currently on view in “Ja leck mich am Arsch” (translate if you dare) at Städtische Galerie Bremen, Germany, through July 20.

@__sarah__staton__ / @rcasculpture / @xavierlaurentleopold /

Last month Sarah Staton joined conversation with artist Xavier Leopold at Dulwich Picture Gallery.

Anicka Yi, Öñ0†ñ†KL§£0†, 2023. Acrylic, UV print, and aluminum artist’s frame, 67 1/4 x 55 1/4 x 1 1/2 inches. Courtesy the artist and the Warehouse.

Anicka Yi’s work was explored in a Brooklyn Rail review of “Double Vision: The Rachofsky Collection and the Hartland & Mackie/Labora Collection” at the newly opened Warehouse in Dallas, TX.

The McSweeney's Store

Marcel Dzama’s “Free High Fives” T-shirt is now available for pre-order from McSweeneys’.

Patricia Cronin, Memorial to a Marriage, bronze, over life size, 27 x 47 x 84 inches, 2004, at The Woodlawn Cemetery & Conservancy Bronx, NY

Patricia Cronin’s “Memorial to a Marriage” inspired a contemporary opera titled “Styx & Stones,” and is also the subject of a recent art historical masters thesis. 

Art for auction, apparel and curatorial collabs, and a prize that packs a punch. . . A quick snapshot of what Dikeou Collection artists have been up to over the past month, and what to look forward to next month.

The Guggenheim Foundation / @ester_partegas

Big congratulations to Ester Partegàs who has been awarded a 2025 Guggenheim Fellowship in Fine Arts - Cheers!!

Misaki Kawai, Are For You, Acrylic on Canvas, 11 4/5" x 15 7/10"

Work by Misaki Kawai is available for Printed Matter’s Spring Benefit Auction 2025, through May 2.

Kill Uncle x I.U.D.

Lizzi Bougatsos and Sadie Laska’s band I.U.D. has new merch available from Kill Uncle. They perform at Pioneer Works on May 2.

NADA New York 2025 / 839 Gallery

Joshua Smith’s 839 Gallery will exhibit the work of Olivia Gibian and Adrés Janacua at NADA New York 2025, May 7-11.

Artwork: Sebastiaan Bremer, Sous Bois, 2023. Relief/screenprint; 21-1/2 x 27-3/4 inches. Edition: 55 / @graphicstudiofl

Prints by Sebastiaan Bremer will be available at University of South Florida’s GraphicStudio Open House + Benefit Sale on May 10.

The New York Times / @craigstarrgallery

Joe Brainard: Love Nancy at Craig Starr Gallery was selected by The New York Times as a “must-see” for April.

@klasse_westphalen

Olav Westphalen was recently appointed as Professor for the Class for Image and Space – Drawing, Graphics, Painting at HfBK Dresden.

Lisa Kereszi chimes in on recent curatorial projects executed by her Yale photography students, one in collaboration with Peabody Museum and another exploring analog photo methods.

Marcel Dzama & Raymond Pettibon, An Entrance to a Flower of Evil, 2016, Graphite, ink, watercolor, and collage on paper, 74.9 x 97.2 cm. Courtesy of the Artists and David Zwirner

Marcel Dzama’s exhibition “Dancing in the Moonlight” at Pera Museum received a glowing write up in Art Dog Istanbul.

Helen and Newton Harrison, Shrimp Farm, Survival Piece #2, 1971. Image courtesy of the artists and Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary.

Anicka Yi cited Helen and Newton Harrison’s 1971 “Shrimp Farm, Survival Piece #2” as her pick for Most Influential Environmental Art of the Past Century, as reported by Cultured Mag.

The curators Wade Guyton and Beatrix Ruf with the Collector Michael Ringier (from left to right). Photo: Susanne Diesner.

Wade Guyton, in collaboration with Beatrix Run, curated “Ringer Collection 1995-2025,” on view at Langen Foundation through October 5. Additionally, work by Guyton/Walker was recently added to The Guggenheim Museum Bilbao collection.