Allouche Gallery, Los Angeles presents “New Perspectives: A Group Showing of African Portraiture,” a group exhibition featuring the works of five contemporary African painters. “New Perspectives” shines a light on depictions of identity through portraiture in the works of notable Nigerian and Ghanaian contemporary artists Israel Agboola, Frank Coffie, Mamus Esiebo, Kelani Fatai and Foster Sakyiamah. Distinct voices and thematic approaches of each artist create a dynamic and multi-layered exhibition. Kelani Fatai empowers the African image in his works through its association with regality. Ornate decorative patterns merge modern African subjects with the language of Old Masters. Politics of race

British contemporary artist Paul Insect heads to Paris’ Allouche Gallery for his latest installment of mixed-media works in a pop-up exhibition titled “There’s More Upstairs.” The works follow on from Insect’s “Reflective Minds” exhibition in New York and is intended to make audiences question genuineness in themselves. Read the full article at https://hypebeast.com/2019/5/paul-insect-theres-more-upstairs-allouche-gallery-art-exhibition-paris  

Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana’s “Magic Library” party at the New York Public Library offered more than a glittering display of their Alta Gioielleria. The people-watching was major and the gospel performance mesmerizing. As if that weren’t enough, the duo commissioned original artwork for the evening from Nick Georgiou, whose work they have been collecting since discovering it at Allouche Gallery. Read the full article at: https://www.vogue.com/article/artist-nick-georgious-created-commissioned-works-for-dolce-gabbana-new-york-new-york-alta-festivities