Street and installation artist Swoon, aka Caledonia Dance Curry (b. 1977) takes much pride in subverting expectations, from the art world and otherwise. “It’s not like I don’t do things because I’m worried that they would be perceived as normal,” says Swoon. “Sometimes in life you are born feeling like a bit of an outsider. When that happens you realize that you have to kind of cut your own path in life.” Read the full article here https://www.forbes.com/sites/adamlehrer/2016/02/13/new-york-street-and-installation-artist-swoon-uses-humanity-as-her-most-powerful-tool/?sh=6b67e2284c16

Allouche Gallery is delighted to announce Nymphtopia, a solo exhibition of multi-media works by New York-based artist Jessica Lichtenstein. Nymphtopia explores themes of womanhood specifically regarding the link shared between femininity and nature, and the power within that bond. In this collection of works by Lichtenstein, the female protagonist stands unbroken, with countless women resiliently and mystically reclaiming the earth in the tapestry of the future. The force of Mother Nature holds eternal power over the man-made creations of the world – nature prevails as skyscrapers crumble and human ambitions rust. Through Greek folklore tradition, nymphs represent the authority of

The Pratt alum continues to rebel with color and camp through his painting practice. These days he has a much more receptive audience. The artist’s journey recalls that of queer, creative kids across the country who not only assert their difference but wield it. To paraphrase Baldwin, they walk on the earth as though they have the right to be here. Read the full article at https://www.papermag.com/ben-evans-artist-interview-bless#rebelltitem27

The fair is expected to include an assemblage of paintings, photography, prints, drawings, design, sculpture and video art, along with scheduled talks and performance art throughout the week. New York’s Allouche Gallery will be one of the exhibitors during the festival and has curated over 30 pieces from artists including George Condo, Jean-Micheal Basquiat, Keith Haring, Dustin Yellin, Kenny Scharf, Paul Insect, FAILE, Rafa Macarron, Doze Green, Lori Earley, Eric Freeman, Enoc Perez and Nick Georgiou. Read the full article at https://hypebeast.com/2019/11/allouche-gallery-art-miami-art-basel-2019 

Restrained paintings by Anaja Hvastija Gaia, curated by Sophia Ballesteros, use the thinnest application of oil paint I’ve seen in a minute to produce an effervescent effect on otherwise simple compositions of pale, round bodies coalescing with expanses of desert. LOS ANGELES — There’s a perennial booth rule at Spring/Break Art Show: “No white walls.” This directive gave the warehouse space in Culver City the aura of a migraine without the headache. I was offered a tour during the fair’s opening, but I preferred to drift and collect my little papers as I went, letting myself be drawn in by