Annabel Keenan

5 days ago | theartnewspaper.com | Annabel Keenan

The Indigo Arts Alliance (IAA), a non-profit and artist residency in Portland, Maine, has purchased the 8,000 sq. ft building it had been renting since its founding in 2018. The building, which was purpose-built and designed with IAA co-founders Daniel and Marcia Minter, houses artists’ studios, offices and spaces for exhibitions and programming that IAA uses to support Black and Brown artists in particular.

1 week ago | theartnewspaper.com | Annabel Keenan

The Hotel Chelsea is opening a restaurant this month inspired by the Japanese Swiss artist Teruko Yokoi (1924-2020), who lived in the hotel from 1958 to 1961. Yokoi’s paintings blend American Modern abstraction with traditional Japanese aesthetics. Alongside borrowing the painter’s name, the restaurant will feature eight works by Yokoi that the hotel recently acquired. “She produced some of her most important early works at the Hotel Chelsea,” says Tai Wallace, Yokoi’s grandson.

1 week ago | wallpaper.com | Annabel Keenan

NYC’s art world is gearing up for a busy season of fairs anchored by Frieze New York 2025. Taking place 7 to 11 May at The Shed, the fair will showcase more than 65 leading contemporary art galleries from over 25 countries. The buzzy event offers collectors access to coveted blue-chip works by the biggest names in art today, as well as pieces by rising stars of the industry.

1 week ago | theartnewspaper.com | Annabel Keenan

After 17 years operating as a single-owner venture, New York-based Rachel Uffner Gallery announced today that it has brought on director Lucy Liu as its first business partner. Uffner, who launched her eponymous gallery in 2008, has become a staple of the Lower East Side gallery scene, supporting mid-career and established women artists in particular, including Bernadette Despujols and Sheree Hovsepian. With Liu joining as partner, the gallery is officially rebranding as Uffner & Liu.

2 weeks ago | artsy.net | Annabel Keenan

Galleries are a crucial gateway to discovering and purchasing art. They platform new artists and nurture their careers, helping to build their audience and sell their works to buyers. But to the uninitiated, galleries can appear inaccessible. Galleries are often quiet, sterile spaces. Some art enthusiasts might not realize that galleries have public hours and are free to enter.