It’s incredible and shows the deeply conservative values people try to hide.

People clutching pearls over climate protests are really something to see.

Two Van Gogh Works “Souped” in Protest of Climate Activists’ Jail Sentences

“Future generations will regard these prisoners of conscience to be on the right side of history,” Just Stop Oil members said as they splashed the paintings.

Im not sure I’ve ever seen work by Bernice Bing. This is absolutely stunning, what a treat to have it in my feed.

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This large oil painting by Bing is based on a Velazquez painting, “Velazquez Family No. II” (1961)

Gotta read the review of her retrospective two years ago

Bernice Bing’s Search for a Unified Self

Bing's search was not about style, being fashionable, or fitting in. It was about trying to acknowledge the multiple worlds one inhabits.

You can read John Yau’s review of her important retrospective back in 2022 at the Asian Art Museum in SF. Her story is very intense, and my favorite detail, “the Cellar Bar in San Francisco’s Geary Theatre memorialized [her] with a drink called the ‘Bingotini’ — a martini made with 151-proof rum.”

Bernice Bing’s Search for a Unified Self

Bing's search was not about style, being fashionable, or fitting in. It was about trying to acknowledge the multiple worlds one inhabits.

The ink on rice paper drawings were also nice and show her interest in making her cultural heritage anew. This is an untitled scroll from 1986. The show is up until October 12.

This large oil painting by Bing is based on a Velazquez painting, “Velazquez Family No. II” (1961)

In case you’re curious the medium is wood, plaster, and paint

Still thinking about the Leonardo Drew exhibition at Galerie Lelong (Chelsea, NYC) and I’m not sure how to describe it. “Number 427” (2024)

This painting by Bing is one of my favorites, “Burney Falls” (1980).