Here is an exhibition I am excited to attend, and a woman in the industry that inspires me greatly. She has been a tireless and passionate force in the industry and I can’t wait to see all that is accomplished in 2019!

In a release announcing Freiman’s departure from VCU Institute for Contemporary Art, which noted her work completing a $37-million capital campaign for the museum alongside the completion of a new building, VCU’s provost, Gail Hackett, praised the director’s leadership and said, “Lisa advanced the university’s commitment to diversity and inclusion in the arts and worked to integrate the strategic goals of the university into the ICA.”

Her first project after her term at VCU is fast on the heels, opening January 19th:

Marianne Boesky Gallery Announces Exhibition

Of Work by Paul Stephen Benjamin,

Curated by Lisa Freiman

Pure, Very, New Marks the Atlanta-Based Artist’s First Solo Show in NYC

On View January 19 - February 16, 2019

Opening Reception January 19, 6:00-8:00 PM

On January 19, Marianne Boesky Gallery will open Pure, Very, New, Atlanta-based artist Paul Stephen Benjamin’s first solo exhibition in New York. Presented across both of the gallery’s Chelsea locations, at 509 and 507 W. 24th Street, the exhibition will feature Benjamin’s paintings, photographs, sculpture, and single and multi-channel video installations, as well as a new site-specific black light installation to be created in the internal passageway between the two spaces. Curated by independent curator Lisa Freiman, the exhibition will highlight Benjamin’s years-long examination of the word “black” as a linguistic, conceptual, and cultural construct. Pure, Very, New, which will be accompanied by a catalogue, will remain open through February 16, 2019.