This event is in the past.It took place on May 30, 2026 at Alexander Gray Associates.






At ninety-something, Joan Semmel still paints her own body with the same fierce directness she's brought to the canvas for decades. These recent works treat the nude not as object but as authored testimony: unflinching, intimate, entirely on her own terms.
Contemporary art
Figurative painting
Body as subject
Artist in her nineties
Tips
🎨recent paintings, closes May 30
👁️treats the body as testimony
🏛️welcoming, knowledgeable staff
Joan Semmel, Continuities
Little Italy






At ninety-something, Joan Semmel still paints her own body with the same fierce directness she's brought to the canvas for decades. These recent works treat the nude not as object but as authored testimony: unflinching, intimate, entirely on her own terms.
Contemporary art
Figurative painting
Body as subject
Artist in her nineties
Tips
🎨recent paintings, closes May 30
👁️treats the body as testimony
🏛️welcoming, knowledgeable staff
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