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View fullsize Edgar Serrano
False Hydra, 2025
Oil on canvas mounted on rocks and panel
30 x 24 inches

Edgar Serrano
Alone, Omen, 2025
Oil on canvas mounted on rocks and panel
30 x 24 inches

Edgar Serrano
King of Silence, 2025
Oil on canvas mounted on rocks and p
View fullsize ๐™๐™ค๐™—๐™–๐™งé ๐™ช๐™ฃ๐™– ๐™˜๐™๐™ž๐™จ๐™ฅ๐™– ๐™™๐™š๐™ก ๐™œ๐™ง๐™–๐™ฃ ๐™›๐™ช๐™š๐™œ๐™ค ๐™ฅ๐™–๐™ง๐™– ๐™ฆ๐™ช๐™š๐™ข๐™–๐™ง ๐™š๐™ก ๐™—๐™ค๐™จ๐™ฆ๐™ช๐™š

๐”‡๐”ฌ๐”ซ๐”ก๐”ข ๐”๐”ฒ๐”ข๐”ฏ๐”ข๐”ซ ๐”ฉ๐”ž๐”ฐ ๐”“๐”ž๐”ฉ๐”ž๐”Ÿ๐”ฏ๐”ž๐”ฐ 
by Edgar Serrano

October 18-November 22

Brief Histories, New York
115 Bowery
1-6pm

@siempre
View fullsize ๐”‡๐”ฌ๐”ซ๐”ก๐”ข ๐”๐”ฒ๐”ข๐”ฏ๐”ข๐”ซ ๐”ฉ๐”ž๐”ฐ ๐”“๐”ž๐”ฉ๐”ž๐”Ÿ๐”ฏ๐”ž๐”ฐ by Edgar Serrano is extended through Saturday, November 22!

Brief Histories joins in the nationwide protest, Fall of Freedom’s National Day of Action, by extending the exhibition, Donde Mueren la
View fullsize ๐”‡๐”ฌ๐”ซ๐”ก๐”ข ๐”๐”ฒ๐”ข๐”ฏ๐”ข๐”ซ ๐”ฉ๐”ž๐”ฐ ๐”“๐”ž๐”ฉ๐”ž๐”Ÿ๐”ฏ๐”ž๐”ฐ by Edgar Serrano is extended through November 22!

Brief Histories joins in the nationwide protest, Fall of Freedom’s National Day of Action, by extending the exhibition, Donde Mueren las Palabras
View fullsize ๐“๐“ต๐”€๐“ช๐”‚๐“ผ & ๐“•๐“ธ๐“ป๐“ฎ๐“ฟ๐“ฎ๐“ป ๐Ÿฅ€ 

Donde Mueren las Palabras by Edgar Serrano is on view through November 22 (extending to Saturday!) Last chance to see the show and visit Brief Histories before we move out. 

Edgar Serrano
Always and Forever (20
View fullsize Edgar Serrano’s Donde Mueren las Palabras (2025) inspired the title of the show. It captures our moment, where words die but also where words have failed. Upending lessons in art history, Serrano uses modernist tropes as a leitmotif for the exh
View fullsize Proud Prophet (2025) by Edgar Serrano in the exhibition Donde Mueren las Palabras at Brief Histories through November 21. 

#edgarserrano #briefhistories @siempreserrano
View fullsize In The Return of Dr. Hardcore (2025), a scaled-up trompe l’oeil embroidered patch becomes a vivid painted confrontation. Death, horror, and power converge in the skull’s exaggerated grimace and military helmet, evoking the persistent pres
View fullsize My early encounters with art came through reproductions in books, magazines, album covers, stickers, and embroidered patches—and those images continue to inform my practice. My paintings explore the residual aura of memory that haunt these repr
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View fullsize Just look at the world around you.
Actually—don’t look.

Fortune’s wheel is just for show—
A brutal turning.

Nothing changes—the slow grind.
Fancy language dies,
And everyone is glad to see it go.

Birds of prey stick t
View fullsize Bayan Kiwan ๐™๐™š๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™ฅ๐™ง๐™š๐™จ๐™จ ๐™›๐™ค๐™ก๐™™ ๐™—๐™š๐™ฃ๐™™ at Brief Histories is reviewed in @impulse_magazine_ written by Joey Mauro ๐ŸŸก 

@bayankiw @joeymauro #heatpressfoldbend #bayankiwan #briefhistories
View fullsize ๐’‰๐’†๐’‚๐’• ๐’‘๐’“๐’†๐’”๐’” ๐’‡๐’๐’๐’… ๐’ƒ๐’†๐’๐’… by ๐๐š๐ฒ๐š๐ง ๐Š๐ข๐ฐ๐š๐ง โœจ 

On view at Brief Histories through July 19, 2025 ๐Ÿƒ

@bayankiw #bayankiwan #heatpressfoldbend
View fullsize Central to the exhibition, ๐™๐™š๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™ฅ๐™ง๐™š๐™จ๐™จ ๐™›๐™ค๐™ก๐™™ ๐™—๐™š๐™ฃ๐™™ by ๐—•๐—ฎ๐˜†๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ž๐—ถ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ป, is a large-scale painting composed of overlapping figures. The protagonists include friends and family, and as often depicted in her paintings, they are caught
View fullsize ๐๐š๐ฒ๐š๐ง ๐Š๐ข๐ฐ๐š๐ง ๐™๐™š๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™ฅ๐™ง๐™š๐™จ๐™จ ๐™›๐™ค๐™ก๐™™ ๐™—๐™š๐™ฃ๐™™ at Brief Histories, Thursday-Saturday, 1-6pm, through July 19, 2025. 

Images:
Installation view of ๐™๐™š๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™ฅ๐™ง๐™š๐™จ๐™จ ๐™›๐™ค๐™ก๐™™ ๐™—๐™š๐™ฃ๐™™ at Brief Histories.

Bayan Kiwan
Fold XV, 2025
Ceram
View fullsize ๐™๐™š๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™ฅ๐™ง๐™š๐™จ๐™จ ๐™›๐™ค๐™ก๐™™ ๐™—๐™š๐™ฃ๐™™ by ๐—•๐—ฎ๐˜†๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ž๐—ถ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ป is on vies at Brief Histories through July 19, 2025.

In Kiwan’s practice, painting and glazing reveal different temporalities and dimensions. Lines melt into the swells and depress
View fullsize Tomorrow, Saturday June 14th at 5pm @brief_histories artists Bayan Kiwan and Nadia Ayari in conversation for the opening of Kiwan’s solo exhibition ๐™๐™š๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™ฅ๐™ง๐™š๐™จ๐™จ ๐™›๐™ค๐™ก๐™™ ๐™—๐™š๐™ฃ๐™™.

Artists in conversation at 5pm followed by the exhibitio
View fullsize Opening Saturday, June 14, 2025 at Brief Histories ๐™๐™š๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™ฅ๐™ง๐™š๐™จ๐™จ ๐™›๐™ค๐™ก๐™™ ๐™—๐™š๐™ฃ๐™™ by ๐—•๐—ฎ๐˜†๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ž๐—ถ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ป.

Starting at 5pm ๐—ž๐—ถ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ป is joined by the artist ๐—ก๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฎ ๐—”๐˜†๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ถ for a conversation on painting and its interconnections, from
View fullsize Scrabble for Ideology is a bulletin that unfolds across 26 English language terms, mapping fractures in ideological formations, language, and politics. Driven by a text and image relationship, the bulletin extracts terms from our collective environme
View fullsize Scrabble for Ideology (Brief Histories, 2025) is a bulletin that unfolds across 26 English language terms, mapping fractures in ideological formations, language, and politics. Driven by a text and image relationship, the bulletin extracts terms from

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