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Tuesday, August 18, 2026

Paul Cupido wins the Alberto Stabile Residency Prize . He is represented by the MC2 Gallery! See details below for MC2 Gallery's fall 2026 exhibitions !

THe work of photographer Paul Cupido is diverse and noteworthy. See images, prize history below.  

MC2 GALLERY


PREMIO/PRIZE ALBERTO STABILE



PAUL CUPIDO

(Netherlands, 1972)




Isola di Favignana - Favignana Island



mc2gallery  è lieta e orgogliosa di annunciare che l'artista da noi rappresentato Paul Cupido è stato selezionato come vincitore della prima edizione del prestigioso Premio Residenza Alberto Stabile, che si svolgerà sull'isola di Favignana dal 5 al 24 settembre 2026. Una prestigiosa giuria internazionale, riunitasi a Torino in occasione dell'ultima edizione della fiera d'arte The Phair e composta dal curatore e storico dell'arte Lorenzo Bruni, dal fondatore di The Phair Roberto Casiraghi e dalla collezionista Donata Pizzi, ha selezionato Paul Cupido tra le proposte presentate dalle gallerie internazionali partecipanti. L'artista, presentato da mc2gallery , è stato ufficialmente invitato a sviluppare un nuovo e articolato progetto fotografico dedicato a Favignana, entrando in profonda relazione con la sua identità paesaggistica, culturale e sociale.


mc2gallery is proud and delighted to announce that our represented artist Paul Cupido has been selected as the winner of the inaugural edition of the prestigious Alberto Stabile Residency Prize, which will take place on the island of Favignana from September 5 to 24, 2026. An international jury, convened in Turin during the latest edition of The Phair art fair—comprising curator and art historian Lorenzo Bruni, The Phair founder Roberto Casiraghi, and collector Donata Pizzi—selected Paul Cupido among the submissions presented by participating international galleries. Presented by mc2gallery, the artist was officially invited to develop a new, site-specific photographic project dedicated to Favignana, engaging deeply with its unique landscape, culture, and social identity.



Gabriele Stabile and Paul Cupido at The Phair 2026, mc2gallery booth


Il Progetto, la Figura di Alberto Stabile e la Residenza

Il Premio, ideato e proposto dal curatore e storico dell'arte Lorenzo Bruni e fondato da Raw Messina — la galleria di Gabriele Stabile, artista, fotografo e gallerista, nonché figlio di Alberto Stabile —, nasce nell'ambito di The Phair | Photo Art Fair 2026 Torino con l'intento di ospitare ogni anno un fotografo o artista impegnato nella sperimentazione dell'immagine contemporanea, invitandolo a confrontarsi con il territorio attraverso una ricerca site-specific. La residenza avrà luogo nella casa di Contrada Piede d'Alencio appartenuta ad Alberto Stabile (Trapani, 1947 – 2025), celebre e storica firma di Repubblica, corrispondente estero dal Medio Oriente e autore del libro Il giardino e la cenere (Sellerio, 2024). Per Stabile, l'isola di Favignana non ha rappresentato soltanto un rifugio di vita, ma un vero e proprio territorio di ricerca e impegno culturale, dove negli anni promosse importanti rassegne e mostre storiche, tra cui Qualcosa di mio di Letizia Battaglia. Il progetto trasforma così una memoria personale in un'occasione rivolta al futuro, costruendo progressivamente un archivio visivo dell'isola: una delle opere prodotte durante la residenza entrerà nella collezione del Premio, affiancata da una selezione in edizione limitata.


 The Project, Alberto Stabile's Legacy, and the Residency

Proposed by curator and art historian Lorenzo Bruni and founded by Raw Messina — the gallery of Gabriele Stabile, artist, photographer, and gallerist, as well as the son of Alberto Stabile —, the Prize was created as part of The Phair 2026 Turin with the goal of hosting a contemporary photographer each year to engage with Favignana through site-specific research. The residency will take place at the home in Contrada Piede d'Alencio that belonged to Alberto Stabile (1947–2025), the renowned journalist, long-time foreign correspondent for La Repubblica, and author of Il giardino e la cenere (Sellerio, 2024). For Stabile, Favignana was a vibrant hub for cultural production, hosting landmark exhibitions such as Letizia Battaglia's Qualcosa di mio. The project turns a personal memory into a forward-looking initiative: one artwork created during the residency will join the Prize's permanent collection alongside a limited-edition series.




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Alberto Stabile



L'Incontro Introduttivo del 25 Agosto a Favignana

In preparazione alla prima edizione della residenza, martedì 25 agosto 2026 il curatore Lorenzo Bruni terrà a Favignana un incontro introduttivo dedicato alla presentazione pubblica del Premio, delle sue finalità culturali e delle linee guida della ricerca artistica di Paul Cupido. La giuria ha individuato in Cupido l'interprete ideale per questo progetto: la sua ricerca visiva, caratterizzata da un linguaggio poetico e lirico e da una profonda attenzione alla relazione tra corpo, natura, luce e memoria, si confronterà per tre settimane con il paesaggio, la storia e la comunità dell'isola, non con l'intento di documentarla, ma con la libertà di abitarla e lasciarsi trasformare da essa.


 The Introductory Event on August 25th in Favignana

In preparation for the inaugural residency, on Tuesday, August 25, 2026, curator Lorenzo Bruni will host an introductory presentation in Favignana dedicated to publicizing the Prize, its cultural mission, and the core elements of Paul Cupido's practice. The jury identified Cupido as an ideal interpreter for this endeavor: his poetic, lyrical visual language—focused on the intricate relationships between body, nature, light, and memory—will engage for three weeks with the island's landscape, history, and community. The objective is not merely to document Favignana, but to inhabit it and be transformed by its essence.



Flower bath, 2025, Archival pigments on handmade Kozo paper, 27 x 36 cm, ed. 10 / 42 x 55 cm, ed. 7


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- PROGRAM -




3 SETTEMBRE  |  SEPTEMBER 3th 2026

STATIC CINEMA VENEZIA

with JULIA FULLERTON-BATTEN

Sanpiero Cantieri del Contemporaneo, Venezia



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SETTEMBRE  |  SEPTEMBER 2026

BASTIAAN WOUDT SOLO SHOW

MC2GALLERY, Via Maroncelli 7 - Milan, Italy





ART-VERONA

9-11 OTTOBRE / OCTOBER

Verona Fiere - Italy




ROMA ARTE IN NUVOLA

19-22 NOVEMBRE / NOVEMBER 2026

CENTRO CONGRESSI NUVOLA

Viale Asia, 40/44, 00144 Roma (RM)





DICEMBRE  |  DECEMBER 2026

PAUL CUPIDO SOLO SHOW

MC2GALLERY, Via Maroncelli 7 - Milan, Italy



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Thursday, August 13, 2026

Untitled Art Houston 2026 Oct 3rd. See details below.

Featured events listed below.  

Narsiso Martinez, Regador Sombrero de Cartón, 2026. Image courtesy of Charlie James Gallery.

Untitled Art, Houston is pleased to welcome back a group of galleries whose participation in the inaugural fair helped shape its introduction to the city. Defined by strong engagement across Houston’s collecting, institutional, and artistic communities, these returning exhibitors reflect the relationships and dialogue that continue to inform the fair’s presence in the region.


Ahead of your visit this October, we invite you to discover a selection of galleries and the presentations they will present at the 2026 edition.

Lisa Edelstein, Narsiso Martinez, Shizu Saldamando, and John Ahearn and Rigoberto Torres

Charlie James Gallery, Los Angeles


Charlie James Gallery brings together four practices that examine how personal histories, labor, community, and representation shape the ways lives are recorded and remembered. Across painting, sculpture, portraiture, and life casting, the presentation centers on individuals and communities whose experiences are often overlooked within dominant historical narratives.

Wenhui Hao, Colleen Barry, and Gary Kuhn

Half Gallery, New York / Los Angeles


The group presentation by Half Gallery explores the shifting boundaries between figuration, abstraction, and objecthood. Moving across painting and sculpture, the booth considers how image, material, and form can carry both narrative and ambiguity. Together, the three practices create a considered exchange between storytelling and formal experimentation.

Kyle Staver, 2025. Image courtesy of NINO MIER GALLERY. 

Tim Braden, Kyle Staver, Otis Jones, and Norm Clasen

NINO MIER GALLERY, Brussels / New York


The group exhibition by NINO MIER GALLERY is centered on the enduring pull of the Romantic sublime, tracing how landscape, natural phenomena, and cultural myth continue to shape our understanding of the environment. The presentation shifts between direct observation and imaginative reconstruction, featuring mountain ranges, desert vistas, organic forms, and mythic narratives that become vehicles for considering nature as both physical reality and psychological space. 

Vanessa Prager, Julian Stanczak, David Hicks, and Pam Posey

Diane Rosenstein Gallery, Los Angeles


Color, surface, and material shift continually across Diane Rosenstein Gallery’s presentation, moving from optical abstraction and sculptural painting to ceramics and landscape. Familiar forms are reworked through optical effects, layered textures, and tactile processes, allowing the observed world to shift between representation and abstraction. 

Julia García, Blue Willow, 2024. Image courtesy of HAIR + NAILS. 

Emma Beatrez, Julia García, and Christina Ballantyne

HAIR + NAILS, Minneapolis / New York


Between painting and sculpture, HAIR + NAILS’ presentation is shaped by contrasts in process, gesture, and material. Moving between meticulously built surfaces and more fluid approaches to image-making, the booth explores how light and the human figure can emerge through markedly different painterly languages. Small-scale sculptures extend  into the surrounding space, introducing a tactile counterpoint to the works on the wall. 

Bertozzi and Casoni, Dora, 2023. Image courtesy of ABC ARTE. 

Antonio Kuschnir, Jorrit Tornquist, and Bertozzi and Casoni

ABC ARTE, Genova / Milan


In the group presentation from
ABC ARTE, the artists offer distinct yet complementary approaches to painting and sculpture: grounded in myth, narrative, and symbolic imagery, as well as in the scientific and phenomenological study of color. Their dialogue highlights how both figuration and abstraction can operate as tools to question how we see, perceive, and construct visual reality.

Patrick Alston, Sarah Blaustein, and James Benjamin Franklin

Library Street Collective, Detroit 


Library Street Collective presents a focused exploration of color as both an emotional force and a sensory experience, bringing together works that move across gesture, atmosphere, and materiality. Across the booth, painting expands beyond image-making into something tactile and spatial, holding traces of the body, the natural world, and domestic experience.

Jude Pauli, Untitled #74, 2025. Image courtesy of La Loma. 

Skylar Hughes, Merrick Adams, and Jude Pauli

La Loma, Los Angeles


The works by the three artists will span painting and sculpture, shaped by the tension between softness and structure, atmosphere and construction, for La Loma’s presentation. Landscape dissolves into abstraction while ceramic forms take on a more graphic, architectural presence, inviting viewers to move between the organic and the constructed. 

Stay tuned for further presentation highlights from our 2026 Houston Exhibitors as we continue our series and for our Programming Release, including Special Projects, Performances, and Panel Discussions, as part of the Untitled Podcast. 

Official Partners


The Official Partners of Untitled Art, Houston 2026 are Lexus andLALO Spirits. Supporting Partners include J.P. Morgan Wealth Management. Prize Partners include Casa Santa Ana, Houston Grand Opera, Hotel Daphne, PAC Art, Park House Houston, Public Art of the University of Houston System, and UT MD Anderson. With the support of the City of Houston and Houston First Corporation. Additional partners will be released in the lead-up to the fair. 

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Tuesday, August 4, 2026

COL Gallery exhibition of Lynne Dexler & Vivian Springford through August 29, 2026. See details below.


on view

Lynne Drexler & Vivian Springford

THROUGH August 29

COL Gallery is pleased to present Lynne Drexler & Vivian Springford on view through August 29th.

Vivian Springford, 1913–2003

Vivian Springford's Expansionist Series emerged after a trip to Guadeloupe where she witnessed a volcanic eruption. Rather than depict the volcano itself, she sought to mirror its generative energy, allowing diluted acrylic to pool, bloom, and radiate across her surfaces. 
VSF849, 1984 
VSF800, 1972–1976
Horse Head Nebula, 1976

Lynne Drexler, 1928–1999

The works on view by Lynne Drexler include early gouaches from 1959 and 1960, alongside later oil paintings that demonstrate the full intensity of her mature vision. Shadowed Memories (1976) and Contained Energy (1979) reveal her sustained engagement with classical music and opera which remained central sources of inspiration throughout her life.
 Contained energy, 1979
shadowed memories, 1976
Drexler and Springford were united not by a shared style but by a shared seriousness and a commitment to painting as a practice of discovery, pursued across lifetimes and largely on their own terms.
 Untitled, 1960

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