Danielle Mckinney's 'Forest for the Trees' at Marianne Boesky Gallery
Danielle Mckinney's exhibition 'Forest for the Trees' is on view at Marianne Boesky Gallery in Chelsea, Manhattan, through June 13. The show features watercolors and oil portraits of solitary Black women in states of leisure and repose, turning inward away from the viewer. Recurring motifs include bright red nails, metallic foil accents, cigarette smoke, and lamplight. A concurrent survey, 'Danielle Mckinney: Shelter,' runs at the Norton Museum of Art in West Palm Beach, Florida, through October 4. During a May 30 artist talk with Norton curator Rachel Gustafson, Mckinney noted the 'freeness' of watercolor and hinted her works might keep shrinking in scale.
Key facts
- Exhibition 'Forest for the Trees' at Marianne Boesky Gallery, 509 West 24th Street, Manhattan, through June 13.
- Concurrent survey 'Danielle Mckinney: Shelter' at Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach, Florida, through October 4.
- May 30 artist talk with Norton Museum of Art curator Rachel Gustafson.
- Watercolors offer 'freeness' to the human form.
- Oil portraits depict women in leisure and repose, turning inward.
- Recurring symbols: red nails, metallic foil, cigarette smoke, lamplight.
- Mckinney suggested her pieces might keep getting smaller.
- The exhibition includes works from 2026 such as 'Recess,' 'Make Believe,' 'Milk and Honey,' 'Ascent,' and 'Seven Rays.'
Entities
Artists
- Danielle Mckinney
- Jennifer Packer
- John Berger
- Carl Jung
- James Hollis
- Cocteau Twins
- James Blake
- Future
- Cleo Sol
- Aphex Twin
- Isley Brothers
- Aaliyah
- Boards of Canada
- Thom Yorke
- Yebba
Institutions
- Marianne Boesky Gallery
- Norton Museum of Art
- Hyperallergic
- Soho Art Materials
- CULTURED
Locations
- Chelsea
- Manhattan
- New York City
- West Palm Beach
- Florida
- Scotland
- United States
- New York
- Alabama
- New Jersey