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Lewinale Havette's 'I Love It When You Beg' at Palo Gallery

exhibition · 2026-05-03

Palo Gallery in New York presents 'I Love It When You Beg', the second solo exhibition by Liberian painter Lewinale Havette. The show includes paintings, works on paper, and sculptures, all centered on the female body as a site of power, rupture, and memory. Havette describes the body as a living archive where histories of domination and devotion converge. She uses oil sticks and diluted oil paint in an intuitive, physically engaged process. The exhibition runs at Palo Gallery, New York.

Key facts

  • Exhibition title: I Love It When You Beg
  • Artist: Lewinale Havette
  • Venue: Palo Gallery, New York, NY
  • Second solo exhibition at Palo Gallery
  • Mediums: painting, work on paper, sculpture
  • Theme: female body as archive of power and rupture
  • Technique: oil sticks, diluted oil paint
  • Artist quote: 'the female body remains a living archive'

Entities

Artists

  • Lewinale Havette

Institutions

  • Palo Gallery

Locations

  • New York
  • United States

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