Works
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Brian CalvinWaiting Woman I, 2020
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Brian CalvinVisage, 2021
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Brian CalvinComposite Sketch, 2020
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Brian CalvinStandby, 2020
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Brian CalvinPlotting, 2020
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Brian CalvinWaiting I, 2020
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Brian CalvinPassing Thoughts, 2020
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Brian CalvinUntitled, 2019
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Brian CalvinLittle Breather, 2020
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Brian CalvinFlorist, 2016
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Brian CalvinLooking Still, 2017
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Brian CalvinThrough You, 2015
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Brian CalvinThe (Matt Dillon) Pose, 2014
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Brian CalvinPose, 2014
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Brian CalvinStill Wind, 2004
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Brian CalvinTwin Palms, 2004
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Brian CalvinHeadshot, 2011
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Brian CalvinAlta California, 2009
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Brian CalvinFire and Ice, 2004
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Brian CalvinWhen and Where, 2004
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Brian CalvinOn Returning, 2004
Exhibitions
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Brian Calvin: Onwards
February 22 - March 29, 2024Anton Kern Gallery is pleased to announce Onwards, Brian Calvin’s eighth solo exhibition in New York. Spanning the first and second floor galleries, the artist presents 17 new paintings in...Read more -
Frieze Los Angeles 2023
Brian Calvin February 16 - 19, 2023Anton Kern Gallery is excited to return to Frieze LA with a solo presentation of new works by Brian Calvin. Believe it or not, this will mark the California artist's...Read more -
Brian Calvin Marcus Jahmal curated by Chris Martin
WINDOW, 91 Walker Street New York, NY (corner of Walker and Lafayette Street) May 6 - June 27, 2021'Brian Calvin - Calvin Marcus - Marcus Jahmal - three painters with four names between them. I like the way their names fit together - it has a nice sound...Read more -
NOW ON VIEW AT 16 EAST 55TH STREET
December 9 - 23, 2020
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Waiting
Brian Calvin October 29 - December 5, 2020Anton Kern Gallery is pleased to present Waiting, Brian Calvin’s seventh solo exhibition in New York. Faces abound, energizing the first and second floor galleries with hyperbolic color, mosaic eyes,...Read more -
ADAA The Art Show 2019
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Brian Calvin
September 7 - November 7, 2017In his fifth solo show at Anton Kern Gallery, the California-based painter Brian Calvin presents a new body of work featuring tightly-cropped portrait paintings, colored pencil drawings, and anthropomorphic wooden...Read more -
Early Work
Brian Calvin June 30 - August 26, 2016For her debut solo exhibition in New York, Anton Kern Gallery has invited Chicago-based painter Margot Bergman (b.1934) to present a body of recent portraits. Paired with Bergman’s work is...Read more
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Brian Calvin
September 4 - October 4, 2014For his forth solo show at Anton Kern Gallery, Los Angeles-based artist Brian Calvin presents a group of paintings of faces, closely cropped or just of mouths and lips, as...Read more -
Brian Calvin
December 10, 2009 - January 16, 2010December 9, New York—A group of paintings by L.A.-based artist Brian Calvin, making a subtle turn from his previous work, will be on view for his third solo show at...Read more -
Friends & Family
June 26 - August 8, 2008June 14, 2008—The premise for “Friends and Family” is simple: each gallery artist was asked to submit one work of art along with a work by an artist friend and...Read more -
Brian Calvin
September 7 - October 14, 2006A group of paintings and drawings by L.A. based artist Brian Calvin, making a subtle turn from his previously known work, will be on view for his second solo show...Read more
Publications
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Brian Calvin
Brian Calvin 2014Hardcover, 130 pagesRead more
Publisher: Black Dog Publishing, London and Anton Kern Gallery, New York
ISBN: 9781908966964
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Days
Brian Calvin 2024Softcover, 200 pagesRead more
Publisher: Food Editions
ISBN: 9798985787443
Dimensions: 8 1/4 x 10 3/4 inches
Press
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Brian Calvin — Sound & Vision podcast
Brain Alfred and Brian Calvin, Sound & Vision, March 21, 2024 -
A New Art:LIVE Touches Down in Los Angeles
FRIEZE, February 19, 2023 -
ArtSeen: Tales of Manhattan
Johnathan Goodman, The Brooklyn Rail, August 19, 2021 -
The Waiting Game
Evan Pricco, JUXTAPOZ, December 23, 2020
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The Everlasting "Waiting" Game: New Works by Brian Calvin @ Anton Kern, NYC
Evan Pricco, JUXTAPOZ, October 30, 2020 -
Brian Calvin
The-Art-Form, May 19, 2019 -
Top 10
Jack Bankowsky, Artforum, December 1, 2017 -
Brian Calvin at Anton Kern Gallery
Blouin Artinfo, September 21, 2017
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The New Yorker, September 18, 2017 -
The New Yorker: Art
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Brian Calvin: Flow West
Bill Powers, Muse Magazine, August 1, 2016 -
Brian Calvin’s “Hours” of Painterly Pauses at Almine Rech Gallery
Nicholas Forrest, Blouin Artinfo, March 17, 2016
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5 Key Trends We're Seeing at Art Basel in Miami Beach This Year
Cair Munro, artnet news, December 3, 2015 -
Highlights from Art Basel in Miami Beach, aka the Billionaires' Black Friday
Brian Boucher, artnet news, December 3, 2015 -
Paintings by Brian Calvin
Juxtapoz, December 3, 2014 -
Brian Calvin paints emptiness at Anton Kern Gallery
Daniel Gauss, Arte Fuse, September 23, 2014
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Brian Calvin x Anton Kern Gallery
Pixie Market, September 19, 2014 -
Critics’ Picks: Brian Calvin
Anne Prentnieks, Artforum, September 19, 2014 -
Brian Calvin at Anton Kern Galley
Juliana Balestin, Purple Magazine Diary, September 15, 2014 -
Brian Calvin’s Dewy-Eyed Girls: The Same Is Not the Same
Paddy Johnson and Whitney Kimball, Art Fag City, September 10, 2014
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Brian Calvin's L.A. Youth: the Artist behind Raf Simmons' Spring 13 Prints
Ssense, May 21, 2013 -
Sadgasm! Bruce Hainley speaks with Brian Calvin
Bruce Hainley, Spike Art Quarterly, January 1, 2012 -
Decoding Images
Art in America, February 1, 2010 -
Brian Calvin / Jim Lambie
The New Yorker, October 2, 2006
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Brian Calvin
Bridget L. Goodbody, TimeOut New York, September 28, 2006 -
The Staying Power (and It's Not a Freeze Frame)
Roberta Smith, The New York Times, July 27, 2006 -
Brian Calvin, Vol.38 No.243
Alex Worman, Flash Art, July 1, 2005 -
Brian Calvin
Michael Wilson, Artforum, December 1, 2004