Fridman Gallery

Please note that Fridman Gallery will be closed on Sundays, May 24 and May 31. We remain open Thursday–Saturday, 11am–6pm.

Laurena Finéus’s 𝒞𝒶𝓊𝓉𝒾𝑜𝓃𝒶𝓇𝓎 𝒯𝒶𝓁𝑒𝓈: 𝒜 𝒮𝓎𝓂𝓅𝒽𝑜𝓃𝓎 𝑜𝒻 𝒜𝓃𝑔𝑒𝓇/𝒦ò𝓁è remains on view through June 19, 2026. 

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Laurena Fineus
𝘘𝘶𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘢 𝘷𝘰𝘪𝘹 𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘥𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘭è𝘳𝘦, 𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘷𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘯 𝘯𝘰𝘮, 2026
Oil, mica, ink, pigment, and acrylic on canvas
40 x 30 in.

💐 OPENING TONIGHT | 6-8pm 💖

Laurena Finéus
𝒞𝒶𝓊𝓉𝒾𝑜𝓃𝒶𝓇𝓎 𝒯𝒶𝓁𝑒𝓈: 𝒜 𝒮𝓎𝓂𝓅𝒽𝑜𝓃𝓎 𝑜𝒻 𝒜𝓃𝑔𝑒𝓇/𝒦ò𝓁è
On view through June 19, 2026

Fridman Gallery is honored to present Laurena Finéus’s first solo exhibition, Cautionary Tales: A Symphony of Anger/Kòlè. Balancing between abstraction and realism, the Haitian-Canadian painter captures a liminal, evolving landscape as a metaphor for our enduring quest for freedom. Her layered surfaces mimic the lush, rugged terrain and dense forests found in Maroon geographies.

Finéus’ new body of work unfolds in dialogue with Marie Vieux Chauvet’s Amour and the figure of La Femme Désordre (The Disorderly Woman), staging a quiet rebellion. Silenced yet seething, composed yet volatile, her anti-heroine interrogates the construction of the role of a “revolutionary hero”, often stripped of desire, or contradiction.

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Installation Photograhy by Adam Reich.