NARS Foundation

NARS Foundation New York Art Residency and Studios Foundation

NARS' residency, exhibitions, and public programs foster artistic development and exchange among artists, curators, and the public.

What does stand for? This time, it's Artists Sitting and Pondering.NARS artists in residence JP and Lara .x.y.m.o.r.e...
08/19/2026

What does stand for? This time, it's Artists Sitting and Pondering.

NARS artists in residence JP and Lara .x.y.m.o.r.e led the cohort through an ASAP inspired by picnicking throughout art history.

Drawing from paintings of picnics across time, the two painting artists created a program that invited everyone to think about gathering, leisure, landscape, and the many ways we come together.

A little art history, a little pondering, and a lot of time spent together.

Meet the artists next Friday, August 28, at the opening of the Season III, 2026 Residency Exhibition + Open Studios, 6–8 pm!

Get ready to apply! NARS 2026 Fall Open Call will run from August 31–September 21, 2026. Applications will be accepted f...
08/18/2026

Get ready to apply!

NARS 2026 Fall Open Call will run from
August 31–September 21, 2026.
Applications will be accepted for:

✦ NARS International Residency Program
Open to US-based artists for Season I & II, 2027 and International artists for 2027 & 2028.
US-based applicants are eligible to apply for the Residency Full Fellowship, which covers all program fees.

✦ Curatorial Fellowship
The selected Fellow will work closely with the Season I & II, 2027 AiRs to curate one exhibition for each residency season in the NARS Main Gallery.

✦ Exhibition Program
Open to US-based artists, curators, collectives, cultural producers, and thinkers proposing solo or group exhibitions that reflect NARS’ mission to foster and represent important artistic directions and critical dialogue in contemporary art and culture.

The application links will be available on our website starting Monday, August 31. 🔔

For more info, visit our website (https://www.narsfoundation.org/) or contact [email protected].

Image: ASAP lead by Erika Choe (Residency Full Fellow, Season II, 2026).

NARS Foundation is pleased to present …𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝘾𝙤𝙨𝙢𝙤𝙨 𝙧𝙚𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙣𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙘𝙡𝙖𝙞𝙢 𝙞𝙩𝙨 𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙘𝙚, a solo exhibition by NARS alum Tina La...
08/14/2026

NARS Foundation is pleased to present …𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝘾𝙤𝙨𝙢𝙤𝙨 𝙧𝙚𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙣𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙘𝙡𝙖𝙞𝙢 𝙞𝙩𝙨 𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙘𝙚, a solo exhibition by NARS alum Tina Lam (Season III, 2024).

…𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘊𝘰𝘴𝘮𝘰𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘪𝘮 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦 is a large-scale installation exploring humanity’s relationship with the cosmos and the unknown. Hand-moulded black metallic foil sculptures, cast from tree roots and branches, converse with handmade translucent paper, yielding a suspended realm of shadow and light. Evoking a celestial theatre, the work invites viewers to wander beneath an atmospheric canopy where darkness and luminosity converge, prompting reflection on otherness, transformation, and regeneration.
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The exhibition will be on view from August 28 through September 25.
✧ Opening Reception: Friday, August 28, 6–28 PM
✧ Artist Talk: Thursday, September 17, 6–7 PM
✧ NARS Project Space (2F)

Link in bio to learn more!

Image: Tina Lam, 2026. Photographed by Laurence Poirier.

NARS Foundation is pleased to present 𝙎𝙪𝙗𝙟𝙚𝙘𝙩 𝙩𝙤..., a group exhibition featuring work from the Season II, 2026 Internat...
08/14/2026

NARS Foundation is pleased to present 𝙎𝙪𝙗𝙟𝙚𝙘𝙩 𝙩𝙤..., a group exhibition featuring work from the Season II, 2026 International Residency Artists, curated by NARS Curatorial Fellow Christine Yi-Ting Chen

The exhibition will be on view from August 28 through September 15.
✧ Opening Reception + Open Studios: Friday, Aug 28, 6–8 PM
✧ Performances by: Sharon Kagan, Eun Yong Lee, Peyton Peyton
✧ NARS Main Gallery (4F)

𝘚𝘶𝘣𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘵𝘰... considers how bodies are made recognizable through the systems around them, from technological protocols to cultural codes, and asks what that recognition demands in return. Drawing on Édouard Glissant's "right to opacity," the exhibition turns to what happens once something has already been made legible. A reading shapes what is expected of a body, but never exhausts what it can be. Across sculpture, performance, textiles, photography, and installation, the works resist the authority of that reading, withholding what is asked of them or opening onto meanings beyond those first assigned. Rather than resolving these tensions, they hold open the possibility of encounter without demanding complete transparency first.

Season III, 2026 Artists-in-Residence:
Andrew Samuel Harrison
Sharon Kagan
Eun Yong Lee
Jean-Paul Mallozzi
Lara Marino
Sophia Oppel
Peyton Peyton
Ping Wang
Wen Ching Hao
Anna Antonia Yiaxi Savvidou

For more info about the artists & exhibition visit: https://www.narsfoundation.org/events/event/subject-to

What does stand for? This week, it was Artists Sharing Artists’ Practices.NARS Program and Curatorial Manager Angelica...
08/13/2026

What does stand for? This week, it was Artists Sharing Artists’ Practices.

NARS Program and Curatorial Manager Angelica Fuentes led the artists in residence in a poetry workshop, where artists wrote a cinquain in response to one another’s artworks.

A chance to look closely, put words to what we see, and engage with each other’s practices from a different perspective.

𝚊𝚛𝚖𝚜
𝚕𝚘𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚏𝚕𝚘𝚙𝚙𝚢
𝚍𝚛𝚘𝚘𝚙𝚒𝚗𝚐, 𝚌𝚛𝚊𝚠𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐, 𝚑𝚞𝚐𝚐𝚒𝚗𝚐
𝚒𝚝 𝚕𝚘𝚗𝚐𝚎𝚍 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚎
𝚎𝚖𝚙𝚊𝚝𝚑𝚢

—Angelica's poem about Ping Wang's artwork Motherhood (2025)

What does ASAP stand for? It depends on the week.Artists Sitting and Pondering.As Slow as Possible.A Space for Art and P...
08/03/2026

What does ASAP stand for? It depends on the week.

Artists Sitting and Pondering.
As Slow as Possible.
A Space for Art and Play.
Artists Sharing Artists’ Practices.

ASAP is our weekly artist-led gathering, where two residents take over the session and invite the cohort into an activity, experiment, conversation, or game.

So far this season, artists have sent the group on a scavenger hunt with and , created an exquisite co**se with , and explored the responsibilities of “the artist” in a conversation led by and .

No two ASAPs are the same, but they always offer a space for artists to exchange traditions, perspectives, and creative approaches. We can't wait to see where the next session leads us to!

Each month, NARS artists-in-residence meet one-on-one with 3-4 curators, fellow artists, writers, educators, and other p...
08/01/2026

Each month, NARS artists-in-residence meet one-on-one with 3-4 curators, fellow artists, writers, educators, and other professionals from across the art world through our Studio Visitors Program.

These ongoing conversations offer residents valuable feedback, introduce new perspectives, and help them build meaningful relationships within New York City’s art community and beyond.

Last week, we welcomed Deric Carner, Director of Exhibitions and Programming at the Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts , to meet with our Season III, 2026 artists.

Thank you, Deric, for engaging so thoughtfully with each artist and their practice!

Season III, 2026 is in full swing! Swipe through for a little glimpse of what we’ve been up to.Season III, 2026 Residen...
07/10/2026

Season III, 2026 is in full swing! Swipe through for a little glimpse of what we’ve been up to.

Season III, 2026 Residents:
Andrew Samuel Harrison
Sharon Kagan
Eun Yong Lee
Jean-Paul Mallozzi
Lara Marino .x.y.m.o.r.e
Sophia Oppel
Peyton Peyton
Ping Wang
Wen Ching Hao
Anna Antonia Yiaxi Savvidou
Christine Chen (Curatorial Fellow)

Link in bio to learn more Season III. 😉

Thank you and for covering 𝙏𝙤𝙬𝙖𝙧𝙙 𝙖 𝙎𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚, curated by Season II, 2026 Curatorial Fellow . 🫶An excerpt from the revi...
06/29/2026

Thank you and for covering 𝙏𝙤𝙬𝙖𝙧𝙙 𝙖 𝙎𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚, curated by Season II, 2026 Curatorial Fellow . 🫶

An excerpt from the review:
“The seeds of conceptual rigor are tangible here—à la the performance poetics of Yoko Ono’s Instruction for Paintings (1961–62), which sought to collapse the space between language, art, and life. But one leaves feeling like the questions around curatorial authorship embedded within Toward a Sentence might have been pushed further, rather than simply overlaid, in Nguyen’s own words, like a grid atop this selection of works. Still, there’s a conceit that feels befitting: The show ultimately plays on our compulsion to seek out some greater web of meaning, even when it may not exist.”

Featuring works by Season II, 2026 AiRs:
.nee .economides .petite

Link in bio to read the full article! ✨

Introducing our Season III–IV, 2026 Curatorial Fellow: Christine Chen ()Christine Chen is an Australian-born, New York-b...
06/29/2026

Introducing our Season III–IV, 2026 Curatorial Fellow: Christine Chen ()

Christine Chen is an Australian-born, New York-based curator, art historian, and writer whose work centers on diasporic aesthetics, transnational narratives, and the visual histories of communities often absent from official archives. Rooted in deep, interdisciplinary research, her practice embraces community-rooted, cross-cultural approaches that challenge systems of erasure, attending to migration, memory, and racial identity.

Link in bio to learn more about Christine!

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