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Topical Cream

Arts organization supporting the work of women and GNC individuals in contemporary art.

Arts organization supporting the work of women and gnc individuals in contemporary art.

05/13/2026

𝗡𝗘𝗪 𝗙𝗘𝗔𝗧𝗨𝗥𝗘! Ahead of shipping the work to Los Angeles for her solo show at Nicodim Gallery, All top teeth knocked out at once, June Canedo de Souza invited Laura Owens into her Houston studio. What emerges is a conversation circling the “in-between,” the state where a painting resists resolution, where process remains visible, “where the potential is still there, and the viewer has more to chew on in terms of: What are these forms? And how do they emerge from the paint? What are they representing? What is the scale?” — Laura Owens.

The dialogue circles back to questions that only fully emerged in hindsight — how paintings relate to each other, how they change once they leave the studio, and what they carry as they move through different spaces.

“In their absence, I can see how interconnected they were, how much they belong to each other, and how much their making was shaped by the space where they were made.” — June Canedo de Souza

Link in bio ⛓️‍💥

Images: 1 ) Black-and-white portrait of June Canedo de Souza seated before a blurred painting, resting her chin on her hand beneath the title When a Painting Walks In

Images: 2) A featured quote from Laura Owens reflecting on painting as an interconnected whole: “It’s really hard for me to divorce any one painting from the whole…”

Images: 3) Installation view of dozens of abstract studies and paintings pinned salon-style to a white wall, accompanied by June Canedo de Souza’s reflections on using painting to understand the last few years.

Images: 4) A single abstract painting in muted gray, olive, yellow, pink, and brown tones, layered with gestural marks and geometric passages within a wooden frame.

Images: 5) A luminous industrial gallery space with a large-scale abstract painting, exploring themes of process, space, labor, and allowing work to remain unresolved.

The conversation circles the “in-between” — the place where a painting resists closure, where traces of making remain visible, and where meaning continues to shift as works leave the studio and enter new spaces.

03/25/2026

Find Topical Cream at Art Basel Hong Kong 🇭🇰

We’re pleased to be part of this year’s fair, presenting our annual print publication!

On view in the Magazines sector.

Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre

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Warmly,
Topical Cream

03/24/2026

𝐅𝐑𝐎𝐌 𝐎𝐔𝐑 𝐈𝐍𝐀𝐔𝐆𝐔𝐑𝐀𝐋 𝐏𝐑𝐈𝐍𝐓 𝐈𝐒𝐒𝐔𝐄!
In this interview, performance artist Karen Finley and curator May Makki discuss performance, pedagogy, and imagination as a form of cultural activism. From the legacy of the NEA Four to the evolving meaning of being an “American” artist, Finley shifts the focus away from personal narrative, reflecting instead on collective support, the role of teaching in shaping creative work, and the urgent sociopolitical realities shaping artistic practice today.
Karen is photographed in our Soho studio wearing Women’s History Museum and ACLU Merch.

Originally published as a print exclusive in Topical Cream Issue 1, the feature is now live on our website.

Link in bio 🔗

𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓 𝐄𝐈𝐑 𝐋𝐮𝐦𝐢 𝐓𝐚𝐧

03/08/2026

JENNY FAX .official 🌸Family Issue 🌸

“Family makes you special.
Family is something you cannot choose. It is made up of different
personalities, different habits, and different ways of thinking. Maybe that is
why it becomes so special . The memories you create together are special.
All the imperfect and illogical parts ,they are things no modern system can
copy. And that is what makes them truly precious.” — Jenny Fax

02/17/2026

On Wednesday, January 28, Topical Cream gathered at Katharine Brandes’ beautiful Soho loft to celebrate 2026 Editor-in-Residence Victoria Camblin.

Our hostess, Brandes, alongside friend Bruno Pruhs prepared a warm and welcoming stew from scratch! Topical Cream’s Director Lyndsy Welgos spoke briefly about the year ahead and welcomed Victoria to the community. Just a few of the guests included board members, friends, and family, including Seth Stolbun, curator Olivier Berggruen, author Cat Dawson, artist Camille Henrot, art advisor Molly Epstein, artist and activist Molly Gochman, collector Sara Shlesinger, and director Alexi Wasser.

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02/10/2026

𝗡𝗘𝗪 𝗙𝗘𝗔𝗧𝗨𝗥𝗘 ⬛️
Dr Cat Dawson examines how EVA Foundation’s inaugural exhibition, “Sirens,”brings global feminist art into dialogue with Romania’s political history, revealing both the power and the limits of ideological and aesthetic discourse.
⬛️ 𝗟𝗶𝗻𝗸 𝗶𝗻 𝗯𝗶𝗼. ⬛️
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art

chicagonevelson

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AliceNeel
HumaBhabha
JudyChicago
LouiseNevelson
WangechiMutu
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Images:
    1    Louise Nevelson, Moon-Star II, 1960, Installation View of Sirens, EVA Foundation, 2025. Photo: Vlad Patru. Courtesy of EVA Foundation.
    2    EVA Foundation, 2025. Photo: Catalin Georgescu. Courtesy of EVA Foundation.
    3    Installation View of Sirens, EVA Foundation, 2025. Photo: Catalin Georgescu. Courtesy of EVA Foundation.
    4    Alice Neel, Portrait of Dorothy Pullman, 1942, Installation View of Sirens, EVA Foundation, 2025. Photo: Catalin Georgescu. Courtesy of EVA Foundation.

⬛️ Artists Included in Sirens at EVA Foundation: 🖤
Alice Neel
Andra Ursuța
Carrie Moyer
Cora Cohen
Gisela Colón
Hedda Sterne
Helen Frankenthaler
Howardena Pindell
Huma Bhabha
Jaune Quick-to-See Smith
Jenny Holzer
Judy Chicago
Latifa Echakhch
Louise Nevelson
Marguerite Humeau
Martha Jungwirth
Mona Hatoum
Sara Flores
Taryn Simon
Tracey Emin
Wangechi Mutu
⬛️

01/27/2026

𝐕𝐈𝐂𝐓𝐎𝐑𝐈𝐀 𝐂𝐀𝐌𝐁𝐋𝐈𝐍 𝐈𝐒 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 𝐄𝐃𝐈𝐓𝐎𝐑-𝐈𝐍-𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐈𝐃𝐄𝐍𝐂𝐄. 🖤🎩🖤🎩

We are thrilled to announce Victoria Camblin as the sixth Editor-in-Residence at Topical Cream.
Victoria Camblin is the sixth high-profile Editor-in-Residence at Topical Cream, succeeding curator Lumi Tan (); Ebony L. Haynes (), Global Head of Curatorial Projects at David Zwirner; MoMA PS1 Chief Curator Ruba Katrib; curator Laura McLean-Ferris (); and curator Nora Khan.

“I am honored to have the opportunity to contribute to Topical Cream’s mission and vision in 2026. I plan to use the editorial residency to engage writers, curators, and artists of all disciplines around the notion of mentorship and alternative forms of education — to explore how new systems evolve when creative communities are not supported by traditional institutions, and to celebrate the educational pathways that emerge through collaboration, intergenerational exchange, and lived experience.”

—Victoria Camblin

“It’s very exciting to welcome Victoria Camblin as Topical Cream’s 2026 Editor-in-Residence,” said Lyndsy Welgos, Topical Cream Executive Director. “Victoria brings an unusually wide and incisive perspective—ranging from her leadership as editorial and artistic director of ART PAPERS in Atlanta, where she championed artists working across the Deep South, to her role helping to shape one of the most respected international fashion and culture magazines, 032c. We are especially inspired by her deep investment in education and mentorship as a modality of publishing. We can’t wait to hold the final print publication in our hands in October 2026.”

—Lyndsy Welgos

Special Thanks to our board. nat

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12/16/2025

🏴 TOPICAL
CREAM
AT ICONIC MAGAZINE
IN SOHO 🏴

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12/03/2025

From Miami with love 🤍 🕊️
Thank you so much to Art Basel Miami Beach, Bridget Finn, and for including Lumi’s issue in the 2025 Art Basel Convention 🤍🤍

We are extremely grateful to see this work held and celebrated in such an iconic space!

11/25/2025

Thank you to everyone who joined Topical Cream at Artists Space last week to celebrate the launch of our full-color print issue with Lumi Tan.

For this issue, she brings together ten essays, reviews, and interviews shaped by the conceptual foundations of performance and time-based art to consider what it means to find comfort in cadence and digression in a time of polycrisis.

This extraordinary two-cover issue features performance artist Karen Finley (NEA Four) in Women’s History Museum, with the second cover featuring Lumi Tan holding a Topical Cream zine created with our 2024 Editor-in-Residence Ebony L. Haynes.
The full-color magazine marks a major milestone for the organization and includes archival features and programmatic content from across Topical Cream’s ecosystem.

11/13/2025

Please join 𝕿𝖔𝖕𝖎𝖈𝖆𝖑 𝕮𝖗𝖊𝖆𝖒 at 𝖠𝗋𝗍𝗂𝗌𝗍𝗌 𝖲𝗉𝖺𝖼𝖾 on Wednesday, November 19 at 7pm to celebrate the launch of our inaugural 𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗻𝘁 𝗶𝘀𝘀𝘂𝗲, curated by Editor-in-Residence Lumi Tan.

Many of the 𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝘀𝘁𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀 featured in the issue will join Lumi in conversation to ask what it means to find pleasure in cadence and digression in a time of polycrisis.

Special thanks to Kelly Taxter and the Artists Space team. 🎩

This event is free and open to the public.

𝗙𝗲𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴

🖤 Lumi Tan
⚫️ Indira Allegra (no tag)
🎱 Mariana Fernández
⬛️ Karen Finley
🩶 Alessandra Gómez
🕳️ Amando Houser
🖤 Seta Morton
⚫️ Diana SeoHyung
⬛️ Allie Tepper
🎱 quori theodor
🖤 Wendy Vogel

🔗 Link to 𝖠𝗋𝗍𝗂𝗌𝗍𝗌 𝖲𝗉𝖺𝖼𝖾

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