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Andrew Rafacz Gallery

A soft, dreamy landscape featuring a small reflective pond surrounded by reddish-brown earth, leafy plants, and distant water or sky in pastel hues, evoking a calm, surreal atmosphere at sunset.

by Jefferson Godard | March 9, 2026

Michelle Wasson Paints Liminal Territories at Andrew Rafacz Gallery In “Songs of the Marauder,” Michelle Wasson constructs luminous landscapes that hover between hopeful and ominous.

A stylized, cartoonish figure with six arms, wearing light pants and red shoes, holds various yellow flowers. The figure has a lightning bolt for a head and a reddish torso. The background is white.

by Samuel Schwindt | December 8, 2025

Wells Chandler Creates an Oasis of Allegorical Avatars at Andrew Rafacz Gallery The New York artist makes hand-crocheted installations that chart a queer iconography.

by Brian Hieggelke | October 30, 2025

Art Top 5: November 2025

by Curtis Anthony Bozif | October 7, 2025

Robert Burnier’s Objects of Allure at Andrew Rafacz Gallery Not quite painting, and not quite sculpture, the work Robert Burnier has made over the past decade—and for which he’s become well known—fits easily within the category of what Donald Judd called “specific objects."

by Gabriel Chalfin-Piney-González | August 5, 2025

Community or Mushroom Tea: A Review of Serena JV Elston at Andrew Rafacz Gallery

by Charles Venkatesh Young | June 25, 2025

The Interpretation of Sunbeams: A Review of Josh Dihle at Andrew Rafacz Gallery

by Regan Dockery | June 7, 2024

Hug Your Younger Self: A Review of “Griffin Goodman: Don’t Eat the Glue” at Andrew Rafacz Gallery

by Charles Venkatesh Young | May 8, 2024

Bare Life: A Review of Soumya Netrabile at Andrew Rafacz Gallery

by Regan Dockery | December 21, 2023

Nighttime Departures: A Review of “Nocturne” at Andrew Rafacz Gallery

by Annette LePique | June 8, 2023

Freedom in Abstraction: A Review of “Friendship’s Death” at Andrew Rafacz

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