Galleria Monica De Cardenas

11/06/2026

ON VIEW: “The Human Stain” at Monica De Cardenas Milano

Across “The Human Stain”, the image is never entirely fixed. Figures emerge, dissolve, and remain partially unresolved, inviting viewers into a space shaped as much by memory and imagination as by observation.

Whether through omission, transformation, abstraction, or distortion, the works in the exhibition resist definitive readings. Instead, they open a field of associations where recognition and uncertainty coexist, and where meaning is continuously negotiated between the painting and the viewer.

Bringing together works by Guy Yanai, Ivan Seal, Gideon Rubin, Alessandro Pessoli, Christopher Orr, Erin Lawlor, Emilio Gola and Michael Ajerman, the exhibition explores painting as a site of projection – where what remains unsaid can be as powerful as what is revealed.

📍 Monica De Cardenas, Milan
👀 On view through 30.07.2026


Guy Yanai
Woman with Peach in the Sun, 2026
oil on linen
46 × 51 cm

Emilio Gola
Noonday Demon, 2026
charcoal on Hahnemuhle paper
91 × 119 cm framed

Michael Ajerman
Sunday Morning, 2021
oil on gesso panel
35,5 × 40,5 cm

27/05/2026

"The Human Stain" is on view @ Galleria Monica De Cardenas Milano

Recensione della mostra “The Human Stain”, otto pittori alla Galleria De Cardenas di Milano fino al 30 luglio 2026.

21/05/2026

THIS FRIDAY: Opening of Cremona Contemporanea with Linda Fregni Nagler and Federico Tosi

Dal 23 maggio al 31 maggio 2026, Cremona Contemporanea intende aprire un dialogo tra il patrimonio storico artistico locale e l’arte contemporanea internazionale.

20/05/2026

ON VIEW: “The Human Stain” at Monica De Cardenas Milano

“The Human Stain” unfolds as a meditation on presence, absence, and transformation through painting.

From Christopher Orr’s dreamlike landscapes and Erin Lawlor’s fluid, atmospheric surfaces to Gideon Rubin’s faceless figures and Ivan Seal’s ambiguous objects, each practice explores instability as a generative force. Across the exhibition, painting becomes a place where emotion, materiality, and subconscious tensions emerge through traces, omissions, and layered forms.

📍 Monica De Cardenas, Milano
👀 On view until 30.07.2026


Emilio Gola
Alice II, 2026
oil on canvas
180 × 115 cm
detail

Erin Lawlor
High Summer I, 2024
oil on canvas
30 × 40 cm

Michael Ajerman
Grip, 2019
oil on linen
35 × 40 cm
detail

Gideon Rubin
Red Knickers, 2026
oil on linen mounted on board
20 × 30 cm

Christopher Orr
Lost in Ebb and Flow, 2025
oil on polyester linen
35,5 × 45,5 cm

14/05/2026

Studio visit with Chung Eun-Mo on Artuu

In un sistema che premia spesso l'immediatezza, la riconoscibilità istantanea e la velocità della fruizione, lavori come quello di Chung Eun-Mo procedono in direzione radicalmente opposta.

14/05/2026

OPENING TODAY: The Human Stain at Monica De Cardenas Milano

A group exhibition bringing together eight international artists whose distinct painting practices move between expressive figuration and abstraction, The Human Stain explores painting as a living surface — where gesture, color, and material become carriers of emotion, perception, and subtle psychological tension.

Featuring works by Guy Yanai, Ivan Seal, Gideon Rubin, Alessandro Pessoli, Christopher Orr, Erin Lawlor, Emilio Gola, Michael Ajerman.

📍 Monica De Cardenas, Milano

💫 Opening tonight: Thursday 14.05.2026
👀 On view until 30.07.2026


Guy Yanai
Woman with Polaroid, 2026
oil on canvas
41 × 36 cm

Ivan Seal
custmcoomo aboridouchepheste, 2018
oil on canvas
50 × 40 cm

Christopher Orr
Falling Away like Dust, 2022
oil on French polyester linen
60 × 50 cm

Gideon Rubin
Untitled, 2026
oil on linen mounted on board
40 × 30 cm

Alessandro Pessoli
Sunflower face, 2025
mixed media on canvas
55 × 35 cm

Michael Ajerman
Mandarino Howling, 2025 - 2026
oil on wooden panel
40 × 30 cm

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14/05/2026

"The Human Stain" on Il Giornale dell'Arte, opening today!

Da Monica De Cardenas otto artisti scavano nell’interiorità per esplorare emozioni e sentimenti