Cristin Tierney Gallery

Cristin Tierney Gallery Cristin Tierney Gallery is a contemporary art gallery with an international exhibition program.

Founded in 2010, Cristin Tierney Gallery is a contemporary art gallery committed to the development and support of both established and emerging artists. The international exhibition program emphasizes critical theory and art history, with an attendant interest in under-recognized artists and art movements of the twentieth and twenty-first century.

Janet Biggs is no stranger to environmental extremes. Across her practice, she explores landscapes as reflections of the...
09/07/2026

Janet Biggs is no stranger to environmental extremes. Across her practice, she explores landscapes as reflections of the psychological and emotional terrain of human life.

In anticipation of her upcoming solo show, “Path of Totality,” we sat down with Biggs to learn how her love of adventure began. The exhibition opens September 9th, 6:00 to 8:00 PM.

Cover image by Katja Aglert

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Janet Biggs, “Can’t Find My Way Home,” 2015. Single-channel HD video, 16:9 format. 9:45 minutes.

Janet Biggs, “Fade to White,” 2010. Single-channel HD video, 16:9 format. 12:28 minutes.

Janet Biggs, “A Step on the Sun,” 2012. Single-channel HD video, 16:9 format. 9:05 minutes.

Janet Biggs, “In the Cold Edge,” 2010. Single-channel HD video. 5:29 minutes.

Through the modification of vintage postcards, David Opdyke transforms visions of early twentieth-century leisure into e...
08/17/2026

Through the modification of vintage postcards, David Opdyke transforms visions of early twentieth-century leisure into emissaries from different futures. From flying meteors to preying tentacles, Opdyke brings humanity into the center of these dystopian imaginings, revealing the consequences of climate change, displacement, and migration.

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David Opdyke, “Invasive Species,” 2023. Gouache and ink on postcard, 4 x 6 inches (10.2 x 15.2 cm).

David Opdyke, “What can I say?,” 2024. Gouache and ink on postcard, 4 x 6 inches (10.2 x 15.2 cm).

David Opdyke, “Shall Not Be Infringed,” 2023. Gouache and ink on postcard, 4 x 6 inches (10.2 x 15.2 cm).

David Opdyke, “The Main Attraction,” 2015-20. Gouache and ink on postcard, 4 x 6 inches (10.2 x 15.2 cm).

An interview with Tim Youd, where we ask the questions you really want answered. Responses typed by typewriter only.Cris...
08/12/2026

An interview with Tim Youd, where we ask the questions you really want answered. Responses typed by typewriter only.

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Tim Youd, “Typewriter Ribbon Painting 5 (Series 3),“ 2020. Oil and typewriter ribbon on panel. 12 x 9 inches.

Tim Youd, “Kurt Vonnegut’s Slaughterhouse-Five,” 2019. Typewriter ink on paper. 17 x 25 inches.

It’s Maureen’s world. We are all just living in it. Cool off this summer with these fabulous works by Maureen O’Leary. ...
08/10/2026

It’s Maureen’s world. We are all just living in it.

Cool off this summer with these fabulous works by Maureen O’Leary.



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Maureen O’Leary, “End of the Swim,” 2026. Oil on linen. 20 x 16 inches.

Maureen O’Leary, “July Garden,” 2024. Oil on linen. 36 x 12 inches.

Maureen O’Leary, “A Delicious Snack on the Visit,” 2026. Oil on linen. 20 x 20 inches.

Maureen O’Leary, “Night Swim Behind the Hedgerow,” 2023. Oil on linen. 60 x 48 inches.

Maureen O’Leary, “Fire on the Beach,” 2023. Oil on linen. 20 x 20 inches.

Maureen O’Leary, “Something Far Away,” 2024. Oil on linen. 16 x 12 inches.

Maureen O’Leary, “Open Boat,” 2026. Oil on linen. 30 x 30 inches.

Maureen O’Leary, “Palm Springs HedgeRow,” 2026. Acrylic on panel. 14 x 11 inches.

Thank you Shaun Leonardo and Professor Robert O’Meally for joining us last night!During their conversation, Leonardo and...
08/07/2026

Thank you Shaun Leonardo and Professor Robert O’Meally for joining us last night!

During their conversation, Leonardo and O’Meally explored Ralph Ellison’s “Invisible Man” as a throughline in Leonardo’s artistic practice. Between discussing Leonardo’s mid-career retrospective, these gentlemen somehow ended up touching upon Homer’s Odyssey, America’s masculinity crisis, and jazz “battle royals” between Duke Ellington and Count Basie. 

If you missed last night’s program, please join us tonight for “Four Rounds,” a performance with Leonardo and four collaborators set for the duration of an amateur boxing match. Doors at 6 PM. Performance at 7 PM. 

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08/05/2026

Shaun Leonardo’s “We Went Undefeated 2” is a four-channel video installation exploring the negotiation between masculinity, racial performance, and the (sometimes) transformative power of failure.

Join us for In Conversation: Shaun Leonardo and Professor Robert O’Meally (Columbia University) on Thursday, August 6, at 6:30 PM to learn more about “We Went Undefeated 2” and the ideas behind the work.

Then, return on Friday, August 7, for “Four Rounds,” a live performance by Leonardo and four collaborators unfolding over the duration of an amateur boxing match. Doors open at 6 PM. Performance begins at 7 PM.


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Shaun Leonardo, “We Went Undefeated 2,” 2026. Single-channel video. 12:10 mins.
Shaun Leonardo, “We Went Undefeated,” 2024. Four-channel video. 20:48 mins.

08/01/2026

I’m just gonna leave this here 🙌

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We are pleased to present “Path of Totality,” a solo exhibition of new and recent video installations by Janet Biggs. Th...
07/24/2026

We are pleased to present “Path of Totality,” a solo exhibition of new and recent video installations by Janet Biggs. This is the artist’s third solo show with the gallery. The exhibition opens Wednesday, September 9th and will be on view through Saturday, October 24th. The artist will be present at the opening reception on September 9th from 6:00 to 8:00 pm.

For decades, Biggs has traveled to extreme environments, using the journey as a framework to explore how physical landscapes mirror the psychological and emotional terrain of human life. “Path of Totality” extends this inquiry by bringing together two video installations set in vastly different environments: “Eclipse (Antarctica, December 4, 2021)” (2022–24), and “Eclipse (Amazon, September 7, 1858)” (2025). Through the juxtaposition of contemporary footage with historical writings, navigational accounts, and inherited memory, Biggs collapses geographical and temporal distance. The solar eclipse becomes both an astronomical event and a metaphor for human psychology: a moment when light is blocked, orientation is disrupted, and familiar conditions are temporarily transformed.*

*[link in bio to read the full press release]

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1. Still from Janet Biggs, “Eclipse (Amazon, September 7, 1858),” 2025. Three-channel HD video with spatial sound. 10:16 minutes.
2. Still from Janet Biggs, “Eclipse (Antarctica, December 4, 2021),” 2022-24. Single-channel HD video with spatial sound. 6:51 minutes.

Shaun Leonardo’s “The Messengers (Diddy Wallpaper)” asks what it means when images of influence, power, and impending vi...
07/21/2026

Shaun Leonardo’s “The Messengers (Diddy Wallpaper)” asks what it means when images of influence, power, and impending violence become not only normalized, but socially sanctioned.

P. Diddy’s notorious all-white parties projected an illusion of equality through a strictly enforced dress code that subsumed individual identities into a carefully constructed public image. In “The Messengers (Diddy Wallpaper)”, Leonardo transposes images from Diddy’s parties onto red and white wallpaper, transforming evidence of violence into a familiar domestic pattern. As these images become decorative through repetition, Leonardo reveals how spectacle can conceal violence in plain sight, echoing Ralph Ellison’s meditation on the distance between being seen and being truly recognized.

“The Messengers (Diddy Wallpaper)” is featured in “Shaun Leonardo: The Invisible Man,” on view through Friday, August 7th.



Photo credits:
Kevin Mazur, Getty Images
Dimitrios Kambouris, Getty Images
Brian Bedder/CP, Getty Images

This Wednesday, we will stay open until 8pm for the ADAA Tribeca Gallery Walk! Stop by to see “The Invisible Man,” a sur...
07/13/2026

This Wednesday, we will stay open until 8pm for the ADAA Tribeca Gallery Walk! Stop by to see “The Invisible Man,” a survey exhibition of works by Shaun Leonardo; on view through Friday, August 7th.

You can RSVP for the walk by following the link in the ADAA’s bio. Art Dealers Association of America (ADAA)

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