Betty Cuningham Gallery

Betty Cuningham Gallery Artist Submissions:
The gallery regrets that it is unable to accept any unsolicited submissions.

Artists Represented:
Clytie Alexander
William Bailey
Jake Berthot
Rackstraw Downes
Greg Drasler
Elizabeth Enders
Charles Garabedian
Judy Glantzman
Annette Lawrence
John Lees
Stanley Lewis
Beverly McIver
Philip Pearlstein
Mia Westerlund Roosen
Alison Wilding

We are excited to share that today marks the start of Stanley Lewis's 2026 on-site instruction with Umbria Contemporary ...
05/31/2026

We are excited to share that today marks the start of Stanley Lewis's 2026 on-site instruction with Umbria Contemporary Arts!

In a special two-week course, Stanley's students will work in plein air painting sessions surrounded by the Umbrian countryside of Monte Castello di Vibio—which we can enjoy in the 2016 painting above—followed by critique in the studio.

Wishing Stanley and the class happy painting!
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Monte Castello - View from Lower Path, 2016
Signed on verso
Oil on paper
24 x 29 inches 61 x 73.7 cm
(SL17136)

"Lees’s signature process seems perfectly in tune with the subject of his paintings. By repeatedly returning to the same...
05/29/2026

"Lees’s signature process seems perfectly in tune with the subject of his paintings. By repeatedly returning to the same motif, and by building up as well as sanding down the painting’s surface, Lees attempts the impossible, which is to freeze a particular object, individual, or moment in time." - John Yau for Hyperallergic, 2021
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THREE ART STUDENTS AT
A PARTY IN FEBRUARY
1966, 1985-2005
Oil on masonite
22 x 26 inches

"In her series of landscapes, with an emphasis on seascapes painted over past several decades, Enders displays a unique ...
05/27/2026

"In her series of landscapes, with an emphasis on seascapes painted over past several decades, Enders displays a unique balance of the descriptive and of the imaginary. The essential parts of the particular site in nature, such as the horizon line or a color hue characteristic of a certain area of the coast, are always fully acknowledged. It is through the elimination of all nonessential details that the artist transforms these locales into universal statements about the mysterious beauty of the coastal areas." - The Lyman Allyn Art Museum, 2009

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Elizabeth Enders
Freighter/ Grey Cliff, 2017
Oil on canvas
24 x 24 inches

Betty Cuningham Gallery wishes you and your family a peaceful Memorial Day 🇺🇸⁠_______________________________⁠Judy Glant...
05/25/2026

Betty Cuningham Gallery wishes you and your family a peaceful Memorial Day 🇺🇸⁠
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Judy Glantzman⁠
Heroes - A Flag, 2019⁠
Acrylic, India ink, walnut ink ⁠
and graphite on paper⁠
40 x 41.5 inches

As summertime fast approaches, we are looking back at Betty Cuningham Gallery's summer group shows from the twenty-two y...
05/22/2026

As summertime fast approaches, we are looking back at Betty Cuningham Gallery's summer group shows from the twenty-two years... starting with summer 2022! ⁠
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Only open to the public for two weeks, the exhibition on Rivington Street featured works by Clytie Alexander, Greg Drasler, Rackstraw Downes and Stanley Lewis, amongst others. ⁠
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Installation images, 2022

"The artist largely eschews preparatory drawings, though she will frequently refer to her sculptures on paper after the ...
05/20/2026

"The artist largely eschews preparatory drawings, though she will frequently refer to her sculptures on paper after the fact. 'Heat 1' and 'Heat 3' (both 1981) are abstract charcoal drawings of forms that are distinctly reminiscent of the sculpture [...] The scratchy nature of her marks on paper likewise echo the distinct human traces that distinguish her three-dimensional pieces." - Jessica Holmes on Mia Westerlund Roosen the BrooklynRail, 2026⁠
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Heat 1, 1981⁠
Charcoal and pastel⁠
22 x 24 inches

"After two wonderful years at 41 Union Square West #923, I will be taking the next step towards retirement by transitio...
04/16/2026

"After two wonderful years at 41 Union Square West #923, I will be taking the next step towards retirement by transitioning the gallery to fully remote operations beginning May 1, 2026.

We will continue to handle sales and inquires as usual; however, my focus will shift to assisting the artists that I have represented for many years with exhibition planning and, gradually, finding new representation.
Feel free to contact us directly via email at [email protected] as always. I look forward the flexibility and new opportunities this structure brings – for myself and the artists." - B.C.
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William Bailey
Cellulare, 2017
Oil on linen
65 x 75 inches

“You have to learn what abstraction is in order to understand what painting is.” - Stanley Lewis________________________...
04/13/2026

“You have to learn what abstraction is in order to understand what painting is.” - Stanley Lewis
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Stanley Lewis
Tree and Houses, Lake Chautauqua, 2015
Acrylic on canvas
23 1/2 x 36 inches

High on the wall of his studio, Jake wrote his mantra: "We may climb into the thin and cold realm of pure geometry and t...
04/10/2026

High on the wall of his studio, Jake wrote his mantra:

"We may climb into the thin and cold realm of pure geometry and the lifeless science or sink into that of sensation. Between these extremes is the equator of life, of thought, of spirit, of poetry – a narrow belt." - Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Jake Berthot
The Meadow, 2000
Oil on panel
20 1/8 x 24 3/4 inches

"There is one thing I think realism is definitely not, though it is often confused with it, and that is a technique. Tec...
04/08/2026

"There is one thing I think realism is definitely not, though it is often confused with it, and that is a technique. Technique is a skill you can learn so you don’t have to respond to what you are looking at, you don’t have to be inquisitive about it. If something is real to you, the question becomes, not 'How do I do that', but 'What is this phenomenon I’m perceiving?'" -Rackstraw Downes
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Rackstraw Downes
'New Plantings in Millennium Park, New
Towers in the Distance', 2002
Oil on canvas
25 1/2 x 30 inches

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