Wish You Were Here

New York-based curator and scholar Jie Xia has curated a collection of works from leading post-war and contemporary artists for Ben Brown Fine Arts. Invoking the heat and sultry haze of summer, this exhibition explores travel and the rituals of seasonal escape paired with nostalgia and longing. See pieces from a diverse group of global artists including Miquel Barceló, José Parlá, Ena Swansea, Nabil Nahas, Enoc Perez, Tseng Kwong Chi, Vik Muniz, Gerhard Richter, Hilary Pecis and Milton Avery. Through paint, photography, and collages, this exhibition looks at how we construct and consume the idea of paradise, and what we hope to find when we get there.