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Art marketMaxwell RabbLifetime friends Ashlyn Davis Burns and Shane Lavalette shared a passion for photography and other lens-based arts long before they founded their Houston-based gallery Assembly. In their previous professional roles—Burns at the helm of the Houston Center for Photography and Lavalette leading Light Work in Syracuse, New York—the duo found themselves on very similar paths, often exchanging ideas and aligning on what they believed the art world needed. to change These conversations, spanning nearly a decade, planted the seeds for Assembly, a collaborative venture born out of their mutual desire to help artists reach new heights. As the…

MASSIMODECARLO has announced the representation of Scottish painter France-Lise McGurn. The Glasgow-born artist will present her first solo exhibition with the gallery in autumn 2024. McGurn’s figurative paintings, often inspired by 1970s film stills, Janus The fetish magazine, Botticelli prints and celebrity autographs are characterized by quick, calligraphic brushstrokes. Throughout his work, he emphasizes the human form, often depicting women amidst fluid washes of color. The influence of Glasgow’s post-industrial aesthetic is evident in his art, which often features repeated lines and movements reminiscent of antiquity.A defining quality of McGurn’s practice is his innovative use of exhibition spaces. In his…