Brigitte Mulholland
Amber Boardman
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"The Summer Before Everything Changed"
Slumber Party, Amber Boardman, 2026, huile sur toile (oil on canvas), 97.8 x 121.9 cm (38 1/2 x 48 in)
There is a curious growing trend of young people spending hours online watching lo-fi videos of high school students from the 90s. Nothing much happens in these fuzzy camcorder clips; there might be an impromptu dance performance in the hall before class or a perfunctory wave to future viewers. But mostly, these videos function as ‘establishing shots’, capturing the atmosphere of teens in hallways opening and closing lockers, talking, giggling, and hanging out on their lunch breaks. It’s strange to me anyone might enjoy seeing young people of 30 years ago doing mundane things and find it fascinating. But for the youth of today, there is both novelty and longing in seeing people interacting with ease rather than awkwardly huddling over screens. That they long for these experiences that seemed so natural to me at the time gives me pause. I hadn’t realized that everything would soon change with the arrival of pervasive internet.
Solo show of Amber Boardman
From May 7 to June 6, 2026
The gallery
Brigitte Mulholland is a contemporary art gallery that opened in 2024 in the Marais. After twenty years of working in the art world in New York, its founder, who has a lifelong love of Paris, opened her eponymous gallery at 81rue de Turenne, with a strong desire to act as a bridge between the two cities. Community, integrity, and quality are the key principles of the gallery’s spirit.
Brigitte Mulholland represents an international roster, including artists from the United States, Ireland, the United Kingdom, and, of course, France. The program is intentionally diverse in the stages of its artist’s careers, from emerging, to mid-career, and sometimes blue chip. The artists are in major museum collections, and have exhibited throughout the world at leading galleries and institutions. Group exhibitions with a strong curatorial approach are also a frequent part of the programming. Though painting is a large focus, the gallery also exhibits ceramics, sculptures, photography, film, and even performance art.
Gallery artists
Raphaëlle Bertran, Hamish Chapman, Craig Drennen , Sarah Dwyer, Sean Fader, Kevin Lowenthal, Emily Orta, Emma Roche, Andrew Sim, BA Thomas, Ryan Wilde
