East Village, New York
Group Exhibition
New Traditionalists
The HoleRafi AJl, Daniel Barragan, Autumn Casey, Jane Yang D’heane, Andy Dixon, Jim Drain, Beverly Fishman, Karin Gulbran, Serban Ionescu, Warren Isensee, Chris Johanson, Misha Kahn, Alex Kerr, MJ Kim, Jenny Krypell, Audrey Large, Nick Lenker, Adam D. Miller, Jessy Nite, Jorge Pardo, Darren Romanelli, Isabel Rower, Holton Rower, Terumi Saito, Max Simon, Shaina Tabak, Pablo Tomek, Chris Wolston, Barbora Zilinskaite For Summer 2026, The Hole presents New Traditionalists, the fourth installment in an ongoing series of exhibitions exploring medium-specificity and contemporary craft practices. Borrowing its title from the 1981 album by Devo, the exhibition reflects a generation of artists whose works simultaneously embrace and destabilize traditions surrounding craft, design, sculpture, and functional objects. Following previous thematic exhibitions like Thread Count (2025) on fiber arts, Clay Today (2018) a sprawling ceramic show or Glass Class (2026) of artists using glass, this expansive group exhibition brings together artists whose practices blur the boundaries between fine art, design, and craft through deeply material-driven approaches to sculpture and object making. Spanning ceramics, furniture, textile, glass, painting, and functional forms, the exhibition highlights artists who embrace material experimentation, incorporate elements of popular culture, and challenge distinctions between utility and sculpture. Across the exhibition, objects oscillate between artwork and design, emphasizing tactility, process, and the increasingly fluid relationship between disciplines within contemporary art. The exhibition concept and participating artist list were developed in consultation with Adam D. Miller, whose work as a gallerist, curator, artist, and represented designer through The Future Perfect and Mindy Solomon Gallery has long-championed practices that exist between contemporary art, craft, and collectible design.