Known for his stylish depictions of jazz musicians, nightlife, and Art Deco-inspired worlds, Clifford Bailey has spent more than three decades creating paintings that blend cinematic atmosphere, storytelling, and technical mastery. His instantly recognizable work occupies a unique place in contemporary American painting.

Andrés Conde is a Cuban-American painter known for his narrative realism, distinctive portrayals of women, and the ongoing SOCIAL series, a project exploring memory, identity, nostalgia, and Cuban cultural history through imagined magazine covers and visual storytelling.

The best collectors understand this instinctively. They are not simply acquiring objects. They are curating an experience. They are shaping the emotional atmosphere in which their lives unfold.

Surface & Subtext presents both the art and the ephemera of a life lived across continents, tracing the evolution of an artist who insists that beauty can confront history, and that painting can witness both chaos and renewal.

The most interesting collections I've encountered are not necessarily the largest, the most valuable, or the most academically important. They're the ones that reveal something about the person who assembled them.

Deeply respected by his peers, Ernesto Capdevila moves effortlessly between the verbal and visual, creating work that explores consciousness, belonging, memory, and the hidden territories of the subconscious mind.

In an age of disposable goods and planned obsolescence, Poverty by Design explores how craftsmanship, quality, and generational thinking can create lasting value, strengthen creative economies, and transform the way we collect, consume, and live.

To view Andrés Conde's paintings solely through the lens of nostalgia is to miss something essential. While his work frequently draws upon the architecture, glamour, and visual culture of pre-revolutionary Cuba, these images are not simply romantic recollections of a vanished world. They are reminders.

Long before the term "lifestyle brand" entered the lexicon, Barbara Hulanicki was creating immersive worlds that blended art, fashion, illustration, interiors, and fantasy into a singular cultural experience.

Surface & Subtext traces Cuban-American artist Andrés Conde’s evolution in pop-realist painting—where beauty meets meaning. View works, ephemera, and his acclaimed SOCIAL series, available through Conde Contemporary.

Conde Contemporary, in partnership with Arts Danu, proudly presents The Garden of Earthly Delights, an interactive art exhibition inspired by the iconic 15th century triptych by Hieronymus Bosch. Opening Friday, August 1st from 6–9 PM at Conde Contemporary, located at 334 Main Street, the exhibition features a dynamic group of regional, national, and international artists including David Sullivan, Antonio Cavagnaro, Jaime Bird, Jacob Reptile, Kevin Sloan, Jeff Faust, Willem Duarte and Ernesto Capdevila.

Latin American artist Pablo Santibáñez Servat explores still life painting, symbolism, collecting, cultural identity, and the layered histories behind objects, offering insight into the personal and historical narratives that inform his work.

By centering the theme of “I see you,” Sawubona challenges us to move beyond preconceived notions and assumptions, fostering a space of recognition, respect, and connection.

“The Space in Between,” delves into the complex interplay of returning and belonging, capturing the essence of navigating between the past and the present. This exhibition explores the nuanced experience of coming back to familiar shores after a period of separation, where home is both a sanctuary and a landscape altered by time.

In this conversation with Stacy Conde, artist Kevin Sloan reflects on nature, memory, symbolism, and the sacred, exploring the personal experiences and observations that inform his richly allegorical paintings.

In this conversation, artist Pablo Santibáñez Servat discusses history, race, identity, symbolism, and the role of commercial illustration in shaping cultural memory, using his provocative painting Circus III as a lens through which to examine the complexities of the human experience.

Rubén Torres Llorca, a master of Cuban conceptual art, blends sharp wit, unflinching critique, and technical mastery across media. In this profile, curator and gallerist Stacy Conde shares personal stories and insights into Llorca's fearless approach to art, life, and the absurdities of the human condition.

It's been incredibly well documented that Rubén Torres Llorca pulls no punches. He refuses to play "the game." That's not entirely true. He'll play, but by his rules, on his court, and with his ball. Si te gusta bien, y si no, también.

Known for his acclaimed SOCIAL series and psychologically charged portraits, Andrés Conde creates paintings that explore beauty, historical memory, resilience, and the enduring complexities of the human condition.

Rituals are seductive, no matter how frightening they may be, and so is the best art. I've never resolved the contradiction between my attraction to the strange world of bullfighting and the fact that I was sickened by it. Bullfighting in fact became a metaphor for the world, a place where the primitive lays waste to our best efforts to be "civilized" and something or someone must always suffer but for no particular reason. And yet we cannot stop watching.