Nicole Eisenman's solo exhibition "STY" is on view at 52 Walker in New York through January 10, 2026. The show features recent paintings including "The Auction" (2025) and "Archangel (The Visitors)" (2024), which blend styles from realism to post-Cubist caricature. Curated by Ebony L. Haynes, the gallery is transformed into a single room lined with Homasote board, creating an intimate studio-like atmosphere that includes reference ephemera from Eisenman's Brooklyn studio, such as a printout of Martin Kippenberger's 1984 abstraction.
The exhibition matters because it is Eisenman's first hometown solo show following her major institutional survey that traveled from Munich to the Whitechapel Gallery in London and the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago in 2024. The work directly confronts contemporary political crises by juxtaposing the present with historical moments like the 1920 First International Dada Fair, exploring themes of authoritarianism, censorship, and fascism. Eisenman's paintings implicate the entire art-world apparatus, from auction houses to the exchange of money, while reflecting on modernism's fascist haunting and its contemporary resurgence.