Since 2008, New York-based artist Firelei Báez has experimented with pouring paint on Yupo paper, which has a synthetic, nonabsorbent surface. Acrylic paint, gouache and ink mix and pool together, creating fluid and unfixed forms that are the basis for the artist’s figures—often self-portraits, like the image you see here.Some of Báez’s Yupo works form figures with piercing eyes, whose gaze follows us as we move. Báez describes her pouring process: “There’s the tilt of the floor, the humidity le
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Since 2008, New York-based artist Firelei Báez has experimented with pouring paint on Yupo paper, which has a synthetic, nonabsorbent surface. Acrylic paint, gouache and ink mix and pool together, creating fluid and unfixed forms that are the basis for the artist’s figures—often self-portraits, like the image you see here.Some of Báez’s Yupo works form figures with piercing eyes, whose gaze follows us as we move. Báez describes her pouring process: “There’s the tilt of the floor, the humidity le
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Drawing upon the rich folklore and colonial history of the Caribbean, Firelei Báez paints dramatically shapeshifting figures that assert the power of the female form—challenging fundamental ideas around beauty and agency. "In having bodies in constant transition, it leaves it open for the viewer to shift ideas of power," says Báez in a new film from our "New York Close Up" series. "In that process, you shift the world around you. That's where beauty can be subversive." Watch → http://a21.tv/Baez
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Drawing upon the rich folklore and colonial history of the Caribbean, Firelei Báez paints dramatically shapeshifting figures that assert the power of the female form—challenging fundamental ideas around beauty and agency. "In having bodies in constant transition, it leaves it open for the viewer to shift ideas of power," says Báez in a new film from our "New York Close Up" series. "In that process, you shift the world around you. That's where beauty can be subversive." Watch → http://a21.tv/Baez
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An Open Horizon (or) the Stillness of a Wound, Firelei Báez — Art21
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How artist Firelei Báez transforms spaces to build connections | WPBS | Serving Northern New York and Eastern Ontario
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How artist Firelei Báez transforms spaces to build connections | WPBS | Serving Northern New York and Eastern Ontario
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A portal to another world—and beyond. ✨ Firelei Báez’s work suggests the possibility of travelling between histories, colours and forms. She describes some of her paintings as portals, presenting passageways into reimagined pasts and possible futures. This theme extends beyond the canvas—echoed in the exhibition’s arched doorways, which invite viewers to step into new spaces of possibility. In Episode 5 of our interview series, Báez reflects on why she refers to some of her works as portals and
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A portal to another world—and beyond. ✨ Firelei Báez’s work suggests the possibility of travelling between histories, colours and forms. She describes some of her paintings as portals, presenting passageways into reimagined pasts and possible futures. This theme extends beyond the canvas—echoed in the exhibition’s arched doorways, which invite viewers to step into new spaces of possibility. In Episode 5 of our interview series, Báez reflects on why she refers to some of her works as portals and
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Microdose Of Art on Instagram: "Firelei Báez paints the stories history tried to erase. Working on maps, books, and archival materials, her art interrupts the idea that history is neutral or fixed. This 2024 piece, Zemi (a new spelling of my name), pulls from myth, memory, and refusal, using excess, color, and layered surfaces to make space for voices left out of the record. This is art that doesn’t just revisit history, it rewrites it. #MicrodoseOfArt #ContemporaryArt #WomenArtists"
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Microdose Of Art on Instagram: "Firelei Báez paints the stories history tried to erase. Working on maps, books, and archival materials, her art interrupts the idea that history is neutral or fixed. This 2024 piece, Zemi (a new spelling of my name), pulls from myth, memory, and refusal, using excess, color, and layered surfaces to make space for voices left out of the record. This is art that doesn’t just revisit history, it rewrites it. #MicrodoseOfArt #ContemporaryArt #WomenArtists"
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❤️‍🔥 Firelei Báez shares insights into her story-driven works. Watch the full video: go.mcachicago.org/baez-video Step into the ethereal worlds she’s created in her exhibition at the MCA—on view now! Installation view, Firelei Báez, MCA Chicago. Nov 15, 2025–May 31, 2026. All copyrighted artworks are reproduced courtesy of the artist and Hauser & Wirth, New York. Video © MCA Chicago. | Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
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❤️‍🔥 Firelei Báez shares insights into her story-driven works. Watch the full video: go.mcachicago.org/baez-video Step into the ethereal worlds she’s created in her exhibition at the MCA—on view now! Installation view, Firelei Báez, MCA Chicago. Nov 15, 2025–May 31, 2026. All copyrighted artworks are reproduced courtesy of the artist and Hauser & Wirth, New York. Video © MCA Chicago. | Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
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What sparked Firelei Báez’s passion for painting? How does she bring her ideas to life? 🎥 We invited the artist to answer visitors' most burning questions. As her stunning mid-career survey enters its final days, we're sharing how she responded! Don’t miss the breathtaking work of Firelei Báez at the Vancouver Art Gallery—only on view until March 16, 2025. Plan you visit at www.vanartgallery.bc.ca/exhibitions/firelei-baez Special thanks to Kirstin Lim and Lyndi Barrett for their questions! | Va
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Artist Firelei Báez takes over our galleries with new immersive installations and large abstract paintings. She uses rich colours, elements from nature, sound and light to reflect on complex colonial histories. The exhibition is a journey through vibrant spaces where ecology, power, and resistance interact. ✨ Free to visit at the South London Gallery, until 8 September. Curated by the 2023-24 New Curators | South London Gallery
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In the sixth and final episode of our interview series, Firelei Báez reflects on who has had a profound impact on her artistic journey and offers invaluable advice for young artists. ✨ Last chance! Don’t miss this must-see exhibition at the Gallery, closing this Sunday, March 16, 2025. Book tickets at https://www.vanartgallery.bc.ca/exhibitions/firelei-baez. Special thanks to Andrew Booth and Kika Memeh for their thoughtful questions! | Vancouver Art Gallery
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Farvel til Firelei... Sidste chance for at opleve udstillingen med den dominikansk-amerikanske kunstner Firelei Báez er i Pinsen - bemærk, museet holder særåbent Pinsedag og 2. pinsedag (19.-20. maj) fra kl. 11-18. #fireleibaez #louisianamuseum #københavn #sidstechance | Louisiana Museum of Modern Art
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Last chance to step into the dazzling world of Firelei Báez, and find enchantment through vibrant storytelling and mythmaking. On view through Labor Day ---> https://bit.ly/4a9spf2 | The Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston
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Enter into the main gallery at the SLG and experience the worlds of Firelei Báez, brought to life with light, plants, colour and sound. Amandine Vabre Chau, one of the 2023-24 New Curators, talks to us about spending time in the space, and why you need to get up close with the works. The exhibition is free to visit and at the SLG until 8 September 💫 | South London Gallery
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Through Vibrant Ruptures, Firelei Báez Untangles Colonialism's Narrative Knot
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🪐 🌷 Now open at Louisiana Museum of Modern Art: Firelei Baez’s first solo exhibition in Europe, focusing mainly on works Báez has created over the past five years, including a large number of new ones. Plan your visit to ‘Firelei Báez. Trust Memory over History’ through 18 February 2024 🔗 https://bit.ly/3tuUFbe Video: Louisiana Museum of Modern Art | Hauser & Wirth
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Firelei Báez: History Interrupted
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The two paintings by artist Firelei Báez on view in Black Earth Rising center the ciguapa, a mythological female trickster figure from Dominican folklore. Get an up-close look as guest curator Ekow Eshun tells us more! 🎟️ Tickets to see the exhibition now through Sunday, Sept. 21 are available at artbma.org/blackearth. Become a BMA Member for free admission. #bmablackearthrising #blackearthrising . 📷 Installation views of Black Earth Rising. May 18 – September 21, 2025. 🖼️ Firelei Báez. Anaca
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Make beautiful watercolor portraits in the style of Firelei Báez. Check out our playlist on youtube, with even more Maker Day ideas! With nearly a dozen new videos that are Maker-themed, we invite you to watch, create, and share with us. bit.ly/SJMAKERS2020 Image: Firelei Báez, “To see beyond it and to access the places that we know outside its walls,” 2015. Gouache and ink on paper, 84 1/2 x 50 inches. Collection of San José Museum of Art. Museum purchase with funds provided by Tad and Jackson
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Visit artist Firelei Báez in her studio, while on residency at Hauser & Wirth Somserset. 🎨 Firelei Báez: Sueño de la Madrugada (A Midnight’s Dream) includes new immersive installations, abstract painting, sound and elements from nature. At the SLG in Camberwell, Peckham Road. Free to visit from 28 June - 8 September 2024 | South London Gallery
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A mysterious figure with backward-facing feet, the ciguapa is a mythic femme creature from Dominican folklore that has captivated Firelei Báez for years. But who is this being, and why does she appear so often in Báez’s work? In Episode 3 of our interview series, Báez reflects on the significance of this powerful, otherworldly protagonist and the role of the body in her practice. How do myths, history and physical presence shape the way we understand Báez’s work? ✨The countdown is on! Explore th
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👀 Peek behind the scenes and watch as Firelei Báez’s immersive installation “A Drexcyen chronocommons (To win the war you fought it sideways)” (2019) comes to life at the Gallery. ✨ In this work, Báez creates a grotto-like space using perforated blue tarp, a material often used for shelter and refuge following natural disasters, particularly in Haiti and the Dominican Republic, where the artist’s family is from. 🌌 Here, the tarps are reimagined as the night sky, or perhaps an underwater world.
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As the Bible says, “as for you, you meant evil against me, but Black woman turn that shit into good.” #fireleibaez #chicago #mca Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago | Amber Wallin
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Artista Firelei Báez expone “Bloodlines” en el Pérez Art Museum de Miami
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“It's always within your grasp to make something new,” says Firelei Báez. “It's exhausting, but limitless.” Tickets now on sale for “Art21 at the Movies:” a two-day event showcasing film premieres and artist-curated screenings that merge the worlds of film and contemporary art. “Firelei Báez: An Open Horizon (or) the Stillness of a Wound” will screen as part of the event. Opening Night Screening and After Party Wednesday, September 13 🕒7-11:00pm 📍Metrograph, LES, NYC Night Two 📅Friday, Septem
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Firelei Báez evokes a misunderstood character from Dominican folklore, the ciguapa, an evasive and cunning female figure. “The normative tone of the story is these are wanton female creatures,” says the artist in our “New York Close Up” film. “The understory is they are highly independent, they're self-possessed, and they feel deeply. So who wouldn't want to be that?” Watch the full film→http://a21.tv/BaezHorizon | Art21
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Wishing a happy birthday to Firelei Báez 🩷 Step into the artist’s New York studio to discover the inspirations behind her powerful new works, including her debut bronze sculpture, now on view at Hauser & Wirth Los Angeles Watch the full film https://hauser-wirth.visitlink.me/0_aJbu ‘Firelei Báez. The fact that it amazes me does not mean I relinquish it’ is on view at Hauser & Wirth Downtown Los Angeles until 5 January 2025 | Hauser & Wirth
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POV: You’re Sipping Your Morning Coffee In This Sun Room. Idaho Living! ☀️ Floor-To-Ceiling Glass, Natural Light Pouring In, And A Seamless Flow To The Back Patio With The Most Peaceful View. This Is The Kind Of Space That Makes You Never Want To Leave Home.
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In Dialogue: The Guggenheim Collection “A pause in the middle of traumatic space.” Firelei Báez speaks with Guggenheim New York curator Katherine Brinson about the layered history behind her painting "Untitled (United States Marine Hospital)" and the complexities of care, access, and resilience. 🎥✨ Watch the full conversation now on the Guggenheim’s YouTube channel! #InDialogue #GuggenheimCollection #FireleiBáez #ArtInConversation | Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
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The Artist’s Voice: Firelei Báez | The Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston
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