In my view, non-objective and abstract art have a special role in describing non-Newtonian reality—a reality in which our five senses are of little use.
We are thrilled to announce Epic Abstraction, a solo exhibition of early work by Al Held at James Fuentes Gallery in Los Angeles. Presenting works made between 1959 and 1965, the show charts his dramatic progression from pigment-heavy gestural abstractions to a disciplined vocabulary of hard-edged geometry. The exhibition marks the first solo presentation of Held's work in Los Angeles in five decades.
We are pleased to inaugurate the 2026 season with Koyoltzintli's solo exhibition, How to Play a Broken Bone. Curated by Jess Wilcox and presented in partnership with River Valley Arts Collective, this new body of work continues to engage the artist's core themes, such as material memory, cosmology, and embodied knowledge.
The Al Held Foundation is thrilled to announce the donation of Noah’s Focus II (1970) to the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao just . Measuring 25 feet wide, this impressive large-scale work from Held's black and white period has taken up residence on the museum’s third floor, within a permanent collection presentation titled "Abstraction and Space," curated by Marta Blàvia.