The Thirty Six for Coral auction runs through June 22. A special gala event in Cap Ferrat on June 20th features 10 lots that will be auctioned off live & via-live stream for bidders that cannot attend in person. All proceeds benefit coral reefs. To learn more visit www.forcoral.org

Bid to create a future for coral reefs. 

<div><span><b>NANA FUNO</b></span></div><div><span><i>Fingerprints of Tide, Eardrum of the Sea</i></span></div><div><br></div><div><span>Acrylic on panel</span></div><div><span>162.0 x 112.0 cm each (set/2 pieces )</span></div><div><br></div><div>2025</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Nana Funo’s dense images are delicately and laboriously constructed, through a process the artist describes as “woolly yet very sharp at the same time.” Each of her works is built up in a complex series of layers: she paints acrylic on the work’s base, creates her image in pen, applies gesso to create gradation, and finally masks the surface in another layer of acrylic paint. The final work has both depth and kaleidoscopic texture. The subjects of Funo’s works appear fantastical, but are in fact based on her day-to-day experiences and moods; recurring motifs include figures, animals, flora and fauna, and writing.</div>

NANA FUNO  |  Fingerprints of Tide, Eardrum of the Sea

<p><span><b>Bid Now! The Coral Collective brings some of the worldʼs most celebrated artists together with its Thirty Six for Coral exhibition and sale.&nbsp;</b></span></p><p></p><p><span>The online auction opens on May 28th and bidding will remain open until June 22nd. Fourteen pieces will be selected for a live auction on June 20th. Bidders will be informed on June 19th which pieces will be in the live auction, and can participate in the online via our live-streamed event.</span></p><p></p><p><span>Thirty Six for Coral is being exhibited at the iconic Grand Hôtel du Cap-Ferrat in the South of France from June 12-20. This immersive exhibition brings together 36 celebrated artists whose stunning works will serve as a powerful call to action for global conservation efforts for coral reefs, the rainforests of the sea. The exhibition aims to raise global awareness and secure essential funding for protection and restoration of one of the most critically endangered ecosystems on Earth.</span></p><p><span>This exhibition has been made possible by the Pavoncelli Foundation. We would also like to thank Hedley's and OMOSS for their support.</span></p><p></p><p><span>To learn about conservation impact being made, please visit: <a target="_BLANK" href="https://www.forcoral.org/impact">https://www.forcoral.org/impact</a></span></p><p><span>For enquiries, please contact: <a target="_BLANK" href="http://michele@weareprojectzero.org" data-prev-tabindex="" tabindex="-1">michele@weareprojectzero.org</a></span></p><p></p>


<p><b>DUSTIN YELLIN</b></p><p><i>Help!</i></p><p><br></p><p>UV printed glass, Epoxy</p><div><span>19 1/8 x 8 1/8 x 6 3/8 Inches</span></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Dustin Yellin describes his inventive sculptures as works of “frozen cinema.” He embeds streaks of paint and a riot of tiny images snipped from old magazines, art history books, encyclopedias, dictionaries, and found notebooks into sheets of laminated glass. The collage elements coalesce into intricate, shape-shifting narrative scenes, human figures, or isolated natural forms. Yellin’s sculptures can feel once contemporary and ancient, like fossilized organisms preserved in amber. The artist has exhibited in Los Angeles, New York, Amsterdam, London, Madrid, and beyond, and his work has sold for six figures at auction. In 2012, Yellin founded Pioneer Works, a multidisciplinary community cultural center in Brooklyn that hosts artist residencies, mounts large-scale exhibitions (Bosco Sodi, Jacolby Satterwhite, Nan Goldin, and Anthony McCall have all enjoyed solo shows here), and counts artists Shirin Neshat, Mickalene Thomas, and Michael Joo among its advisors.</div><div><br></div><p></p>


DUSTIN YELLIN  |  Help!

<b>WALTON FORD</b><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><b>Study for Bisclavret</b></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Watercolor, gouache, and ink on paper</div><div><br></div><div>42.54 x36.83cm&nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>Framed&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>2022</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Turning the work of naturalist and painter John James Audubon on its head, Walton Ford imbues the flora and fauna in his own watercolors and prints with sex, violence, and melodrama. His aim is to satirically comment on the history of colonialism, slavery, and other forms of oppression. The beauty and naturalism of his meticulously rendered scenes belie their comedic grotesqueness. As he explains, “I think that there’s almost no subject that you can’t treat with some humor, no matter how brutal it can seem.”</div>

WALTON FORD  |  Study for Bisclavret

<b>SHOLTO BLISSETT</b><div><br></div><div><i>WORLD MAKER III</i></div><div><br></div><div>Oil on Canvas&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>100 x 110cm, 39 1/4 x 43 1/4 in</div><div><br></div><div>2025</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Sholto Blissett paints highly detailed imaginary landscapes inhabited by a variety of topographical, riverine and architectural forms. Growing up in a small village surrounded by the ancient sites of Stonehenge and Avebury stone circle, Blissett has a long-standing interest in the fictions societies create to understand their place in nature. His work, achieved through layered washes and the meticulous application of oil, centers on our relationship to the aesthetics of ‘Nature’ and how our contemporary moment challenges the ways in which we have historically chosen to understand our place within the natural world. Evoking principles of surrealism and romanticism alongside renaissance painting styles such as capriccio and veduta, Blissett’s work presents us with a view of nature that folds cultural constructions of wilderness and the sublime into uncanny, dreamlike visions of our contemporary moment.</div><div><br></div><div>Solo Exhibitions</div><div>Arboreal, Peres Projects, Milan, 2023</div><div>Rubicon, Alexander Berggruen, New York, 2023</div><div>Ship of Fools, Hannah Barry Gallery, London, 2022</div><div><br></div><div>Fairs</div><div>Frieze London, Peres Projects, London, 2023</div><div>KIAF Seoul, Peres Projects, Seoul, 2023</div><div>Art Basel, Peres Projects, Basel, 2023</div><div><br></div><div>Group Exhibitions</div><div>Fantastic Landscapes, Double Q Gallery, Hong Kong, 2023</div><div>High Voltage 4, Nassima Landau Art Foundation, Tel Aviv, 2023</div><div>Colnaghi New Masters, Sholto Blissett X Hubert Robert, Colnaghi, London, 2022</div><div>Manscaping, The Hole, New York, 2022</div><div>Lost at Sea, The Artist Room, London, 2022</div><div>The Natural World: Part II, Alexander Berggruen, New York, 2022</div><div>Sholto Blissett, Emma Fineman, Madeline Peckenpaugh, Alexander Berggruen, New York, 2021</div><div>Utopia, Peres Projects, Berlin, 2021</div><div>Tree and Leaf, Hannah Barry Gallery, London, 2021</div><div>Down in Albion, L.U.P.O, Milan, 2021</div><div>The Earth, That is Sufficient, Nicola Vassell, New York, 2021</div><div>Rites of Passage, Unit London, London, 2021</div><div>Tomorrow: London, White Cube, London, 2020</div><div>London Grads Now, Saatchi Gallery, London, 2020</div><div>CIRCA 2020, Piccadilly Circus, London, 2020</div><div>IRL, Unit London, London, 2020</div><div>Final, not Over. Session 1: Open Fields, Unit 1 Gallery, London, 2020</div><div>Royal College of Art/Slade Graduation Show, Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery, London 2020</div><div>50/50, FOLD Gallery, London, 2020</div><div>Wintergreen Boxwood, No20 Arts, London, 2020</div><div>RCA 2020, Royal College of Art, London, 2020</div><div><br></div><div>Representation</div><div>Hannah Barry Gallery, London</div><div>Alexander Berggruen, New York</div><div><br></div><div>Education</div><div>MA Painting, Royal College of Art, 2018-2020</div><div>BA Hons Geography, Durham University, 2014-2017</div><div><br></div><div>Copyright Sholto Blissett</div><div>Courtesy the artist and Hannah Barry Gallery, London, UK. Photography: © Damian Griffiths</div>

SHOLTO BLISSETT  |  WORLD MAKER III

<b>TOUILS</b><div><br></div><div><i>La Pêche Aux Perles&nbsp;</i></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Oil, acrylic and oil pastel on canvas</div><div><br></div><div>200 x 220cm</div><div><br></div><div>2025</div><div><br></div><div>Touils has learned that personal success is a solo journey. From his studio in Lille, France, the Moroccan-born artist infuses his canvases with warmth and joy, shunning dark tones. His art reflects his desire to explore new places, with vibrant colors and light defining his style. Touils’s challenging upbringing forged him into a resilient self-taught artist, split between Morocco and France during his childhood. From a tender age, he shouldered responsibilities beyond his years, laboring to support his family instead of attending school. His move to Lille at age 18 marked a pivotal moment, igniting his determination to overcome adversity through art. Inspired by Impressionists like Monet and Van Gogh, Touils employs acrylic, spray, and oil paints to construct vibrant layers on canvas. His brushstrokes, reminiscent of his idols, evoke feelings of joy and tranquility.</div>

NANA FUNO | Fingerprints of Tide, Eardrum of the Sea

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