Woodbury House

		[{"id":12806,"link":"https:\/\/woodburyhouseart.com\/blog\/who-is-swoon\/","name":"who-is-swoon","thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/woodburyhouseart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/PHOTO-2026-05-28-18-08-49.jpg","alt":""},"title":"WHO IS SWOON?","postMeta":[],"author":{"name":"woodburyhouse","link":"https:\/\/woodburyhouseart.com\/blog\/author\/woodburyhouse\/"},"date":"Jun 8, 2026","dateGMT":"2026-06-08 16:04:54","modifiedDate":"2026-06-08 16:04:55","modifiedDateGMT":"2026-06-08 16:04:55","commentCount":"0","commentStatus":"closed","categories":{"coma":"<a href=\"https:\/\/woodburyhouseart.com\/blog\/category\/woodbury-house\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Woodbury House<\/a>","space":"<a href=\"https:\/\/woodburyhouseart.com\/blog\/category\/woodbury-house\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Woodbury House<\/a>"},"taxonomies":{"post_tag":""},"readTime":{"min":0,"sec":0},"status":"publish","excerpt":"Caledonia Curry, the artist and filmmaker known around the world as Swoon, was born Caledonia Dance Curry in 1977 in New London, Connecticut, and raised in Daytona Beach, Florida. She grew up in a household shaped by addiction and instability."},{"id":12784,"link":"https:\/\/woodburyhouseart.com\/blog\/swoon-comes-to-woodbury-house-the-life-of-the-work\/","name":"swoon-comes-to-woodbury-house-the-life-of-the-work","thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/woodburyhouseart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Swoon_WH_1.3.jpg","alt":""},"title":"Swoon Comes to Woodbury House | 'The Life of the Work'","postMeta":[],"author":{"name":"woodburyhouse","link":"https:\/\/woodburyhouseart.com\/blog\/author\/woodburyhouse\/"},"date":"Jun 4, 2026","dateGMT":"2026-06-04 14:27:26","modifiedDate":"2026-06-05 07:41:16","modifiedDateGMT":"2026-06-05 07:41:16","commentCount":"0","commentStatus":"closed","categories":{"coma":"<a href=\"https:\/\/woodburyhouseart.com\/blog\/category\/woodbury-house\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Woodbury House<\/a>","space":"<a href=\"https:\/\/woodburyhouseart.com\/blog\/category\/woodbury-house\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Woodbury House<\/a>"},"taxonomies":{"post_tag":""},"readTime":{"min":0,"sec":0},"status":"publish","excerpt":"This summer, Woodbury House presents the first major survey of Swoon's practice ever staged in the United Kingdom, and the artist's first exhibition with the gallery."},{"id":12693,"link":"https:\/\/woodburyhouseart.com\/blog\/the-private-view-always-ever-since-83\/","name":"the-private-view-always-ever-since-83","thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/woodburyhouseart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/TOX_12.jpg","alt":""},"title":"The Private View: 'ALWAYS EVER SINCE 83'","postMeta":[],"author":{"name":"woodburyhouse","link":"https:\/\/woodburyhouseart.com\/blog\/author\/woodburyhouse\/"},"date":"May 28, 2026","dateGMT":"2026-05-28 12:44:06","modifiedDate":"2026-05-28 12:44:07","modifiedDateGMT":"2026-05-28 12:44:07","commentCount":"0","commentStatus":"closed","categories":{"coma":"<a href=\"https:\/\/woodburyhouseart.com\/blog\/category\/other\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Other<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/woodburyhouseart.com\/blog\/category\/toxic\/\" rel=\"category tag\">TOXIC<\/a>","space":"<a href=\"https:\/\/woodburyhouseart.com\/blog\/category\/other\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Other<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/woodburyhouseart.com\/blog\/category\/toxic\/\" rel=\"category tag\">TOXIC<\/a>"},"taxonomies":{"post_tag":""},"readTime":{"min":0,"sec":0},"status":"publish","excerpt":"On Thursday 14th May 2026, Woodbury House hosted the Private View of 'ALWAYS EVER SINCE 83' \u2014 the most significant solo presentation to date by Torrick 'TOXIC' Ablack, and a defining moment in the gallery's programme.He also speaks about the show itself. What 'ALWAYS EVER SINCE 83' means. Why this title, and why now. How the new work differs from what came before. What the symbols he keeps returning to actually mean \u2014 and what people have been taught they mean. Two entirely different things, as he is the first to point out."},{"id":12575,"link":"https:\/\/woodburyhouseart.com\/blog\/always-ever-since-83-by-torrick-toxic-ablack-now-on-view-at-woodbury-house\/","name":"always-ever-since-83-by-torrick-toxic-ablack-now-on-view-at-woodbury-house","thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/woodburyhouseart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/WH-TOXIC-AES83-Gallery-2.jpg","alt":""},"title":"'ALWAYS EVER SINCE 83' BY TORRICK 'TOXIC' ABLACK | NOW ON VIEW AT WOODBURY HOUSE","postMeta":[],"author":{"name":"woodburyhouse","link":"https:\/\/woodburyhouseart.com\/blog\/author\/woodburyhouse\/"},"date":"May 19, 2026","dateGMT":"2026-05-19 12:23:03","modifiedDate":"2026-05-19 12:23:04","modifiedDateGMT":"2026-05-19 12:23:04","commentCount":"0","commentStatus":"closed","categories":{"coma":"<a href=\"https:\/\/woodburyhouseart.com\/blog\/category\/other\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Other<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/woodburyhouseart.com\/blog\/category\/toxic\/\" rel=\"category tag\">TOXIC<\/a>","space":"<a href=\"https:\/\/woodburyhouseart.com\/blog\/category\/other\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Other<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/woodburyhouseart.com\/blog\/category\/toxic\/\" rel=\"category tag\">TOXIC<\/a>"},"taxonomies":{"post_tag":""},"readTime":{"min":0,"sec":0},"status":"publish","excerpt":"'ALWAYS EVER SINCE 83' is a major solo exhibition by Torrick 'TOXIC' Ablack, and his second solo presentation with Woodbury House. The exhibition opened on 15th May and remains on view through 26th June 2026.\nHe also speaks about the show itself. What 'ALWAYS EVER SINCE 83' means. Why this title, and why now. How the new work differs from what came before. What the symbols he keeps returning to actually mean \u2014 and what people have been taught they mean. Two entirely different things, as he is the first to point out."},{"id":12084,"link":"https:\/\/woodburyhouseart.com\/blog\/studio-conversation-with-torrick-toxic-ablack-ahead-of-always-ever-since-83-now-live\/","name":"studio-conversation-with-torrick-toxic-ablack-ahead-of-always-ever-since-83-now-live","thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/woodburyhouseart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/LA_GT_Cover_Doc_1.1.jpg","alt":""},"title":"Studio Conversation with Torrick 'TOXIC' Ablack Ahead of 'ALWAYS EVER SINCE 83' now LIVE!","postMeta":[],"author":{"name":"woodburyhouse","link":"https:\/\/woodburyhouseart.com\/blog\/author\/woodburyhouse\/"},"date":"May 11, 2026","dateGMT":"2026-05-11 09:20:01","modifiedDate":"2026-05-11 09:20:02","modifiedDateGMT":"2026-05-11 09:20:02","commentCount":"0","commentStatus":"closed","categories":{"coma":"<a href=\"https:\/\/woodburyhouseart.com\/blog\/category\/other\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Other<\/a>","space":"<a href=\"https:\/\/woodburyhouseart.com\/blog\/category\/other\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Other<\/a>"},"taxonomies":{"post_tag":""},"readTime":{"min":0,"sec":0},"status":"publish","excerpt":"He speaks about Jean-Michel Basquiat. He speaks about Rammellzee. He speaks about A-One. He speaks about Ikonoklast Panzerism \u2014 the intellectual framework that taught him letters were not passive symbols, but active forces. He speaks about the losses. The displacements. The years when the world moved on and the work continued anyway.\n\nHe also speaks about the show itself. What 'ALWAYS EVER SINCE 83' means. Why this title, and why now. How the new work differs from what came before. What the symbols he keeps returning to actually mean \u2014 and what people have been taught they mean. Two entirely different things, as he is the first to point out."},{"id":11999,"link":"https:\/\/woodburyhouseart.com\/blog\/all-imperfections-included-documentary-toxic-ablack-always-ever-since-83\/","name":"all-imperfections-included-documentary-toxic-ablack-always-ever-since-83","thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/woodburyhouseart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/TOXIC_Bog_2.9.jpg","alt":""},"title":"'All Imperfections Included' by Torrick 'TOXIC' Ablack | Full Documentary Released","postMeta":[],"author":{"name":"woodburyhouse","link":"https:\/\/woodburyhouseart.com\/blog\/author\/woodburyhouse\/"},"date":"Apr 20, 2026","dateGMT":"2026-04-20 08:28:13","modifiedDate":"2026-04-20 08:28:15","modifiedDateGMT":"2026-04-20 08:28:15","commentCount":"0","commentStatus":"closed","categories":{"coma":"<a href=\"https:\/\/woodburyhouseart.com\/blog\/category\/other\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Other<\/a>","space":"<a href=\"https:\/\/woodburyhouseart.com\/blog\/category\/other\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Other<\/a>"},"taxonomies":{"post_tag":""},"readTime":{"min":0,"sec":0},"status":"publish","excerpt":"Today, Woodbury House releases the full documentary from Torrick 'TOXIC' Ablack's 2024 solo exhibition \u2014 'All Imperfections Included.' Thirty minutes. Four decades of work. One artist, entirely in his own words."},{"id":11985,"link":"https:\/\/woodburyhouseart.com\/blog\/we-filmed-everything-lavl\/","name":"we-filmed-everything-lavl","thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/woodburyhouseart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/LA_GT_Cover_Doc_5.jpg","alt":""},"title":"We Filmed Everything.","postMeta":[],"author":{"name":"woodburyhouse","link":"https:\/\/woodburyhouseart.com\/blog\/author\/woodburyhouse\/"},"date":"Apr 15, 2026","dateGMT":"2026-04-15 04:41:28","modifiedDate":"2026-04-15 04:41:29","modifiedDateGMT":"2026-04-15 04:41:29","commentCount":"0","commentStatus":"closed","categories":{"coma":"<a href=\"https:\/\/woodburyhouseart.com\/blog\/category\/other\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Other<\/a>","space":"<a href=\"https:\/\/woodburyhouseart.com\/blog\/category\/other\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Other<\/a>"},"taxonomies":{"post_tag":""},"readTime":{"min":0,"sec":0},"status":"publish","excerpt":"The Documentary on 'Los Angeles: A Visual Lineage' Is Now Live to watch on YouTube \u2014 the full story of one of the most significant exhibitions Woodbury House has presented."},{"id":11951,"link":"https:\/\/woodburyhouseart.com\/blog\/always-ever-since-83-a-solo-exhibition-by-torrick-toxic-ablack\/","name":"always-ever-since-83-a-solo-exhibition-by-torrick-toxic-ablack","thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/woodburyhouseart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/TOX_ART_1.jpg","alt":""},"title":"'Always Ever Since 83' | A Solo Exhibition by Torrick 'TOXIC' Ablack","postMeta":[],"author":{"name":"woodburyhouse","link":"https:\/\/woodburyhouseart.com\/blog\/author\/woodburyhouse\/"},"date":"Apr 13, 2026","dateGMT":"2026-04-13 12:32:30","modifiedDate":"2026-04-24 06:52:22","modifiedDateGMT":"2026-04-24 06:52:22","commentCount":"0","commentStatus":"closed","categories":{"coma":"<a href=\"https:\/\/woodburyhouseart.com\/blog\/category\/other\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Other<\/a>","space":"<a href=\"https:\/\/woodburyhouseart.com\/blog\/category\/other\/\" rel=\"category 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2026","dateGMT":"2026-03-09 16:09:40","modifiedDate":"2026-03-09 16:21:25","modifiedDateGMT":"2026-03-09 16:21:25","commentCount":"0","commentStatus":"closed","categories":{"coma":"<a href=\"https:\/\/woodburyhouseart.com\/blog\/category\/other\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Other<\/a>","space":"<a href=\"https:\/\/woodburyhouseart.com\/blog\/category\/other\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Other<\/a>"},"taxonomies":{"post_tag":""},"readTime":{"min":0,"sec":0},"status":"publish","excerpt":"As part of \u2018Los Angeles: A Visual Lineage\u2019, now on view at Woodbury House in Mayfair, we present the official exhibition foreword written by Dr. Chaz Boj\u00f3rquez."},{"id":11752,"link":"https:\/\/woodburyhouseart.com\/blog\/los-angeles-a-visual-lineage-is-now-open-at-woodbury-house\/","name":"los-angeles-a-visual-lineage-is-now-open-at-woodbury-house","thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/woodburyhouseart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/WH_LAVL_Gallery_2.jpg","alt":""},"title":"\u2018Los Angeles: A Visual Lineage\u2019 Is Now Open at Woodbury House","postMeta":[],"author":{"name":"woodburyhouse","link":"https:\/\/woodburyhouseart.com\/blog\/author\/woodburyhouse\/"},"date":"Mar 4, 2026","dateGMT":"2026-03-04 09:17:59","modifiedDate":"2026-03-04 09:18:02","modifiedDateGMT":"2026-03-04 09:18:02","commentCount":"0","commentStatus":"closed","categories":{"coma":"<a href=\"https:\/\/woodburyhouseart.com\/blog\/category\/other\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Other<\/a>","space":"<a href=\"https:\/\/woodburyhouseart.com\/blog\/category\/other\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Other<\/a>"},"taxonomies":{"post_tag":""},"readTime":{"min":0,"sec":0},"status":"publish","excerpt":"Woodbury House is proud to announce that \u2018Los Angeles: A Visual Lineage\u2019 is now open to the public at our flagship Mayfair gallery, on view from 27th February until 24th April 2026."},{"id":11566,"link":"https:\/\/woodburyhouseart.com\/blog\/who-is-retna\/","name":"who-is-retna","thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/woodburyhouseart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Ret_3.jpg","alt":""},"title":"WHO IS RETNA?","postMeta":[],"author":{"name":"woodburyhouse","link":"https:\/\/woodburyhouseart.com\/blog\/author\/woodburyhouse\/"},"date":"Feb 9, 2026","dateGMT":"2026-02-09 10:22:59","modifiedDate":"2026-02-10 14:43:43","modifiedDateGMT":"2026-02-10 14:43:43","commentCount":"0","commentStatus":"closed","categories":{"coma":"<a href=\"https:\/\/woodburyhouseart.com\/blog\/category\/other\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Other<\/a>","space":"<a href=\"https:\/\/woodburyhouseart.com\/blog\/category\/other\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Other<\/a>"},"taxonomies":{"post_tag":""},"readTime":{"min":0,"sec":0},"status":"publish","excerpt":"RETNA\u2019s defining contribution lies in the development of his distinctive script-based visual language. Drawing from a wide range of historical and global writing systems \u2014 including Blackletter, Egyptian hieroglyphs, Arabic and Hebrew calligraphy, and traditional graffiti handstyles \u2014 he constructed an alphabet that feels ancient and familiar, yet resists translation."}]	

		[{"id":12806,"link":"https:\/\/woodburyhouseart.com\/blog\/who-is-swoon\/","name":"who-is-swoon","thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/woodburyhouseart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/PHOTO-2026-05-28-18-08-49.jpg","alt":""},"title":"WHO IS SWOON?","postMeta":[],"author":{"name":"woodburyhouse","link":"https:\/\/woodburyhouseart.com\/blog\/author\/woodburyhouse\/"},"date":"Jun 8, 2026","dateGMT":"2026-06-08 16:04:54","modifiedDate":"2026-06-08 16:04:55","modifiedDateGMT":"2026-06-08 16:04:55","commentCount":"0","commentStatus":"closed","categories":{"coma":"<a href=\"https:\/\/woodburyhouseart.com\/blog\/category\/woodbury-house\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Woodbury House<\/a>","space":"<a href=\"https:\/\/woodburyhouseart.com\/blog\/category\/woodbury-house\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Woodbury House<\/a>"},"taxonomies":{"post_tag":""},"readTime":{"min":0,"sec":0},"status":"publish","excerpt":"Caledonia Curry, the artist and filmmaker known around the world as Swoon, was born Caledonia Dance Curry in 1977 in New London, Connecticut, and raised in Daytona Beach, Florida. 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What 'ALWAYS EVER SINCE 83' means. Why this title, and why now. How the new work differs from what came before. What the symbols he keeps returning to actually mean \u2014 and what people have been taught they mean. Two entirely different things, as he is the first to point out."},{"id":12575,"link":"https:\/\/woodburyhouseart.com\/blog\/always-ever-since-83-by-torrick-toxic-ablack-now-on-view-at-woodbury-house\/","name":"always-ever-since-83-by-torrick-toxic-ablack-now-on-view-at-woodbury-house","thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/woodburyhouseart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/WH-TOXIC-AES83-Gallery-2.jpg","alt":""},"title":"'ALWAYS EVER SINCE 83' BY TORRICK 'TOXIC' ABLACK | NOW ON VIEW AT WOODBURY HOUSE","postMeta":[],"author":{"name":"woodburyhouse","link":"https:\/\/woodburyhouseart.com\/blog\/author\/woodburyhouse\/"},"date":"May 19, 2026","dateGMT":"2026-05-19 12:23:03","modifiedDate":"2026-05-19 12:23:04","modifiedDateGMT":"2026-05-19 12:23:04","commentCount":"0","commentStatus":"closed","categories":{"coma":"<a href=\"https:\/\/woodburyhouseart.com\/blog\/category\/other\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Other<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/woodburyhouseart.com\/blog\/category\/toxic\/\" rel=\"category tag\">TOXIC<\/a>","space":"<a href=\"https:\/\/woodburyhouseart.com\/blog\/category\/other\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Other<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/woodburyhouseart.com\/blog\/category\/toxic\/\" rel=\"category tag\">TOXIC<\/a>"},"taxonomies":{"post_tag":""},"readTime":{"min":0,"sec":0},"status":"publish","excerpt":"'ALWAYS EVER SINCE 83' is a major solo exhibition by Torrick 'TOXIC' Ablack, and his second solo presentation with Woodbury House. 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He speaks about Rammellzee. He speaks about A-One. He speaks about Ikonoklast Panzerism \u2014 the intellectual framework that taught him letters were not passive symbols, but active forces. He speaks about the losses. The displacements. The years when the world moved on and the work continued anyway.\n\nHe also speaks about the show itself. What 'ALWAYS EVER SINCE 83' means. Why this title, and why now. How the new work differs from what came before. What the symbols he keeps returning to actually mean \u2014 and what people have been taught they mean. Two entirely different things, as he is the first to point out."},{"id":11999,"link":"https:\/\/woodburyhouseart.com\/blog\/all-imperfections-included-documentary-toxic-ablack-always-ever-since-83\/","name":"all-imperfections-included-documentary-toxic-ablack-always-ever-since-83","thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/woodburyhouseart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/TOXIC_Bog_2.9.jpg","alt":""},"title":"'All Imperfections Included' by Torrick 'TOXIC' Ablack | Full Documentary Released","postMeta":[],"author":{"name":"woodburyhouse","link":"https:\/\/woodburyhouseart.com\/blog\/author\/woodburyhouse\/"},"date":"Apr 20, 2026","dateGMT":"2026-04-20 08:28:13","modifiedDate":"2026-04-20 08:28:15","modifiedDateGMT":"2026-04-20 08:28:15","commentCount":"0","commentStatus":"closed","categories":{"coma":"<a href=\"https:\/\/woodburyhouseart.com\/blog\/category\/other\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Other<\/a>","space":"<a href=\"https:\/\/woodburyhouseart.com\/blog\/category\/other\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Other<\/a>"},"taxonomies":{"post_tag":""},"readTime":{"min":0,"sec":0},"status":"publish","excerpt":"Today, Woodbury House releases the full documentary from Torrick 'TOXIC' Ablack's 2024 solo exhibition \u2014 'All Imperfections Included.' Thirty minutes. Four decades of work. One artist, entirely in his own words."},{"id":11985,"link":"https:\/\/woodburyhouseart.com\/blog\/we-filmed-everything-lavl\/","name":"we-filmed-everything-lavl","thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/woodburyhouseart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/LA_GT_Cover_Doc_5.jpg","alt":""},"title":"We Filmed Everything.","postMeta":[],"author":{"name":"woodburyhouse","link":"https:\/\/woodburyhouseart.com\/blog\/author\/woodburyhouse\/"},"date":"Apr 15, 2026","dateGMT":"2026-04-15 04:41:28","modifiedDate":"2026-04-15 04:41:29","modifiedDateGMT":"2026-04-15 04:41:29","commentCount":"0","commentStatus":"closed","categories":{"coma":"<a href=\"https:\/\/woodburyhouseart.com\/blog\/category\/other\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Other<\/a>","space":"<a href=\"https:\/\/woodburyhouseart.com\/blog\/category\/other\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Other<\/a>"},"taxonomies":{"post_tag":""},"readTime":{"min":0,"sec":0},"status":"publish","excerpt":"The Documentary on 'Los Angeles: A Visual Lineage' Is Now Live to watch on YouTube \u2014 the full story of one of the most significant exhibitions Woodbury House has presented."},{"id":11951,"link":"https:\/\/woodburyhouseart.com\/blog\/always-ever-since-83-a-solo-exhibition-by-torrick-toxic-ablack\/","name":"always-ever-since-83-a-solo-exhibition-by-torrick-toxic-ablack","thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/woodburyhouseart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/TOX_ART_1.jpg","alt":""},"title":"'Always Ever Since 83' | A Solo Exhibition by Torrick 'TOXIC' Ablack","postMeta":[],"author":{"name":"woodburyhouse","link":"https:\/\/woodburyhouseart.com\/blog\/author\/woodburyhouse\/"},"date":"Apr 13, 2026","dateGMT":"2026-04-13 12:32:30","modifiedDate":"2026-04-24 06:52:22","modifiedDateGMT":"2026-04-24 06:52:22","commentCount":"0","commentStatus":"closed","categories":{"coma":"<a href=\"https:\/\/woodburyhouseart.com\/blog\/category\/other\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Other<\/a>","space":"<a href=\"https:\/\/woodburyhouseart.com\/blog\/category\/other\/\" rel=\"category 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tag\">Other<\/a>","space":"<a href=\"https:\/\/woodburyhouseart.com\/blog\/category\/other\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Other<\/a>"},"taxonomies":{"post_tag":""},"readTime":{"min":0,"sec":0},"status":"publish","excerpt":"On Thursday 26th February 2026, Woodbury House hosted the Private View of \u2018Los Angeles: A Visual Lineage\u2019, marking a defining moment in the gallery\u2019s programme and a rare convergence of Los Angeles\u2019 foundational visual language with London\u2019s contemporary art landscape."},{"id":11875,"link":"https:\/\/woodburyhouseart.com\/blog\/chaz-bojorquez-on-los-angeles-a-visual-lineage\/","name":"chaz-bojorquez-on-los-angeles-a-visual-lineage","thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/woodburyhouseart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Chaz_1.1.jpg","alt":""},"title":"Chaz Boj\u00f3rquez on \u2018Los Angeles: A Visual Lineage\u2019","postMeta":[],"author":{"name":"woodburyhouse","link":"https:\/\/woodburyhouseart.com\/blog\/author\/woodburyhouse\/"},"date":"Mar 9, 2026","dateGMT":"2026-03-09 16:09:40","modifiedDate":"2026-03-09 16:21:25","modifiedDateGMT":"2026-03-09 16:21:25","commentCount":"0","commentStatus":"closed","categories":{"coma":"<a href=\"https:\/\/woodburyhouseart.com\/blog\/category\/other\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Other<\/a>","space":"<a href=\"https:\/\/woodburyhouseart.com\/blog\/category\/other\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Other<\/a>"},"taxonomies":{"post_tag":""},"readTime":{"min":0,"sec":0},"status":"publish","excerpt":"As part of \u2018Los Angeles: A Visual Lineage\u2019, now on view at Woodbury House in Mayfair, we present the official exhibition foreword written by Dr. Chaz Boj\u00f3rquez."},{"id":11752,"link":"https:\/\/woodburyhouseart.com\/blog\/los-angeles-a-visual-lineage-is-now-open-at-woodbury-house\/","name":"los-angeles-a-visual-lineage-is-now-open-at-woodbury-house","thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/woodburyhouseart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/WH_LAVL_Gallery_2.jpg","alt":""},"title":"\u2018Los Angeles: A Visual Lineage\u2019 Is Now Open at Woodbury House","postMeta":[],"author":{"name":"woodburyhouse","link":"https:\/\/woodburyhouseart.com\/blog\/author\/woodburyhouse\/"},"date":"Mar 4, 2026","dateGMT":"2026-03-04 09:17:59","modifiedDate":"2026-03-04 09:18:02","modifiedDateGMT":"2026-03-04 09:18:02","commentCount":"0","commentStatus":"closed","categories":{"coma":"<a href=\"https:\/\/woodburyhouseart.com\/blog\/category\/other\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Other<\/a>","space":"<a href=\"https:\/\/woodburyhouseart.com\/blog\/category\/other\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Other<\/a>"},"taxonomies":{"post_tag":""},"readTime":{"min":0,"sec":0},"status":"publish","excerpt":"Woodbury House is proud to announce that \u2018Los Angeles: A Visual Lineage\u2019 is now open to the public at our flagship Mayfair gallery, on view from 27th February until 24th April 2026."},{"id":11566,"link":"https:\/\/woodburyhouseart.com\/blog\/who-is-retna\/","name":"who-is-retna","thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/woodburyhouseart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Ret_3.jpg","alt":""},"title":"WHO IS RETNA?","postMeta":[],"author":{"name":"woodburyhouse","link":"https:\/\/woodburyhouseart.com\/blog\/author\/woodburyhouse\/"},"date":"Feb 9, 2026","dateGMT":"2026-02-09 10:22:59","modifiedDate":"2026-02-10 14:43:43","modifiedDateGMT":"2026-02-10 14:43:43","commentCount":"0","commentStatus":"closed","categories":{"coma":"<a href=\"https:\/\/woodburyhouseart.com\/blog\/category\/other\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Other<\/a>","space":"<a href=\"https:\/\/woodburyhouseart.com\/blog\/category\/other\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Other<\/a>"},"taxonomies":{"post_tag":""},"readTime":{"min":0,"sec":0},"status":"publish","excerpt":"RETNA\u2019s defining contribution lies in the development of his distinctive script-based visual language. Drawing from a wide range of historical and global writing systems \u2014 including Blackletter, Egyptian hieroglyphs, Arabic and Hebrew calligraphy, and traditional graffiti handstyles \u2014 he constructed an alphabet that feels ancient and familiar, yet resists translation."}]