The second edition of New, Old, & Unexpected expands each category. The newest of the “New” is a 2020 work by the New York artist Brendan H. Johnston—a trompe l’oeil triptych that wittily explores issues of material, craft, and illusion. The oldest of the “Old” is a predella by Miguel Alcanyis, the Valencian painter who was a key figure in the transmission of trecento Tuscan style into Spain. And among the “Unexpected” we present an array of works
both challenging and appealing. These include our cover painting, a rare Kunstkammer portrayal of the Danish king and queen around the year 1700,
whose superimposed portraits are each legible only from opposing angles. The artists within the catalogue form a broad international roster: Dutch, Flemish, German, Danish, Italian, American, French, and British. Plus, most distant and perhaps most unexpected, Joseph Ramanankamonjy from Madagascar, represented by two alluring pictures on silk.
