Episode No. 776 of The Modern Art Notes Podcast features artist Mark Thomas Gibson and curator Ben Colman.
The Tang Museum at Skidmore College is presenting “Mark Thomas Gibson: We Are a Constellation,” a survey of Gibson’s recent considerations of US history and the relationship between our past and our present. The exhibition was curated by Ian Berry in collaboration with the artist and is on view through January 3, 2027.
Gibson’s work is also featured in “The Crossing: Picturing the American Revolution” at the Michener Art Museum, Doylestown, Penn. “The Crossing” looks at how artists have represented Continental Army commander-in-chief George Washington’s crossing of the Delaware River on Christmas night, 1776. “The Crossing” is particularly interested in how artists have built on and often ‘refuted’ Emanuel Leutze’s famed 1851 Washington Crossing the Delaware, which is in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. The exhibition, which was curated by Laura Igoe, is up through January 10, 2027.
An exhibition of Gibson’s recent work opens at Philadelphia’s Fleisher/Ollman Gallery tomorrow, and remains on view through November 7.
Among the institutions that have presented solo shows of Gibson’s work are the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, The Library Company of Philadelphia, and the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit.
Colman is the curator of “Georgia O’Keeffe: Architecture” at the Detroit Institute of Arts. Across about 35 paintings, the exhibition examines O’Keeffe’s career-long interest in buildings and the built environment. It’s on view through January 3, 2007. The DIA has published a catalogue that is available from Amazon and Bookshop for $32-34.
Instagram: Mark Thomas Gibson, Ben Colman, Tyler Green.
Air date: September 17, 2026.
Mark Thomas Gibson, Suspension of Disbelief, 2023.
Emanuel Leutze, Washington Crossing the Delaware, 1851.
Mark Thomas Gibson, Delaware Crossed, 2012.
Mark Thomas Gibson, The One About George Washington, 2019.
Mark Thomas Gibson, Weathering the Storm, 2024.
Samuel Jennings, Liberty Displaying the Arts and Sciences, or The Genius of America Encouraging the Emancipation of the Blacks, 1792.
Philip Guston, Gladiators, 1940.
Mark Thomas Gibson, Warpaint, 2016
Mark Thomas Gibson, That’s That Fall, 2016.
Mark Thomas Gibson, Everyone Should Have One on Their Wall (Large Painting), 2021.
Installation view of Mark Thomas Gibson, Better Days Ahead (2026), consisting of Paperweight (2025) and A Cure for Depression (2026).
Mark Thomas Gibson, Divides, 2022.
Mark Thomas Gibson, Reconstruction, 2025.
Georgia O’Keeffe. The Shelton with Sunspots, N.Y., 1926.
Georgia O’Keeffe, East River No. 1, 1926.
Georgia O’Keeffe, The East River from the 30th Story of the Shelton Hotel, 1928.
Georgia O’Keeffe, My Shanty, Lake George, 1922.
Georgia O’Keeffe, The House I Live In, 1937.
Georgia O’Keeffe, In the Patio II, 1948.
Georgia O’Keeffe, Black Door with Red, 1954.
