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P A V E M E N T on view at @ayespaceforus 6/19-8/15

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Before @malcolmjenkins became a two-time Super Bowl champion, an entire ecosystem of coaches, trainers, teammates and institutions helped develop his talent.

Today, as a collector and investor in the arts, he’s thinking about what that same kind of infrastructure looks like for artists.

Because discovering exceptional talent is one thing. Building the conditions for that talent to thrive over the course of a career is another.

For Jenkins, the connection between art and athletics goes far beyond individual excellence. It’s about the people and institutions that make excellence possible.

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Til next year Atlanta Art Fair! Thank you for having @one.contemporary! ❤️💙 #BoothJ01

I’m so proud we were able to host such an amazing artist @brendonreis.art! Thank you for trusting us with your masterful work! ✨✨✨

Swipe to see our booth and a few of my faves from others!! ✨

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A beautiful week of 🖼️✨ @atlartfair!

Wynn and I got to experience artists we already know and love, while also discovering new artists we’ve fallen in love with along the way. From inspiring panels and fun activations to amazing parties, it was truly such a special experience.

The biggest blessing of all? Watching Wynn develop her own eye and appreciation for art. 🎨❤️ There’s nothing like experiencing the art world through her eyes and seeing her curiosity, personality, and perspective begin to shine.

Cheers to raising a little art lover. 🥂✨🙌🏾 #atlantaartfair #2026 #winWYNNsituation

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It’s true, fairs are grueling. This business is so far from glamorous (despite my fits). It’s physically strenuous, there are constant conversations with strangers who can be demanding, weird, wonderful, or all three, and endless time spent explaining, watching, waiting, wondering if anything will ever even happen.

But I still believe there is something valuable about putting art into the world this way. Not every interaction leads somewhere, but you meet SO many people across all kinds of industries and backgrounds. It opens doors you didn’t even know existed.

Be curious. Be kind. Be open-minded about people. Learn what seduces them a little, whether it be with another business or a potential client. And ALL of that requires raw authenticity in my opinion. Be willing to understand people outside of what you know. And stomp the phonies! There are a lot — too many.

The charge of watching someone become enthralled by a work of art, and how stripped down and honest that experience is, resets my optimism in this industry every time. My taste is not your taste, and vice versa. Don’t tell me or anyone else what to like. Guide people toward what they’re drawn to, what makes them linger and want to learn more. And don’t chase a sale! Build a rapport. That’s the hardest part, but also the most interesting.

I’m so grossed out by the snobbery and pretentiousness of the art world. Everyone deserves to immerse themselves in the fantasy art provides and don’t tell them they’re wrong for what they like. To be completely absorbed by something and suspended from the trials of life for a moment is for everyone. The FEELING of a piece of art must come first. Not the prestige.

There is something so visceral about creating the conditions for another person to encounter something that interrupts their senses, even briefly.

Art is not just a commodity, even if it exists within a market. It is a language, an atmosphere, a tool to play in someone else’s life. They’re letting you into their world by showing you the art they created, the art they’re showcasing / selling, and the art they’re collecting.

I’ll never get tired of that🖤

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Day one at the Atlanta Art Fair (@atlartfair) featuring local and international Fine Artists.

Location 📍 @prattpullmandistrict

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A few highlights from Opening Night of @atlartfair

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Under Pressure

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I’m thrilled to announce DEEP DOWN, my newest curatorial project with Irina Toshkova (@tfaadvisory), presented at Atlanta Art Fair 2026, October 1–4 at Pullman Yards’ Porter Hall, Booth F03. Irina and I have been working together since 2016, so this year marks 10 years of collaboration! For this milestone, we brought out an all-star lineup of artists from New Orleans, Miami, Atlanta, Detroit, Baltimore, Charlotte, Los Angeles, Harlem and New Haven whose practices push us to look beyond the surface.

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Objects and images can hold histories, memories, contradictions and meanings that aren’t always immediately visible or legible. The act of looking deeper can often shift what we understand something or someone to be.

DEEP DOWN asks:
What lies beneath the surface?
What is carried within us?
What remains unseen?

These 14 interdisciplinary artists make space for complexity by challenging our perceptions of what can be immediately seen and understood. Across their practices - through materiality, scale and form - perception becomes a point of departure, opening up space for what is felt, remembered, inherited, imagined and understood.

Our Blackness is often read from the surface. DEEP DOWN asks us to look beyond what is immediately visible, and then to look again. What appears to be one thing can become another the longer we stay with it.

A surface is never only a surface.
An object is never only an object.
Deep down, we are more than the surface can contain.

Come see DEEP DOWN at Atlanta Art Fair, Toshkova Fine Art, Booth F03, October 1–4.

Featuring: @nicoelganso @catuxxca @artlovetrap @antylc @midnightolive @dontekhayes @mariomooreart @mvrjoni @blonder.than.necessary @instantglassic @alison_saar @iamdiannesmithart @prophetpropaganda @c.chronicles

#AtlantaArtFair #AtlantaArtFair2026 #DEEPDOWN #ToshkovaFineArt #ContemporaryArt #BlackArt #Curatorial #AtlantaArt #PullmanYards

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(Recap) July 12 - August 30 2026 The Last Resort Artist Retreat Open House/Open Studios

TLRAR Cohort II
Folasade Ologundudu
Murjoni Merriweather
Freddie L. Rankin Il
Jasmine Murrell

Special thanks to all who came out in support of our program.

The Last Resort Artist Retreat (TLRAR) is an international residency based in Baltimore MD that invites four individuals for a six-week long cohort - creatives occupying space in the visual, sound-based, movement-based, culinary, and literary arts, as well as entrepreneurs whose interests seek to enrich the arts. Like many, we believe the creative community elevates society, and to foster this, we find leisure and communion with others a natural transmitting process for human growth.

Charm City Cultural Cultivation (Charmccc) is a 501c3 non-profit anchor organization with three core programs; Zora’s Den, The Last Resort Artist Retreat, Black Baltimore Digital Database. Our headquarters also serves as a hub for additional art and cultural programming that engages with the concerns of the general community, with consideration to our overall interests in working towards outcomes that benefit the city and its citizens at large. We welcome collaboration with like minded organizations as well as with allies who understand the importance of our mission, as we continue to analyze the landscape of the cultural ecosystem, locally, nationally and internationally.

photography @naamantbrown

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Low light lounge vibes

📍 @theroxyhotelnyc

📸: Nikon Z8 + 50mm 1.4g

#nycphotographer #lowlightvibes #loungephotography

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New work for BmoreArt: SEEN: Love Groove Festival. Music, community, and pure joy at the 10th edition of @lovegroovefestival , held for the first time at Point Park in Harbor East.

Founded by Emmy Award-winning composer John Tyler, this year’s festival brought together headliners Robert Glasper, Saba, and Alex Vaughn alongside Baltimore artists and a crowd whose style and energy felt distinctly its own.

A celebration of the people, talent, and creative culture that continue to shape Baltimore.

Photos + text by @ebradyrobinson Full story at @bmoreart Link in bio.

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Murjoni Merriweather works in clay, and what she’s really doing is keeping a record.

P A V E M E N T, her solo installation with AYE Gallery and Altar Studio, showcases vessels that draw from Black ceramic tradition and Black literary inheritance, built to honor the authors, artists, and ancestors who made the road.

Collecting art teaches that preservation is a decision somebody makes. Someone chooses what gets kept, what gets written down, what gets handed to the next person.

In her latest installation, @mvrjoni is making that choice in clay, holding fragility and permanence in the same object.

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