June Leaf

“The Explosive Ecstasy of June Leaf”
June Leaf: Shooting from the Heart Exhibition Review
Hyperallergic, October 7, 2025

by Faye Hirsch “Nobody knew what was in my mind anyway, least of all myself,” late artist June Leaf said in a 2010 interview about her creative awakening as a child in Chicago. “So little did [my mother] realize that what was being developed in her house was a volcano.” No wonder that, in many […]

“June Leaf Gets Her Due— and a Seven Decade Retrospective”
June Leaf Exhibition Feature
Cultured, September 30, 2025

As a child, the late artist June Leaf approached a teacher to show her a drawing she had made of a Biblical scene. Without even looking up, the teacher assumed Leaf was asking for permission to go to the bathroom. “I looked at her, and I looked in my hands, and I thought, Oh. That’s how it is. […]

“New York Art Exhibition Insights Autumn 2025”
June Leaf: Shooting from the Heart Exhibition Feature
Artlyst, September 28, 2025

June Leaf, the legendary artist and wife of photographer Robert Frank, were my neighbour. They were often seen on the street, in their eighth decade and full of energy. Robert and June hung outside their loft on Bleecker Street, watching the neighbourhood, which was bustling with old-timers, hipsters, and NYU kids. Continue Reading

“15 Women-Led Art Shows to See in New York This Fall”
June Leaf: Shooting from the Heart Exhibition Feature
Vogue, September 22, 2025

By Fiorella Valdesolo While New York Fashion Week has come to an end, for anyone whose eyes are still starved for beauty, there is a formidable list of ongoing women-led art happenings to fill your calendar. Here, we recommend some long, leisurely art strolling in lieu of that perpetual scrolling. Continue Reading

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Conversation about June Leaf Exhibition: Sam Adams, Allison Kemmerer, Gordon Wilkins and Barry Schwabsky
NSE #1254, Brooklyn Rail, September 19, 2025

Curators Sam Adams, Allison Kemmerer, and Gordon Wilkins join Rail Editor-at-Large Barry Schwabsky for a conversation on Zoom June Leaf: Shooting from the Heart Recorded on Friday, September 19, 2025

“June Leaf at the Grey Art Museum — grace and rage in one thrilling mix”
June Leaf: Shooting from the Heart Exhibition Review
Financial Times, September 17, 2025

A retrospective in New York is a sweeping examination of the artist’s creative and destructive sides by Ariella Budick June Leaf, who died last year at 94, refused to put herself in a box, although her art includes all sorts of confining containers. Leaf’s 75-year career trajectory only rarely crossed her peers’; her mythology was […]

“June Leaf on Screen”
June Leaf: Shooting from the Heart Exhibition Feature
Anthology Film Archives, September 15, 2025

This fall, one of the most exciting exhibitions in recent memory arrives: a survey of the paintings, drawings, and sculptures of the great June Leaf (1929-2024). One of the finest artists of her generation, Leaf was also, for decades, a crucial and beloved figure in the cultural lives of both New York City and Mabou, […]

“June Leaf: Rage Against the Machine”
June Leaf: Shooting from the Heart Exhibition Review
Whitehot Magazine, September 11, 2025

by Josh Niland This summer in Andover, Massachusetts, I had the chance to take in the enthralling June Leaf retrospective June Leaf: Shooting from the Heart at the Addison Gallery of American Art on the campus of Phillips Academy (about one hour north of Boston). The premier iteration of the show, which will next travel to NYU’s Grey […]

“NYU’s Grey Art Museum Presents June Leaf: Shooting from the Heart”
June Leaf: Shooting from the Heart Exhibition Feature
Soho Broadway, September 9, 2025

NYU’s Grey Art Museum hosts the traveling exhibition, June Leaf: Shooting from the Heart, the first comprehensive retrospective of the artist June Leaf (1929–2024) in more than thirty years. Continue Reading

“NYU’s Grey Art Museum celebrates June Leaf’s decades-long career in new retrospective”
June Leaf: Shooting from the Heart Exhibition Feature
Art Daily, September 9, 2025