FALCON Art Collective, a group of New York-based artists and curators dedicated to reactivating urban spaces through independent cultural initiatives, is pleased to present their inaugural exhibition, R U STILL PAINTING???, an arbitrary, non-national, non-rational, unofficial, and incomplete painting survey.
The show will transform 40,000 square feet of corporate, under-construction space in Midtown into a
sprawling exhibition. The curators’ choice of a gutted, raw space expresses the will of an artist community to reclaim agency in a landscape where independent creative space is vanishing at speed. With R U STILL PAINTING???, FALCON carries onward the spirit and playfulness of New York’s early 2000’s art scene.
R U STILL PAINTING??? is not a question posed to the artists, but a provocation drawn from online culture — both a meme and an ironic response to a digital visual world where the human hand is allegedly no longer required to generate multiple imaginaries.
R U STILL PAINTING??? celebrates the imperfect nature of the physical — painting that bleeds and groans, stumbles and laughs as it fractures imagery into unexpected forms. These canvases reclaim
inconsistency as a virtue, discovering meaning through the push and pull of physical gesture. Far from being a relic of history, painting reemerges here with evolving urgency: in a disembodied age, paint becomes a declaration of the artist’s embodied presence.
The exhibition is curated by FALCON co-founders Paololuca Barbieri Marchi and Marco Boggio Sella, in collaboration with Heather Hubbs. Produced by Arts Nonprofit RRASP. Special thanks to Antonella Rodriguez Boccanelli. Music by Greg Paulus Live Band.
PARTICIPATING ARTISTS

Justin Adian, Uri Aran, assume vivid astro focus, Paololuca Barbieri Marchi, Sam Barsky, Marco Boggio Sella, Bryson Brodie, Edgar Bryan, Merlin Carpenter, You Ni Chae, Patrick Concklin, Rob Davis, Maia De Estal, Andre Ethier, Jason Fox, Jonah Freeman, Justin John Greene, Heather Guertin, Johanna Hickey, Chris Hood, Marcus Jahmal, Robert Janitz, Kosuke Kawahara, Bill Komoski, Sadie Laska, William Latta, Austin Lee, Justin Lowe, Alastair Mackinven, Servane Mary, Alissa McKendrick, Elizabeth Neel, Valerio Nicolai, Alessandro Pessoli, Blake Rayne, Scott Reeder, Tyson Reeder, Hollis Robison, Hanneline Røgeberg, Sally Ross, Adrianne Rubenstein, Gibb Slife, Robert Storr, Su Su, Spencer Sweeney, Cheyney Thompson, Josh Tonsfeldt, Kon Trubkovich, Marianne Vitale, Michael Wetzel, Viola Ye?iltaç.

Curated by: FALCON Art Collective Produced by: RRASP 520 8th Ave, New York, NY 10018, 15th Floor
VIP Opening: Tuesday, May 6th, 2025, 5PM–9PM
*Due to limited capacity, please visit falconnyc.com to reserve your attendance
About
FALCON Art Collective is a group of New York–based artists and curators dedicated to reactivating urban spaces through independent cultural initiatives. FALCON’s mission is to promote contemporary art while cultivating meaningful relationships among artists. The collective takes a pragmatic view of the New York art market — using it as a tool, not as an end in itself. FALCON was founded by Paololuca Barbieri Marchi, Marco Boggio Sella, and Rebecca Reyes Rock.
RRASP is a non-profit organization established to support exhibitions, residency programs, and cultural
collaborations across the fields of art, entrepreneurship, and real estate in New York City. Its mission is to
foster the circulation of independent, high-quality cultural initiatives, support emerging talent, and serve as a catalyst for dialogue between creative and commercial communities.
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