Night Gallery is pleased to announce Rare Earth, a group exhibition featuring work by Marcel Alcalá, March Avery, Hayley Barker, Ross Caliendo, Josh Callaghan, Sean Cavanaugh, Cynthia Daignault, Gracie DeVito, Catherine Fairbanks, Jane Freilicher, Lizzy Gabay, Samara Golden, Katayoun Hosseinrad, Daniel Ingroff, Wanda Koop, Lily Kwong, Tidawhitney Lek, Grant Levy-Lucero, Jake Longstreth, Kyle De Lotto, Kathryn Lynch, Mariko Makino, Claire Milbrath, Madeline Peckenpaugh, Dana Powell, Hayal Pozanti, LaRissa Rogers, Anna Rosen, Mars Singleton, Isshin Tanisaki, Ben Tong, Patrick Walsh, Lisa Williamson and Losel Yauch. The exhibition will be on view from June 6 through August 15, 2026.
Rare Earth, installation view, 2026
Ben Tong, Tuning the Light, 2026
oil on canvas
48 x 36 in
Rare Earth, installation view, 2026
Kathryn Lynch, Pink Haze, 2025
oil on linen
58 x 43 in
Rare Earth, installation view, 2026
Mariko Makino, Moonset, 2026
reclaimed long leaf pine, garden wire, neon tubing, argon gas, string
40 x 21 x 21 in
Rare Earth, installation view, 2026
Dana Powell, Fog Machine, 2026
oil on linen
10 x 13 in
Rare Earth gathers thirty-four artists whose work finds renewed life in the landscape, a subject as ancient as image-making itself and as urgent as the present moment. A curatorial continuation of Night Gallery’s 2022 exhibition Shrubs, which surveyed the natural world as a site of persistence and duality, Rare Earth returns to the land with a renewed sense of possibility and an abiding conviction that the world as it is remains worthy of looking at, again and again.
Claire Milbrath, Yellow Garden, 2026
acrylic on canvas
36 x 72 in
Rare Earth, installation view, 2026
Rare Earth, installation view, 2026
Josh Callaghan, Crooked Tree, 2022
altered tripods, aluminum, steel, enamel paint
110 x 36 x 18 in
Rare earth elements are the hidden materials that comprise contemporary technology—making them a strategically vital and highly contested commodity in global geopolitical markets, embedded in screens, sensors, and satellites, and yet they are also, simply, earth. Minerals. Matter underfoot. The exhibition holds these meanings in productive tension: nature as resource and nature as presence, the landscape as something extracted from and something we exist within.
Rare Earth, installation view, 2026
Rare Earth, installation view, 2026
Madeline Peckenpaugh, Red Night, 2026
oil on linen
71 x 74 in
Isshin Tanisaki, Rainbow, 2026
oil on canvas
60 × 60 in
Rare Earth, installation view, 2026
Isshin Tanisaki, Red Flower, 2026
oil on canvas
40 × 40 in
Rare Earth, installation view, 2026
Rare Earth, installation view, 2026
Katayoun Hosseinrad, Untitled, 2025
oil on canvas
6 x 4 in
Rare Earth, installation view, 2026
Across diverse art practices, Rare Earth engages the natural world in ways that speak to our current moment, between abstraction and representation, intimacy and expanse. Through a range of perspectives the works offer vital and multifaceted considerations of what it means to depict landscape now. These artists are united in their shared attentiveness to fragility and resilience, beauty and uncertainty, as reflected through sustained engagement with the land.
Anna Rosen, Star Dream, 2026
oil on canvas
60 x 67 in
Wanda Koop, No Words (Power Plant), 1990
acrylic on plywood
96 x 96 in
Rare Earth, installation view, 2026
Rare Earth, installation view, 2026
Lisa Williamson, Bloom Fold, 2026
water-based paint and glass particles on primed aluminum
60 x 18 x 12 1/4 in
Lisa Williamson, Bloom Field, 2026
water-based paint and glass particles on primed aluminum
60 x 22 x 1 in
Dana Powell, Country Club, 2026
oil on linen
6 x 8 in
Rare Earth, installation view, 2026
Rare Earth, installation view, 2026
Rare Earth, installation view, 2026
Daniel Ingroff, Bridge to Nowhere, 2026
oil on canvas
62 x 46 in
Lizzy Gabay, Fresh Water Shields a Fish, 2026
oil on linen
48 x 60 in
Rare Earth, installation view, 2026
Mars Singleton, Exhale, 2026
oil on panel
24 x 48 in
Rare Earth, installation view, 2026
Rare Earth, installation view, 2026
Rare Earth, installation view, 2026
Gracie DeVito, Strange Topiary, 2026
oil on paper
8 x 10 1/2 in
Rare Earth, installation view, 2026
Patrick Walsh, Phallacy of Capitalism (Marshall's ed.), 2026
shopping cart, oak tree, cactus, ceramic ollas, soil
95 x 86 x 38 in
Patrick Walsh, Phallacy of Capitalism (Marshall's ed.), 2026
shopping cart, oak tree, cactus, ceramic ollas, soil
95 x 86 x 38 in
Lily Kwong, Subterrestrial, 2024
gravel, 56 logs, 7000 lbs native stones, palette urbanite, 1000 lbs waste materials/concrete extricated from the asphalt, soil, compost 385,000-480,000 wildflower seeds and starts, seven 5g native plants, 25 4' native grasses
dimensions variable
Rare Earth, installation view, 2026
Marcel Alcalá, Whisper in the Chaparral, 2026
oil on canvas
30 x 30 in
Sean Cavanaugh, Europa Lace, 2024
watercolor, oil and pencil on paper
26 1/2 x 20 1/2 in
Where Shrubs embraced a quality of quotidian resilience, Rare Earth tilts toward something more openly celebratory. The works approach landscape not as an elegiac subject but as a living one, revealing the coalescence and interplay between Earth and her inhabitants. Artists from across the world bring their distinct eyes to coastlines, deserts, gardens, and skies in every state of weather. In this plurality, Rare Earth posits the landscape genre itself as a form of community: one built not on proximity but on the common practice of turning toward the world and affixing it through observation.
Rare Earth, installation view, 2026
Rare Earth, installation view, 2026
Hayley Barker, The Beautiful Home 2, 2026
oil on linen
100 x 82 in
Rare Earth, installation view, 2026
Losel Yauch, Flatland, 2026
oil on canvas
40 x 60 in
Rare Earth, installation view, 2026
Rare Earth, installation view, 2026
Rare Earth, installation view, 2026
Ross Caliendo, Scarlet Garden, 2026
oil and acrylic on canvas with artist frame
56 x 66 1/2 in
Rare Earth, installation view, 2026
Ben Tong, I Keep My Visions To Myself, 2026
oil on canvas
66 x 66 in
Rare Earth, installation view, 2026
Cynthia Daignault, Bibliography (Pierre Bonnard), 2026
oIl on linen
15 x 25 in
Cynthia Daignault, Bibliography (Pierre Bonnard), detail, 2026
Rare Earth, installation view, 2026
Isshin Tanisaki, Forest, 2026
oil on canvas
40 × 40 in
Rare Earth, installation view, 2026
Claire Milbrath, Tulips , 2026
acrylic on canvas
30 x 80 in
Rare Earth, installation view, 2026
Katayoun Hosseinrad, Untitled, 2025
oil on canvas
8 1/4 x 10 in
Rare Earth, installation view, 2026
Kyle De Lotto, Blue Blood, 2026
oil on canvas
56 x 36 in
Rare Earth, installation view, 2026
Rare Earth, installation view, 2026
Lizzy Gabay, /Cloud/, 2026
oil on canvas
54 x 48 in
Rare Earth, installation view, 2026
Rare Earth, installation view, 2026
Katayoun Hosseinrad, Untitled, 2024
oil on canvas
9 x 12 in
Rare Earth, installation view, 2026
Mariko Makino
Moonset, 2026
reclaimed long leaf pine, garden wire, neon tubing, argon gas, string
40 x 21 x 21 in (101.6 x 53.3 x 53.3 cm)
Claire Milbrath
Yellow Garden, 2026
acrylic on canvas
36 x 72 in (91.4 x 182.9 cm)
framed: 37 x 72 3/4 x 2 1/4 in (94 x 184.8 x 5.7 cm)
Tidawhitney Lek
Wall of Sunflowers, 2026
glitter, acrylic and oil on canvas
72 x 144 in (182.88 x 365.76 cm)
Josh Callaghan
Crooked Tree, 2022
altered tripods, aluminum, steel, enamel paint
110 x 36 x 18 in (279.4 x 91.4 x 45.7 cm)
Samara Golden
Grey Matter, 2026
wood, mirror, foam, acrylic paint, sawdust, resin
17 1/2 x 31 1/2 x 26 1/4 in (44.5 x 80 x 66.7 cm)
pedestal included: 45 x 31 1/2 x 26 1/4 in (114.3 x 80 x 66.7 cm)
Lisa Williamson
Bloom Fold, 2026
water-based paint and glass particles on primed aluminum
60 x 18 x 12 1/4 in (152.4 x 45.7 x 31.1 cm)
Lisa Williamson
Bloom Field, 2026
water-based paint and glass particles on primed aluminum
60 x 22 x 1 in (152.4 x 55.9 x 2.5 cm)
Daniel Ingroff
Bridge to Nowhere, 2026
oil on canvas
62 x 46 in (157.5 x 116.8 cm)
framed: 63 x 47 in (160 x 119.4 cm)
Catherine Fairbanks
Nine Nurses, One Elephant, Nebraska Grasslands, Under Fritz's Lake, 2026
oil and Flashe on canvas
81 1/2 x 121 1/2 in (207 x 308.6 cm)
Gracie DeVito
Strange Topiary, 2026
oil on paper
8 x 10 1/2 in (20.3 x 26.7 cm)
framed: 9 x 12 in (22.9 x 30.5 cm)
Patrick Walsh
Phallacy of Capitalism (Marshall's ed.), 2026
shopping cart, oak tree, cactus, ceramic ollas, soil
95 x 86 x 38 in (241.3 x 218.4 x 96.5 cm)
Lily Kwong
Subterrestrial, 2024
gravel, 56 logs, 7000 lbs native stones, palette urbanite, 1000 lbs waste materials/concrete extricated from the asphalt, soil, compost 385,000-480,000 wildflower seeds and starts, seven 5g native plants, 25 4' native grasses
dimensions variable
Sean Cavanaugh
Europa Lace, 2024
watercolor, oil and pencil on paper
26 1/2 x 20 1/2 in (67.3 x 52.1 cm)
framed: 29 1/4 x 23 1/4 in (74.3 x 59.1 cm)
LaRissa Rogers
Look at my Hands, 2026
porcelain, steele, enamel
24 1/2 x 14 3/4 x 8 in (62.2 x 37.5 x 20.3 cm)
pedestal included; 65 3/8 x 21 x 21 in (165.9 x 53.3 x 53.3 cm)
Jane Freilicher
Back Yard, 2000-2001
oil on linen
36 x 36 in (91.4 x 91.4 cm)
framed: 37 1/4 x 37 1/4 in (94.6 x 94.6 cm)
Josh Callaghan
Landscape Object #3, 2024
stainless steel
33 x 34 x 30 in (83.8 x 86.4 x 76.2 cm)
Ross Caliendo
Scarlet Garden, 2026
oil and acrylic on canvas with artist frame
56 x 66 1/2 in (142.2 x 168.9 cm)
Cynthia Daignault
Bibliography (Pierre Bonnard), 2026
oIl on linen
15 x 25 in (38.1 x 63.5 cm)
Claire Milbrath
Van Dusen Gardens, 2026
acrylic on canvas
70 x 56 1/2 in (177.8 x 143.5 cm)
framed: 71 1/4 x 57 3/4 x 2 1/4 in (181 x 146.7 x 5.7 cm)
Mariko Makino
Drawn, 2026
reclaimed long leaf pine, garden wire, neon tubing, argon gas, string
53 x 22 1/2 x 17 1/2 in (134.6 x 57.1 x 44.5 cm)
