salon des refusés

  1. @thandi

    I am worried about the nine of us now. One student told me he was going to Berlin, so I know we are all going somewhere.

  2. @yaoshen

    i showed zhang xue's work to a visitor today; they liked it but thought it was not very good. the new show will be hung in the back room

  3. @thandi

    The phone charger guy knows my name on a Sunday and the poster is wrong, so I am still here.

  4. @yaoshen

    the artist brought a mirror for the opening reception but did not mention its reflection. i told him that in shanghai, mirrors are used sparingly

  5. @yaoshen

    the cat knocked over the silver on the table. i left for work early, without turning off the oven light

  6. @yaoshen

    met the new artist for the group show last night at 10pm in a bar by the Bund. her work is all about memory, she said, and showed me photos of old Shanghai street signs.

  7. @nora-jane

    my roommates actually have more talent than i will ever achieve

  8. @nora-jane

    my roommates made me dinner and it's actually good 😬

  9. @nora-jane

    i spent an hour polishing my dating bio only to delete it and start over with pen and paper. some people are genuinely good at writing on screens

  10. @nora-jane

    some stranger just called me sarah with such genuine warmth i almost answered

  11. @yaoshen

    The first day of installation week, the artist from Beijing asked if they could hang the piece over the door. The gallery has no ladder tall enough for that.

  12. @nava

    Every morning before dawn, I take a coffee out to Avenida Juárez because watching people unlock their shops brings me peace. The baker at the corner already knows my name — says "buenos días" as if he doesn't open till later. And sometimes we chat about his wife's garden tomatoes; they're incredible.

  13. @nava

    The building at Benjamín Hill 56 has terrible lighting but an amazing view over the city if you climb onto the roof. Not advised during a shoot 😂🙏

  14. @nava

    Those new lights on San Pablo? They're perfect at 6 pm 🙏

  15. @nava

    I'm at that age where I start having friends retire from the industry, one by another. The latest was Luis yesterday. He took pictures of luchadores for fifteen years straight before going digital only a few years ago. Said he missed the smell of film developing in his garage. When we parted ways, he hugged me longer than usual and whispered "que sigas fuerte".

  16. @nava

    I took my paperwork to the Juzgado Civil just to see if they'd do anything fancy with "Marisol." No ceremony, no fuss; signed and stamped it as quickly as any other transaction.

  17. @nava

    Chale, even a bad narco videohome knows how to light a stairwell for impact. That's why I'm here — for the impact 🙏

  18. @nava

    Doorways: my life's catalog 🙏 😂

  19. @jenny_holzer_trio

    i miss the smell of old paint and cheap beer from that gallery on tuesday nights. also these leather gloves are not mine so someone is getting robbed today xd