austyn

101!!!! Happy 101st birthday to this LEGEND of a woman. An absolute intellectual through and through; constantly challenging what is and what could be. Shirley is an elegant, engaged, insightful, take no shit ICON and I am honored that her blood runs through me. I count my blessings twice when it comes to you. You are absolutely everything. Let’s party like it’s 1922 my girl 🪩🪩🪩🪩

Renegade I, 2023 | To be shown at @artbasel with @massimodecarlogallery 🇨🇭 booth C9 opening June 13th 🖤

Yesterday was nothing short of incredible!!! Thank you to the @hammer_museum for having me be a part of such an unforgettable day. My project was about the connection between music and painting! and how a certain melody, drum beat or lyric can evoke different feelings in you, which you can then translate into varying ways of expressing yourself via paint and color! Proceeds from K.A.M.P. support Hammer Kids, which offers free programming to thousands of children and families throughout the year. To all of the kids who painted with me yesterday, thanks for your brilliant minds and endless creativity. I love you LA!

Interview Mag #badasiwannabe

Mercí @chanelofficial It was very beautiful to see the full spectrum of the creative arts represented in the city of angels last night! Thank you for including me 🤍

‘Powers That Be’ 2023 Will be on view next week at @friezeofficial with @massimodecarlogallery 🕊️ NYC | Booth A1

It all started at the Publix on 68th and Collins where we had our first meeting. I took a pen out of my bag, and made him a drawing on the receipt from our coffees. The drawing was of a girl with big hair and a thought bubble saying “give me a show.” He smirked and said, “Fine Austyn Weiner. I’ll give you a show.” Bill was so much more to me than a gallerist. Bill believed in me. Bill loved me. and I truly loved Bill. BILL LOVED ART. He loved it so much that he often got his heart broken if an artist showed with another gallerist… I loved that about Bill. He was an old school romantic through and through. In the early days Bill and I would smoke Js and talk paint all day long. In the pandemic we would listen to Butthole Surfers and I would send him postcards back and forth. In the last few years Bill would begruginly come to my studio even when he didn’t want to because I made him. The show we put on together is a reflection of the creative freedom he ignited and supported in me. He let me cut a hole in his brand new galleries wall for gods sake. And we laughed the whole way through. There was no funnier human. Bill was bursting with personality and life at every seam. Bill did it his way. And that inspired me. Bill was my real fucking friend. Bill saw me. Bill knew me. Bill was proud of me, and I was proud of Bill. In January Bill and I met at Publix on 68th and Collins again, only 7 years later. We had both gone through some major life changes and we spoke of them honestly and openly. Bill had never seemed lighter, happier, and more inspired than he did that day. Bill, I will miss your kind blue eyes. I will miss your humor, and our laughs. I will miss your calming presence. I will miss our FaceTimes. I will miss our Publix dates. There is no one like Bill. There will never be, anyone like Bill. Thank you for your contributions to the contemporary art world. Thank you for your contributions to the fabric of who I am and who I will become. Thanks for taking a chance on this crazy kid with a dream. My heart is broken but I know your presence will be felt every step of the way. I am going to paint fiercely and honestly for you Bill. Thank you. 💔

Paint Could Never ™️ forever grateful to be a hunter/ gatherer of inspiration and to always be furthering my understanding of compassion. A massive part of who I am and how I ingest and regurgitate the world. Thank you world. I love you.

Meanwhile now on view in Venice, 🇮🇹… ‘Out That Door’ 2023 hanging alongside Shahryar Nashat, Kelly Akashi, and John Baldessari in ‘Imperfect Paradise’ @barbatigallery

Happy Holi 🌞 Back in my favorite place with my favorite people 🇮🇳

Dallas! Opening February 11th. @greenfamilyartfoundation

To my fiancé: Loving you is the greatest adventure of my life! Thank you for taking the ride by my side. We are going to see it all, build it all, do it ALL. You are the absolute best thing. Happiest of birthdays my Dyl 🌞