Era Contemporary

Suzanne Valadon (1865–1938) embodied the fiercely independent spirit of bohemian Montmartre. A former circus acrobat and artists’ model for Renoir and Toulouse-Lautrec, she became a self-taught painter whose bold, unconventional work challenged expectations of women artists. Valadon lived and worked at 12 rue Cortot, where her studio has been reconstructed and can still be visited today at the Musée de Montmartre⁠. Her story resonates deeply with BOHÈMIENNE: she transformed a life outside conventional society into a fiercely personal artistic vision, reclaiming both the female body and the artist’s identity on her own terms.

Enter our open call with a deadline of August 30, curated by 𝔍𝔢𝔰𝔰𝔦𝔠𝔞 𝔏𝔦𝔟𝔬𝔯 and Jo Gamel Artist at an exhibition space at the The Arts League in Philadelphia! Tap the link in bio at Era Contemporary for all the details.

BOHEMIÉNNE: a group exhibition at the Arts League of Philadelphia curated by Jo Gamel Jo Gamel Artist and Jessica Libor 𝔍𝔢𝔰𝔰𝔦𝔠𝔞 𝔏𝔦𝔟𝔬𝔯 , open to visual artists, writers and publishers. Submit your work via the link in bio or at www.eracontemporary.com.

This is a physical exhibition to be exhibited at the Arts League of Philadelphia.

Submission deadline: Sunday, August 30, 2026 | 11:59 PM

Doris Clare Zinkeisen (31 July 1897 – 3 January 1991) was a Scottish theatrical stage and costume designer, painter, commercial artist, and writer. She was best known for her work in theatrical design.

Artwork: The Soloist by British artist Doris Clare Zinkeisen (1898–1991), known for her theatrical costume designs and dramatic scenes. Medium is Oil on canva, 84.5 x 65 cm (33 1/4 x 25 9/16 in.).

Call to Artists

LUCENT WATERS: a group exhibition curated by Jessica Libor

Submission deadline: June 19th, 2026

This is a digital exhibition AND a physical exhibition. Some work will be selected for digital exhibition only, and a select portion of entries will be selected for the in-person, exhibition at the Hamptons Fine Art Fair in Southampton, NY.

Lucent Waters considers water as both shimmering material presence and symbolic idea of renewal. The exhibition moves through water as substance and as spiritual concept: reflective, absorptive, and always in motion, holding the imprint of what passes through it while resisting fixed definition.

Across histories of image-making, ritual, and myth, water has functioned as a site of passage: between states of consciousness, between worlds of the visible and the unseen. It is repeatedly invoked as threshold and conduit: a surface that both reveals and conceals, where crossing is a shift in perception. In Lucent Waters, water becomes a living interface between physical transformation and symbolic charge.

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Search Lights is a gouache on paper 6.5 × 9.5” painting by Bryn McConnell and is part of the group of artworks included in She in the Tower. McConnell is a European based artist whose work is informed by her travels. In her paintings she is creating a personal visual vocabulary, relating meaning to recurring motifs.
Collect this work at www.eracontemporary.com/collect or via the link in bio.

Armana’s Dreamscape by Daniel Roa , 120 film, color giclee print on aluminum panel, is on view in our online portion of She in the Tower. Tap the link in bio to browse and collect.

“Wildflower” by is part of “She in the Tower,” held on May 7th in Brooklyn!
All guests must register for entry— have you gotten on the guest list yet? Link in bio to register to attend this epic event and also to browse and pre purchase artworks!