Hunt Slonem brings rabbit-and-butterfly exhibition to Tribeca

Hunt Slonem’s first New York City exhibition in five years is now on view at One Art Space in Tribeca, featuring paintings, sculpture and diamond-dust works centered on the artist’s recurring rabbits, butterflies and birds. The show runs through Sept. 28 and places Slonem’s signature repetition and color in one of Manhattan’s long-running contemporary art spaces.

Why it matters: - The show marks Hunt Slonem’s first New York City exhibition in five years. - The exhibition puts one of the best-known American neo-expressionist visual languages back in front of a New York audience. - The presentation spans large canvases, smaller framed works and sculpture, showing the range of Slonem’s practice in one venue.

What happened: - One Art Space in Tribeca is presenting "Through the Looking Glass," an exhibition of Hunt Slonem’s rabbits, butterflies, birds and color-driven paintings. - The exhibition opened Friday, Aug. 21, 2026, and runs through Monday, Sept. 28, 2026. - An opening reception is scheduled for early September. - The exhibition is on view at One Art Space, 23 Warren Street, in Tribeca.

The details: - "Pink Ascension" (2021) is the show’s centerpiece, a 77-by-101-inch oil on canvas with butterflies crossing a luminous pink field. - "Blue Hutch" (2025) is a 20-by-24-inch oil on wood showing Slonem’s rabbits against a vivid blue ground. - The show also includes "Red Sea Migration III" (2026), "Silver Ascension Travel Tomorrow" (2022) and "White Ascension (August Moon)" (2026). - Other works include "Blue Rhapsody Diamond Dust" (2023), "Totem Fluffle" (2026) and "Pink Pair" (2026). - The exhibition extends beyond painting to include sculptural work. - Curator and co-owner MaryAnn Giella McCulloh said the show is meant as an invitation into Slonem’s world, emphasizing the color, texture and repetition in the work. - Slonem described the exhibition as a dreamlike vision of the creatures and inspiration behind his creativity. - The show is curated by MaryAnn Giella McCulloh and presented by One Art Space. - Hunt Slonem’s work is represented in the permanent collections of approximately 250 museums worldwide, including The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Whitney Museum of American Art, Joan Miró Foundation and New Orleans Museum of Art. - More information is available at Hunt Slonem’s website.

Between the lines: - The exhibition leans on repetition as a core visual strategy, using familiar animals and motifs to create variations in scale, surface and mood. - The pairing of a monumental butterfly canvas with smaller framed rabbit paintings underscores the tension between spectacle and intimacy in Slonem’s work. - The show fits One Art Space’s pattern of staging museum-caliber exhibitions in Tribeca.

What's next: - The exhibition remains on view through Sept. 28, 2026. - The opening reception in early September will be the next public event tied to the show. - One Art Space is continuing to promote the exhibition and the gallery’s broader program at 23 Warren Street.

The bottom line: - "Through the Looking Glass" is a compact survey of the imagery that defines Hunt Slonem’s career, and it gives Tribeca audiences a fresh look at a longtime signature style.