Photo credit: Alexander Perrelli Based in New York, the Wet Ink Ensemble is a collective of composers, performers, and improvisers dedicated to adventurous contemporary music. Named “The Best Classical Music Ensemble of 2018”  by The New York Times , Wet Ink is known for its innovative, collaborative approach, blending composition, improvisation, and interpretation within a distinctive band ethos. Celebrated for performances described as “sublimely exploratory” and “dense, wi

Gao Yutao, ‘Santana 2000,’ 2025. Inkjet print, Diasec, artist frame. 195x142cm (image); 206x153cm (overall). 2/6 + 1AP THE BLANC   is proud to present ‘Afterlight,’ the first   exhibition of work by Shanghai-based artist Gao Yutao (b.1988) in the United States, curated by Leo Yuan . Comprising over thirty prints and video works, the   exhibition frames Gao’s scanner-based “light painting” photography as a meditation on physical   matter transformed into ephemeral energy.   ‘A

THE BLANC is pleased to share recent press coverage of Qin Tan’s work in connection with the two-person exhibition Cache Memory , previously presented at THE BLANC. Supersonic Art recently published a feature highlighting Qin Tan’s paintings from Cache Memory , situating her practice within broader conversations around technology, consciousness, and myth in contemporary painting. The article reflects on Tan’s distinctive visual language—surreal landscapes populated by symboli