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Document Journal threw a dinner at Papa San for the artist's solo show opening in Paris. The party happened before the exhibition.
November 21. Document Journal held a dinner at Papa San in New York to mark Mickalene Thomas's upcoming solo exhibition at the Grand Palais in Paris. The show, titled All About Love, opens at the Salon d'Honneur. Thomas is the first Black woman to have a solo show in that space.
The dinner brought together what Document called "friends and collaborators." The timing: the party happened in New York, the exhibition opens in Paris. Geographic split, common rhythm for a New York-based artist showing in Europe. The dinner was small, Papa San's typical configuration.
Thomas's work spans collage, painting, photography, video. The Grand Palais show is being framed as historic, which it is by the numbers. The Salon d'Honneur has hosted solo shows since 1901. First Black woman solo in that room is a fact, not a claim. The gap is 124 years.
Document has covered Thomas before. This dinner reads as a studio-circle moment rather than a press preview. No images from the Paris show have been released yet. The work arrives later, the gathering happened first.
The piece from Document Journal is short, angled as event coverage rather than exhibition preview. Papa San as venue choice: consistent with Thomas's New York circle, consistent with Document's usual spots. The show opens soon. This was the New York send-off.
The first solo show by a Black woman artist at the Paris institution. Document threw the dinner in New York.
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