{"id":13143,"date":"2026-06-15T11:00:17","date_gmt":"2026-06-15T15:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newyorkarttours.com\/blog\/?p=13143"},"modified":"2026-06-12T08:29:47","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T12:29:47","slug":"pacita-abad-door-to-life-at-tina-kim-gallery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newyorkarttours.com\/blog\/2026\/06\/15\/pacita-abad-door-to-life-at-tina-kim-gallery\/","title":{"rendered":"Pacita Abad, &#8216;Door to Life&#8217; at Tina Kim Gallery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Though born and raised on a remote island at the far north of the Philippine archipelago, <a href=\"https:\/\/pacitaabad.com\">Pacita Abad<\/a> visited over sixty countries in her lifetime, absorbing craft traditions from SE Asia, Africa and the Caribbean and developing a global art practice.\u00a0 In 1998, Abad visited Yemen and was struck by the painted doorways and stained-glass windows of the nation\u2019s capital and villages.\u00a0 Back in her studio in Jakarta, Abad created the painted and stitched works now on view at <a href=\"https:\/\/tinakimgallery.com\/exhibitions\/224-pacita-abad-door-to-life\/\">Tina Kim Gallery<\/a> that not only pay homage to the geometry and color of Yemeni design but here, are painted on woven straw mats like those made by Yemeni women.\u00a0 (On view through June 20<sup>th<\/sup>).<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 2526px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/mcusercontent.com\/6c6876dc7ff53694967151f73\/images\/40012335-0704-ef3b-a6d6-61ac7379274c.jpg\" alt=\"Three colorful abstract paintings hang from the gallery ceiling.\" width=\"2526\" height=\"1637\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pacita Abad, \u2018Door to Life\u2019 installation view at Tina Kim Gallery, June 2026.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Though born and raised on a remote island at the far north of the Philippine archipelago, Pacita Abad visited over sixty countries in her lifetime, absorbing craft traditions from SE Asia, Africa and the Caribbean and developing a global art practice.\u00a0 In 1998, Abad visited Yemen and was struck by the painted doorways and stained-glass &hellip; 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