NINA CHANEL ABNEY

The highly anticipated debut monograph from contemporary American artist Nina Chanel Abney

Combining representation and abstraction, Nina Chanel Abney’s paintings capture the frenetic pace of contemporary culture. Broaching subjects as diverse as race, celebrity, religion, politics, sex, and art history, her works eschew linear storytelling in lieu of disjointed narratives. Through a bracing use of color and unapologetic scale, Abney’s canvases propose a new type of history painting. A collection of more than 300 works, this first definitive monograph on the artist explores Abney’s distinctively bold style that harnesses the flux and simultaneity that has come to define life in the 21st century.

Abney presented a monumental solo exhibition of work spanning her creative practice at The School | Jack Shainman Gallery, Kinderhook, NY (2024), and held a solo exhibition at Jeffrey Deitch, Los Angeles (2025)

Abney’s work is held in the collections of: the Whitney Museum of American Art; the Museum of Modern Art; the Brooklyn Museum; the Bronx Museum; the Rubell Family Collection; and the Nasher Museum of Art, amongst others

Showcases more than 300 unique works, including large-scale paintings, works on paper, sculptures, collages, murals, and commercial collaborations, as well as a behind-the-scenes look at he artist’s materials and process

Features two original essays and two interviews by influential art-world figures and writers, which underscore Abney’s artistic impact