Art in America Celebrates 2024 “New Talent” Issue in New York

Last week Art in America celebrated the release of the fourth annual ”New Talent” issue with a cocktail party at the W Union Square, a member of the Luxury Group by Marriott. Each year, Art in America’s editorial team highlights 20 artists whose great work and dedication to their practice makes them stand out above the rest.

This year we celebrated the issue with a fireside chat between Art in America Editor-in-Chief Sarah Douglas and New York–based artist Madeline Peckenpaugh. Peckenpaugh was highlighted in Art in America’s 2023 ”New Talent” issue and offered insight on how her practice has developed one year later as well as what it is like to be an artist today, in an ever-changing market and art-world ecosystem.

Peckenpaugh, who describes her paintings as “abstract landscapes,” spoke about the beginnings of her career and studying at the Pennsylvania Academy of Art and then at the Rhode Island School of Design; her technique of working on several canvases at once; and her selectiveness regarding who she lets into her studio. She also talked about the way that landscapes from her past—such as those of Wisconsin, where she grew up—are remembered in her paintings.