On the occasion of the exhibition, Rues and Leaves Themselves Alone, artist Emma Webster will be joined in conversation with Josephine Halvorson, Professor of Art & Chair of Graduate Studies in Painting at Boston University, on Saturday, May 16, 2026, at 1pm at Petzel.
RSVP is required as space is limited; please email press@petzel.com to reserve your seat.
About Emma Webster
Emma Webster graduated with her BA from Stanford University in 2011 and received her MFA in Painting from Yale University in 2018.
Solo exhibitions include Petzel, New York (2025); Perrotin, Hong Kong (2025); Perrotin, Paris (2024); Jeffrey Deitch, Los Angeles (2023); Perrotin, Dosan Park, Seoul (2022); Stems Gallery, Brussels (2021); and Alexander Berggruen, New York (2021). Group exhibitions include White Cube Bermondsy, London (2025), Ochi Gallery, Ketchum, Idaho, Petzel, New York (2023); Max Hetzler, Berlin (2023); Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami (2022); Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, San Diego (2022); among others.
Webster’s work is part of various public collections around the world, including the Centre Pompidou, Paris, France; Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), Los Angeles, California; Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami, Florida; Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, San Diego, California; Pérez Art Museum Miami, Miami, Florida; Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, Ohio; Yuz Museum, Shanghai, China; The Warehouse, Dallas, Texas; and the Groeninghe Art Collection, Bruges, Belgium.
Her forthcoming solo exhibitions are with Petzel, New York (April 2026) and Deitch, Los Angeles (February 2027). Emma Webster lives and works in Los Angeles, California.
About Josephine Halvorson
Josephine Halvorson (she/her) makes art from direct observation, foregrounding the firsthand experience of noticing, describing, and learning from the physical world. She works primarily in painting, as well as printmaking, sculpture, and photography.
She earned her BFA from Cooper Union and MFA from Columbia University. Her career includes major international residencies and honors, such as a U.S. Fulbright to Vienna and a fellowship at the French Academy in Rome. Awards include a Guggenheim Fellowship, a Louis Comfort Tiffany Award, and a 2026 Artists Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters.
Halvorson’s work has been exhibited widely, including at Storm King Art Center, ICA Boston, and the Havana Biennale. She has presented solo exhibitions at the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum and James Fuentes in Los Angeles. Her work is represented by Sikkema Malloy Jenkins (New York) and Peter Freeman (Paris), and has been written about widely and has been featured in Art21’s documentary series, New York Close Up.
She is currently Professor of Art at Boston University and will join the Yale School of Art as Assistant Director of Graduate Studies in Painting/Printmaking. Halvorson lives and works in Massachusetts.