Current Exhibition
Diana Antohe: the difference between looking and forgetting
Exhibition Dates: January 10 - February 8, 2026
Opening Reception: Saturday, January 10, 6-9pm
Gallery hours are Saturdays and Sundays, 12-5 pm, except for Second Saturdays when hours are 6-9 pm.
the difference between looking and forgetting
Diana Antohe’s solo exhibition, the difference between looking and forgetting, is a selection of paintings, ceramic, and textile works created over the past five years.
The exhibition’s title derives from an example of the two-sided nature of language and translation. In the Romanian language, the verb uita can have drastically different meanings. In the infinitive form, it means to forget. By adding a personal pronoun in the reflective tense, it becomes to look. The pendulum between the passive and active forms of uita aligns with the making of the works in this exhibition — images and text woven between the replicated, dreamt, and imagined.
Diana Antohe is a Romanian-American visual artist and educator based in New Orleans. Through painting, drawing, and embroidery, she works with cues from the systems of value and care she has inherited from the examples of her extended family.
Antohe received her MFA in Painting + Printmaking from Virginia Commonwealth University and BFA in Studio Art from Southern Methodist University, with additional studies at the Slade School of Art. She has held residencies at Künstlerhaus Bethanien in Berlin, Can Serrat Center in El Bruc, Spain, Vermont Studio Center in Johnson, VT, Mildred’s Lane in Beach Lake, PA, and the Visual Arts Center of Richmond, VA. Her work has been exhibited locally and internationally including Page Bond Gallery, Elizabeth Foundation of the Arts, True F. Luck Gallery, and Camden Arts Centre. Antohe is a new member of Staple Goods.
Connections: Staple Goods 10th Anniversary Exhibition Catalog
Exhibition catalog commemorates the collective’s 10th anniversary exhibition, Connections (May 2021), and is available for $5.
Curated by Laura Richens. Text by Amy Mackie. Book Design by Tiffany Lin. Printed at Paper Machine.
Participating Artists: Minka/Thomasine, Aaron Collier, Robyn Denny, William DePauw, Abe Geasland, Daniel Kelly IV, Kristina Knipe, J Knoblach, Norah Lovell, Kaori Maeyama, Anne Nelson, Jack Niven, Laura Richens, Cynthia Scott, Sadie Sheldon, Lorna Williams