INTRODUCING CAMP Z · FAIR PASSES · SECOND NATURE, FINAL DAYS · NEW YORK
Hi {{first_name|there}},
Three things this week, and each one has a clock on it. We are launching Camp Z, the accessible art program we have spent the summer building — and taking it straight to its first fair, where VIP passes are now yours to request. And Second Nature comes down Saturday. Three days left.
THE ANNOUNCEMENT
Introducing Camp Z
The accessible art program from Collective Z
Camp Z is built on a simple idea: your first original artwork should not require a second mortgage. Original works by emerging artists, priced from around $500 to $10,000 — most under $3,000 — chosen with the same curatorial eye as everything we hang at Broome Street. For the collector buying their first piece, and for the one who never stopped.
The fair thinks the idea holds up. Affordable Art Fair NYC has named Camp Z a Fellowship Gallery — one of only six galleries ever selected — with a booth across the next three editions. We debut this September.
Sun Eater, 2026 · oil · 18 × 24 in · $3,200 — John Hayduk
John Hayduk's Shift oils — eclipse light, storm banks, skies holding their breath. Tanner Bosma's rain-streaked panels in acrylic and resin, the city seen through a wet window. Vivian Cavalieri's mixed-media tableaux, each one a small theater. Patti Jordan's ink works on paper, from cellular tondi to iridescent star fields. A browsing rack of works on paper rounds out the booth with more artists to be announced.
Downpour Hideaway at Starr Bar, 2026 · acrylic + resin · 24 × 24 in · $2,800 — Tanner Bosma
Cosmogeny (Anonymous Star Cluster 009K), 2026 · ink + iridescent powders · 19½ × 19½ in · $1,600 — Patti Jordan
The Diner (Becoming), 2026 · mixed media · 14 × 22 × 4 in · $2,600 — Vivian Cavalieri
SEPTEMBER 16–20 · STARRETT-LEHIGH BUILDING · 601 WEST 26TH STREET
Camp Z at Affordable Art Fair NYC
Booth F1 · five days · more than 90 galleries
The fair that has introduced first-time buyers to collecting since 1999 — and this fall, Camp Z's first booth. We are holding a limited allocation of VIP passes for readers of this letter. Request yours and we will confirm by email before the fair.
Passes are limited and confirmed by email.
IN THE GALLERY · THREE DAYS LEFT
Second Nature
Gwen Yip & Spencer Patrick · closes Saturday, August 29
Three weeks went fast. Saturday evening, Second Nature comes down — Spencer Patrick's ten stage-managed comforts out of the main room, Gwen Yip's nine underground platforms out of the back. Nineteen paintings, $2,000 to $6,200. If one of them has been sitting with you since the opening, this is the week to stop thinking about it.
Take one home
Every work has its own page — full details, price, and a direct line to make an offer, ask a question, or buy at list. Or come stand in front of them one last time: Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, 1–6 PM, and by appointment. After Saturday the paintings go home — ideally to yours.
NEXT AT THE GALLERY · OPENS SEPTEMBER 10
Before / After Thought
A surrealism group exhibition · September 10–26
Seven artists working the seam where images stop behaving — dream logic, double readings, rooms that are not quite rooms. The full preview lands in next week's letter. The opening list is open now: Thursday, September 10, 6–8 PM at the gallery.
The week at a glance
Second Nature — Gwen Yip & Spencer Patrick
Through Saturday, August 29 — three days left · open Thursday–Saturday, 1–6 PM, and by appointment
Collective Z, 325 Broome Street, 1W, New York, NY 10002
Before / After Thought — surrealism group exhibition
September 10–26 · opening reception Thursday, September 10, 6–8 PM · RSVP here
Camp Z at Affordable Art Fair NYC — our fair debut
September 16–20 · Starrett-Lehigh Building, 601 West 26th Street · Booth F1
Request VIP passes · general tickets at affordableartfair.com
See you at the gallery,
Alex Z. Wang
Founder & Director, Collective Z
Collective Z · 325 Broome Street, 1W, New York, NY 10002