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“Rafael Soriano: Elegido recurdo (Chosen Memory)” at Hollis Taggart. Photo: Courtesy of Hollis Taggart
“Rafael Soriano: Elegido recurdo (Chosen Memory)” at Hollis Taggart. Photo: Courtesy of Hollis Taggart

The Artful Life: 7 Things Galerie Editors Love This Week 7. Mini-Retrospective Traces Evolution of Late Cuban-American Painter Rafael Soriano’s Career

Galerie, October 21, 2025
A wide-ranging exhibition now on view at Hollis Taggart in Chelsea is exploring the career of late Cuban-American painter Rafael Soriano. Billed as the largest exhibition of the creative’s work to ever take place in New York City, the “Rafael Soriano: Elegido recurdo (Chosen Memory)” begins with his early geometric abstractions in the 1950s and ‘60s and then moves into his organic and biomorphic forms of the ‘70s before finishing with his explorations of light and color in the 1980s and 90s. The show, on view through November 22, also explores the quiet creative’s roots, detailing his early concentrations on sculpture and time in exile, and encourages the viewer to engage in truly studying his works to reveal true meaning. In an essay in the exhibition catalogue, Alejandro Anreus writes, “In a world seeking meaning, Soriano’s paintings are cosmic journeys, offering us rescue and redemption.”—Alexandria Sillo
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