Published September 10, 2026

Portraits of Contemporary Life showcased in double UB Art Professor exhibition at SUNY Brockport

Becky Brown and Joan Linder make work about technology, communication, fugitivity, and obsolescence. Their effervescent drawings and paintings are funny, complicated portraits of contemporary life through objects and language.

- Curator Tate Shaw

Zoom image: "Permanence" poster for work by Becky Brown and Joan Linder "Permanence" poster for work by Becky Brown and Joan Linder.

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A two-person show with UB Department of Art professors Becky Brown and Joan Linder, “Permanence,” is open tomorrow through Oct. 18, with artist talks and an opening reception on Thursday Sept. 17. It is at SUNY Brockport’s Tower Fine Art Gallery, and is curated by Tate Shaw.

There will be a publication with an essay by Tina Rivers Ryan.

Zoom image: Joan Linder (left) and Becky Brown (right), at the reception of their two person exhibition, Permanence, at SUNY Brockport's Tower Fine Arts Gallery, Septemer 17, 2026. two women stand in front of a white wall with numbersou drawings and paintings hanging on it.

Joan Linder (left) and Becky Brown (right), at the reception of their two person exhibition, Permanence, at SUNY Brockport's Tower Fine Arts Gallery, Septemer 17, 2026.

Last revised: September 18, 2026