Save the Date — Sunday, January 5th, 2025 “The Art of Everything: The Art and Science of June Wayne” Closing Event with Panel Discussion

After a successful run ‘The Art Of Everything: The Art and Science of June Wayne’ exhibition will conclude with a special panel discussion 1-2 pm, featuring award winning author Gabrielle Selz, writer and art collector Cecilia Najar, and curator Georgette Collard, as introduced by MB Abram. Light refreshments will be served. If you are in town, please mark your calendar for Sunday, January 5th, 2025.

This is the last opportunity to view almost sixty paintings, mixed media, lithographs, and tapestries, the largest and most diverse showing of art and science themed works by June Wayne (1918-2011) ever mounted, including her rarely seen tapestries "La Journée des Lemmings" (Lemmings' Day), and "On Verra" (We Will See), acquired by KCET in 1974 and generously loaned for the first time ever for the exhibition by PBS SoCal. Organized by Landau Traveling Exhibitions in association with the June Wayne Estate & MB Abram.

“‘La Journée des Lemmings,’ more than ten feet wide, is a sumptuously textured abstraction in intricately woven wool. Its fractured, black and white storm clouds visually coalesce into layers of geological strata, like an X-ray of underground sedimentary rock. Across a dark, compressed band in the lower right quadrant, tiny naked figures swarm. Humanity’s chaos evokes the social turmoil of the day—Vietnam horrors, the fallout of stalled Paris peace talks, the senseless bombing of Cambodia, the slaughter of students at Kent State and more.”
—Christopher Knight, “A survey of June Wayne at Pasadena Museum of California Art,” Los Angeles Times, 2014.

Gabrielle Selz

Gabrielle Selz is an American author, art critic, and appraiser specializing in modern and contemporary art.

Her literary debut, "Unstill Life: A Daughter’s Memoir of Art and Life in the Age of Abstraction" (W.W. Norton, 2014), offers an intimate look into life with her father Peter Selz, prominent art historian and longtime curator at MoMA, her mother, the writer Thalia Selz, and the family's circle of artists and intellectuals. The memoir received critical acclaim, and was named Best Memoir of the Year by the American Society of Journalists and Authors.

In 2021, Selz published "Light on Fire: The Art and Life of Sam Francis" (University of California Press), the first comprehensive biography of the abstract expressionist painter Sam Francis, which was awarded the Silver Medal in Nonfiction at the California Book Awards in 2022.

Selz has contributed essays and art reviews to publications such as The New Yorker, The New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, and Artforum. She has also served as a Distinguished Visiting Professor of Creative Writing at Saint Mary's College of California.

Cecilia Najar

Cecilia Najar is a distinguished writer and passionate art collector with over thirty years of professional experience in the creative industry. A versatile storyteller, she has optioned screenplays to independent producers and written for an array of magazines covering culture, food, travel, and wellness. Cecilia’s writing has also earned her consulting roles with Hollywood production companies including CBS, HBO, Hearst, and Imagine Entertainment. Cecilia's work gained national recognition with her award-winning viral video, "No Hits," which highlighted NFL players’ abuse of women and garnered widespread media attention, including coverage by The Washington Post.

She has taught screenwriting both at her own company and through UCLA’s Extension program. A dedicated art collector, she began acquiring original artworks as soon as she earned her first paycheck, focusing primarily on Southern California artists. Her collection includes works by Gisela Colon, Lita Albuquerque, Alison Saar, June Wayne, and others.

Originally from Guadalajara, Mexico, Cecilia is a graduate of Brown University and currently resides in Los Angeles with her husband and their food-obsessed Bernedoodle.