The Calling | Opening Reception and Artist Talk with Francis DiFronzo

This marks DiFronzo’s first exhibition in Miami, featuring a new body of work created specifically for this audience. For one day only, DiFronzo travels from California to lead an immersive walkthrough of the exhibition. Moving from painting to painting, he guides guests through the storylines embedded in his work revealing how memory, intuition, and lived experience shape his imagined landscapes and the “callings” behind them. His cinematic compositions have drawn the attention of fellow creatives and have even been featured in the acclaimed series Better Call Saul, underscoring the broader cultural resonance of his visual language. “…a Pew Fellow, whose paintings defy realism and entice the observer to sincerely believe they have seen the scene and walked the sites that DiFronzo gave birth to in imagination...” — Laura Zuckerman, writing in Western Art and Architecture Magazine [https://westernartandarchitecture.com/features/just-one-look?utm_source=ig&utm_medium=social&utm_content=link_in_bio&fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQMMjU2MjgxMDQwNTU4AAGnmwBnj6ntRaE3tLBCGgGzzelcITqlJ1CPDsHJbFqOgN9jRYz5lQ6RQ4pPA_s_aem_gU8EuJ329jDtg1ZrDAhLJA] Working from memory, he creates environments that feel both familiar and dreamlike, with subtle references to Miami woven throughout using color, architecture, and urban mark-making reimagined through his lens. This is not a typical exhibition opening. While the show remains on view, this guided experience, and the opportunity to engage directly with the artist, is happening only once. If you want to fully understand the narrative, process, and intention behind the work, this is the moment to be in the room.