Salman Toor, Oh Father (2025). Courtesy of Luhring Augustine, New York.
“Salman Toor: Wish Maker” at Luhring Augustine
May 2–June 21, 2025
After months of lockdown, one of the first new shows at the Whitney in 2020 was a star-making turn for Salman Toor, the Pakistani artist known for his green-tinted paintings exploring the imagined lives of queer South Asian men living in diaspora. This two-part exhibition—paintings in Chelsea, and drawings down in Tribeca—is Toor’s first solo show in the city since that break out, following an appearance at the 2024 Venice Biennale. Often celebrating private and intimate moments, these are artworks that capture a powerful viewpoint, informed by Toor’s own experiences living in New York City.
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