Samuel Reyes, co-founder of Playa Escandón gallery in Mexico City, joins us to talk about building a gallery rooted in disruption, care, and context. With a background in luxury branding and art education, Reyes offers sharp insight into the real workings of the art market, the myth of the “next Basquiat,” and why collectors—and artists—must think long-term. From pricing strategies to emotional connections, this episode is a masterclass in reimagining what art spaces can be.

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In this powerful new episode of The Bureau of Queer Art Podcast, Jaimes Mayhew opens up about trans ecologies, the geologic weight of queer history, and how imagining new landscapes—real or speculative—is an act of resistance. From the rocks of their childhood in Utah to their collaborative utopian mapping projects, Mayhew’s work invites us to look closer and dream bigger.

“I believe the first step toward liberation is imagining outside of the realm of what we’ve been told is possible.”

Based in Vermont, Mayhew brings decades of experience as a non-binary transmasc artist, educator, and collaborator. Their “Horizon Survey” and “A Different Horizon Atlas” projects draw on personal memory, queer theory, geology, and collective dreaming to build alternate futures. It’s speculative cartography at its most luminous.

This episode dives into the aesthetic and political layers behind their inclusion in the 50 Postcards project and their upcoming residencies at VCCA and Byrdcliffe.

Now showing exclusively on Artsy.net through July 2025: A Symphony of Resistance and Expression by Gemelxs VS, presented by The Bureau of Queer Art.

This raw, intimate solo exhibition reclaims the queer body as sacred, sensual, and unapologetically visible. Through layered oil, watercolor, and unfinished space, the twin duo explores gender, mythology, memory, and community with a fearless visual language.

These works are more than paintings—they are declarations. Alive. Incomplete. Divine.

Explore the exhibition online now at thebureauofqueerart.art

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