Peter Walsh

Year-End Sale! 25% off a carefully curated selection of 28 favorite paintings that never made it out of the studio. Buy now and I can get it to you in time for the holidays.

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"Star-Stuff,” 2025, Oil, Acrylic and Spray Paint on Panel, 14 by 11 inches.

"Star-Stuff,” 2025, Oil, Acrylic and Spray Paint on Panel, 14 by 11 inches.

"Star-Stuff,” 2025, Oil, Acrylic and Spray Paint on Panel, 14 by 11 inches.

"Star-Stuff,” 2025, Oil, Acrylic and Spray Paint on Panel, 14 by 11 inches.

Sold! A small gem riffing on Goya etchings - and Carl Sagan, too.

"Star-Stuff,” 2025, Oil, Acrylic and Spray Paint on Panel, 14 by 11 inches.

This is the last week to see my show! I will be on site Tue, Nov 18, 2-5pm and Fri, Nov 21, 2-5pm. Come talk to me! Gallery Hours: Monday Friday, 10-5pm

The Yard LES is at 85 Delancey Street in Manhattan. Ring the buzzer to enter. An elevator is available to those who would like to use it.

Also great to reconnect with Elizabeth Stuelke at my painting show. Thanks for dropping by Elizabeth! She was in town to show her new film “The Day Elvis Died” at @bigapplefilmfestival here in NYC. Congrats, Elizabeth! We go way back to the days of LINK magazine in Baltimore in the 1990s.

Great connecting with Hope Ginsburg to visit each other’s shows, just a few blocks apart! Hope’s talk with fellow artist Goldie Poblador at 601 Gallery was excellent. Handmade scents, underwater meditation, sea sponges, decolonization, the Philippines, glasswork, the Bay of Fundy, and more.

Thanks, Chris!

Some thought about my recent paintings.

Artist Peter Walsh with Grace Walsh.

Artists Peter Walsh and Christophet Varmus.

Art exhibition view.

I’ve been really enjoying giving tours of my exhibition, including to my Mom and artist Christopher Varmus! Lots of folks have dropped by but I don’t always remember to get a picture.

I will be on site Tuesday, November 11, 2-5pm and Friday, November 14, 2-5pm. Come talk to me!

My show has been extended till November 22nd! I’ll be posting hours each week when I will be at the gallery. First up - this Friday, November 7, 2-5pm.

The Yard LES 85 Delancey Street on the Lower East Side. Ring the buzzer for access.

Gallery Hours: Mon Fri, 10-5pm or dm at walshpeter@mac.com.

Great discussions at the artists talk at MijaWorksNY in Williamsburg for the show “Femm Holy Waves.” Works by Emily Wisniewski, Elizabeth Condon, Vandana Jain, Rachel Kahn and Mija Jung. Visiting hours Tuesday-Thursday 12pm-6pm through November 13. 29 Montrose Avenue, Brooklyn, NY.

Art by Mija Jung and Elizabeth Condon.

Great discussions at the artists talk at MijaWorksNY in Williamsburg for the show “Femm Holy Waves.” Works by Emily Wisniewski, Elizabeth Condon, Vandana Jain, Rachel Kahn and Mija Jung. Visiting hours Tuesday-Thursday 12pm-6pm through November 13. 29 Montrose Avenue, Brooklyn, NY.

Painting by Elizabeth Condon.

Great discussions at the artists talk at MijaWorksNY in Williamsburg for the show “Femm Holy Waves.” Works by Emily Wisniewski, Elizabeth Condon, Vandana Jain, Rachel Kahn and Mija Jung. Visiting hours Tuesday-Thursday 12pm-6pm through November 13. 29 Montrose Avenue, Brooklyn, NY.

Made it to Ben Shahn's retrospective exhibit "On Non-Conformity" at the Jewish Museum in NYC. Very timely. And well-curated with historical documents, printed materials and some of his reference images. Closes Sunday, October 26. There's a book if you miss the show. "The Passion of Sacco and Vanzetti," 1931-1932.

Made it to Ben Shahn's retrospective exhibit "On Non-Conformity" at the Jewish Museum in NYC. Very timely. And well-curated with historical documents, printed materials and some of his reference images. Closes Sunday, October 26. There's a book if you miss the show. "East Side Soap Box," 1936.

Made it to Ben Shahn's retrospective exhibit "On Non-Conformity" at the Jewish Museum in NYC. Very timely. And well-curated with historical documents, printed materials and some of his reference images. Closes Sunday, October 26. There's a book if you miss the show. Copy of Art Front magazine, published by the Artists' Union, with image by Shahn, 1934.

Made it to Ben Shahn's retrospective exhibit "On Non-Conformity" at the Jewish Museum in NYC. Very timely. And well-curated with historical documents, printed materials and some of his reference images. Closes Sunday, October 26. There's a book if you miss the show. CIO voting poster.

Made it to Ben Shahn's retrospective exhibit "On Non-Conformity" at the Jewish Museum in NYC. Very timely. And well-curated with historical documents, printed materials and some of his reference images. Closes Sunday, October 26. There's a book if you miss the show.

Thanks for coming to my Open Studio. Lots of great conversations but but too busy chatting to take photos this time around! #sunsetparkopenstudios

Lots of great conversations but but too busy chatting to take photos this time around! #sunsetparkopenstudios

Image of No Kings protest in Times Square, October 18, 2025.

Image of No Kings protest in Times Square, October 18, 2025.

Image of No Kings protest in Times Square, October 18, 2025.

Image of No Kings protest in Times Square, October 18, 2025.

No Kings! Times Square, October 18, 2025. Start of the march.

Protest sign - my grandpa fought the Nazis in WWII so I wouldn't have to.

Protest sign - Democracies don't fear protests... dictators do!

Making signs!

David Willburn painting.

David Willburn with paintings.

Steven Cabral painting.

Steven Cabral painting.

Great to meet @david.willburn and @steven_cabral36 in-person at their new exhibits at @thepaintingcenter last Thur night. Congrats! But I didn’t take enough pictures. Go see the shows. That's David in the first 2 pics and Steven's work in the other 2.

Installation shot of paintings at the exhibition “Dataset Hallucinations” at IFAC Arts at The Yard LES.

Installation shot of paintings at the exhibition “Dataset Hallucinations” at IFAC Arts at The Yard LES.

Installation shot of paintings at the exhibition “Dataset Hallucinations” at IFAC Arts at The Yard LES.

If you’re coming to see the exhibition “Dataset Hallucinations” at IFAC Arts at The Yard LES, don’t forget that the show is on both the 2nd and 3rd Floors! Artist Peter Walsh will be on site this Tue, Oct 14, 2-5pm.

85 Delancey St in Manhattan.

Hours: Mon-Fri, 10am-5pm or DM for an appointment.

“Boy with his own Attila the Hun”

"One of the Emperors Diocletian with His Cabbages”

“A Crimean War Protagonist with his Son”

Selection of Portraits of Cannibals

Friese Undine’s new exhibition is slyly, hysterically, funny. Cults of historical re-enactors, cannibals and naturists nostalgically jostle elbows with historical figures who may be different than we expect. At @thomasvandykegallery, Sunset Park Brooklyn, 434 39th Street, Thu-Sun, 1-6pm. Thru Nov. 7

Come see the IFAC Arts exhibition "Dataset Hallucinations" and meet the artist at The Yard Lower East Side. Artist Peter Walsh will be in the gallery this week:

Tuesday, October 7, 2-5pm, and
Friday, October 10, 2-5pm

The Yard, LES 2nd & 3rd floors, 85 Delancey Street, NYC.

Artist Peter Walsh holding paint brushes in front of a large painting.

Meet the Artist: Peter Walsh

During October, artist Peter Walsh will be in the gallery for select hours each week. Come see his IFAC Arts show "Dataset Hallucinations" at The Yard LES.

Schedule:

Fri, Oct 3, 2-5pm
Tue, Oct 7, 2-5pm
Fri, Oct 10, 2-5pm

The Yard LES is at 85 Delancey St in NYC.

Gericault gets label "Adult Content."

Detail of “The Raft of the Medusa,” Théodore Géricault, 1818–1819.

Detail of “Dataset: Five Dead Men…”

Detail of “Liberty Leading the People” Eugène Delacroix, 1830.

Detail of “Dataset: Five Dead Men…”

Even more.

Detail of “Rue Transnonain, le 15 avril 1834,” Honoré Daumier, 1834.

Detail of “Dataset: Five Dead Men…”

Detail of “The Dead Man” (originally entitled The Dead Toreador), Édouard Manet, 1864

Detail of “Dataset: Five Dead Men…”

More.

“Dataset: Five Dead Men Painted by Five Dead European Men (Holbein, Daumier, Gericault, Manet, Delacroix),” Peter Walsh, Oil and Spraypaint on Canvas, 48 inches by 60 inches, 2025.

Studio view, “Dataset: Five Dead Men Painted by Five Dead European Men (Holbein, Daumier, Gericault, Manet, Delacroix),” Peter Walsh, Oil and Spraypaint on Canvas, 48 inches by 60 inches, 2025.

Detail of “The Body of the Dead Christ in the Tomb,” Hans Holbein the Younger, circa 1522.

Detail of “Dataset: Five Dead Men…”

Famously, AI systems crunch text and images based on the datasets that humans feed them. To create this work, rather than using AI, I fed myself a dataset of images of dead men in iconic European paintings. The naked and clothed male body is a complicated signifier. The images carry the content.

Thanks, Chris!

Portraits in a zine. I’m loving this beautiful zine put out by @worcesterportraitexchange from their recent event at the Jean McDonough Arts Center (JMAC) in Worcester, Massachusetts. As I’ve been thinking about facial recognition systems and all the complexity of representing other people in their uniqueness, the form of exchanging portraits in a consensual hand-drawn human process still seems to hold out the possibility of a utopian solution to some of the power relationships that are a fraught part of visual representation. It’s not a perfect form, but it is so inspiring. Excellent! Kudos to the event hosts: Greg Hamilton, Meg Price, Matthew Burgos and Sarah Tompkins.

Portraits in a zine. I’m loving this beautiful zine put out by @worcesterportraitexchange from their recent event at the Jean McDonough Arts Center (JMAC) in Worcester, Massachusetts. As I’ve been thinking about facial recognition systems and all the complexity of representing other people in their uniqueness, the form of exchanging portraits in a consensual hand-drawn human process still seems to hold out the possibility of a utopian solution to some of the power relationships that are a fraught part of visual representation. It’s not a perfect form, but it is so inspiring. Excellent! Kudos to the event hosts: Greg Hamilton, Meg Price, Matthew Burgos and Sarah Tompkins.

Portraits in a zine. I’m loving this beautiful zine put out by @worcesterportraitexchange from their recent event at the Jean McDonough Arts Center (JMAC) in Worcester, Massachusetts. As I’ve been thinking about facial recognition systems and all the complexity of representing other people in their uniqueness, the form of exchanging portraits in a consensual hand-drawn human process still seems to hold out the possibility of a utopian solution to some of the power relationships that are a fraught part of visual representation. It’s not a perfect form, but it is so inspiring. Excellent! Kudos to the event hosts: Greg Hamilton, Meg Price, Matthew Burgos and Sarah Tompkins.

Portraits in a zine. I’m loving this beautiful zine put out by @worcesterportraitexchange from their recent event at the Jean McDonough Arts Center (JMAC) in Worcester, Massachusetts. As I’ve been thinking about facial recognition systems and all the complexity of representing other people in their uniqueness, the form of exchanging portraits in a consensual hand-drawn human process still seems to hold out the possibility of a utopian solution to some of the power relationships that are a fraught part of visual representation. It’s not a perfect form, but it is so inspiring. Excellent! Kudos to the event hosts: Greg Hamilton, Meg Price, Matthew Burgos and Sarah Tompkins.

I’m loving this beautiful zine put out by @worcesterportraitexchange from their recent event at JMAC in MA. Exchanging portraits seems to hold out the possibility of a utopian solution to the fraught ethics of visual representation. It’s not a perfect form, but it is so inspiring. Excellent!

Photo of people at an art opening. Thanks to everyone for coming out to the opening last night! Here’s a first batch of photos. Special thanks to Chris Quirk for these images. Fifteen paintings now on view at my two-floor solo exhibition "Dataset Hallucinations," with IFAC Arts and hosted at The Yard Lower East Side. The Yard LES is on the second and third floors at 85 Delancey Street on the Lower East Side in Manhattan. An elevator is available to those who would like to use it. The space is conveniently located on the south side of Delancey Street between the new Essex Street Market and the Tenement Museum. Gallery Hours: Monday-Friday, 10am-5pm or DM me for an appointment.

Photo of people at an art opening. Thanks to everyone for coming out to the opening last night! Here’s a first batch of photos. Special thanks to Chris Quirk for these images. Fifteen paintings now on view at my two-floor solo exhibition "Dataset Hallucinations," with IFAC Arts and hosted at The Yard Lower East Side. The Yard LES is on the second and third floors at 85 Delancey Street on the Lower East Side in Manhattan. An elevator is available to those who would like to use it. The space is conveniently located on the south side of Delancey Street between the new Essex Street Market and the Tenement Museum. Gallery Hours: Monday-Friday, 10am-5pm or DM me for an appointment.

Photo of people at an art opening. Thanks to everyone for coming out to the opening last night! Here’s a first batch of photos. Special thanks to Chris Quirk for these images. Fifteen paintings now on view at my two-floor solo exhibition "Dataset Hallucinations," with IFAC Arts and hosted at The Yard Lower East Side. The Yard LES is on the second and third floors at 85 Delancey Street on the Lower East Side in Manhattan. An elevator is available to those who would like to use it. The space is conveniently located on the south side of Delancey Street between the new Essex Street Market and the Tenement Museum. Gallery Hours: Monday-Friday, 10am-5pm or DM me for an appointment.

Photo of people at an art opening. Thanks to everyone for coming out to the opening last night! Here’s a first batch of photos. Special thanks to Chris Quirk for these images. Fifteen paintings now on view at my two-floor solo exhibition "Dataset Hallucinations," with IFAC Arts and hosted at The Yard Lower East Side. The Yard LES is on the second and third floors at 85 Delancey Street on the Lower East Side in Manhattan. An elevator is available to those who would like to use it. The space is conveniently located on the south side of Delancey Street between the new Essex Street Market and the Tenement Museum. Gallery Hours: Monday-Friday, 10am-5pm or DM me for an appointment.

Third set of photos from the opening.

Photo of people at an art opening. Thanks to everyone for coming out to the opening last night! Here’s a first batch of photos. Special thanks to Chris Quirk for these images. Fifteen paintings now on view at my two-floor solo exhibition "Dataset Hallucinations," with IFAC Arts and hosted at The Yard Lower East Side. The Yard LES is on the second and third floors at 85 Delancey Street on the Lower East Side in Manhattan. An elevator is available to those who would like to use it. The space is conveniently located on the south side of Delancey Street between the new Essex Street Market and the Tenement Museum. Gallery Hours: Monday-Friday, 10am-5pm or DM me for an appointment.

Photo of people at an art opening. Thanks to everyone for coming out to the opening last night! Here’s a first batch of photos. Special thanks to Chris Quirk for these images. Fifteen paintings now on view at my two-floor solo exhibition "Dataset Hallucinations," with IFAC Arts and hosted at The Yard Lower East Side. The Yard LES is on the second and third floors at 85 Delancey Street on the Lower East Side in Manhattan. An elevator is available to those who would like to use it. The space is conveniently located on the south side of Delancey Street between the new Essex Street Market and the Tenement Museum. Gallery Hours: Monday-Friday, 10am-5pm or DM me for an appointment.

Photo of people at an art opening. Thanks to everyone for coming out to the opening last night! Here’s a first batch of photos. Special thanks to Chris Quirk for these images. Fifteen paintings now on view at my two-floor solo exhibition "Dataset Hallucinations," with IFAC Arts and hosted at The Yard Lower East Side. The Yard LES is on the second and third floors at 85 Delancey Street on the Lower East Side in Manhattan. An elevator is available to those who would like to use it. The space is conveniently located on the south side of Delancey Street between the new Essex Street Market and the Tenement Museum. Gallery Hours: Monday-Friday, 10am-5pm or DM me for an appointment.

Photo of people at an art opening. Thanks to everyone for coming out to the opening last night! Here’s a first batch of photos. Special thanks to Chris Quirk for these images. Fifteen paintings now on view at my two-floor solo exhibition "Dataset Hallucinations," with IFAC Arts and hosted at The Yard Lower East Side. The Yard LES is on the second and third floors at 85 Delancey Street on the Lower East Side in Manhattan. An elevator is available to those who would like to use it. The space is conveniently located on the south side of Delancey Street between the new Essex Street Market and the Tenement Museum. Gallery Hours: Monday-Friday, 10am-5pm or DM me for an appointment.

More photos from the opening.

Photo of people at an art opening. Thanks to everyone for coming out to the opening last night! Here’s a first batch of photos. Special thanks to Chris Quirk for these images. Fifteen paintings now on view at my two-floor solo exhibition "Dataset Hallucinations," with IFAC Arts and hosted at The Yard Lower East Side. The Yard LES is on the second and third floors at 85 Delancey Street on the Lower East Side in Manhattan. An elevator is available to those who would like to use it. The space is conveniently located on the south side of Delancey Street between the new Essex Street Market and the Tenement Museum. Gallery Hours: Monday-Friday, 10am-5pm or DM me for an appointment.

Photo of people at an art opening. Thanks to everyone for coming out to the opening last night! Here’s a first batch of photos. Special thanks to Chris Quirk for these images. Fifteen paintings now on view at my two-floor solo exhibition "Dataset Hallucinations," with IFAC Arts and hosted at The Yard Lower East Side. The Yard LES is on the second and third floors at 85 Delancey Street on the Lower East Side in Manhattan. An elevator is available to those who would like to use it. The space is conveniently located on the south side of Delancey Street between the new Essex Street Market and the Tenement Museum. Gallery Hours: Monday-Friday, 10am-5pm or DM me for an appointment.

Photo of people at an art opening. Thanks to everyone for coming out to the opening last night! Here’s a first batch of photos. Special thanks to Chris Quirk for these images. Fifteen paintings now on view at my two-floor solo exhibition "Dataset Hallucinations," with IFAC Arts and hosted at The Yard Lower East Side. The Yard LES is on the second and third floors at 85 Delancey Street on the Lower East Side in Manhattan. An elevator is available to those who would like to use it. The space is conveniently located on the south side of Delancey Street between the new Essex Street Market and the Tenement Museum. Gallery Hours: Monday-Friday, 10am-5pm or DM me for an appointment.

Photo of people at an art opening. Thanks to everyone for coming out to the opening last night! Here’s a first batch of photos. Special thanks to Chris Quirk for these images. Fifteen paintings now on view at my two-floor solo exhibition "Dataset Hallucinations," with IFAC Arts and hosted at The Yard Lower East Side. The Yard LES is on the second and third floors at 85 Delancey Street on the Lower East Side in Manhattan. An elevator is available to those who would like to use it. The space is conveniently located on the south side of Delancey Street between the new Essex Street Market and the Tenement Museum. Gallery Hours: Monday-Friday, 10am-5pm or DM me for an appointment.

Thanks to everyone for coming out to the opening last night! Here’s a first batch of photos. Special thanks to Chris Quirk for these images.

"Dataset Hallucinations," 15 paintings, IFAC Arts at The Yard, 85 Delancey Street. M-F, 10-5 or DM to schedule a meet.

Adult content! Ha ha.

JOIN US! THURSDAY, 9/18, for the opening reception of PETER WALSH - DATASET HALLUCINATIONS: PAINTING PERCEPTION IN THE AI AGE! Opening Reception: Thursday, September 18, 6-8pm. The Yard LES is on the second and third floors at 85 Delancey Street on the Lower East Side in Manhattan.

JOIN US! THURSDAY, 9/18, for the opening reception of PETER WALSH - DATASET HALLUCINATIONS: PAINTING PERCEPTION IN THE AI AGE!

Opening Reception: Thursday, September 18, 6-8pm.

The Yard LES is on the second and third floors at 85 Delancey Street on the Lower East Side in Manhattan.