ArtWorth — a collective disrupting the traditional arts system, transforming it from a commodity and pretentious scene into a community-driven, emotionally resonant experience where artists can build and thrive. Co-founded by Emmy-winner Lena Waithe, Julian Joseph Kyle, and Lindsey Neeld.

Co-founder and Artist in Residence: Julian Joseph Kyle presents a commanding body of work that reframes Black cultural memory — tender yet unyielding — reclaiming both icons and overlooked narratives to ask who decides what is worthy of being seen, remembered, or valued. Through large-scale mixed-media portraits, he turns celebrity into cipher, interrogating race, respectability, rebellion, and transcendence while letting history’s contradictions stand in full view.