# Fern Apfel and Austin Ballard | Parlor Games

Fern Apfel and Austin Ballard | Parlor Games at Morgan Lehman Gallery, Friday 30 October 2026, until 19 Dec.

- Venue: Morgan Lehman Gallery, West 26th Street 526, 10001 New York
- Go to page: https://morganlehmangallery.com/exhibitions/212-fern-apfel-and-austin-ballard-parlor-games/

![Fern Apfel and Austin Ballard | Parlor Games](https://noky.io/images/9c9de05415ffcec20b493e00e16321b3ae4a684fbbcc1300dbb18254c273bca5-1200.webp)

Parlor Games is a two-person exhibition of paintings by Fern Apfel and sculptures by Austin Ballard at Morgan Lehman Gallery, with an opening reception on the evening the show begins. The show rests on the idea that ordinary household things, kept long enough, become vessels for memory. Apfel's hand-painted works evoke cupboards, letters, stamps, and aged paper, while Ballard's rattan and colored clay sculptures recall furniture and draped, hollow forms. Hung and placed together, the works make the gallery resemble a parlor in which objects are gathered, handled, and displayed.

## Dates

- Thursday 29 October until 19 Dec — Morgan Lehman Gallery

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