Casa MB Los Angeles is pleased to present a preview of new paintings by Argentine artist Dani Kum. A selection of works will be on view starting August 8, 2026 by appointment only. To schedule your viewing, click here.
Dani Kum's intimate figurative works explore the emotional residue of everyday life. Through scenes that feel at once familiar and dreamlike, Kum constructs a quiet world inhabited by characters suspended between memory, imagination, and lived experience.
Working primarily in oil on canvas, Kum draws inspiration from personal recollections and ordinary moments, transforming them into psychologically charged compositions. Her figures appear absorbed in private thoughts or subtle exchanges, occupying interiors and landscapes where time seems to slow. Rather than illustrating specific narratives, the paintings invite viewers to project their own memories and emotions into each scene.
Nostalgia is central to Kum’s practice, not as an attempt to recreate the past but as a means of examining how memory shifts over time. Moments of tenderness exist alongside uncertainty, intimacy alongside distance. Through restrained palettes, carefully orchestrated compositions, and expressive brushwork, the paintings capture fleeting emotional states that resist easy explanation. Across varying scales, each painting reflects Kum’s ability to transform quiet, personal experiences into universally resonant images.
Born in Chaco, Argentina, in 1994, Dani Kum lives and works in Buenos Aires. She has presented solo exhibitions throughout Argentina and Mexico and has participated in group exhibitions in Argentina and Spain. This presentation marks her introduction to M+B.