Flora Yukhnovich talks to The New York Times

'“The idea of seeing something that you immediately recognize, but then you lose your footing continually — that’s what I want to play with,” said Yukhnovich, a Londoner who was working in her temporary Queens studio in July, wearing her red hair pulled back.'

'Her latest project is an immersive commission by the Frick Collection, “Flora Yukhnovich’s Four Seasons,” a suite of works enveloping the walls of the museum’s first-floor Cabinet Gallery, in effect forming a mural.'

'As she finished up her own “Four Seasons” for the Frick, Yukhnovich said that the “overdoor” positioning of the original series of the same name has become a useful metaphor for what she wants to achieve.

“The idea of a threshold was a jumping-off point that led me to portal fantasies, like ‘The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe’ and ‘Alice in Wonderland,” she said. “The idea of making a room that was like stepping into a painting is quite appealing.”'

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Image:  Portrait of Flora Yukhnovich, 2025
Photo: Clifford Prince King
August 28 2025