Caffè Sospeso: generosity and grace
Pleiades Gallery, Chelsea, New York
October 28 – November 22, 2025
From Bhutan to Chelsea
Fresh from her landmark museum exhibition Echoes of a Kingdom in Bhutan at Wangduechhoeling Palace Museum—Tatjana Krizmanic brings her luminous vision to New York.
Inspired by the Neapolitan custom of caffè sospeso—paying for a coffee in advance for a stranger—this new body of work translates quiet acts of kindness into color, gesture, and light. Through intimate still lifes, park scenes, and expressive portraits, Caffè Sospeso celebrates generosity, reflection, and joy as forms of grace in a divided world.
Born in Croatia and based in Brooklyn, Krizmanic has exhibited internationally for over four decades. Her paintings, known for their emotional resonance and radiant palette, are held in collections across Europe, Asia, and the United States.
Collectors’ Preview: Thursday, November 6 · 6–8 PM
Artist Celebration with Live Jazz: Saturday, November 15 · 4–8 PM
📍 Pleiades Gallery, Landmark Arts Building
547 W 27th St #304, New York, NY 10001The tradition of caffè sospeso—buying a coffee not for oneself, but for an unseen stranger—grounds Tatjana Krizmanic’s first New York solo exhibition in a spirit of quiet generosity. Each work in Caffè Sospeso can be understood as such an offering: a painting “paid forward,” imbued with color, gesture, and memory, waiting for someone else to receive it.
Krizmanic’s paintings open onto a spectrum of human experience, unfolding in four distinct but interwoven registers: the intimate still life, the domestic or interior space, the crowded city scene, and the expansive landscape. What unites them is not subject matter but sensibility—a way of seeing that insists on beauty not as escape but as a form of shared humanity.
Sunday in the Park, oil on canvas, 36” X 48”
Springtime in the Ramble. oil on canvas, 44” X 60”
Bay View, oil on canvas, tripych, 36” X 72”
Lace Curtain, oil on canvas, 48” X 48”
Tribeca Rooftops, pastel on sanded paper, 15” X 25”
Tribeca II, pastel on sanded paper, 20” X 30”
Rainy Day, oil on canvas, 20” X 24”
Tribeca Market Day, pastel on sanded paper, 22” X 30”
Tribeca Evening, pastel on sanded paper, 22” X 30”
Turkish Coffee, oil on canvas, 16” x 20”
Red pitcher, oil on canvas, 20” X 16”
Bouquet on a Lace Tablecloth, oil on canvas 24” x 18
Two Pitchers and an Orchid, oil on canvas, 20” X 16”
Seaside Garden, oil on panel, 24” X 18”
Venetian Garden, oil on panel, 24” X 18”
Summer Colony, oil on canvas, 24” x 36”
Almost Ready, oil on panel, 24” X 18”
Paul Contemplates Summer. oil on canvas, 30” X 22”
Red, oil on canvas, 30” X 40”
Umbrellas on 42nd Street, pastel on paper, 39” X 50”
Bistro in the Marais, pastel on paper, 22” X 30”
Fiorentina, pastel on paper, 18” X 22”
Once Upon a Time in Paris, pastel on paper, 55” X 72”
Bistro in the Marais, pastel on paper, 22” x 30”