Lévy Gorvy Dayan was excited to announce the opening of Joel Mesler: Kitchens are good rooms to cry in on June 6, 2024. This major presentation marked the artist’s fourth exhibition with the gallery and the first in New York, comprising new paintings, sculptures, and installations across two floors of the Beaux-Arts townhouse at 19 East 64th Street. With Kitchens are good rooms to cry in, Mesler examined and shared his personal journey from his youth in Los Angeles to the present day—achieved through an installation in three vignettes, each relating to childhood, adulthood, and midlife. Through a dazzling display of work across media, Mesler expounded on the insights of his earned experience, as well as the questions yet to be answered, in a presentation that was at once intimate and exuberant, reflective and bold.

On July 2, 2024, Mesler’s solo exhibition at the gallery was joined by his public installation, Pool Party, at the Rink at Rockefeller Center, presented by Rockefeller Center and Art Production Fund. Pool Party activated multiple locations throughout Rockefeller Center, centering at the Rink with the creation of a patterned pool as well as the artist’s sculptural floats, inflatables, and beach balls.