Artist Alma Allen has again accused cultural strategist David Resnicow of working against Allen’s controversial US Pavilion at the 2026 Venice Biennale, after months of criticism surrounding the project.
In an Instagram post published Monday afternoon, Allen wrote that “two of the three galleries that withdrew their support for my pavilion informed me that they did so on the advice of David Resnicow,” referring to the veteran art-world publicist whose firm has represented the US Pavilion six times before this year’s edition.
“I have never met Mr. Resnicow,” Allen wrote in the post. “But his name came up frequently from individuals who told me he had warned them not to support this year’s American Pavilion. This included arts writers, museum directors, funders, curators, and two of the three galleries that withdrew support.”
Allen told ARTnews over text that the three galleries that withdrew support were Kasmin, Mendes Wood DM, and Pace. Kasmin has since transitioned to a new gallery, Olney Gleason, which declined to comment on the post, as did Mendes Wood DM. Multiple sources previously told ARTnews that Pace had explored representing Allen after he was dropped by Kasmin and Mendes Wood DM following the pavilion announcement. Though Pace did not end up representing Allen, a gallery representative told ARTnews that Resnicow “did not advise us against working with Alma Allen.”
