Lucien Smith's Latest Exhibition Is More Than Just "Tulips!"

Following his "FRIENDS" exhibit at Virgil Abloh's EM PTY GALLERY, Lucien Smith returns with a new show at The Fireplace Project in East Hampton, NY. Entitled "Tulips!," the multi-faceted artist's latest series of paintings riff on the Dutch tulip craze in the 17th century. More precisely, the Netherlands experienced a major financial bubble in 1637 where tulips sold at insanely high prices -- it was cheaper to buy a house at the time. "The term "tulip mania" is now often used metaphorically to r...