Artiste à l’honneur

Steve Behar: Narratives in Flux

14 juillet 2026

Steve Behar paints scenes of people in uncertain situations, drawing from his background as a psychologist and his fascination with the Thematic Apperception Test, a psychological tool that uses deliberately unclear images to reveal how people interpret human interaction. This approach connects to his admiration for midcentury illustrations and visual culture—the advertising, television, and film that shaped how we read meaning into everyday moments. His work has appeared in exhibitions at the San Diego Museum of Art, the Butler Institute of American Art, and Los Angeles's Ankrum Gallery. In Behar's paintings, nothing is quite settled: encounters remain open to interpretation, relationships hover between clarity and mystery, inviting viewers to complete the story themselves.