Petzel is pleased to present Transit of Venus , an exhibition of new paintings by Emily Mae Smith, opening September 17 and running through October 24, 2026, at 520 West 25th Street. This marks Smith’s second solo show at the gallery and follows her 2024 survey exhibition at the Magritte Museum in Brussels, where the artist’s work was curated in dialogue with René Magritte’s oeuvre. In Transit of Venus , Smith’s hybrid figures and symbolic objects—including her anthropomorphic broomstick…