Untitled (Gold & Deep Dark Blue) 2021 is inspired by the urban landscapes of New York, its forms purposefully stripped of any identifying feature, becoming universal references that trigger unexpected memories and build an intimate connection with the viewer. Across the canvases float thick and textured color fields in navy, blue and gold. The ample negative spaces invite the viewer to use their imagination and build unique and personal narratives: it is an invitation to action.

Simonetti says: “My work is an investigation on real and imagined worlds, personal and collective memories. I am looking for a common ground, a place of shared visual experiences.”

Michele Simonetti is an Italian artist based in Brooklyn, New York. His practice synthesizes the urban landscape into compositions of minimal purity and spatial tension. Through abstraction and simplicity, he is able to find a shared visual language that can relate to everyone personally, culturally and emotionally: a true abstract alphabet of lines and cuts that explores physics, studious, candid.

In January 2024, the Child Mind Institute moved its headquarters to a new 82,000-square-foot space in Midtown Manhattan. From the beginning, our new home was envisioned not only as a place for clinical care and research, but as a space that feels comforting, human, and inviting for children, teens, and their families. In order to support this vision, CMI established a comprehensive Art Program to foster meaningful engagement between our patients and the artwork around them. Through a thoughtfully curated permanent collection and integrated installations, the program helps create an environment that is stimulating, flexible, and collaborative —a space where we will help tens of thousands of children from 49 states, Washington, DC, and 45 nations over the coming decades and inspire current and future scientists to change the child mental health field as we know it. We hope that the digital archive will give patients and their families further opportunity to explore the collection and learn more about the talented artists that have contributed to our space.