Serge Strosberg
MONKEY TALE, 2024
Oil and egg tempera painting on linen
40 x 30 in
101.6 x 76.2 cm
Available at Surovek Gallery
Serge Strosberg (b.1966) has embraced, and been embraced by, the Palm Beach community, where he lives with his wife and twin sons.
He has reimagined Palm Beach history with humor and warmth. Strosberg’s series of portraits of Johnnie Brown, architect Addison Mizner’s beloved monkey, has captured the flavor, flair and hearts of the public.
Monkey Tale, 2024 and The Monkey Businessman, 2025 are recent acquisitions at Surovek Gallery.
When Serge Strosberg isn’t painting portraits of Johnnie, he is painting landscapes and commissioned portraits.
A Belgian-born American citizen, Strosberg studied and taught art in Paris. His work has been shown alongside that of Lucian Freud and Philip Pearlstein at The Felix Nussbaum Museum in Germany and The Musee de Pontoise in France. He has participated in over 60 gallery and museum exhibitions throughout the US, Europe and Asia.
In South Florida his artworks have been exhibited at the Ann Norton Sculpture Gardens, Lighthouse Arts Center, Cultural Council for Palm Beach County and the Richard and Pat Johnson Historical Museum/Historical Society of Palm Beach.
His award winning art is in 180 private and public collections.
Kenyan-born artist Kaloki Nyamai paints scenes of home, hope and serenity. has been named to the newly formed Artist Council at The Museum of West African Art (MOWAA), slated to open its doors in Benin City, Nigeria on November 11, 2025.
Nyamai’s textured and layered works have earned him international recognition. His works have been on exhibit at the Sharjah Art Foundation’s 2025 Biennial in the United Arab Emirates.
Nyamai studied Interior Design at the Buruburu Institute of Fine Arts. In 2023, Nyamai launched Kamene Art Residency, a program designed to foster artistic growth and cross-cultural collaboration in the heart of Nairobi. In 2023 Nyamai debuted Dining in Chaos, a monumental triptych at Art Basel Unlimited, Basel, Switzerland. His work is in the public collections of the Dallas Museum of Art, the Pérez Art Museum in Miami and SAFFCA (Southern African Foundation for Contemporary Art) in Brussels, Belgium.
If you’ve been following the mystery of the jewel heist at The Louvre, on October 19th, you know that two suspects are in custody, but as of this writing the jewels, valued at about $100 million, have still not been recovered. Still, the memes keep coming:
The Director of the Louvre, Laurence des Cars, appeared before a French Senate hearing after the robbery and admitted that security at the museum was grossly inadequate and an exterior video surveillance camera had been facing away from where the thieves entered the museum.
In an open letter, published in Le Monde on October 27th, 57 curators and directors from the world's most prestigious museums expressed their solidarity with the staff of the Louvre, stating, ‘'Museums are not strongholds nor vaults. Their essence while creating the safest environment for art and its audiences lies in their openness and accessibility.”
Please contact us if you would like more information about the works of Serge Strosberg and Kaloki Nyamai available at Surovek Gallery.
References:
Jon Henley. Louvre suspects ‘partially admit’ their role in jewel heist. The Guardian. October 29, 2025.
Isa Farfan. Louvre Heist: Two Arrested; Director Gets Support From Peers. Hyperallergic. October 27, 2025.
Le Monde/Op-Ed. ’Museums are not strongholds nor vaults': Directors of the world's leading institutions voice support for Louvre museum director. October 27, 2025.
