The Art of June Leaf, 1929 – 2024. Art Talk by Robert Bunkin

NYU’s Grey Art Museum co-organized a traveling retrospective of June Leaf’s work Shooting from the Heart (closing December 13, 2025), which ranges from her paintings, installations, drawings, sculptures and automatons. Leaf was a legendary figure, with studios in Nova Scotia and New York, where she explored visible and imaginary realms through materials, techniques and mechanics. A master draughtswoman and tinkerer, she offers unique perspectives on life, love, movement and illusion.

June Leaf, Self-Portrait, 2006, pencil on paper, 12 x 9 in. Collection of Leslie Miller

Robert Bunkin is a painter, curator, art historian, and educator, with a BS from CUNY and an MFA from Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University. He has taught art history and studio art in several NYC art schools, universities, colleges, and museums.