Both in his life and his work, José Parlá is the very embodiment of a palimpsest. Amiable and kind on the surface, but scratch a little deeper and there's a lifetime of experiences bubbling, memories ...

Why For a speakeasy experience in a rather unlikely location. The backstory Parla started out in the North End as a fresh incarnation of an old-school red-sauce joint, Il Villagio, run by longtime ...

José Parlá is a contemporary American painter, best known for his monumental calligraphic abstractions. His colorful and amalgamative work conflates ideas of art and architecture, blurring the lines ...

José Parlá’s massive mural in the lobby of One World Trade Center behaves almost as a large welcome mat. One World Trade opened its doors earlier this month, 13 years after the attacks of September 11 ...

Walking through the Brooklyn-based and Miami-born artist José Parlá's studio evokes a feeling similar to that elicited from glimpsing the inside of a great and old temple. Not only is it massive and ...

Installation view, “José Parlá: Homecoming” at Pérez Art Museum Miami. WorldRedEye This season, Pérez Art Museum Miami is honoring Cuba-born, Miami-raised artist José Parlá with a sweeping exhibition ...

A few weeks before the opening of “Homecoming” at the Pérez Art Museum Miami, artist José Parlá was surprised to find himself not in Miami but inside his Brooklyn studio. “My mind was all over the ...