These Thoughts May Disappear Shows Jack White’s First Public Art Show
Amy Duong — June 2, 2026 — Art & Design
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These Thoughts May Disappear is the debut public art exhibition by Jack White, presented at Newport Street Gallery in London. These Thoughts May Disappear runs through September 13 and features new and archival sculptures, installations, furniture pieces, and found-object works.
The exhibition examines White’s visual art practice, including his background in upholstery before founding The White Stripes and Third Man Records. Across six gallery spaces, the show presents work shaped by carpentry, upholstery, assemblage, and object reuse, which White describes as “Hardware Store Art.”
The exhibition includes a large outdoor-style installation centered around The Red Tree, a 30-foot sculpture. Additional works include furniture influenced by mid-century modern design and artists associated with Detroit’s Cass Corridor movement. White also invited six artists, including Ai Weiwei and Shepard Fairey, to customize Fender Pano Verb amplifiers that he designed for Fender in 2024.
Image Credit: Jack White, Newport Street Gallery, Prudence Cuming
The exhibition examines White’s visual art practice, including his background in upholstery before founding The White Stripes and Third Man Records. Across six gallery spaces, the show presents work shaped by carpentry, upholstery, assemblage, and object reuse, which White describes as “Hardware Store Art.”
The exhibition includes a large outdoor-style installation centered around The Red Tree, a 30-foot sculpture. Additional works include furniture influenced by mid-century modern design and artists associated with Detroit’s Cass Corridor movement. White also invited six artists, including Ai Weiwei and Shepard Fairey, to customize Fender Pano Verb amplifiers that he designed for Fender in 2024.
Image Credit: Jack White, Newport Street Gallery, Prudence Cuming
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Hardware-store Art Revival — Works built from carpentry, upholstery, and everyday materials point to novel approaches that could decentralize art production and blur boundaries between DIY craft and institutional art.
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Multidisciplinary Music-visual Collaborations — Crossovers between musicians and visual artists in exhibitions and product co-design reveal potential for hybrid cultural offerings that merge live performance, gallery presentation, and branded artifacts.
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Found-object Assemblage Resurgence — The renewed emphasis on furniture, found objects, and assemblage suggests opportunities for rethinking material provenance and value through curated reuse and narrative-driven repurposing.
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Musical Instrument Manufacturing — Artist-customized amplifiers and instrument collaborations expose possibilities for limited-edition, design-forward products that fuse collectible value with functional performance.
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