--- title: 2019_Van Aken_Forbes date: 2019-05-15T16:34:00-04:00 author: Cat Zhou canonical_url: "https://feldmangallery.com/news/2019/2019-van-aken-forbes" section: News --- [![Ronald Feldman Gallery logo](/src/images/rff_logo.svg)](/) ![](/src/images/search.svg) View Artists Search Artists [Exhibitions](/feature_exhibitions) [Past Exhibitions](/past_exhibitions/) [Artists](/artist_overview) [News & Press](/news_overview) [Inventory](https://www.artsy.net/ronald-feldman-gallery/artists) [Publications](/feature_publications) [Gallery Info](/about) [Contact](/contact) [![Facebook](/src/images/fb.svg)](https://www.facebook.com/RonaldFeldmanGallery/) [![Instagram](/src/images/ig.svg)](https://www.instagram.com/feldmangallery/) [![Twitter](/src/images/tw.svg)](https://twitter.com/feldmangallery?lang=en) [Artsy](https://www.artsy.net/ronald-feldman-gallery) [Artnet](http://www.artnet.com/galleries/ronald-feldman-fine-arts/) ![](/src/images/close_btn.svg) ![](/src/images/close_btn.svg)Artists 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](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/richard-ross) S [ Diemut Strebe ](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/diemut-strebe) [ Edwin Schlossberg ](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/edwin-schlossberg) [ Federico Solmi ](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/federico-solmi-) [ Jason Salavon ](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/jason-salavon) [ Todd Siler ](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/todd-siler) U [ Mierle Laderman Ukeles ](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/mierle-laderman-ukeles) V [ Sam Van Aken ](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/sam-van-aken) W [ Allan Wexler ](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/allan-wexler) [ Andy Warhol ](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/andy-warhol) [ Clemens Weiss ](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/clemens-weiss) [ Hannah Wilke ](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/hannah-wilke) Y [ Gil Yefman ](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/gil-yefman) [ ![Ronald Feldman Gallery logo](/src/images/rff_logo.svg) ](/) [Sam Van Aken](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/sam-van-aken) A Tree Bearing 40 Rare Kinds Of Fruit? Behold The Future Of Nature At The Cooper Hewitt Triennial Forbes May 13, 2019 There are varieties of apricot that you cannot buy at the supermarket. Many types of plum and peach and cherry, snubbed by commercial growers, have become so uncommon that they're essentially endangered. Yet there's a tree in New York City where many of these heirloom stonefruits still flourish. Created by the artist Sam van Aken, this tree is cultivated to grow a different variety on virtually every branch, all grafted onto the same stalwart trunk, a sort of arboreal equivalent to Noah's Ark. **[Read more here.](https://www.forbes.com/sites/jonathonkeats/2019/05/14/cooper-hewitt-design-triennial/#4b8ac4fc3f8a)** Related News & Press May 12, 2019 [ ![Van Aken Nichols Plum](/assets/exhibition_images/Van-Aken-Nichols-Plum_190515_193109.jpg) ](https://feldmangallery.com/news/2019/2019-van-aken-tech-the-lead) May 12, 2019 TechTheLead [Sam Van Aken](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/sam-van-aken) [Designers Draw Attention To The Environmental Crisis In New Exhibition](https://feldmangallery.com/news/2019/2019-van-aken-tech-the-lead) May 10, 2019 [ ![Van Aken Tree Of 40 Fruit](/assets/exhibition_images/Van-Aken-Tree-of-40-Fruit_190515_171538.jpg) ](https://feldmangallery.com/news/2019/2019-van-aken-click-on-detroit) May 10, 2019 CNN [Sam Van Aken](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/sam-van-aken) [How the world's leading designers are thinking about the climate crisis](https://feldmangallery.com/news/2019/2019-van-aken-click-on-detroit) May 07, 2019 [ ![Wilke Wilke In Studio With Three Sisters 1972 1](/assets/exhibition_images/Wilke-Wilke-in-studio-with-Three-Sisters_1972_1.JPG) ](https://feldmangallery.com/news/2019/2019-wilke-the-philly-inquirer-newhall) May 07, 2019 The Philadelphia Inquirer [Hannah Wilke](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/hannah-wilke) [Temple photo exhibit of chewing-gum genitalia is a revival for a Philadelphia provocateur](https://feldmangallery.com/news/2019/2019-wilke-the-philly-inquirer-newhall) May 05, 2019 [ ![Cassils Becoming An Image Performance Stil No 3 Pennsylvania Academy Of Fine Arts Historic Casting Hall 2016](/assets/exhibition_images/Cassils-Becoming-an-Image-Performance-Stil-No.-3-Pennsylvania-Academy-of-Fine-Arts-Historic-Casting-Hall-2016.JPG) ](https://feldmangallery.com/news/2019/2019-cassils-scvtv) May 05, 2019 SCVTV [Cassils](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/cassils) [CalArtians Featured in ‘Photoville LA’ Exhibit at Annenberg](https://feldmangallery.com/news/2019/2019-cassils-scvtv) [See All Press ](https://feldmangallery.com/news_overview) Ronald Feldman Gallery has been at the frontier of contemporary art since 1971. 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