In Focus: Ilana Savdie’s ‘Counterfeit Gift of Tongues’ (2025) at White Cube New York The work takes its title from a Charismatic Christian term describing someone whose utterances are believed to be feigned or influenced by deceptive spirits. Referencing biblical associations with the false prophecy and spread of evil, Ilana includes the frog in various forms throughout her new body of works. In the Book of Revelation, frogs spew from the mouths of demons as symbols of deception and chaos. In Ilana’s paintings, forms spill out of mouth-like portals and bodies fracture, mutate, disguise themselves or disappear altogether. 📍 ‘Counterfeit Gift of Tongues’ is on view in Ilana’s exhibition ‘Glottal Stop’ at White Cube New York until 14 June 2025. 🔗 Click the link in our bio to learn more. #WhiteCube #IlanaSavdie #NewYork #NYCexhibition #WhiteCubeNewYork #Contemporarypainting