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Recent Exhibitions
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Mapping Resistance: The Legacy of Black Liberation (1925-1975)
KAVI GUPTA | WASHINGTON BLVD. FL. 1 25 April - 10 October 2025Spanning five decades featuring works by Gerald Williams, Wadsworth Jarrell, Sherman Beck, Jeff Donaldson, Omar Lama, and photographic works from the Kavi Gupta | Archives by James P. Ball, James... -
Matter of Fact: Material as a Political Act
KAVI GUPTA | WASHINGTON BLVD. FL. 2 25 April - 10 October 2025These artists explore the politics of materiality, how thread, clay, pigment, and gesture can serve as acts of reclamation, resistance, and cultural continuity. -
Devan Shimoyama & Tomokazu Matsuyama: Our Lives Storytelling
KAVI GUPTA | WASHINGTON BLVD. FL 1 10 April - 1 October 2024DEVAN SHIMOYAMA, ARTIST: ‘I HAVE A DESIRE TO PUT MORE BLACK QUEER BODIES OR QUEER REPRESENTATION INTO THE CANON’ TOMOKAZU MATSUYAMA BLENDS POP CULTURE AND ART HISTORY TO EXPLORE HIS... -
Willie Cole: The B-Sides: 1989-2022
KAVI GUPTA | WASHINGTON BLVD. FL. 1 1 November 2023 - 4 March 2024Kavi Gupta presents a solo exhibition surveying the career of acclaimed artist and perceptual engineer Willie Cole. Cole’s aesthetic position has long been associated with upcycling: the creative reuse of... -
Nikko Washington: For The Old Gods and The New
KAVI GUPTA | WASHINGTON BLVD. FL. 2 28 October 2023 - 9 March 2024Kavi Gupta presents a solo exhibition of new paintings by Chicago-based artist Nikko Washington, whose work was recently featured in the gallery’s critically acclaimed, philanthropic exhibition Skin + Masks ,... -
Marie Watt: Sky Dances Light
KAVI GUPTA | WASHINGTON BLVD. FL. 1 10 June - 30 September 2023Kavi Gupta presents Sky Dances Light , a solo exhibition of new works by celebrated, interdisciplinary Seneca artist Marie Watt, whose bold, multi-sensory visual language celebrates and fosters community connections.... -
LightSpace
KAVI GUPTA | WASHINGTON BLVD. FL. 2 22 July - 14 October 2023Kavi Gupta presents Lightspace, a group exhibition examining aesthetic spaces, physical and metaphysical, within contemporary art where concepts of lightness are central to the work. In this exhibition, a lightspace... -
Roger Brown: Palace of Wonders
KAVI GUPTA | WASHINGTON BLVD. FL. 2 1 April - 10 June 2023Kavi Gupta presents Roger Brown, Palace of Wonders , an exhibition celebrating Roger Brown’s late-career series of paintings based on the visual language of circus sideshow banners. Brown was an... -
Alfred Conteh, It Is What It Is
Kavi Gupta | Washington Blvd Fl. 1 19 November 2022 - 4 March 2023Kavi Gupta presents It Is What It Is , a solo exhibition of new paintings by Alfred Conteh. Following the recent inclusion of Conteh’s work in the traveling Smithsonian Institution... -
James Little, Black Stars & White Paintings
Kavi Gupta | Elizabeth St Fl. 1 12 November 2022 - 4 March 2023Kavi Gupta presents Black Stars & White Paintings , the highly anticipated solo exhibition of new paintings by New York-based abstract artist James Little, a critically and publicly celebrated highlight...
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Recent Fairs
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Untitled Art, Miami Beach 2025
3 - 7 December 2025The 14th Edition of Untitled Art, Miami Beach December 3 – 7, 2025 On the sands of Miami Beach Booth A61 Kavi Gupta is pleased to announce our participation in... -
Staple + Stitch Art & Print Fair
14 - 16 November 2025Kavi Gupta | Editions is pleased to participate in the Staple + Stitch art book and print fair, presenting a curated selection of art publications and artist's multiples. Staple +... -
The Armory Off-Site 2024
4 - 8 September 2024The fourth iteration of Armory Off-Site presents public artworks spanning from performances and activations across New York City to large-scale sculptures at the US Open. Discover Armory Off-Site, the fourth... -
The Armory Show 2024
6 - 8 September 2024Booth 326 JAVITS CENTER 429 11TH AVENUE, NEW YORK, NY 10001 VIP Preview: Thursday, September 5 | 11 - 7 PM Friday, September 6 | 11 – 7 PM Saturday,... -
Felix Art Fair 2024
28 February - 3 March 2024Kavi Gupta is excited to return to the Felix Art Fair in Los Angeles. The historic Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel offers a unique setting in which to contextualize important works of... -
The Armory Show 2023
8 - 10 September 2023VIP PREVIEW Thursday, September 7 PUBLIC DATES Friday, September 8 | 11 AM–7 PM Saturday, September 9 | 11 AM–7 PM Sunday, September 10 | 11 AM–6 PM Booth 217... -
EXPO Chicago 2023
13 - 16 April 2023VIP : Thursday, April 13 | 12 PM–9 PM PUBLIC : Friday, April 14 | 11 AM–7 PM Saturday, April 15 | 11 AM–7 PM Sunday, April 16 | 11... -
Felix Art Fair 2023
15 - 19 February 2023Kavi Gupta welcomes the return of the Felix Art Fair, February 15-19, 2023 in Los Angeles. The elegant, boutique interior of the historic Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel offers us a unique... -
Art Singapore 2023
11 - 15 January 2023Join us January 11-15, 2023, in Singapore for the inaugural edition of ART SG, Southeast Asia’s largest art fair. Our presentation will include a diverse selection of works from across... -
Art Basel Miami Beach 2022
29 November - 3 December 2022Kavi Gupta’s presentation at Art Basel Miami Beach 2022 continues our mission to amplify the voices of diverse and underrepresented artists by spotlighting new works by an international and intergenerational... -
Frieze London 2022
12 - 16 October 2022VIP PREVIEW Wednesday, October 12 | 11 AM–7 PM OPENING HOURS Thursday, October 13 | 11 AM–7 PM Friday, October 14 | 11 AM–7 PM Saturday, October 15 | 11...
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Featured Events
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Willie Cole: Artist Lecture
Milwaukee Art Museum 26 February 2026Join us from 6:15 pm–7:15 pm for the next event in our Artist Talk series, featuring the dynamic American sculptor, printmaker, designer, perceptual engineer, and visual artist Willie Cole. In... -
Devan Shimoyama: SHIFT Artist Lecture
Rowan University Art Gallery 4 February 2026Artist’s talk and opening reception February 4th, 5:00 - 7:00 PM - artist’s talk begins at 5:30 Let us know you are coming. Devan Shimoyama draws equally from classical mythology... -
AfriCOBRA: MOCA North Miami 30th Anniversary Honorees
MOCA North Miami 20 February 2026The Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami (MOCA) has been dedicated to presenting contemporary art and its historical influences though exhibitions, educational programs, and collections since we opened our doors... -
Panel Discussion: Beyond the Hype: Technology as Cultural Infrastructure
Untitled Art, Miami Beach 5 December 2025After the speculative frenzy surrounding NFTs, this conversation reframes the question of digital art by shifting from market-driven hype to cultural substance. The panel will consider how blockchain, digital networks,... -
Staple + Stitch Art & Print Fair
14 - 16 November 2025Kavi Gupta | Editions is pleased to participate in the Staple + Stitch art book and print fair, presenting a curated selection of art publications and artist's multiples. Staple +... -
Preview Night: Staple + Stitch Art & Print Fair
14 November 2025Preview night at Staple + Stitch art book and print fair will be held November 14th from 6-9pm. Editions | Kavi Gupta will be presenting a curated selection of artist... -
Closing Reception: Matter of Fact: Material as a Political Act
KAVI GUPTA | WASHINGTON BLVD. FL.2 10 October 2025Join us for the last opportunity to see Matter of Fact: Material as a Political Act. From our earliest exhibitions to the artists we continue to support today, we have... -
Closing Celebration: Mapping Resistance: The Legacy of Black Liberation (1925-1975)
KAVI GUPTA | WASHINGTON BLVD. FL.1 10 October 2025Join us for the closing reception of Mapping Resistance: The Legacy of Black Liberation (1925-1975) at Kavi Gupta Washington Blvd. Fl.1. Spanning five decades featuring works by Gerald Williams, Wadsworth... -
Miya Ando: Water of the Sky Release Day
MIT Press 4 November 2025Kavi Gupta is pleased to announce the release of Miya Ando's publication with the MIT Press. A breathtakingly elegant visual dictionary of 2000 Japanese words for rain, with 100 drawings... -
Willie Cole: Alison Saar in Conversation with Larry D. and Brenda A. Thompson
National Gallery of Art 14 September 2025Artists Willie Cole and Alison Saar, along with collectors Larry and Brenda Thompson, join us in celebration of the exhibition With Passion and Purpose: Gifts from the Collection of Larry... -
Miya Ando: Water of the Sky Available for Pre-Order
MIT Press 1 September - 4 November 2025Kavi Gupta is pleased to announce this publication by Miya Ando and the MIT Press. A breathtakingly elegant visual dictionary of 2000 Japanese words for rain, with 100 drawings in... -
Willie Cole: Dialogues on Black Dimensions in Art
Tang Teaching Museum 9 October 2025Join us Thursday, October 9, at 6 pm, for a dynamic conversation on Black liberation and racial justice. This event is held in conjunction with the Tang exhibition Up to... -
Chicago Exhibition Weekend 2025 (CXW '25)
KAVI GUPTA | WASHINGTON BLVD. FL.1-2 18 - 21 September 2025Kavi Gupta is excited to be an official participant in the third edition of Chicago Exhibition Weekend (CXW). We invite you to visit the galleries during our weekend hours this... -
Alfred Conteh: Movie Mixer | Boys in the Hood
Peoria Riverfront Museum 13 September 2025Saturday, September 13, 2025 | Gallery Talk at 5:30 p.m. | Screening at 6:30 p.m. In partnership with current exhibition Strangers/Kin: The Lens of Alfred Conteh join us at the... -
Alfred Conteh: Gallery Talk
Peoria Riverfront Museum 13 September 2025Nationally recognized artist Alfred Conteh returns to the Peoria Riverfront Museum in partnership with current museum exhibition Strangers/Kin: Through the Lens of Alfred Conteh. Join us in the gallery for... -
Tomokazu Matsuyama: Director-Led Tour
Edward Hopper House 17 - 21 July 2025Coinciding with Upstate Art Weekend, Frieze Connect members are invited to a special evening at the Edward Hopper House in Nyack. Executive Director Kathleen Motes Bennewitz will lead an exclusive... -
Devan Shimoyama: The Barbershop Project
Cultural DC 22 May 2025Opening May 22 5-8PM | 901 G Street NW Mobile Art Gallery CulturalDC is proud to bring The Barbershop Project back to Washington, DC - this time in the heart... -
Mickalene Thomas: Debuts Installation at NYC Health & Hospitals/South Brooklyn Health
New York City, NY 22 May 2025Located in the lobby of the Ruth Bader Ginsburg Hospital, the mosaic includes images of the late Supreme Court Justice's favorite flowers: freesias and white hydrangeas This is the twelfth... -
Opening Reception: Matter of Fact: Material as a Political Act
KAVI GUPTA | WASHINGTON BLVD. FL.2 25 April 2025Join us for the opening reception of Matter of Fact: Material as a Political Act featuring director-led tours and refreshments to celebrate the opening of our Spring exhibitions. From our... -
Opening Reception: Mapping Resistance: The Legacy of Black Liberation (1925-1975)
KAVI GUPTA | WASHINGTON BLVD. FL.1 25 April 2025Join us for the opening reception of Mapping Resistance: The Legacy of Black Liberation (1925-1975) at Kavi Gupta Washington Blvd. Fl.1 featuring director-led tours and refreshments to celebrate the opening...
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Featured Press
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MOCA and AfriCOBRA and MOCA Mark 30 Years at LEGACY 30 Gala in North Miami
February 2, 2026The Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami is marking its 30th anniversary in 2026 with A Night in Paradise: LEGACY 30 , a gala celebrating leadership, philanthropy and a defining... -
Mickalene Thomas: New Survey at the Grand Palais Is for Lovers
December 20, 2025Mickalene Thomas's New Survey at the Grand Palais Is for Lovers Two years after Mickalene Thomas's first visit to Paris in 2009, she returned for a residency at Giverny, the... -
Devan Shimoyama: Explores Tarot, fantasy and Black queerness in SHIFT
January 27, 2026Artist Devan Shimoyama, a Philadelphia native, will be displaying a new exhibition titled SHIFT , at Rowan University Art Gallery & Museum in New Jersey Jan. 26-March 21. Shimoyama reinvents... -
Devan Shimoyama: Explores Transformation And Identity In ‘SHIFT’ At Rowan University
January 18, 2026Philadelphia-born artist Devan Shimoyama returns to the region this winter with 'SHIFT,' a solo exhibition at Rowan University Art Gallery & Museum that examines identity, transformation and the politics of... -
Mickalene Thomas: Makes History As The First African-American Artist To Take Over The Grand Palais
November 12, 2025Paris hasn’t seen anything quite like the groundbreaking ‘All About Love’ queer artists’ textured, colorful, sparkling work. Artist Mickalene Thomas is making Black history in Paris. Thomas will be taking... -
James Little: A Love Affair With Art
November 6, 2025James Little has been an influential painter and teacher in New York for decades. He is what some people call an artist's artist - a high compliment that essentially means... -
Mickalene Thomas: On Finding the Joy in the Everyday
September 19, 2025In a new exhibition, the artist intimately captures the community of her local park in Brooklyn Like many of us right now, Mickalene Thomas has been in pursuit of joyous... -
Tomokazu Matsuyama: From Semi-Professional Snowboarder to Art World Sensation
October 25, 2025At Savannah College of Art and Design, Tomokazu Matsuyama's meticulous and decadently detailed paintings dazzle. Today, artist Tomokazu Matsuyama has a sprawling studio employing over 30 assistants in Greenpoint, Brooklyn.... -
James Little: Curator Guide
May 1, 2025In this conversation, Saul Appelbaum visits James Little in his studio to explore the layered terrain of his abstract painting practice. Together, they delve into the formal rigor, historical depth,... -
Tomokazu Matsuyama: Brooklyn Studio Tour
August 15, 2025Tomokazu Matsuyama's studio is located in a former Brooklyn rope factory, on the northernmost stretch of Greenpoint. Its spacious white walls are perfect for hanging the artist's large-scale, wildly inventive... -
Willie Cole: Life & Work
August 11, 2025Today we’d like to introduce you to Willie Cole. Hi Willie, so excited to have you on the platform. So before we get into questions about your work-life, maybe you... -
Willie Cole: Challenging America’s Stories: “Readymade Remix” at the San Antonio Museum of Art
July 15, 2025In 1917, French artist Marcel Duchamp submitted an upside-down porcelain urinal as a sculpture to the Society of Independent Artists in New York under the pseudonym R. Mutt. The artwork... -
Tomokazu Matsuyama: Our Go-To Guide to New York’s Upstate Art Weekend
July 17, 2025New York's Upstate Art Weekend has grown in leaps and bounds since its founding by Helen Toomer in 2020. The sixth edition, running July 17 through July 21, features 158... -
Mary Sibande: Narratives in Focus
June 20, 2025Narratives in focus is a photography exhibition featuring a diverse range of artists from the Caribbean, United States Latin America, and Africa. This presentation delves into nuanced expressions of individual... -
Mary Sibande: Is this the most political fashion item?
June 26, 2025Overlooked, familiar, homely… These are the words traditionally associated with the apron, a detachable, workaday garment that has historically functioned 'almost like an invisibility cloak.' So said Carol Tulloch, a... -
Tomokazu Matsuyama: Artist to Watch
May 30, 2025'If you go to an encyclopedic museum like The Met or the Louvre, every single pattern, even a gingham or tartan check, represents a family crest,' says the Brooklyn artist... -
Mickalene Thomas: Designed Race Car Makes Miami Debut
May 1, 2025The women-led DART team is partnering with contemporary female artists to elevate women in the world of motorsports. The world of motorsports hasn't always been synonymous with female management or... -
Miya Ando: Saint Laurent Rive Droite
April 30, 2025Saint Laurent Rive Droite Los Angeles presents Mono no aware, an exhibition by Miya Ando, a Japanese and American artist based in New York, featuring a selection of her paintings,... -
Miya Ando: Art Is Trending At Hotels And Boutiques
April 11, 2025Someone told me, a long time ago, that a journalist seeing something occur once believes it's random: twice, it's a coincidence; and three times, the journalist will declare it a... -
Devan Shimoyama: Hyperallergic
April 8, 2025Devan Shimoyama: Rituals is on view now at the Ulrich Museum of Art in Wichita, Kansas, through June 14. Shimoyama, a contemporary American artist, uses mixed media to build worlds... -
Mickalene Thomas: British Vogue
March 30, 2025'My Mother's Transformation Was Her Greatest Gift To Me” Artist Mickalene Thomas On The Muse Behind Her Groundbreaking London Show Celebrating Black Women In the high-ceilinged brutalist halls of London’s... -
Mickalene Thomas: IFPDA Print Fair’s Buzzy Opening
March 29, 2025Travel back to the everyday 1970s with Mickalene Thomas , exploring quintessential living rooms where a lemon yellow sofa and verdant plants punch up the linoleum flooring, fabricated paneling, upholstery,... -
Tomokazu Matsuyama: Azabudai Hills Gallery To Present ‘FIRST LAST’ Exhibition
February 25, 2025Coming to Tokyo in March, New York-based Japanese artist Tomokazu Matsuyama will soon unveil his newest solo exhibition, Tomokazu Matsuyama: FIRST LAST . The show will take place at the... -
Tomokazu Matsuyama Is Headlining in L.A. With His Chameleonic Globalized Pop
February 19, 2025Matsuyama's art embodies the cultural fluidity that defines the diasporic experience and global identity, reflecting the constant interplay of narratives that shape individuals moving across borders. Moving beyond the Western-centered... -
Tomokazu Matsuyama: Doubles Down on Decorative Density
April 22, 2025When Bijutsu Techo , Japan's authoritative art journal since 1948, devoted its entire June 2021 issue to Japan-born, Brooklyn-based artist Tomokazu Matsuyama, critics erupted, questioning the decision to spotlight someone... -
Willie Cole: SVA Featured Portfolio
February 15, 2025In his heart of hearts, artist Willie Cole (BFA 1976 Media Arts)-whose illustrious career spans decades-says that he is a painter. But it is his sculptural work and printmaking, which... -
Kavi Gupta: 5 Asian American Led Galleries Building Inclusive Art Communities
May 21, 2024Since the term 'Asian American' was coined by activists in 1968 to foster a sense of community among a diverse population, those identifying as Asian American or Pacific Islanders (AAPI)... -
Mickalene Thomas: Takes Los Angeles
April 26, 2024The Broad Museum kicks off a touring exhibition of the artist's work over the last 20 years. Mickalene Thomas has been getting into neon. But then, the artist is constantly... -
James Little: Yale University Radio
January 5, 2025James Little joined us to talk about his show, Affirmed/Actions, which closes January 11 at Petzel Gallery. On the topic of receiving the acclaim he enjoys as a Black artist... -
Mary Sibande: Top French honour
November 19, 2024Celebrated South African artist Mary Sibande and curator Dr Paul Bayliss have been awarded the Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres (Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters) by... -
James Little: Art Students League Honoree
November 8, 2024At MoMA, the Art Students League Honored One of Their Own Earlier this week, the Art Students League of New York celebrated its 149-year legacy of bringing arts education to... -
James Little: Gifts Painting to Syracuse Art Museum
March 8, 2024American artist James Little G'76 has donated an oil painting he created, 'Euclidean Squares,' to the Syracuse University Art Museum's permanent collection. 'James Little's contributions to contemporary American art have... -
Willie Cole: Startland News
July 28, 2023Willie Cole didn’t choose to be an artist. It’s always been part of him. “I think I was an artist in a previous life,” said the contemporary American sculptor, printer...
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