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Current
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Nikko Washington: For The Old Gods and The New
KAVI GUPTA | WASHINGTON BLVD. FL. 2 28 October 2023 - 27 January 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 ,... -
Willie Cole: The B-Sides: 1989-2022
KAVI GUPTA | WASHINGTON BLVD. FL. 1 18 November 2023 - 27 January 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...
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Fairs
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Kavi Gupta, The Armory Show 2023
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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... -
Kavi Gupta | Felix Art Fair 2023
Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel, Los Angeles, CA | Suite 1210 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
Booth 1F01, Marina Bay Sands Expo and Convention Centre, Singapore 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
Regent's Park, London, UK 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... -
Kavi Gupta, The Armory Show 2022
The Javits Center | Booth 214 6 - 11 September 2022
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Events
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Opening Reception: Willie Cole, The B-Sides: 1989-2022
18 November 2023Join us at Kavi Gupta | Washington Blvd. on Saturday, November 18 from 4–7 PM for the opening reception of The B-Sides: 1989-2022, a solo exhibition surveying the career of... -
Opening Reception: Nikko Washington, For the Old Gods and the New
KAVI GUPTA | WASHINGTON BLVD. FL. 2 28 October 2023Join us at Kavi Gupta | Washington Blvd. on Saturday, October 28 from 4–7 PM for the opening reception of For the Old Gods and the New, a solo exhibition... -
Devan Shimoyama: Full and Pure: Body, Materiality
Green Family Art Foundation. Dallas, TX 75201. 10 June - 23 September 2023Full and Pure: Body, Materiality, Gender explores the scene of deliverance by reflecting on the becomings of gender, bodies, and materiality. This exhibition is comprised of the works of 37... -
Opening Reception: Marie Watt: Sky Dances Light
KAVI GUPTA | WASHINGTON BLVD. FL. 1 10 June - 30 September 2023Join us at Kavi Gupta | Washington Blvd on Saturday, June 10th from 4–7 PM for the opening reception of Sky Dances Light , a solo exhibition of new works... -
Online Artist Talk with Manuel Mathieu
The Gardiner Museum 8 June 2023As part of the International Ceramic Art Fair, join exhibiting artist Manuel Mathieu, represented by Galerie Hugues Charbonneau, for an online conversation about his practice with Gardiner Museum Chief Curator,... -
Mary Sibande: Self and Solidarity at the Sharjah Biennial 15
May 26, 2023Mary Sibande engages counter- historical narratives and the language of dress to animate the stories of South African women and critique western imperialist depictions of their lives. How can materials... -
Devan Shimoyama: Tell Me
Centro de Arte Contemporáneo de Málaga 26 May - 27 August 2023The Contemporary Art Center of Malaga presents the Tell Me exhibition by the artist Devan Shimoyama, his first individual exhibition in Spain. Curated by Helena Juncosa and Fernando Francés,... -
Celebrating SKIN + MASKS, Curated by Vic Mensa with Cultured Magazine
Momotaro, Chicago, IL 17 June 2022On Friday, June 17th, Kavi Gupta Gallery teamed up with Cultured Magazine to celebrate the opening weekend of SKIN + MASKS, a group exhibition curated by Grammy-nominated rapper, author, and...
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News
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Esmaa Mohamoud and Chanelle Lacy: The Art World Agitators Driving Chicago’s Creative Renaissance
June 2, 2023Chicago’s art scene came out as a collective force for EXPO Chicago to claim its status as a formidable player on the international art stage It’s clear there’s no shortage... -
Mickalene Thomas: Celebrating Pride: LGBTQ+ Artists to Know
June 5, 2023Connecting with LGBTQ+ artists whose work is included in SAAM’s collection As June begins and Pride celebrations around the world commence, here is one way to connect with a few... -
Marie Watt: Sound, Dancing, Community And Healing At Kavi Gupta Gallery In Chicago
June 7, 2023The space between sky and earth. Marie Watt’s (b. 1967; Seneca) most recent artworks live there, taking inspiration from her culture’s Creation Story . Across the nations of the Haudenosaunee... -
Devan Shimoyama: Tell Me now at The Contemporary Art Centre of Málaga
June 7, 2023The Contemporary Art Centre of Málaga presents Tell Me, Devan Shimoyama’s first solo exhibition in Spain. Curated by Helena Juncosa and Fernando Francés, the show brings together fifteen works created... -
Puerto Rican artist Angel Otero on Fusing Abstraction and Surrealism, for Hong Kong exhibition
May 31, 2023Tatler takes a sneak peak inside the artist's studio, and speaks to him about his creative process and how he engages with memories. One of Angel Otero’s first drawings was... -
Allana Clarke and Esmaa Mohamoud in Chicago Lowdown: Best Exhibitions Over EXPO ART WEEK and Beyond
May 2, 2023Esmaa Mohamoud : Let Them Consume Me In The Light Near the reception area of Kavi Gupta's Elizabeth Street space, viewers may notice a few black dandelions on the ground.... -
Unburdened Beauty: Allana Clarke Creates Singular Sculptures in Pursuit of Black Futurity
May 8, 2023There was a palpable excitement for artist Allana Clarke’s talk at Kavi Gupta gallery during EXPO Chicago. On an unusually warm Saturday, collectors, fans, friends and artists gathered to hear... -
Kavi Gupta and Jessica Moss: Arbiters of Art
Chicago Magazine, Jack McGann. February 27, 2023The city’s top gallerists and museum curators showcase new looks for the new fashion season. Kavi Gupta and Jessica Moss Gupta, the son of Indian immigrants, opened the first of... -
James Little, Unapologetic Abstractionist Painter, Catches the Limelight
October 26, 2022Mr. Little waited more than 40 years to show his work in the Whitney Biennial. This year, he prepares for two gallery shows and a collaboration with Duke Ellington’s music.... -
James Little: Fear and Transcendence in Abstract Painting
November 30, 2022Poised and self-assured, James Little stands beside a pair of buckets, each filled with a different shade of black paint, in the Brooklyn studio where the artist has worked for... -
In It Is What It Is, Alfred Conteh Takes a Realistic Approach to Examining Life for Black Southerners
December 14, 2022The urgency of Alfred Conteh’s portraits lies in the present. He portrays Black people he meets around Atlanta, creating monumental works that accentuate the material both physically and metaphorically, in... -
In Paris, artist Mickalene Thomas takes on Monet, and art history itself
November 22, 2022For Mickalene Thomas: Avec Monet, the American artist created works that reflect on the French painter and move Black women into the foreground. Little distinguishes the exterior of artist Mickalene... -
Arghavan Khosravi: Iranian artist's surreal paintings of women take on a new sense of urgency
November 1, 2022For Iranian artist Arghavan Khosravi, depicting hair in her paintings has become charged with emotion. In early October, she posted a video of herself, on Instagram, sweeping her paintbrush across... -
Mickalene Thomas: Annie Leibovitz & Thelma Golden on Eight of the Most Influential Female Artists of Our Time
October 13, 2022Cindy Sherman, Faith Ringgold, Mickalene Thomas, Amy Sherald, Guerrilla Girls, and more sit for the legendary VF photographer. In the title of her seminal 1971 essay, art historian Linda Nochlin... -
Artist Mickalene Thomas Is Bringing “Black American Girl” Joy to Paris
October 14, 2022“Projecting joy is really important to me,” she says of her first big show at the Musée de l’Orangerie. When you walk into Mickalene Thomas’s Brooklyn studio, your eye is... -
Vic Mensa Makes His Curatorial Debut at Kavi Gupta in Chicago
June 27, 2022The activist, rapper and budding curator Vic Mensa curates the group show SKIN + MASKS: Decolonizing Art Beyond the Politics of Visibility , opened June 18 at Kavi Gupta in... -
In Chicago, Kavi Gupta and Cultured Team Up for a Weekend of Art Celebrations
June 20, 2022In honor of Kavi Gupta's June 18 opening of exhibition SKIN + MASKS, Vic Mensa's curatorial debut, Cultured hosted a who's who dinner in Chicago on June 17. On Friday,... -
Richard Hunt to create installation at Obama Presidential Center
February 28, 2022World-renowned sculptor and artist Richard Hunt was born and raised in the Woodlawn neighborhood on the South Side of Chicago. Richard’s passion for the arts stemmed from his childhood, during... -
Step Inside This Art-Insider's Chicago Family Home
November 9, 2021There are no quick visits with Chicago couple Kavi Gupta and Jessica Moss. Anytime that curators, collectors, or artists drop by Gupta’s namesake Washington Boulevard gallery—the first two floors of...
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