Gerald Williams USA, b. 1941
Gerald Williams is an American painter whose work explores culture, place and identity from a global perspective. Williams is one of the original five founders of AFRICOBRA, an internationally influential Black arts collective formed on the South Side of Chicago in 1967.
Williams’ paintings depict a polyrhythmic visual representation of life at the intersection of figuration and abstraction. Defined by what he calls “mimesis at midpoint,” his images unfold in a liminal space between what we can see and describe objectively, and what must be thought or felt intuitively.
In addition to the influence AFRICOBRA has had on his development as an artist, the distinctive aesthetic style Williams employs has been informed by a lifetime of international travel and a diverse range of professional, intellectual and aesthetic experiences. After serving in the U.S. Air Force for four years, Williams earned his BA from Chicago Teachers College in 1969, and his MFA from Howard University in 1976. He served two years in the Peace Corps as Prevocational Director in the Jacaranda School for the Mentally Handicapped in Nairobi, Kenya, then taught for four years in the Washington, D.C. public schools. From 1984 through 2005, Williams served as the Director of Arts and Crafts Centers on United States Air Force bases in South Korea, Japan, Italy, the Azores and the United States.
Williams distills the visual languages of the various places, cultures and identities he has encountered in order to express the essence of reality in an aesthetically contemplative way. The quiet nights in Nairobi; the rich colors of African clothing and architecture; the dynamic rhythms of life in the country and the city: all of these things affect his approach, and inform his polyrhythmic visual voice.
Williams’ work is included in several major collections, including that of the Smart Museum of Art, the Brooklyn Museum, the DeYoung Museum, and the DuSable Museum of African American History. Recent exhibitions of Williams' work include Everything Is Connected: Art and Conspiracy, The Met Breuer, NY, USA; AFRICOBRA: Nation Time, 2019 Venice Biennale Official Collateral Event, Venice, IT; AFRICOBRA: Messages to the People, MOCA North Miami, FL, USA; AFRICOBRA 50, Kavi Gupta, Chicago, USA; Soul of a Nation: Art in the Age of Black Power, Tate Modern, London, England; Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Fayetteville, AR; USA, Brooklyn Museum, NY, USA; The Broad Museum, Los Angeles, CA, USA; San Francisco MOMA, CA, USA, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX, USA; Gerald Williams, Kavi Gupta, Chicago, USA; The Time is Now! Art Worlds of Chicago’s South Side, 1960-1980, Smart Museum of Art, Chicago, USA. A major profile of Williams appeared in Hyperallergic in 2018, based on an oral history included in the Smithsonian Archives of American Art.
- Gerald WilliamsWhen Will It Ever End, 2022Acrylic and collage on canvas60 x 48 in
152.4 x 121.9 cm - Gerald WilliamsHe Granted You the Power and the Will to Prevail, 1981Silkscreen18 x 24 in
45.7 x 61 cmEdition of 119 - Gerald WilliamsEmerge, 1974Hand-blocked screenprint on paperApprox. 16 x 12 in
40.6 x 30.5 cmEdition of 10 - Gerald WilliamsAngela Davis, 1971Acrylic on panel50 x 50 x 2 1/2 in
127 x 127 x 6.3 cm - Gerald WilliamsMalcolm , 1970Acrylic on canvas35 x 27 x 2 in
88.9 x 68.6 x 5.1 cm - Gerald WilliamsOrator, 1969Acrylic on canvas33 x 46 x 2 in
83.8 x 116.8 x 5.1 cm - Gerald WilliamsTake It, 1971Acrylic on masonite50 x 50 x 2 1/2 in
127 x 127 x 6.3 cm - Gerald WilliamsSay It Loud, 1969Acrylic on canvas34 x 26 x 2 in
86.4 x 66 x 5.1 cm - Gerald WilliamsI Am Somebody, 1969Acrylic on canvas48 x 48 in
121.9 x 121.9 cm - Gerald WilliamsFamily , 1976Acrylic on canvas51 x 34 x 1 1/2 in
129.5 x 86.4 x 3.8 cm - Gerald WilliamsMessage from a Giant - Garvey, 1976-2017Acrylic on canvas47 1/2 x 47 1/2 x 2 in
120.7 x 120.7 x 5.1 cm - Gerald WilliamsUntitled (Black Day Coming Uhuru), 1972Mixed media drawing on paper20 x 26 in
50.8 x 66 cm - Gerald WilliamsPortrait Y, 1970Acrylic on linen24 x 18 in
61 x 45.7 cm - Gerald WilliamsPortrait Z, 1970 - 2007Acrylic on linen24 x 18 x 1 in
61 x 45.7 x 2.5 cm - Gerald WilliamsSun Ship Mode , 1978Acrylic on board28 x 22 in
71.1 x 55.9 cm - Gerald WilliamsAstral Traveling #1, 1978Acrylic on board24 x 18 x 1 in
61 x 45.7 x 2.5 cm - Gerald WilliamsAstral Traveling #2, 1978Acrylic on board24 x 18 x 1 in
61 x 45.7 x 2.5 cm - Gerald WilliamsUntitled, 1978Acrylic on paper28 x 22 x 1 in
71.1 x 55.9 x 2.5 cm - Gerald WilliamsUntitled, c. 1978Acrylic on paper28 x 22 x 2 in
71.1 x 55.9 x 5.1 cm - Gerald WilliamsWake Up , 1971Screenprint on wove paper42 x 28 in
106.7 x 71.1 cm - Gerald WilliamsAbner & Alleane, 1975Acrylic on canvas34 x 31 x 1 in
86.4 x 78.7 x 2.5 cm - Gerald WilliamsMelancholy , 2007Acrylic on canvas16 1/4 x 20 1/4 in
41.3 x 51.4 cm - Gerald WilliamsNostalgia , 2007Acrylic on canvas16 1/4 x 20 1/4 in
41.3 x 51.4 cm - Gerald WilliamsAnonymity #1 , 2007Acrylic on canvas39 x 15 x 2 in
99.1 x 38.1 x 5.1 cm - Gerald WilliamsAnonymity #3, 2007Acrylic on canvas41 x 17 x 2 1/2 in
104.1 x 43.2 x 6.3 cm - Gerald WilliamsFragmentary Apparitions #1 , 2010Acrylic on canvas22 x 18 x 1 in
55.9 x 45.7 x 2.5 cm - Gerald WilliamsFragmentary Apparitions #2, 2010Acrylic on canvas22 x 18 x 1 in
55.9 x 45.7 x 2.5 cm - Gerald WilliamsIllumination, 1978Ink on paper20 x 19 x 1 in
50.8 x 48.3 x 2.5 cm - Gerald WilliamsIntrospection #2, 2009Acrylic on canvas20 x 10 in
50.8 x 25.4 cm - Gerald WilliamsLevels and Degrees of Mimesis, 2007Acrylic on canvas18 x 26 in
45.7 x 66 cm - Gerald WilliamsMimesis Transformations , 2007Acrylic on canvas21 x 35 x 1 in
53.3 x 88.9 x 2.5 cm - Gerald WilliamsMimesis #1 , 2007Acrylic on canvas37 x 25 x 2 in
94 x 63.5 x 5.1 cm - Gerald WilliamsPhantasm #1 , 2009Acrylic on cut wood17 x 22 x 2 in
43.2 x 55.9 x 5.1 cm - Gerald WilliamsPower and the Will to Prevail, 1974Screenprint on paper22 x 30 in
55.9 x 76.2 cmEdition of 74, AP 5 of 5 - Gerald WilliamsSoweto, 1978Print33 x 26 x 1 in
83.8 x 66 x 2.5 cm - Gerald WilliamsTwo Smiles for Miriam , 1979Ink on paper19 x 21 in
48.3 x 53.3 cm - Gerald WilliamsUntitled, 2014Acrylic on canvas36 x 24 in
91.4 x 61 cm - Gerald WilliamsUntitled, 2014Acrylic on canvas36 x 16 in
91.4 x 40.6 cm - Gerald WilliamsUntitled, 1978Ink on paper16 x 20 in
40.6 x 50.8 cm - Gerald WilliamsUntitled, 1978Ink on paper16 x 20 in
40.6 x 50.8 cm - Gerald WilliamsUntitled, 1978Ink on paper19 x 16 x 1 in
48.3 x 40.6 x 2.5 cm
AFRICOBRA: I Am Somebody
The Peninsula 7 Apr - 14 May 2022EXPO CHICAGO , the International Exposition of Contemporary & Modern Art, returns to Navy Pier April 7 to 10, hosting leading international exhibitors presented alongside one of the highest quality...Read moreFamily EXPO OVERRIDE
EXPO Chicago7 - 17 Apr 2022During EXPO Chicago, Family (1976), a painting by AFRICOBRA founder Gerald Williams, was featured on OVERRIDE, an ephemeral digital exhibition installed on the Chicago City Digital Network (CDN), a series...Read moreWadsworth Jarrell and Gerald Williams, Works on Paper
Kavi Gupta | 219 N. Elizabeth St.10 Jul - 11 Sep 2021Since their recent inclusion in such internationally acclaimed exhibitions as Soul of a Nation, AFRICOBRA 50, and AFRICOBRA: Nation Time, an official collateral exhibition of the 2019 Venice Biennale, Jarrell...Read moreSoul of a Nation: Art in the Age of Black Power
Museum of Fine Arts | Houston, TX27 Jun - 30 Aug 2020The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, presents Soul of a Nation: Art in the Age of Black Power, featuring work by more than 60 Black artists that was created over...Read moreDuro Olowu: Seeing Chicago
Museum of Contemporary Art | Chicago, IL29 Feb - 27 Sep 2020Drawing from the city’s public and private art collections, Duro Olowu curates a show that reimagines relationships between artists and objects across time, media, and geography. Featured artists include Jeffrey Gibson, Jae Jarrell, Wadsworth Jarrell, and Gerald Williams.Read moreTell Me Your Story
Kunsthal KAde | Amersfoort, Netherlands8 Feb - 30 Aug 2020Tell Me Your Story is an exhibition at the Kunsthal KAdE in Amersfoort, The Netherlands, organized as part of the museum's 2020 trilogy on the United States. It includes Kavi Gupta artists Devan Shimoyama, Gerald Williams, and Wadsworth Jarrell.Read moreSoul of A Nation: Art in the Age of Black Power
de Young Museum | San Francisco, CA9 Nov 2019 - 15 Mar 2020Kavi Gupta congratulates gallery artists Jae Jarrell, Wadsworth Jarrell, and Gerald Williams on their participation in Soul of a Nation: Art in the Age of Black Power, which opens at the de Young Museum, San Francisco, after traveling from the the Broad Museum, the Brooklyn Museum, London’s Tate Modern, and Crystal Bridges in Bentonville, AR.Read moreAFRICOBRA NATION TIME
Venice Biennale 2019 | La Biennale di Venezia 2019 in Venice, Italy.11 May - 24 Nov 2019Kavi Gupta is honored to sponsor AFRICOBRA: Nation Time as an official Collateral Event of La Biennale di Venezia 2019 (May 11th – November 24th 2019), in Venice, Italy.Read moreAFRICOBRA: Messages to the People
Museum of Contemporary Art North Miami | Miami, FL27 Nov 2018 - 24 Mar 2019MOCA presents a groundbreaking exhibition celebrating the founding of AFRICOBRA – the Black artist collective that helped define the visual aesthetic of the Black Arts Movement of the 1960s and 1970s. This year marks the 50th anniversary of the collective, which came out of Chicago.Read more
November 27, 2018 – March 24, 2019AFRICOBRA 50
Kavi Gupta | 219 N. Elizabeth St. Chicago, IL, 6060729 Sep - 27 Oct 2018Kavi Gupta is pleased to present AFRICOBRA 50, a landmark exhibition of original works by the five founding members of AFRICOBRA—Gerald Williams, Wadsworth Jarrell, Jae Jarrell, Jeff Donaldson, and Barbara Jones-Hogu—as well as a select group of peers who influenced or were influenced by AFRICOBRA, including Basil Kincaid, Carolyn Lawrence, Bernard Williams, Sherman Beck, Shahar Caren Weaver, Robert Paige, and James Phillips.Read moreSoul of a Nation: Art in the Age of Black Power
Brooklyn Museum | NY14 Sep 2018 - 3 Feb 2019Soul of a Nation: Art in the Age of Black Power shines light on a broad spectrum of Black artistic practice from 1963 to 1983, one of the most politically, socially, and aesthetically revolutionary periods in American history. Black artists across the country worked in communities, in collectives, and individually to create a range of art responsive to the moment—including figurative and abstract painting, prints, and photography; assemblage and sculpture; and performance.Read moreThe Time Is NOW! Art Worlds of Chicago’s South Side, 1960–1980
Smart Museum of Art | Chicago, IL13 Sep - 30 Dec 2018The Time Is Now! examines this watershed cultural moment—brimming with change and conflict—and the figures who defined it.Read moreFrom Vietnam to Berlin
Asia Culture Center | Gwangju, Korea9 Mar - 8 Jul 2018Through 170 artworks, this exhibition focuses on a period of political instability dating from the intensification of the US military presence in Vietnam in 1955 until the fall of the...Read moreSoul of a Nation: Art in the Age of Black Power
Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art | Bentonville, AR3 Feb - 23 Apr 2018Soul of a Nation: Art in the Age of Black Power shines a bright light on the vital contribution of Black artists to an important period in American history and...Read moreThe Freedom Principle: Experiments in Art and Music, 1965 to Now
ICA | Philadelphia, PA14 Sep - 19 Mar 2017The Freedom Principle: Experiments in Art and Music, 1965 to Now links the vibrant legacy of the 1960s African American avant-garde to current art and culture. It is occasioned in...Read moreGerald Williams, Gerald Williams
Kavi Gupta | 219 N. Elizabeth St. Chicago, IL, 606079 Sep - 2 Dec 2017Kavi Gupta is pleased present Gerald Williams, the first solo exhibition of the work of AFRICOBRA co-founder Gerald Williams in more than 20 years.Read moreSoul of a Nation: Art in the Age of Black Power
Tate Modern | London, UK12 Jul - 22 Oct 2017Gerald Williams Wadsworth Jarrell and Jae Jarrell's work will be featured in the Tate Modern’s current exhibition Soul of a Nation: Art in the Age of Black Power.Read moreThe Freedom Principle: Experiments in Art and Music
MCA | Chicago, IL11 Jul - 22 Nov 2015The Freedom Principle: Experiments in Art and Music, 1965 to Now links the vibrant legacy of the 1960s African American avant-garde to current art and culture. It is occasioned in...Read moreAFRICOBRA: Philosophy
Logan Center Gallery | Chicago, IL28 Jun - 11 Aug 2013AFRICOBRA in Chicago is a linked series of exhibitions and public programs scheduled May–September 2013 focusing on the Chicago artist group AFRICOBRA (African Commune Of Bad Relevant Artists), founded in...Read moreAfricobra I: Ten in Search of a Nation
Studio Museum in Harlem, NYC21 Jun - 30 Aug 1970AFRICOBRA – AFRICAN COMMUNE OF BAD RELEVANT ARTISTS It is Nation time and we are searching. In the spirit of Nation-ness we are examining the rootsand branches of our African...Read more
Celebrating Black History Month: AfriCOBRA
WGN News February 20, 2024The African Commune of Bad Relevant Artists or AfriCOBRA emerged from Chicago's South Side during the turbulent period of the late 1960's. 'Our response was...Read moreAFRICOBRA: Everything is Connected: Art and Conspiracy | Met Exhibitions
The Met November 3, 2023 Read moreAFRICOBRA: Panel Discussion with Founding Members of AfriCOBRA
UChicago Arts November 3, 2023 Read moreAFRICOBRA: Art & Impact – Behind the Canvas
Dusable Museum November 3, 2023 Read moreAFRICOBRA - Nation Time | Collateral Event of the 58th International Art Exhibition
La Biennale di Venezia November 1, 2023AFRICOBRA: Nation Time - Collateral Event of the 58th International Art Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia. AFRICOBRA: Nation Time has been selected as an...Read moreSkin + Masks - Artist talk with Vic Mensa
January 3, 2023 Read moreIn Conversation | AFRICOBRA Members Sherman Beck & Gerald Williams
July 1, 2022In summer of 2022, Kavi Gupta gallery in Chicago opened the most ambitious solo exhibition ever of the work of AFRICOBRA member Sherman Beck. In...Read more/Dialogues: AFRICOBRA in conversation with Hans Ulrich Obrist
Expo Chicago May 4, 2022Panelists | AFRICOBRA artists: Gerald Williams (SAIC 1966-67, Artist), Jae Jarrell (SAIC 1959-61, Artist), Wadsworth Jarrell (SAIC 1958, Artist), Sherman Beck (Artist), and other key...Read moreWadsworth Jarrell and Gerald Williams: Works on Paper, VR
July 29, 2021 Read moreLeaders and Influencers: Three Figures in Black Art History
February 23, 2021 Read moreGerald Williams of AfriCOBRA
August 8, 2020 Read moreCelebrating AFRICOBRA
Kavi Gupta celebrates the one-year anniversary of AFRICOBRA: Nation Time at the Venice Biennalle May 21, 2020Kavi Gupta celebrates the one-year anniversary of AFRICOBRA: Nation Time at the Venice Biennalle, the two-year anniversary of AFRICOBRA 50 at Kavi Gupta in Chicago,...Read more"AFRICOBRA: Messages to the People" Artist Panel
The Museum of Contemporary Art North Miami February 15, 2019The Museum of Contemporary Art North Miami held a guided walkthrough of the exhibition with curator Jeffreen Hayes, Ph.D.. It was followed by a panel...Read moreAFRICOBRA: Messages to the People, MOCA North Miami
January 11, 2019 Read moreAFRICOBRA 50 Exhibition at Kavi Gupta
October 23, 2018 Read moreEXPO CHICAGO 2018 /Dialogues: AfriCOBRA: Chicago in the Age of Black Power
September 28, 2018Moderated by Franklin Sirmans (Pérez Art Museum Miami), this panel focused on the art of AfriCOBRA members Jae Jarrell, Wadsworth Jarrell, and Gerald Williams. Presented...Read moreAFRICOBRA panel Discussion: Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art
March 12, 2018 Read moreArt History Movements: AFRICOBRA | TVLAND Documentary
October 9, 2017 Read more
Gerald Williams: Here’s What Sold—and for How Much—at Art Basel Miami Beach 2022
ArtNet News, December 5, 2022AFRICOBRA: The African American Pulse of Chicago
Julie Chaizemartin, artpress, October 1, 2022AfriCOBRA & Mary Sibande: South African artists taking over Chicago, Bonteheuwel style
Sean O’Toole, Mail & Guardian, May 6, 2022EXPO CHICAGO: Black Artists Get Ready to Shine at Expo Chicago
Chicago Defender, April 5, 2022EXPO CHICAGO Catalyses Network of Art in the City
Tessa Moldan, Ocula, March 28, 2022AFRICOBRA ARTISTS HONORED AT SCHOOL OF THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO 2020 VIRTUAL COMMENCEMENT, OFFER ADVICE TO GRADUATES
Victoria L. Valentine, CultureType, May 29, 2020CHICAGO ART HEIST: FASHION DESIGNER DURO OLOWU RAIDS CITY’S WALLS TO CREATE EXUBERANT ‘SEEING CHICAGO’ AT MCA — CHICAGO
Steve Johnson, Chicago Tribune, March 24, 2020REVIEW: FRIEZE? PLEASE. TRY THE UPSTART FELIX ART FAIR AT THE HOLLYWOOD ROOSEVELT
Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, February 20, 2020‘AFRICOBRA: Nation Time’ at Ca’ Faccanon, Venice
ARTnews, July 3, 2019THE BROAD BRINGS ‘SOUL OF A NATION’ EXHIBITION TO WEST COAST
Enrique Menendez, HYPEBEAST, March 13, 2019Africobra & Jeffrey Gibson: Best of 2018 | Our Top 20 Exhibitions Across the United States (excerpt)
Hyperallergic, December 19, 2018AFRICOBRA: MESSAGES TO THE PEOPLE
December 6, 2018AFRICOBRA: Still the Main Attraction, Art Basel Returns to Miami Beach
Paul Laster, Galerie, December 1, 2018FROM A JUDY CHICAGO RETROSPECTIVE TO A CELEBRATION OF AFRICOBRA, HERE ARE 11 SHOWS TO SEE IN MIAMI DURING ART BASEL
Caroline Goldstein, Artnet News, November 27, 2018Museum of Contemporary Art North Miami Shines New Light on AFRICOBRA
Chadd Scott, Forbes, November 25, 2018MOCA North Miami Celebrates the AFRICOBRA Movement, Just In Time For Art Basel
Elena Martinique, Widewalls, November 12, 201850 YEARS LATER, CHICAGO ARTISTS ARE GETTING THEIR DUE
Tarrio Mzezewa, New York Times, November 8, 2018CHICAGO ROUNDUP (EXCERPT)
Orti Gat, Art Agenda, October 5, 2018Miami's MOCA Presents Chicago-based AFRICOBRA Collective During Art Basel Miami Beach 2018
Art Fix Daily, Art Fix Daily, October 4, 2018WHAT NOT TO MISS AT FRIEZE LONDON (EXCERPT)
Adam Heardman, Mutual Art, September 26, 2018‘ART WORLDS OF CHICAGO’S SOUTH SIDE’ SHEDS LIGHT ON OVERLOOKED ART, DESIGN
Kyle Macmillan, Chicago Sun TImes, September 14, 2018RADIANT AND RADICAL: 20 YEARS OF DEFINING THE SOUL OF BLACK ART
Holland Cotter, New York Times, September 13, 2018CHICAGO AND THE AGE OF BLACK POWER: AN INTERVIEW WITH AFRICOBRA FOUNDING MEMBER GERALD WILLIAMS
Vasia Rigou, New City Art, September 6, 2018HANS ULRICH OBRIST’S FIRST U.S. MARATHON ANNOUNCES PARTICIPANT LIST
Broadway World, July 26, 2018‘SOUL OF A NATION,’ CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED EXHIBIT CELEBRATING BLACK POWER, COMES TO BROOKLYN
Andrea Leonhardt, BK reader, May 30, 2018SOULFUL: ‘ART IN THE AGE OF BLACK POWER’ AT CRYSTAL BRIDGES
Leslie Newell Peacock, Arkansas Times, January 31, 2018GERALD WILLIAMS
Kyle Macmillan, Art in America, January 1, 2018ART BASEL MIAMI BEACH: CHICAGO ARTIST AND AFRICOBRA CO-FOUNDER GERALD WILLIAMS DEBUTS AT KAVI GUPTA GALLERY
Victoria L. Valentine, Culture Type, December 8, 2017FOR GERALD WILLIAMS, A CO-FOUNDER OF AFRICOBRA, TRANSNATIONAL BLACK AESTHETICS ARE AS RELEVANT AS EVER
Phillip Barcio, HYPERALLERGIC, November 12, 2017GERALD WILLIAMS – TATE MODERN LONDON
July 12, 2017GERALD WILLIAMS INTERVIEW
Rebecca Zorach, Never The Same, November 1, 2011
The Armory Show 2024
Javits Center | Booth 3266 - 8 Sep 2024Booth 326 JAVITS CENTER 429 11TH AVENUE, NEW YORK, NY 10001 VIP Preview: Thursday, September 5 | 11 - 7 PM Friday, September 6 |...Read moreEXPO Chicago 2023
13 - 16 Apr 2023VIP :Thursday, April 13 | 12 PM–9 PM PUBLIC : Friday, April 14 | 11 AM–7 PM Saturday, April 15 | 11 AM–7 PM...Read more
The Armory Show 2024
Javits Center | Booth 3266 - 8 Sep 2024Booth 326 JAVITS CENTER 429 11TH AVENUE, NEW YORK, NY 10001 VIP Preview: Thursday, September 5 | 11 - 7 PM Friday, September 6 |...Read moreEXPO Chicago 2023
13 - 16 Apr 2023VIP :Thursday, April 13 | 12 PM–9 PM PUBLIC : Friday, April 14 | 11 AM–7 PM Saturday, April 15 | 11 AM–7 PM...Read moreArt Basel Miami Beach 2022
29 Nov - 3 Dec 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...Read moreVic Mensa in conversation with Andrea Coleman, Terron Cooper Sorrell, Mia Lee, Nikko Washington, and Gerald Williams
Kavi Gupta | Elizabeth St.20 Aug 2022Kavi Gupta presents an evening of conversation and music with Vic Mensa, in celebration of the philanthropic group exhibition SKIN + MASKS: Decolonizing Art Beyond...Read moreOpening Reception: SKIN + MASKS, Curated by Vic Mensa
18 Jun 2022Join us Saturday, June 18th for the opening of SKIN MASKS, a group exhibition curated by Vic Mensa. True to form...Read moreCelebrating SKIN + MASKS, Curated by Vic Mensa with Cultured Magazine
Momotaro, Chicago, IL17 Jun 2022On Friday, June 17th, Kavi Gupta Gallery teamed up with Cultured Magazine to celebrate the opening weekend of SKIN + MASKS, a group exhibition curated...Read moreAFRICOBRA in Conversation with Hans Ulrich Obrist at EXPO Chicago
8 Apr 2022AFRICOBRA in Conversation at EXPO Chicago On Friday April 8 at 12 PM, as part of EXPO/DIALOGUES, internationally renowned Curator and Director at Serpentine Galleries,...Read moreOpening Reception: Africobra, I Am Somebody
The Peninsula Hotel8 Apr 2022On Friday, April 8, Kavi Gupta Gallery and EXPO Chicago celebrated the opening reception of I Am Somebody, featuring works by AFRICOBRA artists Sherman Beck,...Read moreAspen Intersect 2020
22 - 26 Jul 2020Kavi Gupta is pleased to participate in Intersect Aspen’s first edition of online Viewing Rooms. On view in the Kavi Gupta viewing room are works...Read moreArt Basel Miami Beach 2019
4 - 8 Dec 2019Read moreFelix Art Fair 2019
14 - 17 Feb 2019Kavi Gupta is pleased to be among 38 dealers invited to participate in the inaugural Felix LA art fair, which will take place from February...Read more
THE FIGURE IN SOLITUDE OPENS ONLINE
04.22.2020Kavi Gupta presents The Figure in Solitude, an online exhibition examining oneness.Read moreINSIDE LOOK AT AFRICOBRA: NATION TIME IN VENICE
05.14.2019INSIDE LOOK AT AFRICOBRA: NATION TIME IN VENICERead moreSNEAK PEEK: AFRICOBRA: NATION TIME @BIENNALEARTE2019
05.05.19Sneak peak at preparations for AFRICOBRA: Nation Time at the Venice BiennaleRead moreAFRICOBRA IS GOING TO VENICE!
03.07.2019Africobra included in the 2019 Venice BiennaleRead moreKAVI GUPTA ARTISTS FEATURED IN MAJOR PHILLIPS SELLING EXHIBITION
01.16.2019KAVI GUPTA ARTISTS FEATURED IN MAJOR PHILLIPS SELLING EXHIBITIONRead moreAFRICOBRA AMAZES ART BASEL AUDIENCES WITH NORTH MIAMI MOCA RETROSPECTIVE
12.11.18AFRICOBRA: Messages to the People opened to enthusiastically delighted crowds during Miami Art Week. On opening night, all of the surviving co-founders of the influential Black Arts collective were on hand.Read moreAFRICOBRA 50 OPENING
09.03.2018AFRICOBRA 50 opened last week at our Elizabeth Street location!Read moreTHE TIME IS NOW! FALL OPENINGS
09.19.2018Last week, "The Time Is Now! Art Worlds of Chicago's South Side, 1960-1980" opened at the Smart Museum of Art.Read moreFIFTY YEARS OF AFRICOBRA!
09.11.18FIFTY YEARS OF AFRICOBRA! Fall 2018Read more