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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)...Artsy Article -
At KCI, Jazz Meets Visual Art in Willie Cole’s ‘Ornithology’
January 3, 2023The New York artist is creating an assemblage from multiple saxophone evoking a flock of birds inspired by Charlie Parker’s jazz standard “Ornithology” The power of art to articulate the... -
Dior Collaborates with Artist Mickalene Thomas
January 24, 2023For the Josephine Baker-inspired show, the artist created 13 photo collages celebrating a new pantheon of Black women, including singer Nina Simone and model Naomi Sims. At Dior, couture... -
Allana Clarke: Oh Gods, of Dust and Rainbows
September 1, 2022As part of her contribution to FRONT 2022, Allana Clarke ambitiously created one of her largest artworks to date. Titled At a Depth Beyond Anyone, the massive black form hangs... -
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.... -
SKIN + MASKS, Curated By Vic Mensa, Now Through April
December 20, 2022EXPO CHICAGO, the Magnificent Mile Association and Kavi Gupta Gallery will present a third iteration of “SKIN + MASKS,” co-curated by artist Vic Mensa and Kavi Gupta Gallery director Chanelle... -
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... -
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... -
Jeffrey Gibson: New York City Ballet Takes a Modern Turn
January 26, 2023New York City Ballet has entered 2023 with a slate of art- and design-world collaborations. The headliner: Jeffrey Gibson's visual design for Justin Peck's newest ballet. Copland Dance Episodes ,... -
Meeting Miya Ando: “My art is a response to the zeitgeist.”
January 31, 2023For the last twenty years, Japanese and American artist Miya Ando has been capturing natural phenomena from scientific and philosophical perspectives. By observing and documenting elements in nature, she records... -
Mickalene Thomas: Leisure, Adornment, and Beauty Are Radical Acts in “Resting Our Eyes”
January 20, 2023The ICA San Francisco’s new exhibition of 2023 celebrates the power of Black women and leisure and adornment as self-expression. The ICA San Francisco 2023 is beginning their year with... -
Mickalene Thomas: Ten Black artists imagine the freedom of leisure at ICA San Francisco’s “Resting Our Eyes” exhibition.
January 19, 2023In 1977, a group of Black feminist lesbians known as the Combahee River Collective met together to discuss, understand, and develop a consciousness for Black women to engage in politics.... -
Mickalene Thomas: Dior revives the spirit of Josephine Baker as its catwalk guiding light
January 23, 2023The performer, civil rights icon and Dior devotee is restored to the fashion pantheon in Maria Grazia Chiuri’s Paris show Forget about pearl-skinned Princess Margaret posing primly for Cecil Beaton... -
Mickalene Thomas: Dior’s SS23 Haute Couture Collection Celebrates Notable Black And Mixed-Race Women
January 23, 2023America in the 1920s was hostile to Blacks, so Joséphine Baker did what many did and moved to places like Paris and Moscow to escape the harsh realities of Jim... -
Mickalene Thomas: DIOR HAUTE COUTURE SPRING-SUMMER 2023 IS A DELICATE EMBRACE
January 23, 2023Multi-talented artist Josephine Baker becomes Dior's muse Wrapped up in a scenographic display of images, created by multidisciplinary artist Mickalene Thomas, Dior Haute Couture Spring-Summer 2023 Collection celebrates black and... -
Rose Art Museum Names Arghavan Khosravi 2023 Ruth Ann and Nathan Perlmutter Artist-in-Residence
January 1, 2023Rose Art Museum Names Arghavan Khosravi 2023 Ruth Ann and Nathan Perlmutter Artist-in-Residence (Waltham, Mass. January 2023) — The Rose Art Museum names Arghavan Khosravi (b. 1984) the 2023 Ruth... -
James Little’s Constructed Abstractions
November 29, 2022At Kavi Gupta, Chicago, James Little debuts meditative paintings that are about their own making Abstractionist James Little debuts two sets of paintings from an ongoing thematic series at Kavi... -
Mickalene Thomas: Resting Our Eyes Exhibition Considers the Radical Act of Leisure for Black Women
January 19, 2023The ICA San Francisco show features works from Sadie Barnette, Mickalene Thomas, LaKela Brown, Ebony G. Patterson, and many more. Whether they knew it at the time or not, Tahirah... -
Mickalene Thomas: Dior Couture Spring 2023: An Ode to the Artist
January 23, 2023Ever since she first exploded on the Parisian scene in the 1920s, Josephine Baker has been a muse to artists of all types: Whether on screen or on stage, through... -
James Little: 8 Must-See Gallery Shows in December
December 6, 2022James Little at Kavi Gupta, Chicago Moving from Memphis to New York in the 1970s, James Little joined a group of Black artists—including Ed Clark, Al Loving, Jack Whitten and... -
James Little: 5 Trends That Defined the Art Market in 2022
December 7, 2022With the pandemic-induced upheaval of 2020 and 2021, the art world had big hopes that 2022 was a time for the market to return to form. In some ways, that... -
See Inside James Little’s Studio
November 27, 2022The artist was one of the stars of this year's Whitney Biennial. It’s been something of a remarkable year for abstract painter James Little, who, at 70, was finally included... -
Roxy Paine: On deep time and material poetics
January 18, 2023For over three decades, Roxy Paine has created virtuosic sculptures that examine how technological mediation processes and reformulates nature. His most recent work takes the shape of painted grids of... -
Mickalene Thomas's Top Movies of 2022
December 28, 2022\ This year, a number of films—five, to be exact—met the artist's high standards for the moving image with their visual languages of transformation, fantasy, and emotional depth. This Fall,... -
Miya Ando & Suchitra Mattai: 6 Art Exhibitions in Chicago to Check Out Right Now
January 16, 2023KUMOJI (Cloud Path / A Road Traversed By Birds And The Moon) Kavi Gupta Gallery, 835 W Washington Blvd floors 1-3, Chicago, IL 60607 Kavi Gupta presents Kumoji (Cloud... -
Inka Essenhigh: 10 Standout Lots Sold in Artsy Auctions in 2022
December 15, 2022In the three years since the COVID-19 outbreak, the art world has embraced a hybrid way of working that interweaves physical shows, auctions, and art fairs with online platforms that... -
Kavi Gupta: Expo Chicago Names More Than 170 Exhibitors for 10th Anniversary Edition in April
January 12, 2023For its 10th edition, due to launch in mid-April, the Expo Chicago art fair has lined up more than 170 exhibitors from 36 countries to present work at the Navy... -
Firelei Báez: 6 Things Galerie Editors Love This Week
January 3, 2023Firelei Báez Releases her First Comprehensive Monograph Firelei Báez: to breathe full and free brings together more than a decade of exhibitions and installations by the fast-rising artist. Blending fantasy... -
FIRELEI BÁEZ CELEBRATES THE CARIBBEAN DIASPORA
December 29, 2022In her intricate pieces, the Dominican Republic-born, Bronx-based painter taps into mythology, biology, and tradition The Caribbean is never far in Miami. You feel it as you huddle under an... -
‘Beauty Can Be Subversive’: Watch Artist Firelei Báez Reclaim Dominican Folklore in Her Richly Layered Paintings
December 29, 2022As part of a collaboration with Art21, hear news-making artists describe their inspirations in their own words. An immersive sculptural installation at the Momentary in Arkansas will offer visitors an... -
Mickalene Thomas, Richard Hunt, Firelei Báez: The 18 Best Black Art Books of 2022
January 3, 2023The Best Black Art Books of 2022 explore the work of El Anatsui, Firelei Báez, Richard Hunt, Marilyn Nance, Henry Taylor, Black potters, Haitian artists, and more. Mickalene Thomas Mickalene... -
Firelei Báez: 6 Things Galerie Editors Love This Week
January 3, 2023Firelei Báez Releases her First Comprehensive Monograph Firelei Báez: to breathe full and free brings together more than a decade of exhibitions and installations by the fast-rising artist. Blending fantasy... -
Tomokazu Matsuyama: Art Collaboration Kyoto 2022: Stop the World and Melt
November 21, 2022How Yukako Yamashita made good on her promise for a less frenetic, more digestible art fair. Dressed in her grandmother's kimono—the fabric a wave pattern in orange and cream with... -
Rapper Vic Mensa curating new iteration of exhibit on Magnificent Mile
December 21, 2022The rapper Vic Mensa is curating the third iteration of an art exhibit on the Magnificent Mile in downtown Chicago. The Grammy- and NAACP Image Award-nominated rapper is partnering with... -
Mickalene Thomas & Deborah Kass: Female Artists Reimagine Famous Works by Men
December 26, 2022After Tirtzah Bassel became a mom, she noticed something strange about the Western art canon that she’d always loved so much. The act of birth was conspicuously missing. Fresh out... -
Deborah Kass: An Exhibition of LGBTQIA+ Artists
November 16, 2022The group show We Fancy, guest-curated by Eric Shiner, is currently on view. What You Need to Know: Founded in 1875, the Art Students League has been a bastion of... -
Jeffrey Gibson and Oscar Howe at PAM
December 16, 2022Oscar Howe, the headliner of the exhibition Dakota Modern: The Art of Oscar Howe, was a bowler. As in, knocking pins over with a heavy ball, bowling. Oscar Howe was... -
Jeffrey Gibson: 2022 in Bay Area art
December 21, 2022When the New York Times ran a story in August claiming that the Bay Area’s art scene was suffering after the closure of two New York-based galleries in the region,... -
Aspen Art Museum highlights work of Hervé Télémaque and Jeffrey Gibson
December 31, 2022After two consecutive museum-wide exhibitions, the Aspen Art Museum is presenting several different solo and group exhibitions this winter. After two consecutive museum-wide exhibitions, the Aspen Art Museum is presenting... -
Artist Jeffrey Gibson aims to ‘speak to the land’ — and listen to what it’s saying back, too
December 9, 2022Mixed-media artist Jeffrey Gibson combines Indigenous aesthetics with modernist visuals to explore culture, history and identity in his practice. Some of his work is now on display at the Aspen... -
Mickalene Thomas, Devan Shimoyama, & Firelei Báez: ZEITZ MOCAA × GUCCI – WHEN WE SEE US
November 20, 2022ZEITZ MOCAA ANNOUNCES FULL ARTIST LINE-UP FOR HIGHLY ANTICIPATED EXHIBITION WHEN WE SEE US: A CENTURY OF BLACK FIGURATION IN PAINTING The survey exhibition features nearly 200 artworks from 154... -
Mickalene Thomas' Really Great Year
December 8, 2022The American artist, Mickalene Thomas saw in the year taking part in Black American Portraits at LACMA, a show that presented her work alongside historic, modern and contemporary pictures of... -
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... -
Mickalene Thomas: A Century of Black Figuration Across Black, African, and Intra-African Art Histories
November 30, 2022When We See Us: A Century of Black Figuration in Painting at Zeitz MOCAA in Cape Town (20 November 2022–3 September 2023) sutures a globally diversified legion of Black, African,... -
Devan Shimoyama & Mickalene Thomas: Meet the art world’s glitterati
November 23, 2022A sprinkling of light on the canvas is an increasingly radical act In 1975, Howardena Pindell, a zealous young Yale graduate from Philadelphia living in New York, decided to add... -
Michael Joo: Vibrant Beings | Making Buddhist Art Today
December 14, 2022Buddhism arose in northeastern India sometime between the late 6th and early 4th centuries BCE. It is often associated with meditation, philosophical questioning, and an ethic of compassion. The popular... -
Studio Visit With Angel Otero
November 20, 2022The artist's newest works are on view in his solo Hauser & Wirth exhibition 'Swimming Where Time Was.' Angel Otero is ahead of schedule. It’s a few weeks before the... -
Artist Jeffrey Gibson Explores Indigenous Kinship Philosophy at the Aspen Art Museum
November 1, 2022The flag spinning performance, sculptures, and other digital media at Gibson’s The Spirits Are Laughing forces us to consider our relationship with the land. During his lifelong exploration of Indigenous... -
Michi Meko: How the Krog Street Tunnel became a launching pad for a generation of artists
November 29, 2022The underpass is a kaleidoscope of ever-shifting images, ideals, and codes In 1994, a police officer passing through the Krog Street Tunnel caught sight of then 16-year-old Amir “Totem” Alighanbari... -
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... -
Joan Mitchell and Mickalene Thomas Redefine Claude Monet in Two Paris Shows
November 2, 2022Right now, the work of two very different artists, Joan Mitchell and Mickalene Thomas , can be seen in Paris alongside the paintings of Impressionist master Claude Monet. Although Abstract... -
New Institute for Contemporary Art kicks off with Jeffrey Gibson’s vibrant This Burning World
November 2, 2022Bold patterns and dreamy imagery point to questions about the complexities of identity and a threatened ecology At the recently opened Institute of Contemporary Art San Francisco (ICA SF), Jeffrey... -
Devan Shimoyama: Art Basel announces further show highlights for its largest edition yet in Miami Beach
November 2, 2022Since its launch in 2002, Art Basel Miami Beach has served as a dynamic platform uniquely bridging the art scenes of North and South America, Europe, and beyond. The edition... -
Devan Shimoyama: 'The Miracle of Miami': Art Basel Marks 20 Years in South Florida
November 30, 2022Two decades ago, Art Basel started its sun-splashed edition. Now, as the fair changes leaders, art world insiders consider the road ahead. This week fairgoers can feast on the usual... -
Devan Shimoyama: The 20th Edition of Art Basel Miami Beach Is the Fair’s Largest and Most Ambitious Yet
November 30, 2022ABMB is in a league all its own. To mark its second decade, the fair has pulled together its youngest and most sweeping program to date. Every year for the... -
Devan Shimoyama: Whose Future?
November 24, 2022The future seems more volatile than ever in our mid-COVID world. Since the pandemic hit the UK, where I live, constant changes in governmental messaging have made it difficult to... -
Devan Shimoyama: 7 Black Artist to Check Out at Art Basel and Miami Art Week
November 30, 2022The art elite has descended on Miami to observe and celebrate the craft. There’s so much to take in at Art Basel Miami Beach and several other art fairs and... -
Devan Shimoyama: What to See at Art Basel Miami Beach 2022
December 1, 2022For its twentieth edition, Art Basel Miami Beach has nearly 300 galleries participating from all over the world, including twenty-six first-time participants. It will be the largest showing to date.... -
James Little: Whitney Biennial Breakout at Kavi Gupta
October 25, 2022ART James Little’s Limelight “James Little, Unapologetic Abstractionist Painter, Catches the Limelight,” the New York Times pronounces in the wake of the seventy-year-old painter’s Whitney Biennial debut. “Mr. Little waited... -
Mickalene Thomas: Paul Smith To Artistically Direct A New Picasso Exhibition
November 15, 2022It was announced that fashion designer Paul Smith will direct an exhibition about Pablo Picasso. The Musée National Picasso-Paris invited the renowned British designer to lead the art direction because... -
Deborah Kass: I’m Jewish and I Don’t Want to Leave Again
October 26, 2022America was our promised land but we might not be safe here anymore. We thought it wouldn’t happen here. Yet we knew it could. America was our promised land. For... -
Mickalene Thomas: 7 Black Visual Artists that You Should Know
October 28, 2022Black visual artists may not be a topic that comes up in everyday conversation. But with more and more bright minds creating mixed media that expresses the Black experience, it's... -
Mickalene Thomas: Must-See Museum Shows in Paris
October 18, 2022October in Paris marks a shift in focus from fashion to art. This is when the city’s major institutions unveil their heavyweight exhibitions, while independent galleries often present their rising... -
Mickalene Thomas: A Star Is Born? See the Artworks Top Artists Made Before They Were Famous
October 25, 2022The artists were all winners of the Rema Hort Mann Foundation’s Emerging Artist Grant, which celebrates its 25th anniversary this year. This year marks the 25th anniversary of the Rema... -
Getty Research Institute Acquires Richard Hunt Archive
October 17, 2022Throughout his career, Hunt was central to important landmarks in African American art history and Civil Rights-era action. Hunt’s work often ties together historical and contemporary references all the while... -
AFRICOBRA: The African American Pulse of Chicago
October 1, 2022VIEW THE PRINT FEATURE The Expo Chicago art fair was held from the 7th to the 10th of April, featuring 140 galleries from 25 countries. Despite the international vintage, American... -
Mickalene Thomas: Here Are 9 Buzzed-About Museum Exhibitions to See in Paris
October 18, 2022We handpicked the best exhibitions on view in the French capital. As the debut of Paris+ prepares to unfold in the Grand Palais Éphémère, the city’s museums are presenting a... -
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... -
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... -
Mickalene Thomas: LA’s New Metro Line Opens With 14 Public Artworks
October 20, 2022Kenturah Davis, Mickalene Thomas, and Shinique Smith are among the artists who created work for the K Line, which connects historical centers of Black American life and culture in LA.... -
Devan Shimoyama: Reel Affirmations Review | Manscaping
October 22, 2022Manscaped magnificently spotlights three men doing their best to reimagine the barbershop as we know it. If you’ve ever visited a barbershop and felt uncomfortable, you’re not alone. The oddly... -
Jeffrey Gibson: Listen: Sorry, N.Y. Times, but San Francisco's art scene is thriving
October 21, 2022Local artists, curators and gallerists agree the Paper of Record missed badly by focusing on the closing of a couple of galleries An August piece in the New York Times... -
The ICA San Francisco Opens After Two Years with a Solo Exhibition by Jeffrey Gibson
October 18, 2022“The Bay Area art scene is getting a major boost, thanks to the recent opening of the Institute of Contemporary Art San Francisco, a new museum in the city’s Dogpatch... -
Beverly Fishman: In the galleries: Rendering art through light and space
October 28, 2022Exhibit offers viewers an eye-opening invitation to look anew at the conditions of our reality Today’s high-tech art relies heavily on computers, but PCs, smartphones and digital imaging didn’t exist... -
Arghavan Khosravi & Manuel Mathieu: Frieze London 2022 | 7 Directors Introduce Their Booths
October 5, 2022Frieze returns to London from 12–16 October. Take an early look at some wonderful works appearing in the booths of Blindspot, Experimenter, Kavi Gupta, Lisson, OMR, Silverlens, and Victoria Miro.... -
Jeffrey Gibson: 7 Art Shows to See in California This Fall
September 23, 2022Must-see exhibits are scheduled up and down the state. After two and a half years of Covid closures and disruptions, the art world is rebounding with a number of impressive... -
Manuel Mathieu: Has the Figuration Bubble Burst? Abstract Painting Dominates the Booths at Frieze London
October 13, 2022'People are a bit fed up—they want more freedom to interpret as they wish,' one dealer said. The first thing you see upon entering Frieze London, which opens to the... -
The 10 Best Booths at The Armory Show
September 9, 2022The atmosphere felt undeniably chic and cool as the 2022 edition of The Armory Show opened its doors to VIPs on Thursday afternoon. Now in its second year at the... -
ONE TO WATCH | Devan Shimoyama
September 1, 2022ONE TO WATCH: Inventing Male Archetypes that Privilege Softness and Introspection: Devan Shimoyama VIEW THE PRINT ISSUE Looking back at the Whitney Museum of American Art's landmark exhibition Black Male:... -
Devan Shimoyama: What Does It Mean to Be a Young, Black Queer Artist Right Now?
September 16, 2022‘A project like this is almost a double-edged sword’: A conversation with the creatives who are making the culture — and questioning it, too. “Black men loving Black men is... -
Devan Shimoyama: At New York’s Armory Show, Dealers Sell Works Worth Hundreds of Thousands of Dollars
September 9, 2022Since its opening on Thursday, the 2022 edition of the Armory Show has seen a good number of sales. Though the sums here are more modest than those of other... -
Mary Sibande & Beverly Fishman: The Armory Show shocked the art world in 1913. Here’s what to expect this year
September 9, 2022200 galleries from 30 countries offer up art this weekend in New York — including, of course, work by a number of Jewish artists. The Armory Show is back for... -
Tomokazu Matsuyama: Your Go-To Guide to All the Art Fairs Taking Place in NY During the 2022 Edition of Armory Week
September 6, 2022With summer all but behind us, art-loving New Yorkers returning from their sojourns in the Hamptons, Aspen, and other tony destinations have a packed schedule this week thanks to the... -
Devan Shimoyama: Here’s What Sold at the 2022 Armory Show in New York
September 12, 2022Here's what dealers say they sold at this year's Armory Show. After the premiere of Frieze Seoul earlier this month, all eyes turned to New York, where the Armory Show... -
Devan Shimoyama & Abigail DeVille: FRONT International | Oh, Gods of Dust and Rainbows
September 21, 2022Exceedingly ambitious, FRONT International: Cleveland Triennial for Contemporary Art made for a meaningful way to explore cultural sites in Ohio City and its surrounding area with an engaging program that... -
Devan Shimoyama 'Elegies' at the Jepson Center explores Blackness by reclaiming the practices of still lifes
September 27, 2022The Black body is constantly attacked, violated, dehumanized. So, what happens when it is completely removed from a work of art? When artists of color pivot the focus away from... -
Mickalene Thomas: 10 LGBTQ+ Artists Who Redefined Contemporary Art
September 6, 2022In a changing art environment, LGBTQ+ can work as freely and prominently as never before. Here are some the shapers of this segment The art market has changed substantially over... -
James Little: New York Choral Society & The New School Stage Duke Ellington’s ‘Sacred Concerts’
October 1, 2022For the first time in 35 years Duke Ellington’s “Sacred Concerts” will be performed in New York City on Nov. 18 and 19 at Tishman Hall. “Sacred Concerts” fuses jazz,... -
José Lerma: ART FOR CHANGE x ICI at THE ARMORY SHOW
September 9, 2022On the occasion of The Armory Show, ART FOR CHANGE is delighted to present a new collection of hand-embellished and signed and numbered limited edition prints by six Latinx artists... -
Bound by Cord, the Women of Arghavan Khosravi’s Paintings Exemplify the Borderless Fight for Equality
August 26, 2022Through layered, mixed-media paintings, Iranian artist Arghavan Khosravi (previously) alludes to the multivalent effects of losing freedom and human rights. Elastic cord binds her protagonists to their own limbs or... -
Rapper and Curator Vic Mensa Hits the Studio With Thundercat and Hangs Out at His Kavi Gupta Group Show
September 1, 2022The rapper had his curatorial debut, SKIN + MASKS, in Chicago this summer. I first learned that rapper Vic Mensa is in fact a budding curator this Spring, when I... -
ART FOR CHANGE Partnered With Arghavan Khosravi, Maggie Ellis, and Hein Koh
August 8, 2022ART FOR CHANGE have partnered with Maggie Ellis, Hein Koh, and Arghavan Khosravi on three new limited-edition prints. Each of the three artworks will debut next week with proceeds benefitting... -
Arts Brookfield Recognizes Miya Ando as the 2023 Brookfield Place New York Annual Arts Commission Recipient
July 27, 2022Last week, Arts Brookfield brought artists and the local community together at Brookfield Place for Art and the Environment: Artist Talk with Tatiana Arocha and Sarah Cameron Sunde. The evening... -
Kavi Gupta: 5 Tips for First-Time Art Collectors
August 12, 2022Beginning your art collecting journey can be an intimidating process. Some brick-and-mortar galleries can seem stuffy, elitist, and unwelcoming. Prices may not be readily apparent. Works might appear like they’re... -
Kavi Gupta: Did the Pandemic Put An End to Galleries' Summer Holidays?
August 10, 2022Where are Thaddaeus Ropac ’s collectors during August? “They’re in the Hamptons, or the South of France, or on their boat,” according to the Austrian gallerist. “In my experience, it’s... -
Manish Nai: Urban Spaces | Discover top artists in a patch of green
August 19, 2022Over the course of the two years, in the middle of the strict lockdown, Nai worked with fabricators in Gujarat and later, Mumbai, and made over 500,000 compressed aluminium roundels... -
Mary Sibande: Female Artists to Have on Your Radar in 2022
August 12, 2022The art world is constantly evolving, challenging preconceptions on what it means to be an artist and what exactly constitutes an artwork. Female artists are taking the lead in... -
Esmaa Mohamoud: Blackness and the deceptive seduction of professional athletics.
August 8, 2022A potent, urgent exhibition by Toronto-based multimedia artist Esmaa Mohamoud brings Black bodies into the white cube. To Play in the Face of Certain Defeat, on view at the Winnipeg... -
James Little: What to Do in New York City in August
August 4, 2022Art & Museums CRITIC’S PICK WHITNEY BIENNIAL After a year’s Covid delay, the latest Whitney Biennial has pulled into town, and it’s a welcome sight. Other recent editions —... -
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... -
Artist Spotlight: Beverly Fishman
August 3, 2022A weekly feature showcasing local artists Name: Beverly Fishman Aesthetic: A Hamtramck-based painter and sculptor whose work often explores the intersection of science and medicine. The latest: Fishman's... -
Tomokazu Matsuyama: Collision of style and colours in NFT paintings by Japanese artist
August 1, 2022Born and raised in Japan before moving to New York, Tomokazu Matsuyama explores the collisions between East and West in his paintings. On the heels of his new Sotheby’s exhibition... -
In the Studio With Canadian Artist Esmaa Mohamoud
July 21, 2022Meet the Toronto artist whose practice combines sports, fashion and racial issues. Esmaa Mohamoud has seduced museums and art critics alike since graduating from the Ontario College of Art and... -
Allana Clarke & Firelei Báez: 13 Standouts at Cleveland’s Front Triennial, From a Healing Fountain to a Functional Barri
July 20, 2022The second edition of the Front International: Cleveland Triennial for Contemporary Art was themed around healing before there was even a pandemic. That all may explain why the show, which... -
Vic Mensa's 'SKIN + MASKS' Exhibit Puts a Spotlight on the Diaspora's Most Talented Artists
With the curation of his debut exhibition, rapper Vic Mensa is imagining creativity, expression, and identity free of the white gaze. Presented by the Kavi Gupta Gallery in Chicago, Mensa's... -
Racquel Chevremont and Mickalene Thomas “Set It Off”
July 13, 2022From their first project at Volta to last year’s monumental group show at Pioneer Works, collector Racquel Chevremont and artist Mickalene Thomas, the curators behind Deux Femmes Noires, have left... -
At the Parrish Art Museum, Mickalene Thomas and Racquel Chevremont Curate a Group Show That Breaks Through the Noise
June 30, 2022At the Parrish Art Museum in Water Mill, six female artists—Leilah Babirye, Torkwase Dyson, February James, Karyn Olivier, Kameelah Janan Rasheed and Kennedy Yanko—invite viewers to experience their worlds, through... -
Reflecting on the Legacy of Black Identity: A Review of Vic Mensa’s SKIN + MASKS at Kavi Gupta
July 18, 2022Launched with a bang in the form of a highly Instagrammable celebrity dinner party, followed by an exhibition opening ceremony, as they call it, “SKIN + MASKS: Decolonizing Art Beyond... -
Mary Sibande: See through the Red Mist
July 8, 2022Sindiwe Magona’s Living, Loving and Lying Awake at Night has been voted one of Africa’s 100 best books. The short story collection is divided into two parts, the first of... -
The Artsy Collector Spotlight: Mickalene Thomas
July 19, 2022As an artist, Mickalene Thomas challenges ingrained art-world hierarchies. As a collector, she does the same. Her own collages, installations, photographs, videos, and paintings—elaborate pieces made of acrylic, enamel, and... -
Manish Nai: Artist's Diary: Art Is A Process, A Journey And A Blessing
July 15, 2022Mumbai-based artist Manish Nai whose works have been exhibited worldwide says, 'I don't think of any message that art might convey. Any message the onlooker might interpret out of the... -
16 LGBTQ art shows that keep the summer Pride vibe flowing
July 6, 2022From a career-spanning survey of Chicago artist Nick Cave to an exhibit about gay communists in 1990s Berlin, here are our summer art show picks. A wide assortment of exhibitions... -
Kour Pour: ‘In London, Mercury was never in retrograde’
July 8, 2022Meet the Brit creatives bringing a new energy to LA The artist most famous for living in Los Angeles is arguably a Yorkshireman. David Hockney moved to the Californian... -
Deborah Kass: Decades of Pride
July 1, 2022Celebrating pride month with a curated selection from our archives. Past and recent histories of queer sloganeering, movement, poetry, and documentary. 1980s Fiction, nonfiction, and theater about femininity, anti-blackness, and... -
Deborah Kass: A New T-Shirt Capsule Puts Ukrainian Pride Front and Center
June 29, 2022Like so many around the world, Dorian Grinspan, founder of Out of Order magazine, watched Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February with horror. As vibrant Ukrainian cities dissolved into chaos,... -
Deborah Kass: These Artist-Designed T-Shirts Help Ukrainians on the Ground
June 28, 2022Like many of us confronted with news of the war in Ukraine, Dorian Grinspan’s first reaction was horror, quickly followed by an urge to help. In lieu of donating to... -
Jaime Muñoz: Blood Memory
June 1, 2022READ THE FULL FEATURE Pomona, California, situated east of downtown Los Angeles, between the San Gabriel and San Bernardino Mountains, in what was once known as the citrus triangle, is... -
Vic Mensa Decolonizes Art With "Skin + Masks" Exhibit In Time For Juneteenth
June 16, 2022'The idea of Black and white, these ideas don’t come from our history,' Mensa told The Root. SKIN + MASKS, a group art show curated by Grammy-nominated rapper Vic Mensa,... -
Arghavan Khosravi Releases ‘The Enclosure’ With Case Studyo
June 30, 2022The Iranian artist’s first fully three dimensional sculpture. Arghavan Khosravi returns to the world of editions in a new partnership with Case Studyo. Having recently collaborated with the Belgian art... -
Painter James Little’s Commitment To Abstraction
June 21, 2022With a Whitney Biennial feature and newfound commercial representation, painter James Little’s commitment to abstraction The artist has been making work for nearly 40 years and lately achieved several career... -
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,... -
Vic Mensa Curated His First Art Exhibition at Kavi Gupta Gallery
June 21, 2022On view in Chicago until August 13. “As long as I can remember, I’ve been an artist,” said Vic Mensa, reflecting on his career. “Drawing, singing, painting, rapping, you name... -
James Little: Homecoming
June 20, 2022As part of the Sweet Sixteen exhibit on display at the Dixon, this artist’s canvases seem almost to vibrate. Human nature dictates that we look for patterns in the world... -
Mary Sibande: Sophie tells us about red
June 11, 2022Durban - Through her imposing sculptures and life-like photographs, Mary Sibande unravels the roles of South African women as individuals and through race, gender and class inequality. Raised by her... -
Tomokazu Matsuyama Magnifies an Optimistic View of Reality, Full of Hope and "Harmless Charm"
June 16, 2022Discussing his first sculpture collab with AllRightsReserved alongside an exhibition and NFT series with Sotheby’s. Tomokazu Matsuyama returns to Hong Kong once again to lay down a full house of... -
Mickalene Thomas & Kennedy Yanko: Women Artists “Set It Off” at The Parrish
June 19, 2022To set something off is “to do something significant, with intensity, or with a hurricane-like force; or to change an atmosphere for the better” according to the organizers of a... -
Kavi Gupta: What is a gallery’s function?
Listen to Declassified with Kavi Gupta (he/him), Gallerist and founder, Kavi Gupta Gallery as he covers 'What is a gallery's function?' LISTEN HERE About Declassify /dēˈklasəˌfī/ (verb): officially declare (information... -
Mickalene Thomas & Kennedy Yanko: Group Exhibit “Set It Off” Boldly Challenges History, Identity and Artistic Mediums
June 9, 2022SIX INTERNATIONAL WOMEN ARTISTS CONGREGATE IN THE HAMPTONS' PARRISH ART MUSEUM The phrase “set it off” has two interpretations: to do something intensely in a major way or to interrupt... -
Conversation with Tomokazu Matsuyama About His paintings and Debut NFT
June 15, 2022Tomokazu Matsuyama: “We are faking our world now”: Conversation with Tomokazu Matsuyama About His paintings and Debut NFT Following Tomokazu Matsuyama’s solo exhibition at the Long Museum in Shanghai, the... -
Mary Sibande: 21 Art Shows to See in New York This Summer
June 13, 2022This summer already feels different from the last couple of years. Spending time with family and friends is a welcome respite, as is experiencing art in person again across the... -
Mickalene Thomas: How the Art Show Black Venus Reclaims Ownership of Black Womanhood
June 8, 2022The Fotografiska New York exhibition features the works of artists like Mickalene Thomas, Kara Walker, Carrie Mae Weems, and more. Mickalene Thomas, Ain’t I a Woman, 2009. Video (color, sound;... -
A Conversation with Alisa Sikelianos-Carter | Cerebral Women
June 8, 2022CEREBRAL WOMEN Art Talks Podcast · Alisa Sikelianos - Carter Ep.110 of CEREBRAL WOMEN Art Talks Podcast features Alisa Sikelianos-Carter. She earned her BA and MA in Painting and Drawing... -
Mixed-Media Artist Mickalene Thomas Redefines Notions of Beauty
June 13, 2022With her large-scale works of women in repose, Mickalene Thomas is ensuring Black women are seen in the insular world of fine art. Known for creating large-scale paintings and collage... -
Jeffrey Gibson’s Solo Exhibition The Body Electric Opens at SITE Santa Fe
May 6, 2022This comprehensive survey of Gibson’s multi-decade practice highlights his purposeful use of material, provocative language, and collaborative community-rooted performances. Jeffrey Gibson’s The Body Electric features a selection of paintings, sculptures,... -
Otherworldly Vistas and Noble Portraits Celebrate Life’s Mysteries in Sherman Beck’s Vibrant Paintings
June 6, 2022One of the original ten members of the groundbreaking Chicago-based artist collective AFRICOBRA founded in 1968, Sherman Beck paints vibrant portrayals of Black family, ancestry, and community that celebrate the... -
Esmaa Mohamoud: 8 Rising Artists Using Basketball to Address Social Injustices
June 10, 2022Esmaa Mohamoud B. 1992, London, Canada. Lives and works in Toronto. Sculpture and installation artist Esmaa Mohamoud uses the universal appeal of sports to investigate racism, classism, and body politics.... -
Devan Shimoyama: 8 Not-To-Be-Missed Gallery Exhibitions in June 2022
June 3, 2022From a dazzling display of new works by self-taught talent Jordan Kerwick at Vito Schnabel to Ellsworth Kelly’s doubleheader at Matthew Marks. On a mission to present the best gallery... -
Mickalene Thomas and Racquel Chevremont Live by Their Lists
May 12, 2022Nearly 20 years ago, the curator and collector Racquel Chevremont paid a visit to the artist Mickalene Thomas’s studio in her basement in Brooklyn. The meeting turned out to be... -
Mickalene Thomas: Pieces De Résistance
Ciarán Finlayson on “Guarding the Art” IN 1968, thirteen Black security officers and gallery attendants at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art hosted a Black Culture Festival on museum... -
Esmaa Mohamoud: Three exhibitions to see in New York this weekend
June 3, 2022From Esmaa Mohamoud at Arsenal Contemporary to the Flag Art Foundation’s group show curated by ex-football player and arts patron Keith Rivers Esmaa Mohamoud: It Cannot Always Be Night Until... -
Tomokazu Matsuyama for the Asian American Arts Alliance: Benefit Auction 2022
May 13, 2022Artsy will present Tomokazu Matsuyama for the Asian American Arts Alliance, an auction of a single painting from the artist’s most recent body of work. Titled Another Believer, the painting... -
Go Inside Alisa Sikelianos-Carter’s Magical Underwater Universe at Kavi Gupta Gallery
May 20, 2022The artist’s must-see exhibition ‘Stars Are Born in Darkness’ presents a mythological world where Black bodies are celebrated and revered. What if there was a world in which white supremacy... -
Mickalene Thomas & Kennedy Yanko: ‘Set It Off’ Brings Six Female Artists Center Stage
May 30, 2022Though the timing may have been purely coincidental, the messaging couldn’t be louder or clearer: It’s time for women to be seen, heard and recognized for their vision, strength and... -
Racquel Chevremont and Mickalene Thomas curate a show that subverts tradition
May 25, 2022At Parrish Art Museum, ‘Set It Off’ pulls from an international roster of artists to address themes of sexuality, memory, and identity On May 22, the Parrish Art Museum opened... -
Beverly Fishman: Pills Through an Artist's Lense
May 28, 2022The Contemporary Gallery Dayton is quickly establishing itself as a great place to see the kind of new art that triggers discussion. Three current exhibits, on show through July 22,... -
Survival Where the Sea Meets the Sky: Alisa Sikelianos-Carter's Stars Are Born in Darkness
May 25, 2022Modern mythology offers tales of kidnapped Africans thrown overboard or who liberated themselves from slave ships during the trans-Atlantic slave trade. Among the stories are those of Black mermaids and... -
Dixon Direct: James Little
May 31, 2022Thank you for tuning in to Dixon Direct, our next guest is artist James Little, whose work is currently on view in James Little: Homecoming. Little talks to us about... -
‘The ambition of expressing myself freely': A conversation with Iranian artist Arghavan Khosravi
May 12, 2022Works that 'tactfully bridge European Renaissance and Persian minature traditions' The Currier Museum of Art in Manchester, New Hampshire, is showcasing new works created over the last few years by... -
Esmaa Mohamoud: 6 Lower East Side Shows to See During Frieze New York
May 19, 2022Esmaa Mohamoud at Arsenal Contemporary The Kendrick Lamar lyric “If a flower bloomed in the dark, would you trust it?” comes to mind when looking at Esmaa Mohamoud’s installation Darkness... -
James Little: The Single Best Work in the Whitney Biennial
April 18, 2022For those who revere the ancient visual art of painting as the finest of the fine arts, there is not a lot to see at the current edition of the... -
James Little: Whitney Biennial 2022: Artist Installations That Stole the Show
April 8, 2022There is a strong presence of abstraction at this year's edition of the Whitney Biennial. Among the exhibition's reviews, Alex Greenberger in ARTnews suggests this reflects 'a state of life... -
Manuel Mathieu: London Art Exhibitions to See
May 23, 2022London Gallery Weekend saw some exceptional shows open across the city. Presentations by art stars such as Manuel Mathieu and Robert Nava made for exciting encounters, alongside some new discoveries.... -
Mickalene Thomas & Kennedy Yanko: “Set It Off,” from Deux Femmes Noires, at Parrish Art Museum
May 13, 2022The collector Racquel Chevremont and the artist Mickalene Thomas have curated a group exhibition in Watermill, N.Y., of paintings, sculptures, and more—all unified by a dynamic approach. The group exhibition... -
Mickalene Thomas & Kennedy Yanko: The Personal and the Cultural
May 19, 2022Racquel Chevremont and Mickalene Thomas, known collectively as Deux Femmes Noires, have brought 'Set It Off,' an exhibition of work by six female artists who work in a range of... -
James Little Finally Gets His Turn in the Spotlight at this Year’s Whitney Biennial
May 2, 2022A Long Overdue Recognition: James Little Finally Gets His Turn in the Spotlight at this Year’s Whitney Biennial Some artists find global acclaim fresh out of art school. Others toil... -
Tomokazu Matsuyama Blends Pop Culture and Art History to Explore His Global Identity
May 12, 2022“In order for me to stay vocal and amplify my voice, I have to be in this gray zone,” he said. “I am not Eastern-Western. I’m not cosmopolitan. I’m not... -
Manuel Mathieu: London Gallery Weekend 2022 | Exhibitions to See
May 11, 2022Manuel Mathieu: Keeping things whole Pilar Corrias, 54 Eastcastle Street 28 April–28 May 2022 Known for abstracted figurations of haunting, amorphous forms that evoke Bacon's disfigured protagonists, Haitian-born Montreal-based painter... -
James Little: The 2022 Whitney Biennial Expands the Scope of 'American' Art
April 27, 2022The eightieth edition of the Whitney Biennial in New York (6 April–5 September 2022) takes the pulse of contemporary art in America as the storied museum has done since 1932,... -
Skin + Masks: A Top Rapper Makes His Curatorial Debut
April 29, 2022VIC MENSA, THE MULTI-HYPHENATE Some people really can just do it all. Rapper Vic Mensa is the latest celebrity to take a waltz into the art world with a show... -
Mary Sibande: Museum of Arts and Design Exhibition Explores the International Language of Dress
May 23, 2022The first global survey dedicated to the use of clothing as a medium of visual art features works by 35 contemporary artists, including Nick Cave, Kent Monkman, Louise Bourgeois, and... -
Jeffrey Gibson: Toronto Biennial of Art Moves from Land to Water in 2022
May 11, 2022The second Toronto Biennial of Art, postponed by several months due to Covid-19, extends its 2019 edition's concern for lakes, waterways, and their influence over how we live and interact... -
How Devan Shimoyama’s Art Works on Pain and Healing Resonate Internationally
April 12, 2022Shimoyama's Work Shines - litterally and figureatively - when he applies what might be considered the 'feminine,' playful and dazeling accessories found in a dressmaker's drawer. T he sunlight pours... -
Powerfully Contained Women: The Portraiture of Arghavan Khosravi
April 8, 2022Read the Full Feature Back in the day, I used to play a game while riding the NYC subway that I called “guess the artist.” This game, intended to eat... -
YO - or OY - sculpture put in its place on Independence Mall
May 2, 2022The “OY/YO” sculpture by artist Deborah Kass is unloaded and installed at the Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History on Independence Mall. The OY/YO sculpture by artist... -
Exhibition at Currier showcases Arghavan Khosravi’s paintings from the ‘in between’
April 22, 2022The works of Iranian-born painter Arghavan Khosravi, which are now on view at the Currier Museum in Manchester, feature vivid, dream-like paintings and sculptures that often center female characters in... -
Beverly Fishman’s Relief Paintings Explore the Dark Promise of the Pharmaceutical Industry
April 12, 2022Having recently concluded a joint exhibition of work with Gary Lang at Library Street Collective, Beverly Fishman is following up with a solo show of her own at Chicago’s Kavi... -
Arghavan Khosravi's Potent Paintings Explore Oppression and Liberation
May 6, 2022“Arghavan Khosravi’s paintings are masterful in technique and draw the viewer in through richly detailed and stimulatingly symbolic compositions. Her work asks more than it answers, leaving room for the... -
Deborah Kass: New outdoor sculpture has literal double meaning
May 3, 2022PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) — There's a new art installation on Independence Mall that can change meaning and conversation, depending on where you stand. The sculpture arrived at the Weitzman National... -
Firelei Baez: See Practically Every Artwork in the Venice Biennale’s Arsenale Section
April 21, 2022Delayed for a year because of the pandemic, the Venice Biennale, titled “The Milk of Dreams,” has finally opened to previews this week. Curator Cecilia Alemani has spoken about how... -
Manish Nai with ARTEMORBIDA
May 13, 2022Manish Nai (Gujarat, India, 1980) lives and works in Mumbai, he holds a Diploma in Drawing and Painting from the L.S. Raheja School of Art (Mumbai). Using common Indian materials... -
Devan Shimoyama: What to See During EXPO Chicago
April 7, 2022From Meriem Bennani’s supernatural film at Renaissance Society to Devan Shimoyama’s transformative paintings and sculptures at Kavi Gupta, these are the must-see shows in Chicago Devan Shimoyama’s self-portrait Tempérance (2022)... -
AFRICOBRA: Four Gallery Shows to See in the Windy City During Expo Chicago
April 7, 2022The Expo Chicago art fair returns this week to the city’s Navy Pier after a two-year hiatus due to the pandemic. As with most art fairs, the local art scene... -
EXPO CHICAGO 2022: Exhibitions to See
April 1, 2022EXPO CHICAGO returns for its 9th edition this spring (7–10 April 2022) featuring over 140 participants. For those in the city, Ocula Magazine introduces a selection of exhibitions to see.... -
Mary Sibande, Devan Shimoyama, Jeffrey Gibson & Esmaa Mohamoud: Garmenting: Costume as Contemporary Art
May 1, 2022Garmenting: Costume as Contemporary Art is an ambitious exhibition that occupies two floors of the Museum of Art and Design. Curated by independent scholar Alexandra Schwartz, this show is long... -
Kour Pour: ART FOR CHANGE x Little Wanderers NYC
May 11, 2022Kour Pour's series of three new works on paper utilize a unique, hand-painted, block printing process developed for a recent body of work. Integrating patterns and complexities inspired by Persian... -
Artist Manuel Mathieu on Alchemy, Desire, & Growing up in Haiti
April 20, 2022Multi-disciplinary artist Manuel Mathieu works across painting, ceramics and installation. Through his diverse practice, he investigates themes of historical violence, erasure and cultural approaches to physicality, nature and spiritual legacy.... -
Firelei Báez Brings an Afrofuturist Empire in the Atlantic to the MCA Chicago
April 7, 2022In another world, within the abyss of the Atlantic Ocean, is Drexciya, a civilization that would rival the lost city of Atlantis. It’s populated by peaceful amphibian people, the descendants... -
Inka Essenhigh: Artists in Support of Refugees from Ukraine
April 1, 2022Apr 14, 2022 • 11:00am CDT Artsy & the Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art present Impact: Artists in Support of Refugees from Ukraine, an emergency benefit auction to support relief... -
Kour Pour: 5 Artists on Our Radar in April 2022
April 4, 2022“Artists on Our Radar” is a monthly series produced by the Artsy team. Utilizing our art expertise and access to Artsy data, we highlight five artists who have our attention.... -
James Little: 12 Standouts at the 2022 Whitney Biennial, Where Poetic Reflections on Past Two Years Shine Brightly
March 29, 2022'Three stunning black-and-gray works by New York–based artist James Little command a wall.' The Whitney Biennial has long held a reputation for being the most divisive exhibition within the United... -
How to Wear a Sculpture: New York Show Explores the Thin Divide Between Clothing and Art
March 18, 2022What distinguishes garments and art? In 2022, the question may be moot. The Costume Institute at Metropolitan Museum of Art is regularly breaking attendance records, and textile-based exhibitions are appearing... -
Garmenting: Costume as Contemporary Art Review: Dressing Up a Form
March 16, 2022In an exhibition at the Museum of Arts and Design, a parade of fashion-adjacent creations in which artists elevate clothing into a different realm. The word “garment” comes from the... -
Mickalene Thomas & Kennedy Yanko: When Being Seen is Not Enough
April 24, 2022We’re bingeing our way through the pandemic absorbing TV and movies, and the messages found within, like never before. It’s clear that screens provide an opportunity to access underrepresented narratives... -
Jeffrey Gibson: What to look forward to at the Toronto Biennial of Art
March 25, 2022As spring moves into sandal weather, Torontonians will once again reunite with local beaches for a summer-loving blast. But for the next 10 weeks, artists from around the globe are... -
Jeffrey Gibson: Everything You Need To Know About the Toronto Biennial of Art
March 11, 2022For the first time since 2019, Canada’s leading visual arts event is returning to Toronto to bring you 10 weeks of groundbreaking contemporary art from around the world. The 2022... -
Meet Polyglot Painter Kour Pour
March 14, 2022Artist Kour Pour’s foundational source materials — especially Persian carpets, medieval Islamic manuscripts, and English gardens — reference not only his personal history, but greater currents of intercultural communication and... -
The Best Part About Us: Tomokazu Matsuyama
February 23, 2022Japanese-born, New York-based artist Tomokazu Matsuyama. The exhibition comes on the heels of the artist’s landmark solo exhibitions at two of China’s largest and most influential private museums, Long Museum... -
10 Questions With Willie Cole
February 8, 2022It’s safe to say Willie Cole has a shoe fetish. With the closure of museums and galleries, income and exposure was in short supply for artists during the global pandemic.... -
The New York Times : The Radical Experimentation of Black Psychedelia
February 10, 2022One of the most lasting and influential artistic movements of the 20th century was created with and for Black artists. Why has their contribution been so overlooked? IN DECEMBER OF... -
MINIMAL STROKES APPLIED WITH A BROOM FORM JOSÉ LERMA’S TACTILE PORTRAITS
February 7, 2022To create his thick, abstract portraits, Chicago-based artist Jose Lerma trades his brush for hefty, commercial brooms that follow the lines of preliminary sketches. “The process of these paintings is... -
Tomokazu Matsuyama’s Fantastical Paintings Go on View at Kavi Gupta Gallery in Chicago
January 31, 2022Eastern and Western art history and contemporary pop culture merge to form a kaleidoscopic mashup in the dazzling, large-scale works of Tomokazu Matsuyama. His unique visual language reflects the multiplicitous... -
THE BEST BOOTHS AT LA’S FELIX ART FAIR, FROM BITING ART WORLD COMMENTARY TO INNOVATIVE APPROACHES TO TEXTILES
MAXIMILÍANO DURÓN, ARTNEWS, FEBRUARY 16, 2023 February 16, 2023SUCHITRA MATTAI AT KAVI GUPTA In its large hotel room, Kavi Gupta has dedicated an entire back wall, as well as some surrounding space, to a salon-style grouping of works... -
Architectural Digest India's "Most Beautiful Homes in the World"
There 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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