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BASIL KINCAID DISCUSSES MEANING AND SYMBOLISM IN HIS NEW QUILTS
STARZ ACQUIRES GLENN KAINO'S 'WITH DRAWN ARMS', THE TOMMIE SMITH DOCUMENTARY
Along with other influential artists, including Jenny Holzer, Tomashi Jackson, and Carrie Mae Weems, Jeffrey Gibson has teamed up with Orange Barrel Media to take over 350 digital billboards in 16 cities across the United States. New works by the artists

In Washington, D.C., digital screens project artworks by Carrie Mae Weems and Jeffrey Gibson as part of the "Art for Action" campaign. (all images courtesy Orange Barrel Media)
KENNEDY YANKO'S EUROPEAN DEBUT

Kennedy Yanko with work Photo: Mike Vitelli.
A recent interview with Beverly fishman on the website Cool Hunting

Installation shot of Beverly Fishman's latest works, in the exhibition I Dream of Sleep, inspired by the recent death of her sister.
TONY TASSET'S BLOB MONSTER TOAST OF MILWAUKEE

Tony Tasset, Blob Monster, 2009
ANTWAUN SARGENT BOOK SPOTLIGHTS MICKALENE THOMAS, KERRY JAMES MARSHALL, AND MORE
BROOKLYN MUSEUM ACQUIRES DEBORAH KASS'S OY/YO
REFLECTING ON KENNEDY YANKO'S PUBLIC SCULPTURE

Kennedy Yanko, Three Ways, 2019, public installation along the 1200 block of Poydras Street in New Orleans.
TONY TASSET IN WOVEN TAIL PRESS
BECAUSE ONCE YOU ENTER MY HOUSE IT BECOMES OUR HOUSE
TONY TASSET AND MICHELLE GRABNER IN CONVERSATION 05.01.2020
ART IN LOCKDOWN: DEBORAH KASS
ART IN LOCKDOWN: MARY SIBANDE

South African artistMary Sibande recently caught up with us from her home in Johannesburg, to let us know how she's coping under lockdown, how the pandemic has affected her art making, and what her thoughts are about how her community is reacting to the rapidly changing conditions.

View the interview and more in our Viewing Room
ART IN LOCKDOWN: JEFFREY GIBSON
JEFFREY GIBSON'S SHE NEVER DANCES ALONE EXTENDED
THE WRITTEN WORD ONLINE EXHIBITION OPENS

The Written Word, 2020, Installation View, Kavi Gupta, Chicago, USA
THE FIGURE IN SOLITUDE OPENS ONLINE
MICHAEL JOO, BASQUIAT, UGO RONDINONE AND MORE IN TEL AVIV

Michael Joo, DRWN, Carunculatus (12), 2015, graphite impregnated urethane, dimensions variable (acquired 2016 by Tel Aviv Museum of Art.) Photo: Elad Sarig
MICKALENE THOMAS AMONG MOST INFLUENTIAL ARTISTS OF 2019
MORE BUZZ FOR WITH DRAWN ARMS: GLENN KAINO AND TOMMIE SMITH

Installation View, With Drawn Arms: Glenn Kaino and Tommie Smith, San Jose Museum of Art, 2020.
KAVI GUPTA AT ART BASEL MIAMI BEACH 2019

Manish Nai, Meridians, Art Basel Miami Beach, 2019, Installation View.
JEFFREY GIBSON WINS 2019 MACARTHUR "GENIUS GRANT"
TONY TASSET'S DEER VISITS THE ALDRICH

Tony Tasset, Deer, 2015, Collection of Gregg Rechler and Mitchell Rechler, Courtesy of the artist and Kavi Gupta, Chicago , Photo: Christopher E. Manning
JESSICA STOCKHOLDER INSTALLATION PREMIERS AT CRYSTAL BRIDGES

Jessica Stockholder Angled Tangled, 2014, Installed at Crystal Bridges Museum

Two works by Jessica Stockholder are included in Color Field at Crystal Bridges
ROGER BROWN AND NICK CAVE AT WRIGHTWOOD 659

Exhibition catalogue (front view) for About Face (featured image: Zanele Muholi, Phaphama, at Cassilhaus, North Carolina, 2016, Archival pigment print, 43 3/8 in x 30 in, courtesy of Wrightwood 659.)
ROGER BROWN AT MAD

Roger Brown at Museum of Art and Design NYC
THE CONTEMPORARY AUSTIN PREMIERS JESSICA STOCKHOLDER OUTDOOR SCULPTURE
DEVAN SHIMOYAMA'S BARBERSHOP PROJECT OPENS IN D.C.
INSIDE LOOK AT AFRICOBRA: NATION TIME IN VENICE
SNEAK PEEK: AFRICOBRA: NATION TIME @BIENNALEARTE2019

A look at the prepartions for AFRICOBRA in Venice
TONY TASSET MOOD SCULPTURE ARRIVES IN KENTUCKY

Tony Tasset's Mood Sculpture installed at the Universtity of Kentucky.
ANGEL OTERO INTERVIEWED FOR ARTNET NEWS

Angel Otero featured in Artnet
AUDREY BARCIO AWARDED POLLOCK KRASNER GRANT
ROGER BROWN AND THE CHICAGO IMAGISTS TAKE LONDON

The Goldsmiths CCA gallery in London is presenting HOW CHICAGO!
AFRICOBRA IS GOING TO VENICE!

Africobra inculded in the 2019 Venice Biennale!
JEFFREY GIBSON CURATED INTO 2019 WHITNEY BIENNIAL

Jeffrey Gibson curated into the 2019 Whitney Biennial.
MANISH NAI FEATURED ON COVER OF ART INDIA MAGAZINE

Congratualtions to Manish Nai on being featured on the Cover of ART India
FIRELEI BÁEZ AWARDED UNITED STATES ARTISTS GRANT
KAVI GUPTA ARTISTS FEATURED IN MAJOR PHILLIPS SELLING EXHIBITION

Richard Hunt, Tubing Form, Executed in 1966
MANISH NAI FEATURED IN INAUGURAL INDIGO MUSEUM EXHIBITION
STUDIO MUSEUM IN HARLEM ACQUIRES AFRICOBRA WORKS

Barbara Jones Hogu – Rise and Take Control (screen print), 1970
FELIX LA OPENS IN FIVE WEEKS!

Felix Art Fair is Coming Up!
DEVAN SHIMOYAMA GETS NEW YORK TIMES SHOUT OUT

Devan Shimoyama, Cry Baby, Installation View, 2019, Andy Warhol Museum

Cry Baby In the New York Times
AFRICOBRA AMAZES ART BASEL AUDIENCES WITH NORTH MIAMI MOCA RETROSPECTIVE

AFRICOBRA: Messages to the People opened during Miami Art Week
BEVERLY FISHMAN WINS 2018 ANONYMOUS WAS A WOMAN GRANT
KAVI GUPTA HOSTS ANNUAL ART BASEL MIAMI BEACH WINE NIGHT

Kavi Gupta hosted its annual wine event for top collectors and curators at the Gates Hotel
MICKALENE THOMAS TAKES ON FASHION
TITUS KAPHAR: NEW HAVEN'S ART HAVEN

Titus Kaphar was recently featured in The New Haven Register
THE TIME IS NOW! FALL OPENINGS

Last week, "The Time Is Now! Art Worlds of Chicago's South Side, 1960-1980" opened at the Smart Museum of Art.
An Article on Richard Hunt's Upcoming Georgia Museum of Art's upcoming exhibition.
MICKALENE THOMAS: MUSES

Muses Opens at Wexner Center for the Arts in Columbus, Ohio.
EXHIBITIONS TO SEE THIS FALL
FIFTY YEARS OF AFRICOBRA!

AfriCOBRA 50, a retrospective, will open at Kavi Gupta Gallery at the end of September!
SCOTT REEDER ON LOCATION

Scott Reader: "How to Succeed as an Artist While Living outside of Art-World Capitals."
BASIL KINCAID AT JPMORGAN CHASE & CO.

St. Louis-based fabric artist Basil Kincaid recently spent a week in the lobby of JPMorgan Chase & Co
JEFFREY GIBSON: THIS IS THE DAY AT THE WELLIN MUSEUM OF ART

Jeffrey Gibon: THIS IS THE DAY Opens at the Wellin Museum.
Review of Young-Il Ahn's Show in NEWCITY

Young-Il Ahn, installation view at Kavi Gupta Gallery
AFRICOBRA 50 OPENING

AFRICOBRA 50opened last week at our Elizabeth Street location!
MEMORIES OF ASPEN ARTCRUSH 2018
RICHARD HUNT HONORS SPECIAL OLYMPICS IN CHICAGO

Richard Hunt, Special Olympics 50th Anniversary Sculpture, 2018

Richard Hunt's Special Olympics Memorial was unveiled outside of Soldier Field!
CELEBRATING JEFFREY GIBSON IN DENVER

Jeffrey Gibson LIKE A HAMMER, At the Denver Art Museum, 2018

Great press just keeps coming about Jeffrey Gibson: Like A Hammer!
JESSICA STOCKHOLDER LENDS ART BASEL AN ASSIST

Jessica Stockholder's, Assist, Art Basel, 2018
YOUNG-IL AHN IN WESTERN HUMANITIES REVIEW
DON'T MISS: FIRELEI BÁEZ AT THE STUDIO MUSEUM IN HARLEM

Firelei Báez, Joy Out of Fire, 2018

Encouraging press has been coming out ever since Firelei Báez: Joy Out of Fire opened
MANISH NAI AT THE NOORDBRABANTS MUSEUM
JESSICA STOCKHOLDER FEATURED IN 'EN CONSTRUCCIÓN'

El Centro Galego de Arte Contemporáneo (CGAC) Featured the work of Jessica Stockholder.
Tony Tasset Lends Cleveland a hand

Tony Tasset, Judy's Hand Pavilion, 2018, At Cleveland Triennial for Contemporary Art
NICK CAVE DEMONSTRATES THE ART OF LETTING GO

image © Architectural Digest 2018
A STUDIO VISIT WITH YOUNG-IL AHN

Young-Il Ahn, Soraya Ahn, Jacob Yi, and Jessica Moss in Young-Il Ahn's Studio (2018)

We visited Los Angeles, where we enjoyed a fruitful studio visit with Young-Il Ahn.
FIRELEI BÁEZ AT THE BERLIN BIENNALE

Firelei Báez, Marie-Louise Coidavid, exiled, keeper of order, Anacaona, 2018, at the Berlin Biennale 2018

We're so proud of Firelei Báez for her contribution to this year's Berlin Biennale!
AN INTERVIEW WITH KAVI GUPTA

Gallery owner Kavi Gupta with Roger Brown's "Hollywood With the Stars." Photo by Manuel Martinez

To Kick off the Blog we interviewed Kavi about the Gallery's history!