Kavi Gupta
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|type= Contemporary art gallery
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|accreditation= Art Dealers Association of America (ADAA)
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Kavi Gupta is a contemporary art gallery owned by gallerist Kavi Gupta. Headquartered in the West Loop neighborhood of Chicago, the gallery operates multiple exhibition spaces as well as Kavi Gupta Editions, a publishing imprint and bookstore.{{cite web|url=http://kavigupta.com/information/|title=Gallery Website}}
Kavi Gupta opened in Chicago in 2000.{{cite web|url=http://kavigupta.com/blog/jrp-ringier-interview/|title=Interview with Kavi Gupta}} The gallery expanded to a second space in the Tempelhof-Schöneberg borough of Berlin in 2008.{{cite web|url=http://www.artspace.com/partners/kavi_gupta|title=Kavi Gupta, Official Artspace Partner - Art for Sale - Artspace|work=Artspace.com|accessdate=2015-04-24}} In September 2013 the gallery expanded to a third space in Chicago.{{cite news |last= |first= |date= |title=Chicago dealer buys second space—in cash |url=https://m-news.artron.net/20130307/n314898.html |accessdate= |newspaper=}} The new space opened with an installation exhibition by Roxy Paine titled Apparatus.{{cite web|url=https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2014/02/carcass-roxy-paine/|title=Exhibition Review on Colossal| date=5 February 2014 }}
Artists currently represented by Kavi Gupta include AFRICOBRA co-founders Gerald Williams{{cite web |author= |url=http://kavigupta.com/artist/gerald-williams/|title=Gallery Website}} and Wadsworth Jarrell,{{cite web |author= |url=http://kavigupta.com/artist/wadsworth-jarrell-2/|title=Gallery Website}} who were featured in the exhibition Nation Time at the 2019 Venice Biennale;{{cite web |author= |url=https://vimeo.com/327104943|title=Exhibition Video| date=28 March 2019 }} Guggenheim Fellow Tony Tasset, who was in the 2014 Whitney Biennial;{{cite web |author= |url=https://whitney.org/exhibitions/2014-biennial/Tony-Tasset|title=Whitney Biennial Artist List}} sculptor Richard Hunt;{{cite web |author= |url=http://kavigupta.com/artist/richard-hunt/|title=Gallery Website}} Roxy Paine, who was part of the 2002 Whitney Biennial in New York;{{cite web|url=http://www.publicartfund.org/view/exhibitions/5911_whitney_biennial_2002_-_bluff|title=Public Art Fund|work=Publicartfund.org|accessdate=2015-04-24}} the estate of Chicago Imagist painter Roger Brown; José Lerma;{{cite web|url=http://kavigupta.com/artist/jose-lerma/|title=Gallery Website}} Jessica Stockholder;{{cite web|url=http://art.newcity.com/2014/04/03/eye-exam-chicago-art-news-bits/ |title=Eye Exam: Chicago Art News Bits | Newcity Art |publisher=Art.newcity.com |date= 3 April 2014|accessdate=2015-04-23}} James Little;{{Cite web | url=https://kavigupta.com/exhibitions/375-forthcoming-james-little-kavi-gupta-elizabeth-st-fl.-1/ | title=Forthcoming, James Little | 12 November - 20 December 2022 }} who was in the 2022 Whitney Biennial;{{Cite web |date=2022-06-21 |title=Abstract painter James Little breaks through with Whitney Biennial inclusion and Kavi Gupta show |url=https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2022/06/21/james-little-abstraction-whitney-biennial |access-date=2025-06-25 |website=www.theartnewspaper.com |language=en}} [https://kavigupta.com/artists/95-tomokazu-matsuyama/ Tomokazu Matsuyama]{{Cite web |title=Tomokazu Matsuyama |url=https://kavigupta.com/artists/95-tomokazu-matsuyama/ |access-date=2025-06-25 |website=Kavi Gupta Gallery |language=en}} and Mickalene Thomas.{{cite web|url=http://blackartistnews.blogspot.com/2014/03/signed-mickalene-thomas.html|title=Black Artist News: SIGNED: Mickalene Thomas|work=Blackartistnews.blogspot.com| date=20 March 2014 |accessdate=2015-04-24}}{{Cite web |title=Kavi Gupta - Member Galleries - ADAA |url=https://artdealers.org/gallery/kavi-gupta |access-date=2025-06-25 |website=artdealers.org}}
Kavi Gupta is active at art fairs,{{cite web|url=http://kavigupta.com/fairs/|title=List of attended fairs on gallery website}} including Art Basel in Miami Beach and in Hong Kong, The Armory Show in New York, EXPO Chicago, Art Chicago, Frieze Art Fair in New York and London, Frieze Masters, and Felix LA.{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2020-02-14/felix-art-fair-hollywood-roosevelt|title=Los Angeles Times article|website=Los Angeles Times| date=15 February 2020 }}
Publishing
In 2014, Kavi Gupta opened Kavi Gupta Editions, an art bookstore and publishing imprint. Its publications include books about artists Alfred Conteh,{{cite web|url=https://kaviguptaeditions.com/collections/kavi-gupta-editions/products/alfred-conteh-the-sweet-spot|title=Alfred Conteh: The Sweet Spot}} Clare Rojas,{{cite web|url=https://kaviguptaeditions.com/collections/kavi-gupta-editions/products/plain-black-abstract-paintings-by-clare-rojas-1|title=Clare Rojas: Plain Black: Abstract Paintings}} Glenn Kaino,{{cite web|url=https://kaviguptaeditions.com/collections/kavi-gupta-editions/products/glenn-kaino-a-shout-within-a-storm|title=Glenn Kaino: A Shout Within a Storm}} José Lerma,{{cite web|url=https://kaviguptaeditions.com/collections/kavi-gupta-editions/products/jose-lerma-pintor-interesante|title=José Lerma: Pintor Interesante}} and Jessica Stockholder.{{cite web|url=https://kaviguptaeditions.com/collections/kavi-gupta-editions/products/jessica-stockholder-door-hinges|title=Jessica Stockholder: Door Hinges}} Additionally, Kavi Gupta publishes an Index Series,{{Cite web |title=Kavi Gupta Index Series |url=https://kaviguptaeditions.com/collections/index-series |access-date=2025-06-25 |website=Kavi Gupta Editions}} which is a collection of pocket-sized catalogues, each one highlighting the practice of a contemporary artist through illustrations of their works and exhibitions. The series includes over forty titles by artists from the gallery's program.{{Cite web |title=Kavi Gupta Index Series |url=https://kaviguptaeditions.com/collections/index-series |access-date=2025-06-25 |website=Kavi Gupta Editions}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.kavigupta.com/ official website]
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Category:Contemporary art galleries in the United States
Category:Art museums and galleries established in 2000