Komal Shah and Gaurav Garg
Komal Shah and Gaurav Garg collect modern and contemporary art by women through the Shah Garg Collection, which holds about 300 works. Its first public showing, Making Their Mark, was curated by Cecilia Alemani and opened in New York in 2023. The show then traveled to Berkeley and St. Louis.
Artists named in the collection
Cecily Brown, Judy Chicago, Etel Adnan, Joan Mitchell, Jenny Holzer, Simone Leigh, Charline von Heyl, Emma Amos, Jaune Quick-to-See Smith, Laura Owens, Carol Bove, Phyllida Barlow, Rina Banerjee
On record
- Making Their Mark ran from November 2023 to January 2024 at 548 West 22nd Street in New York.
- The exhibition was scheduled for the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive in September 2024 and the Kemper Art Museum in September 2025.
Institutional roles
- Komal Shah: trustee, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
- Komal Shah: former trustee, Asian Art Museum, San Francisco
Questions
What does Komal Shah and Gaurav Garg collect?Komal Shah and Gaurav Garg collect modern and contemporary art by women through the Shah Garg Collection, which holds about 300 works. Its first public showing, Making Their Mark, was curated by Cecilia Alemani and opened in New York in 2023. The show then traveled to Berkeley and St. Louis.
Which artists are in the Komal Shah and Gaurav Garg collection?Cited sources name works by Cecily Brown, Judy Chicago, Etel Adnan, Joan Mitchell, Jenny Holzer, Simone Leigh, Charline von Heyl, Emma Amos.
Sources
- Komal Shah (art collector), Wikipedia
- Upcoming New York exhibition of women artists from the Komal Shah and Gaurav Garg collection, The Art Newspaper, 2023
Last verified 2026-10-31.
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