The project tackles the racial wealth gap by providing underrepresented businesses with work space and tax breaks.

Frank Gehry, Theaster Gates and Wendy Schmidt Earn “Legend” Status at Star-Studded MOCA Gala Jane Fonda, Nancy Pelosi and Ava DuVernay bestowed the honors at the event, which raised $3.1 ...

“Theaster Gates: Unto Thee,” set to run through Feb. 22, 2026, will be the first large-scale attempt by a Chicago institution to place a traditional museum framework around a local artist best ...

Theaster Gates’ new exhibition When Clouds Roll Away displays the company’s materials and ephemera. Theaster Gates, Black Image Corporation, 20 20 . Spelman College Museum of Fine Art.

Entitled ‘Theaster Gates: The Gift and The Renege,’ the presentation navigates complex, socio-political dynamics through large-scale paintings, multimedia installations, and sculptures.

An extensive solo presentation at the Mori Art Museum in Tokyo, “Theaster Gates: Afro-Mingei,” is the result of the deep research and learning Gates embarked on after his first visit in 2004 ...

Theaster Gates, the American artist known for his wide-ranging social practice, sculptures and installations, will use his expertise in community cultural programming to help guide a new project ...

With a New Show, Theaster Gates Brings Freedmen’s Town Out of Obscurity The Chicago artist examines the dynamics behind the historic Houston municipality built in 1865 by newly freed Black people.

The public space on the banks of the Mississippi, which honours a Black skiff boat operator who saved 32 people from drowning, features work by Theaster Gates and James Little Hilarie M. Sheets 25 ...

Retreat at Currency Exchange, artist Theaster Gates’s café and culinary incubator located in Chicago’s Washington Park neighborhood, launches careers and changes lives.

Theaster Gates (Shira Yudkoff Photography) Concluding the day was a jazz performance from Chad Taylor on the drums, Odean Pope on the saxophone, and Joshua Abrams on the double bass.

Theaster Gates, Black Vessel for the Traces of Our Young Lords and Their Spirits – Vessel #1, 2022. High-fired stoneware with glaze and ash plinth, 42 × 13 × 12 in. (106.7 × 33 × 30.5 cm ...