Theaster Gates

*1973 / United States

Works

Contacts for the work of Theaster Gates

Theaster Gates

Chicago
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Solo exhibitions

Unto Thee

The Smart Museum of Art, Chicago (US)
23 Sep 2025 – 5 Jul 2026
DER ÖFFENTLICHKEIT

Theaster Gates. Black Image Corporation

Haus der Kunst, München (DE)
25 Oct 2019 – 16 Aug 2020
AMALGAM

Tate Liverpool, Liverpool (GB)
13 Dec 2019 – 20 May 2020
The Black Image Corporation

Gropius Bau, Berlin (DE)
25 Apr 2019 – 28 Jul 2019
The Black Image Corporation

exhibition conceived by Theaster Gates

Fondazione Prada, Milano (IT)
20 Sep 2018 – 14 Jan 2019
Black Madonna

Kurt-Schwitters-Preis der Niedersächsischen Sparkassenstiftung

Sprengel Museum, Hannover (DE)
23 Jun 2018 – 2 Sep 2018
How to Build a House Museum

AGO Art Gallery Ontario, Toronto (CA)
21 Jul 2016 – 30 Oct 2016
Black Archive

KUB Kunsthaus Bregenz, Bregenz (AT)
23 Apr 2016 – 26 Jun 2016

Group

Life Cycles

DePaul Art Museum, Chicago (US)
7 Sep 2023 – 11 Feb 2024

with Hugo Brehme, Barbara Crane, Brendan Fernandes, Charles Gaines, Michiko Itatani, Mayumi Lake, Nathan Lerner, Laura Letinsky, Tracey Moffatt, Abelardo Morell, Laurel Nakadate, Miwa Yanagi
A Movement in Every Direction

Legacies of the Great Migration

Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn (US)
3 Mar 2023 – 25 Jun 2023

with Mark Bradford, Zoë Charlton, Leslie Hewitt, Steffani Jemison, Carrie Mae Weems
Drum Listens to Heart

Wattis Institute for Contemporary Art, San Francisco (US)
1 Sep 2022 – 4 Mar 2023

with Francis Alys, Trisha Donnelly, Em'Kal Eyongakpa, Marcos Avila Forero, David Hammons, Rose Lowder, Lee Lozano, Harold Mendez, Lucy Raven, Michael E. Smith, The Otolith Group (Kodwo Eshun, Anjalika Sagar), Haegue Yang …
Family

Visions of a Shared Humanity

Art Gallery NSW, Sydney (AU)
6 Nov 2021 – 13 Feb 2022

with John Akomfrah, Garrett Bradley, Stan Douglas, Arthur Jafa, Kahlil Joseph, Isaac Julien, Steve McQueen, Carrie Mae Weems
The Dirty South

Contemporary Art, Material Culture, and the Sonic Impulse

Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston (US)
5 Nov 2021 – 6 Feb 2022

with Romare Bearden, Kevin Beasley, Paul Stephen Benjamin, Sanford Biggers, Sheila Pree Bright, Beverly Buchanan, Mel Chin, Jamal Cyrus, Leonard Freed, David Hammons, Earlie Hudnall, Arthur Jafa …
UBUNTU

Five rooms from the Harry David Art Collection

National Museum of Contemporary Art - EM, Athens (GR)
22 Sep 2020 – 24 Oct 2021

with Kader Attia, Sanford Biggers, Godfried Donkor, Andrew Esiebo, Mary Evans, Ellen Gallagher, Lyle Ashton Harris, Romuald Hazoumé, Rashid Johnson, Moshekwa Langa, Senzini Marasela, Mohau Modisakeng …
Future Histories

SF Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco (US)
17 Oct 2020 – 23 May 2021

with Cauleen Smith
MASKE

Aargauer Kunsthaus, Aarau (CH)
1 Sep 2019 – 5 Jan 2020

with Kader Attia, Edson Chagas, Helene Delprat, Cecilia Edefalk, Douglas Gordon, Aneta Grzeszykowska, Cameron Jamie, Christian Marclay, Elodie Pong, Ugo Rondinone, Markus Schinwald, Cindy Sherman …
For Freedoms: Where Do We Go From Here?

ICP Center of Photography, New York (US)
8 Feb 2019 – 16 Jun 2019

with Eric Gottesman, Hank Willis Thomas
An Incomplete History of Protest

Whitney Museum Art, New York (US)
18 Aug 2017 – 11 May 2018

with Andrea Bowers, Mark Bradford, AA Bronson, Larry Clark, Bruce Davidson, Larry Fink, General Idea, Guerrilla Girls, Rashid Johnson, Mary Kelly, Barbara Kruger, Glenn Ligon …
Urban Planning: Art and the City 1967-2017

Cont Art Museum St. Louis, St. Louis (US)
5 May 2017 – 13 Aug 2017

with Robert Adams, Edgar Arceneaux, Mark Bradford, Kevin Jerome Everson, Cyprien Gaillard, Dan Graham, David Hartt, Zoe Leonard, Catherine Opie
In Context: Africans in America

Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg (ZA)
17 Nov 2016 – 17 Jan 2017

with Ghada Amer, Alfredo Jaar, Wangechi Mutu, Odili Donald Odita, Hank Willis Thomas
The Venice Biennale - 56th International Art Exhibition

All the World's Futures

The Venice Biennale, Venezia (IT)
9 May 2015 – 22 Nov 2015

with Jumana Emil Abboud, Adel Abdessemed, Mathieu Kleyebe Abonnenc, Abounaddara, Boris Achour, Chantal Akerman, John Akomfrah, Kutluğ Ataman, Maja Bajevic, Ernesto Ballesteros, Sammy Baloji, Rosa Barba …

Events

15th Shanghai Biennale

Does the flower hear the bee?

Shanghai Biennale - Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai (CN)
8 Nov 2025 – 31 Mar 2026

with Francis Alys, Brian Jungen and Duane Linklater, Tania Candiani, Carolina Caycedo, Sara Cwynar, Rohini Devasher, Jennifer Allora & Guillermo Calzadilla, Amar Kanwar, Ragnar Kjartansson, Sharon Lockhart, Gordon Matta-Clark, Lisa Oppenheim …
Art Basel in Hong Kong 2026

Art Basel HongKong, Hong Kong (CN)
27 Mar 2026 – 29 Mar 2026

with Kevin Abosch, Marina Abramovic, Lawrence Abu Hamdan, Carlos Aires, Darren Almond, Janine Antoni, Nobuyoshi Araki, Kim Asendorf, John Baldessari, Matthew Barney, Bleda & Rosa, Daniel Canogar …
Copenhagen Photo Festival 2025

Copenhagen Photo Festival, Copenhagen (DK)
12 Jun 2025 – 22 Jun 2025

with Per Morten Abrahamsen, Vito Acconci, Pia Arke, Kader Attia, Jacob Aue Sobol, Richard Avedon, Jette Bang, Salih Basheer, Trisha Brown, Guenter Brus, Daniel Buren, Arvida Bystroem …
Art SG 2025

Art SG, Singapore (SG)
17 Jan 2025 – 19 Jan 2025

with Korakrit Arunanondchai, Monica de Miranda, Andreas Gursky, Mella Jaarsma, William Kentridge, Kapwani Kiwanga, Wolfgang Laib, Thandiwe Muriu, Sam Nhlengethwa, Yinka Shonibare MBE
Sharjah Biennial 15

Thinking Historically in the Present

Sharjah Biennial, Sharjah (AE)
7 Feb 2023 – 11 Jun 2023

with Erkan Oezgen, John Akomfrah, Monira Al Qadiri, Farah Al Qasimi, Brook Andrew, Malala Andrialavidrazana, Kader Attia, Sammy Baloji, Pablo Bartholomew, Basel Abbas and Ruanne Abou-Rahme, Maria Magdalena Campos-Pons, Carolina Caycedo …
The 12th African Biennale of Photography

Bamako Encounters - Streams of Consciousness

Maison Africaine Photo, Bamako (ML)
30 Nov 2019 – 31 Jan 2020

with Felicia Abban, Akinbode Akinbiyi, Emmanuelle Andrianjafy, Jodi Bieber, Katia Bourdarel, Adji Dieye, Eric Gyamfi, Francoise Huguier, Adama Jalloh, Uchechukwa James Iroha, Liz Johnson Artur, Mouna Karray …
Art Basel Miami Beach 2019

Art Basel Miami Beach, Miami (US)
5 Dec 2019 – 8 Dec 2019

with Marina Abramovic, Dove Allouche, Manuel Alvarez Bravo, Diane Arbus, Vanessa Beecroft, Valerie Belin, Anna-Sophie Berger, Dawoud Bey, Margaret Bourke-White, Dirk Braeckman, Luiz Braga, Brassai …
7th Moscow International Biennale of Contemporary Art

Clouds ⇄ Forest

Moscow Biennale, Moscow (RU)
19 Sep 2017 – 18 Jan 2018

with Adel Abidin, Matthew Barney, Bahar Behbahani, Bjoerk, Hussein Chalayan, Rohini Devasher, Olafur Eliasson, Justine Emard, Cecile B. Evans, Forensic Architecture, Gauri Gill, Joey Holder …