Art Top 5: December 2022

James Little at Kavi Gupta

1
Black Stars & White Paintings
(Kavi Gupta)
James Little, the breakout star of the Whitney Biennial, shows new abstract paintings.
Through December 20

2
Alex Chitty: Figs break open of themselves
(Patron Gallery)
2013 Newcity Breakout Artist reconfigures the materials and tools of the domestic household in new ways.
Through January 28, 2023

3
Max Guy
(Renaissance Society)
2021 Newcity Breakout Artist channels “The Wizard of Oz” and “The Wiz” in his first museum solo exhibition.
Opens December 3

4
The Language of Beauty in African Art
(Art Institute of Chicago)
An exhibition of more than 250 sculptures will attempt “to decolonize the Western aesthetic standards long placed on these objects and to elevate the local indigenous perspectives.”
Through February 27, 2023

5
Forecast Form: Art in the Caribbean Diaspora, 1990s–Today
(Museum of Contemporary Art)
A major exhibition featuring thirty-seven artists promises to rethink Caribbean art using weather as a metaphor.
Through April 23, 2023