Anat Ebgi’s Decade of Nurturing Artists and Breaking Boundaries

Ultimately, Anat Ebgi’s passion for the longevity of artists is communicated and shared across its community—a secret that distinguishes the gallery in the art world. “The collectors that we’ve cultivated are ones that are going to hold the work and are going to continue to support and are going to invest in the program,” Di Paola said. “They’re not people who are just searching for the next hot thing that can be flipped in six months. —Maxwell Rabb  

Anat Ebgi Is Latest Gallery to Expand to Tribeca With New 5,000-Square-Foot Location

The 5,000-square-foot landmark space will span two floors, on-site storage, a viewing room office, and a mezzanine level, exceeding the gallery’s three locations in Los Angeles. The opening in Tribeca marks an ambitious return for Ebgi, who is from the East Coast and lived in New York for several years before moving to the Los Angeles in the fall of 2008. Ebgi has expanding her gallery to three locations on Wilshire Blvd, Fountain Ave, and La Cienega Blvd. —Karen K. Ho

Against the odds, mid-sized galleries expand into New York

“Returning to New York felt like a logical next step for the gallery and for our artists, many of whom have not exhibited in New York,” Ebgi tells The Art Newspaper. Finding the space in Tribeca “felt meant to be”, she says, as the expansion caps several years of planning and aligns with the gallery’s growth trajectory: “It happened so organically and ticked all the boxes for what we were looking for.” —Jillian Billard

The Artsy Vanguard 2023: Soumya Netrabile

Netrabile’s attraction to visual storytelling is palpable in her work—brightly colored, loosely rendered paintings that immerse the viewer in teeming landscapes. Because Netrabile paints by intuition, her scenes are mostly imaginary: Plants swirl, Dr. Seuss–like, up a hill, or gauzy flowers blend into one another in a thicket. And now, after quietly developing her practice for decades, the artist is finally finding recognition for this work. At a flurry of gallery shows and fair presentations over the past three years, Netrabile has, in turn, fed a growing audience with her own vivid imagery. —Kerry Cardoza

BEADED CURTAINS, FAMILY LEGACIES, AND THE POLITICS OF IMAGE-MAKING

"Every time I move somewhere, it complicates my understanding of place, and it also complicates my understanding of Jamaica even further. But I think one of the formative aspects of growing up in Jamaica, for me, was being cognizant of the fact that history is always on the surface level — you can’t really hide from it. In America, there are ways in which there’s this invitation to forget, but you’re not afforded that in places like the Caribbean. So this sense of always feeling like you’re butting up against history, that friction of where the country wants to go, where it is right now, and its past — that is something that I’ve taken with me everywhere I go." —Cosmo Whyte

The Art Show Highlights Masters — and Artists Under the Radar

Faith Wilding is also a well-known artist, but this solo exhibition on paper at the Los Angeles gallery Anat Ebgi is worth mentioning. An important contributor in 1970s feminist initiatives like “Womanhouse” (1972) at CalArts, Wilding has gone on to become a noted eco-feminist. The works here are mostly watercolors, but with sly titles like “The Vulva That Got Away” (2022). —Martha Schwendener