News & Press
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San Francisco Magazine
February 2025
"WWomen's Canvas: Making their Mark at BAMPFA reveals Bay Area collector Komal Shah's passion for women artists"
Artnet
January 24, 2025
"What Caught Collector Komal Shah’s Eye at Fog Design and Art Fair"
SF Gate
January 5, 2025
"Women artists at last take spotlight in ‘Making Their Mark’ at BAMPFA "
San Francisco Chronicle
December 3, 2024
"New Bay Area art curators emphasize community-building in shifting museum landscape"
Haute Living SF
November 28, 2024
"Shah Garg Collection on View in New BAMPFA Exhibit"
Liberte Press
November 27, 2024
"BAMPFA Amplifies Women’s Voices with Shah Garg Collection"
KQED
November 29, 2024
"Women Make ‘Their Mark’ in Elegant BAMPFA Show"
East Bay Express
November 26, 2024
"Making Their Mark awes at BAMPFA"
Loophole
November 25, 2024
"Women Artists Take Center Stage at BAMPFA"
KQED
November 26, 2024
"Women Make ‘Their Mark’ in Elegant BAMPFA Show"
Berkeleyside
November 26, 2024
"Making Their Mark at BAMPFA is a call to action to champion women artists"
San Francisco Chronicle
November 12, 2024
"Bay Area art collector champions women artists"
Nob Hill Gazette
November 8, 2024
"Women Make Their Mark at BAMPFA"
The Daily Californian
November 4, 2024
"Making Their Mark at BAMPFA is 80 years of defiance by female abstractionists"
7x7
October 30, 2024
"No Men Allowed: BAMPFA's new exhibition highlights women Making Their Mark"
UC Berkeley News
October 30, 2024
"One of the world’s largest collections of work by women artists is now on view at BAMPFA"
Observer
March 22, 2024
On Arts Philanthropy: Why Everyone Wants to Be Komal Shah
Sotheby's
October 25, 2024
"Collected Wisdom: Komal Shah collects to win women artists their place in history"
FOX KTVU
October 25, 2024
BAMPFA features artists 'Making their Mark' in new exhibition
The Dallas Morning News
April 1, 2024
Collector Komal Shah to speak on representation in the arts during Dallas Arts Fair
ARTnews
March 21, 2024
"Komal Shah’s ‘Making Their Mark’ Exhibition of Women Artists to Travel to US Museums"
Press Release—Making Their Mark: The Next Generation Children’s Exhibition
March 8, 2024
In partnership with New York City Public Schools, original works by New York City’s K-12 students will be on view coinciding with the final week of Making Their Mark, March 19 through March 23, 2024.
Harper's Bazaar
February 14, 2024
"Can Matronage Shift the Art World’s Gender Imbalance?"
Robb Report
February 2024
"The former tech executive has amassed over 300 pieces and showcases large-scale works by women in her exhibition, Making Their Mark."
Press Release—Making Their Mark extended through March 23, 2024
January 2024
After high demand and attracting more than 15,000 visitors in two months, Making Their Mark has been extended through March 23, 2024.
The ArtDesk 100
January 2024
"Indian-born philanthropist Shah has promoted women artists, leading to a book and exhibition, Making Their Mark"
Observer
November 27, 2023
"Curator Cecilia Alemani's show of Komal Shah’s female-forward art collection is challenging convention and sparking conversation."
Harper's Bazaar
December 5, 2023
"A New Exhibition From Collector Komal Shah Gives Female Artists the Attention They Deserve"
Christie's
November 15, 2023
"Komal Shah has grand plans for female artists — her new show is just the beginning
Time Out New York
December 4, 2023
"Best New Gallery Show of 2023"
Document Journal
November 9, 2023
"Making Their Mark Crafts its Own Canon
Cultured Magazine
November 7, 2023
"Collector Komal Shah and Curator Cecilia Alemani on Organizing an Exhibition Where Gender Is More Than a Box To Check"
Artnet News
November 7, 2023
"Collector Komal Shah Unveils Her Massive Women-Led Collection to the Public"
Time Out New York
November 6, 2023
"This Empowering New Art Show in NYC Features Nearly 100 Women Artists"
Barrons
November 3, 2023
"Komal Shah Fulfills a Mission to Elevate Women Artists Through a Breathtaking Exhibition"
ARTnews
November 1, 2023
"Top 200 Collector Komal Shah Discusses a New Volume Focused on Her Holdings of Women Artists"
Press Release—Making Their Mark, Curated by Cecilia Alemani
September 5, 2023
On view in New York, November 2, 2023 - March 23, 2024
The Art Newspaper
September 5, 2023
"Forthcoming New York exhibition on women artists will present Komal Shah and Gaurav Garg’s collection to the public for the first time"
Galerie Magazine
August 11, 2023
"Meet 6 Powerhouse Women Shaping the Art World"
The Aspen Times
August 7, 2023
"Why is women’s art largely missing from the galleries and museums? An ArtWeek interview probes this question"
Aspen Public Radio
August 4, 2023
"Making Their Mark: A Conversation Between Komal Shah and Sarah Douglas at Aspen Art Museum"
Indulge Magazine
July 21, 2023
"Precious Cargo: Beauty, Books, Vinyl"
Haute Living SF
July 8, 2023
"An Evening of Art and Appreciation"
Haute Living SF
June 13, 2023
San Francisco Launch of “Making Their Mark: Art by Women in the Shah Garg Collection”
ELLE Decor
May 31, 2023
"How to Live with Art, According to Collector and Advocate Komal Shah"
Surface Magazine
May 23, 2023
"Komal Shah Raises a Glass to Generations of Women Trailblazers"
Vanity Fair
May 19, 2023
"It’s Frieze Week-Month in Manhattan—Bay Area collector Komal Shah hosted a swanky party at the Bowery Hotel"
ARTnews
May 19, 2023
"Behind the Scenes of Collector Komal Shah’s Book Launch Honoring Women Artists"
Galerie Magazine
May 18, 2023
"11 Art World Luminaries Share their Top Picks from Frieze New York 2023"
The Art Newspaper
May 8, 2023
"‘Nothing beats mileage for developing your own collecting vision: Komal Shah on what she collects and why"
The Art Newspaper
May 2, 2023
"Making Their Mark lifts the lid on the collection of the California-based collector Komal Shah and her husband Gaurav Garg"
Nob Hill Gazette
April 26, 2023
"Hot with New Books From Local Trendsetters"
Press Release—Making Their Mark:
Art by Women in the
Shah Garg Collection
March 23, 2023
Available online and in stores on May 2, 2023
New York Times
March 22, 2023
Komal Shah, "Champion of Female Artists, Works to Raise Their Profiles"
Cultured Magazine
January 18, 2023
"Meet The Computer Programmer-Turned-Collector Reframing the Role of 'Women's Work'"
The Canvas Monthly
December 2021
"Who Said Tech Isn't Interested in Art? Komal Shah on Reframing the Narrative"
The Bulletin with UBS
August 24, 2020
"Art Special: Artist Representation"
Frieze Magazine
April 29, 2020
"Komal Shah: No One Would Ever Describe them as 'All Male Collections'"
Artsy
March 9, 2020
"How These 7 Women Are Making the Art World More Diverse"
ARTnews
October 6, 2020
"Activist Collectors Don’t Just Want to Buy Art—They Want to Change the World"
Financial Times
April 26, 2019
"Komal Shah’s mission to redress the art world’s balance"
San Francisco Chronicle
March 1, 2019
"Bay Area collector Komal Shah on art by women and artists of color"