SAPAR Contemporary

SAPAR Contemporary SAPAR is dedicated to exhibiting and promoting the work of mid-career contemporary artists. SAPAR Contemporary launched a nomadic incubator program in 2015.

SAPAR Contemporary Gallery + Incubator is the brainchild of Raushan Sapar and Nina Levent. The project that has been in the works since 2014 while we were looking for a space that was in line with our vision. The gallery has finally acquired a ground floor space at 9 North Moore Street and renovated this older traditional Tribeca space into a modern sunlit gallery space that respects the architect

ural legacy of the neighborhood and retains its original charm. SAPAR Contemporary artists span three generations and five continents. They engage in global conversations and develop vocabularies that resonate as strongly in Mumbai, Almaty and Istanbul as they do in New York, Berlin and Mexico City. Their artistic practices vary from meditative traditional ink painting to writing programming code; what connects them are the artists’ capacity for empathy, insight, and imagination, their whimsy and generosity of spirit, as well as the rigor and depth of their studio practice. The Incubator program, residencies and group shows offer a unique lens that is immediate and global, future-oriented and accessible, multi-sensory and immersive. The gallery program brings together visual artists and creative minds of all disciplines: scientists, engineers, architects, performers, musicians and perfumers. SAPAR Contemporary artists’ works have been featured in international Biennials and are included in private and public collections around the world; among them are the MoMA, LaCMA, Tate Modern, Centre Pompidou, the Smithsonian and many others. SAPAR Contemporary commissions works that are site-specific to New York, but infused with sensibilities, materialities and traditions of the artists’ backgrounds. The Gallery does not accept unsolicited portfolios.

07/23/2026

Artist Amanda Reeves in conversation with Dr. Nina Levent, Director of Sapar Contemporary Gallery + Incubator

Amanda Reevesʼ fascination with natural systems, their networks and the creatures who inhabit them initially drew her to studying marine biology, where she could revel in the fantastical creatures and unknown realms. These biological systems, so diverse and unique to their surroundings had such exquisite specificity and yet seemed so fantastical; untethered and floating within the space they inhabit, seemingly weightless. Interconnected, related and yet abstract and nonsensical. 

07/01/2026

London-based British-Nigerian artist Sola Olulode takes us around her studio to mark the end of this Pride Month

See Sola Olulode at the Smithsonian Institute National Museum of African Art in Here: Pride and Belonging, on view through August 23, 2026.

Olulode’s dreamy q***r visions explore embodiments of British Black women and Non-Binary Folx. Her figures exemplify the warm embrace of q***r love, and her utopian scenes celebrate relationships that transcend crude notions of q***r sexuality, creating a temporal space to bathe in memories of intimacies abundant with profoundly deep tender connections.

06/30/2026

London-based British-Nigerian artist Sola Olulode takes us around her studio to mark the end of this Pride Month

See Sola Olulode at the Smithsonian Institute National Museum of African Art in Here: Pride and Belonging, on view through August 23, 2026.

Olulode’s dreamy q***r visions explore embodiments of British Black women and Non-Binary Folx. Her figures exemplify the warm embrace of q***r love, and her utopian scenes celebrate relationships that transcend crude notions of q***r sexuality, creating a temporal space to bathe in memories of intimacies abundant with profoundly deep tender connections.

06/23/2026

Catch Sofia Cacciapaglia: Apparizione tomorrow night at Downtown Gallery Night 6-8pm, sponsored by Showrunner

Sofia Caccipaapglia: Apparizione ends this Saturday 6/27

06/20/2026

Art Basel closes tomorrow, June 21st. Visit Unlimited Hall 1 U4 to see Rashid Al Khalifa’s Crate Maze!

The space is alive with a careful play of light and shadow, created by the installation’s geometry, which casts intricate patterns on the ground. This interplay forms a dynamic visual dialogue, enhancing the sense of movement and fluidity, and reflecting the geometric intricacy associated with Middle Eastern art and architecture. These patterns emphasize the cultural roots of the region, where symmetry, repetition, and elaborate designs have long been integral to artistic expression. Rashid Al Khalifa Art Basel

06/19/2026

Sounds of Basel Art Basel

Visit Rashid Al Khalifa’s Crate Maze - White at Art Basel Unlimited Sector (U4) Rashid Al Khalifa

06/18/2026

Danza, 2026 by Sofia Cacciapalgia

Sofia Cacciapaglia: Apparizione is on view until June 27, 2026.

Acrylic on canvas
41 3/4 x 52 in
106 x 132 cm

06/16/2026

See Rashid Al Khalifa: Crate Maze - White now at Art Basel Unlimited Sector (U4) Art Basel Rashid Al Khalifa

06/16/2026

Art Basel continues through Sunday, June 21st! Art Basel

We are presenting in the Unlimited Sector (U4) with Rashid Al Khalifa.

In this installation, the crates evoke the idea of confinement, highlighting how trade routes and economic systems can both limit and secure valuable goods, resources, and cultural exchanges. The word ‘carat,’ a unit of measure traditionally used to denote the weight and thus the value of gemstones and precious materials, shares its roots with ‘carob.’ The carob pod was historically traded as a valuable commodity, used in food, medicine, and even as a native currency in some regions. The term ‘carat’ originally derives from the carob seed, known for its uniform weight, which was used as a standard for weighing precious stones. This historical link underscores the idea of value, trade, and measure, concepts central to both the mystical allure of gemstones and the humble yet significant trade of carob beans. The work, ‘Crate,’ thus not only alludes to wealth and preciousness, symbolized in the gilded forms, but also invites reflection on the history of trade, measure, and cultural exchange, connecting material wealth with regional heritage. Rashid Al Khalifa

06/08/2026

From Sofia’s studio in Milan to Sapar Contemporary gallery in New York. Don’t miss Apparizione on view until June 27, 2026 💐

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