Former tech executive Komal Shah acquired her first piece of contemporary art a little over a decade ago, and by 2014, in her telling, “that crazy, obsessive collector was born.” Along with her husband, Silicon Valley venture capitalist Gaurav Garg, she supercharged her acquisitions and catapulted into the top rung of collectors. Now having amassed more than 300 works, Shah recently published a book on their trove, then mounted a traveling exhibition curated by Cecilia Alemani, who served as the artistic director of the 2022 Venice Biennale.
on view at the former Dia headquarters in New York through March 23, not only celebrates female artists, who comprise 90 percent of the Shah Garg collection, but goes big by highlighting their monumental works. Pieces by the
