Chrysalis: Pragya Gupta Opening Reception - Thursday, 10/15/26

Please join Wharton Club of Philadelphia and The Sachs Program for Arts Innovation on Thursday, October 15, 2026, for a public reception celebrating the opening of the exhibition Chrysalis: Pragya Gupta, to be held in the Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts at the University of Pennsylvania.

This program is free and open to the public. Registration is requested but is not required to attend. Please register using the link below.

Event details:

• Date/Time: Thursday, October 15, 2026 | 4:30–6:30 PM
  
• Location: Annenberg Center for Performing Arts, 3860 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA  19103

About the Exhibition

Chrysalis: Pragya Gupta is centered on a new series of tetraptychs (four-paneled artworks) by Penn alum Pragya Gupta, presented alongside earlier works that trace the evolution of the artist’s inquiry into what it means to be intimate with one’s own life. Her paintings explore the tension between the selves we construct and the more intimate parts of ourselves that can be harder to hear.

Across the new works, the four-panel structure, scale, and relationship between commercial canvas and stitched fabric remain constant, while the visual language changes markedly from one work to another. The shared structure becomes a kind of container for change, allowing the same inquiry to unfold differently in each work.

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