Hollis Taggart will present ‘Kinship: Dusti Bongé and Betty Parsons,’ an expansive exhibition on the illustrious but lesser-known career of artist Dusti Bongé and her devoted friendship with legendary gallerist and artist Betty Parsons. On view from October 13 to November 12, 2022, the exhibition is the first to examine Bongé's close personal and professional ties with Parsons and the ways in which their relationship shaped Bongé's career. The show also marks the official opening of Hollis Taggart’s expanded flagship location in Chelsea, which nearly triples the gallery’s size. Now occupying the ground and second floors at 521 W. 26th Street, the gallery boasts more than 6,800 square feet of exhibition, private viewing, and storage space. ‘Kinship: Dusti Bongé and Betty Parsons,’ which will occupy both floors of the gallery, includes 35 works by Bongé, reintroducing audiences to the full arc of her career, with examples of her Modernist, Surrealist, and Abstract Expressionist paintings and works on paper. It will also feature 15 works by Parsons, most of which were gifted to Bongé throughout their friendship and have never been seen before, as well as archival material, such as vacation photographs from the duo’s travels to Mexico and the Gulf Coast. The exhibition captures the significance of network and relationship-building among women within the art ecosystem at midcentury, with Parsons leveraging her own success as a gallerist to bring forward Bongé’s innovative vision and work. This is the first major showing of Bongé’s work since Hollis Taggart began representing the estate in 2021, and it is accompanied by a catalogue with an essay by curator Gwen Chanzit, who in 2016 organized the groundbreaking exhibition ‘Women of Abstract Expressionism’ at the Denver Art Museum.