Exhibitions and Events

Join Chicago-based artist SHENEQUA and artist/scholar Nnaemeka Ekwelum for a conversation about SHENEQUA’s collaboration with Germane Barnes in his exhibition, Germane Barnes: Columnar Disorder.

Join curator Janet Purdy as she explores the work of East African textile artists, emphasizing the vital role of the girls and women who create and wear these pieces.

Honor the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. by revisiting his monumental “Letter from Birmingham Jail” and interpreting related artworks to explore the many meanings of justice, resistance, and faith. 

Join Leslie M. Wilson, Esmeralda Kale, and Steven D. Booth for an exploration of how mass-market magazines play a crucial role in shaping Pan-Africanism.

Join Yeonsoo Chee, associate curator of Korean art, for a discussion on the newly installed gallery of Korean art, which features a rich array of gold adornments, ceramics, and paintings that reflect Korea’s religious, political, and material cultures.

Join artist Ingrid Pollard and scholar Hazel Carby as they delve into Pollard’s work and influences in Black feminism, art, and resistance in Britain and beyond.

Join us for an evening with Julieanna Richardson, founder of The HistoryMakers—the largest African American oral history project—as she is interviewed by author, speaker, educator, and Emmy Award–winning producer, Kwame Alexander.

Join internationally renowned artist Wangechi Mutu for a talk on her work in Project a Black Planet: The Art and Culture of Panafrica and her broader practice.

Join artist Ana De Orbegoso for a conversation on how her reconfigurations of ancient Andean ceramics challenge our relationship with history.

Join curator Jamie Gabbarelli for a discussion of the exhibition Lines of Connection: Drawing and Printmaking and the creative exchange between these two mediums.