The first monument to commemorate the over 4,000 African Americans who were lynched in the early 20th century.
Global Cultures – Histories Real and Imagined
Julie Mehretu rethinks American landscape painting by merging its sublime imagery with the harsh realities not depicted
Julie Mehretu, HOWL, eon (I, II)
A commentary on an endangered way of life.
Courtney Leonard, ARTIFICE Ellipse, 2016
Signs to guide historical understanding
Hock E Aye Vi Edgar Heap of ...
An artist asks: war or healthcare?
Sue Coe, Aids won’t wait, the enemy ...
The river's brilliant reflections gave shape to this enormous sculpture of silver
Maya Lin’s Silver Upper White River
Finding heroism amidst one of the earth's most destructive environmental disasters
Sebastião Salgado’s Kuwait
Superman makes an appearance in what looks (at first sight) like a Japanese print.
Superman, World War II, and Japanese-American experience
Thinking about our history in a different way helps us rethink our present.
What’s in a map? Jaune Quick-To-See Smith’s ...
How can we begin to correct the lies of history? Artist Kenseth Armstead suggests a poetic solution.
History and deception: Kenseth Armstead’s Surrender Yorktown ...
An unflinching memorial to civil rights martyrs by the contemporary artist Thorton Dial
Thornton Dial, Blood and Meat: Survival For ...
Kaphar takes a violent history and renders it visible in this modified portrait of Andrew Jackson.
Titus Kaphar, The Cost of Removal
Cheap fabric with a garish print becomes an eerie specter of surveillance thanks to some creative chemistry.
Sigmar Polke, Watchtower series
On a beach in a suit, a discordant image, like South Africa, where it was made.
William Kentridge, drawing from Tide Table (Soho ...
Red Star annotated photographs to restore dignity and context to government-issue photographs of Crow chiefs.
Wendy Red Star, 1880 Crow Peace Delegation
Textile or sculpture? El Anatsui purposely disregards the limiting categories imposed by Western art history.
El Anatsui, Old Man’s Cloth
Richter toys with both visual and ethical clarity in this evocative, ambiguous painting of an uncle lost to WWII.
Gerhard Richter, Uncle Rudi
The artist transforms metal from alcohol bottles into textiles that represent libations for ancestors.
El Anatsui, Untitled
Hyperreal paintings like “Betty” are just one part of Richter’s practice, which resists stylistic classification.
Gerhard Richter, Betty
John Cage and Richter never met, but there was a kinship between these two artists with diverse practices.
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