Amalia Mesa-Bains Recent Museum Acquisition: Whitney Museum of American Art

Amalia Mesa-Bains, "Cihuateotl with Mirror" in Private Landscapes and Public Territories, 1998-2011. Mixed media installation, 180 inches (diameter)

This piece is currently on view in the exhibition "Shifting Landscapes" at the Whitney, through January 2026.

Dawoud Bey: Street Portraits
Denver Art Museum

November 17, 2024–May 11, 2025

"'Dawoud Bey: Street Portraits' is the first standalone museum show to explore a transformational phase of the celebrated photographer and 2017 MacArthur Fellow Dawoud Bey's work. The show features 37 portraits he made between 1988 and 1991, when he collaborated with Black Americans of all ages whom he met on the streets of various American cities. He asked a cross section of people in these communities to pose for him, creating a space of self-presentation and performance in their urban environments."

Portrait of man on bike by Dawoud Bey

Amalia Mesa-Bains Traveling Retrospective: Archaeology of Memory

Now on view at The Cheech, Riverside, CA
March 1, 2025 – August 3, 2025

Organized by Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, "Amalia Mesa-Bains: Archaeology of Memory" is the first major retrospective to explore the historically significant work and career of Amalia Mesa-Bains, a trailblazing Chicana artist, curator, and theorist.

Publication
This is Doug Hall
A Memoir

Lava Thomas'
Monument Honoring Dr. Maya Angelou @ SF Main Public Library

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