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Deanna Lawson, "Jouvert, Flatbush, Brooklyn," 2013, pigment print, 40 x 49 ¾ inches; © Deana Lawson, courtesy of Sikkema Jenkins & Co., New York.

Rashid Johnson, "Antoine’s Organ," 2016, black steel, grow lights, plants, wood, shea butter, books, monitors, rugs, piano, 189 x 338 x 126 3/4 inches; © Rashid Johnson, courtesy of the artist and Hauser & Wirth.

Arthur Jafa, "Love Is The Message, The Message Is Death," 2016, video, sound color, 7:25 minutes, courtesy of the artist and Gladstone Gallery, New York and Brussels.

Theaster Gates, "Gone Are the Days of Shelter and Martyr," 2014, video, sound, color, 6:31 minutes; © Theaster Gates, courtesy of White Cube and Regen Projects, Los Angeles.

Garrett Bradley, "Alone" (still), 2017, single-channel 35mm film transferred to video, sound, black-and-white, 13 minutes; © Garrett Bradley, courtesy of the artist.

New York, Bowery

“Grief and Grievance: Art and Mourning in America”

“Grief and Grievance: Art and Mourning in America” is a group presentation of 37 intergenerational artists whose works examine the racism and violence experienced by Black communities across America through topics like mourning, loss, and commemoration.

January 27, 2021 - June 6, 2022

Conceived by the late Okwui Enwezor, “Grief and Grievance: Art and Mourning in America” is a group presentation at the New Museum of work by 37 intergenerational artists who examine the racism and violence experienced by Black communities across America through topics like mourning, loss, and commemoration. Including names like Kara Walker, Carrie Mae Weems, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Simone Leigh, Kerry James Marshall, Tiona Nekkia McClodden, Dawoud Bey, and Lorna Simpson, the exhibition fills all three main floors, the lobby gallery, and public spaces at the New Museum with works dating back to the civil rights movement in the 1960s up through the present day.