Artist
Kara Walker
Born in Stockton, 1969 and lives in New York, USA
New York-based artist Kara Walker is best known for her candid investigation of race, gender, sexuality, and violence through silhouetted figures that have appeared in numerous exhibitions worldwide.
Exhibitions
Exhibitions
Allied with Power: African and African Diaspora Art
The exhibition highlights artists whose works embody the possibilities and complexities of our contemporary moment, showcasing a wide range of practices and thematics, including abstraction, representation, politics, spirituality, and race. Collapsing national borders, the artists in the exhibition ally with power, representing a kaleidoscope of voices that declare their authority.
07 Nov 2021 - 06 Feb 2022
Pérez Art Museum Miami – PAMM
Pérez Art Museum Miami – PAMM
Miami
Exhibitions
Kara Walker: A Black Hole is Everything a Star Longs to be
Kara Walker (b. 1969) presents hundreds of drawings from her studio together with brand-new works in her first extensive solo exhibition in Switzerland at the Kunstmuseum Basel
05 Jun 2021 - 26 Sep 2021
Kunstmuseum Basel
Kunstmuseum Basel
Basel
Exhibitions
No Man’s Land: Women Artists from the RFC
The Rubell Family Collection/Contemporary Arts Foundation presents NO MAN’S LAND: Women Artists from...
02 Dec 2015 - 28 May 2016
The Rubell Museum
The Rubell Museum
Miami
Exhibitions
Kara Walker: Norma
Victoria Miro presents the second of two exhibitions at the gallery this autumn by the celebrated...
13 Nov 2015 - 16 Jan 2015
London
Exhibitions
Scenes for a New Heritage: Contemporary Art from the Collection
“Scenes for a New Heritage: Contemporary Art from the Collection” is a sweeping reinstallation...
08 Apr 2015 - 02 Apr 2016
Museum of Modern Art – MoMA
Museum of Modern Art – MoMA
New York
Exhibitions
Belief + Doubt: Selections From The Francie Bishop Good and David Horvitz Collection
This exhibition provides a snapshot of contemporary art from the 1990s to the present with works by more...
26 Aug 2016 - 22 Jan 2017
Miami
Exhibitions
Protest
“Protest” is an exhibition of historical and contemporary works by sixteen artists concerned...
23 Sep 2016 - 05 Nov 2016
London
Exhibitions
The White Hunter. African Memories and representation
Curated by Marco Scontini, the group show consists of 120 works by 40 different artists, confronting...
31 Mar 2017 - 03 Jun 2017
FM Centro per l’Arte Contemporanea
FM Centro per l’Arte Contemporanea
Milan
Exhibitions
Kara Walker Solo Show
DESTE Foundation for Contemporary Art presents a site-specific exhibition by Kara Walker in the foundation’s...
20 Jun 2017 - 30 Sep 2017
DESTE Foundation Project Space
DESTE Foundation Project Space
Athens
Exhibitions
Resident Alien. The Marin Karmitz Collection
Marin Karmitz presents part of his collection of over 200 works assembled in the course of over thirty...
15 Oct 2017 - 21 Jan 2018
La Maison Rouge
La Maison Rouge
Paris
Exhibitions
Never Free to Rest
The exhibition brings together works by six artists who utilize the radical language of abstraction to...
11 Nov 2017 - 16 Dec 2017
kurimanzutto
kurimanzutto
Mexico City
Exhibitions
Histórias Afro-Atlânticas (Afro-Atlantic Histories)
“Afro-Atlantic Histories” features 450 works by 214 artists ranging from the 16th to 21st...
28 Jun 2018 - 10 Oct 2018
Museu de Arte de São Paulo Assis Chateaubriand – MASP
Museu de Arte de São Paulo Assis Chateaubriand – MASP
São Paulo
Exhibitions
Histórias Afro-Atlânticas (Afro-Atlantic Histories)
The collective exhibition “Histórias Afro-Atlânticas” involves two of the main cultural institutions...
30 Jun 2018 - 21 Oct 2018
Instituto Tomie Ohtake
Instituto Tomie Ohtake
São Paulo
Exhibitions
The World on Paper
The World on Paper is the opening collective exhibition of PalaisPopulaire, which features works...
27 Sep 2018 - 07 Jan 2019
PalaisPopulaire
PalaisPopulaire
Berlin