Date Title One sentence desciption + more Add a Title Add a Title Title + more Add a Title Add a Title Title + more Apr 9- April 10, 2026 moCa NOW: EXPO Chicago +more on EXPO Chicago Navy Pier, Chicago Planning to be at Expo Chicago? Join Megan Lykins Reich, moCa's Kohl Executive Director, and DJ Hellerman, moCa's Deputy Director & Senior Curator, for special tours and times throughout the contemporary art fair. For details, email Morgan Jones, Senior Advancement Officer, at mjones@moCacleveland.org .

Date Title One sentence desciption + more Add a Title Add a Title Title + more Add a Title Add a Title Title + more 12-3PM Fri. April 3, 2026 At the Table RSVP OFFSITE: at Centrovilla25 3140 West 25th Street Cleveland, Ohio Free to all Join us at Centrovilla25 for a powerful, participatory conversation featuring artists Jalisa Robinson and Glenna Jennings of Desert Kitchen Collective , alongside Dr. Ashanté M. Reese . Inspired by The Price of Eggs , currently on exhibition at moCa Cleveland, and Dr. Reese’s acclaimed book Gather: Black Food, Nourishment, and the Art of Togetherness. This program creates space to explore the deep connections between food, culture, and community. Supported by The George Gund Foundation. Presented by moCa Cleveland, Thirdspace Action Lab, and West Side Market. Glenna Jennings Jalisa Robinson Dr. Ashanté M. Reese Support for this program: Presented in partnership w/

Grants, sponsorships, and major gifts are critical to moCa Cleveland’s ability to present outstanding exhibitions and public programs and to provide education and enrichment programs for local youth and families. We thank you for the vital funding that helps moCa support artists and serve community. Institutional Giving Institutional Giving Grants, sponsorships, and major gifts are critical to moCa Cleveland’s ability to present outstanding exhibitions and public programs and to provide education and enrichment programs for local youth and families. We thank you for the vital funding that helps moCa support artists and serve community. moCa Cleveland invites individuals, businesses, and foundations to partner with us to make exhibitions and programs possible. To explore institutional giving opportunities, please contact: Amy Cronauer, Grants Stewardship Director 216.658.6920 acronauer@mocacleveland.org Annual Fund Donate Institutional Giving Patrons INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORTERS Leadership donors supporting moCa's mission include gifts to: Art Now: Anonymous, Yuval Brisker, Joanne Cohen & Morris Wheeler, Margaret Cohen & Kevin Rahilly, Dealer Tire, Agnes Gund+, and Roy Minoff Connecting Audiences: Dick & Doreen Cahoon, The Cleveland Foundation, The Char and Chuck Fowler Family Foundation, the George Gund Foundation, The Louise H. and David S. Ingalls Foundation, Jack, Joseph, and Morton Mandel Foundation, David & Inez Myers Foundation, PNC Foundation, the Nord Family Foundation, and Nicholas & Erin Reif Sustaining Pathways: The Callahan Foundation, Grosvie & Charlie Cooley, Becky Dunn, Harriet Goldberg, the Leonard Krieger Fund of the Cleveland Foundation, the John P. Murphy Foundation, and Boake Sells. moCa Cleveland also receives lead institutional support in part from the residents of Cuyahoga County through a public grant from Cuyahoga Arts & Culture, the Ohio Arts Council, and the continuing support of the museum’s Board of Directors, patrons, and members. moCa SATURDAYS Family Fun supported by PNC. TOBY'S PRIZE Toby’s Prize is generously supported by Toby Devan Lewis+ + In memory

Jan 27-May 14, 2017 Zarouhie Abdalian and Joseph Rosenzweig Transport Empty Jan 27-May 14, 2017 ∆ Zarouhie Abdalian and Joseph Rosenzweig, Transport Empty , 2017, Single-channel sound installation, 60 minutes. Courtesy the artists and Altman Siegel Gallery. ∆ Zarouhie Abdalian and Joseph Rosenzweig, Transport Empty , 2017, Single-channel sound installation, 60 minutes. Courtesy the artists and Altman Siegel Gallery. ∆ Zarouhie Abdalian and Joseph Rosenzweig, Transport Empty , 2017, Single-channel sound installation, 60 minutes. Courtesy the artists and Altman Siegel Gallery. Jan 27-May 14, 2017 Zarouhie Abdalian and Joseph Rosenzweig Transport Empty Artists Zarouhie Abdalian (1982, New Orleans, LA) and Joseph Rosenzweig (1981, Pascagoula, MS) collaborate to create site specific sound installations and performances. Their projects combine an interest in the history of experimental music with an examination of the interplay between architecture and social encounters. Transport Empty (2017), a sound installation made specifically for MOCA’s Stair A, explores the state of wage labor in the global marketplace. The piece is comprised of a series of evocative field recordings, each made at a site where work is done for an hourly wage and paired with a matching period of silence. At each location — a commercial kitchen, a construction site, a machine shop — the sounds workers make reflect their specific activities to invoke familiar and yet unrecognizable scenes. These “aural shadows” excise specific moments from their context, reflecting the material conditions under which labor is performed. About the Artists Zarouhie Abdalian Zarouhie Abdalian (1982, New Orleans, LA) lives and works in New Orleans, LA. She creates subtle sculptural and aural interventions in public space, altering viewers’ perceptions of familiar environments. Rooted in the particularities of site and context, Abdalian’s work typically responds to the specific attributes of a given location, architectural setting, or social landscape. She was the subject of a solo exhibition MATRIX: Zarouhie Abdalian, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, Berkeley, CA (2013). Recent group exhibitions include Prospect.3 Notes for Now, New Orleans, LA (2014); 8th Berlin Biennale, Berlin, Germany (2014); Nothing Beside Remains, Gertrude Contemporary, Melbourne, Australia (2014); Shanghai Biennial: Reactivation, Shanghai, China (2012); When Attitudes Became Form Become Attitudes, CCA Wattis Institute of Contemporary Arts, San Francisco, CA (2012); Moscow International Biennale for Young Art, Moscow, Russia (2012); Rendez-vous 12, South African National Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa (2012); and the Istanbul Biennial, Istanbul, Turkey (2011). Abdalian earned a BA from Tulane University, New Orleans, LA and an MFA from California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA. Abdalian will be included in the forthcoming iteration of the Whitney Biennale, Summer 2017, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York. Joseph Andrew Rosenzweig Joseph Andrew Rosenzweig (1981, Pascagoula, MS) lives and works in New Orleans, LA. He is a composer, performer, curator, and artist. Rosenzweig primarily composes music for voice, percussion, and electronics. His work has been presented nationally as well as in international exhibitions, including the CAFAM Biennial, Beijing (2014) and the Moscow International Biennale for Young Art (2012). As a solo performer, he has performed widely in the San Francisco Bay Area, including The Luggage Store, the Mind Gaze Hut, and the San Francisco Community Music Center. In 2015, Rosenzweig co-curated Situational Music, a concert program hosted at The Exploratorium, San Francisco. He earned a BA from Tulane University, New Orleans, LA and an MFA in Electronic Music and Recording Media from Mills College, Oakland, CA.

Date Title One sentence desciption + more Add a Title Add a Title Title + more Add a Title Add a Title Title + more Faye Wei Wei. Image: Olivia Reavy. 6-8PM Thu. January 21, 2027 Artist Talk: Faye Wei Wei SIGN UP at moCa Cleveland Free to all Discover how narrative, color, and imagination come together to create worlds that feel both timeless and unmistakably contemporary. Her solo exhibition, Draw in your head and sleep the long way home. , is at moCa Cleveland through Mar 7, 2027. Faye Wei Wei (b. 1994, London, UK) lives and works in New York. Recent solo exhibitions include Tiny Melody Chamber at SITUATIONS, New York, NY (2024); The Moon Balloon of New York City at Galerie Kandlhofer, Vienna, Austria (2022); and Moon at Galerie Kandlhofer (2021). Her work has been exhibited internationally and has been recognized as an “artist to watch” by journals including British Vogue and It’s Nice That. The Sunday Times also listed Wei Wei as one of the notable emerging artists of her generation. She is a guest judge for the 2026 Jackson’s Art Prize. WeiWei received a B.A. (Hons) from the Slade School of Fine Art, University College London, in 2016 and her MFA from Yale University in 2026. Faye Wei Wei. Image: Olivia Reavy.

AUCTION PREVIEW Explore a curated selection of 30+ exclusive art works available for auction in support of moCa’s mission. Alchemy attendees can bid on these exclusive artworks in support of moCa's mission during live and silent auctions at the benefit. Can't attend the event? We will accept proxy and absentee bids through Thursday, May 14, at noon. +sign up to proxy or absentee bid Questions? If you have advance questions about these works, please contact Kohl Executive Director Megan Lykins Reich at mreich@moCacleveland.org or 440.785.5350. ART AUCTION LIVE AUCTION Nina Chanel Abney Magic , 2024 +more Tomory Dodge Lover , 2021 +more Halim Flowers Captiva , 2025 +more David Huffman Many Rivers , 2025 +more Hildur Ásgeirsdóttir Jónsson Skyscape #6 Small , 2022 +more Billy Ritter Moon Jar , 2025 +more Edra Soto por la señal #13 , 2024 +more Alchemy of Food & Friendship: Private Brunch, Yoga, & Tarot Reading with Doug Katz +more LIVE AUCTION SPECIAL ACQUISITION OPPORTUNITY Donna Huanca KIMBERLITE FUR , 2023 +more SILENT AUCTION McArthur Binion Berkeley: Suite: 11 , 2023 +more Timothy Callaghan Blue Skies, Pink Lies , 2024 +more Andrea Chung Untitled , 2016 22 x 30 inches +more Joanne Greenbaum Untitled , 2007 +more Yu Ji Flesh in Stone - Tiny Figure #4 , 2014 +more Sarah Kabot NYT December 2018 , 2026 +more Rachel Katz Medium Half Diamond Triangle Necklace +more Lori Kella Euclid’s Mirror , 2019 +more Lisa Kereszi Girls, Show World Center, Times Square, NYC , 2000 +more Jacob Koestler Untitled (Multiple Exposure of buildings (Chicago, IL)) , 2017 +more Julie Langsam Wayne County, MI: Pink Shapes #11 , 2023 +more Julie Langsam Otoe County, NE: White Cross Form #30 , 2024 +more Catherine Lentini Untitled , 2023 +more Michael Loderstedt Lief Eriksson Viking Settlement, L’Anse Aux Meadows, Newfoundland , 2002 +more Siwa Mgoboza Les Êtres D’Africadia (Masquer) II , 2015 +more Siwa Mgoboza Les Êtres D’Africadia II , 2015 +more Mr. Brainwash Run DMC , 2008 +more Ruby Palmer Garden, 2025 +more Laura Naples Novella , 2024 +more Whitney Oldenburg Safe and Sound , 2023 +more Judith Salomon White Vase with Colors +more Doug Sanderson Arcane Image , 2022 +more Doug Sanderson Variation on Boteh theme , 2025 +more Corrie Slawson Cloud Cover Over/In the Pantheon , 2025 +more Darius Steward +more Fred Tomaselli Untitled , 2004 +more Barry Underwood Linear Construction 13, Jacksonfield , 2020 +more McArthur Binion Berkeley: Suite: 11 , 2023 +more Timothy Callaghan Blue Skies, Pink Lies , 2024 +more Andrea Chung Untitled , 2016 +more Halim Flowers Captiva , 2025 +more Joanne Greenbaum Untitled , 2007 +more Yu Ji Flesh in Stone - Tiny Figure #4 , 2014 +more Sarah Kabot NYT December 2018 , 2026 +more Rachel Katz Medium Half Diamond Triangle Necklace +more Lori Kella Euclid’s Mirror , 2019 +more Lisa Kereszi Girls, Show World Center, Times Square, NYC , 2000 +more Jacob Koestler Untitled (Multiple Exposure of buildings (Chicago, IL)) , 2017 +more Julie Langsam Acrylic on photograph 13 x 19 inches Courtesy of the artist Estimated Retail Value: $850 Starting Bid: $500 Julie Langsam is celebrated for her explorations of Modernism’s formal and conceptual legacy through paintings, drawings, photography, filmmaking, and printmaking that consider evolving ideas of beauty, nature, and progress. Using the landscape as her primary site of inquiry, she synthesizes the romantic sublime of the 19th century with the utopian ambitions of 20th century innovation. Langsam’s recent travels (spanning more than 30,000 miles across the US) focused on land and landscapes as both historical records and active sites of contestation, where notions of sovereignty, agency, ownership, and environmental stewardship shape and reshape our experience of any given place. +more Julie Langsam Acrylic on photograph 13 x 19 inches Courtesy of the artist Estimated Retail Value: $850 Starting Bid: $500 Julie Langsam is celebrated for her explorations of Modernism’s formal and conceptual legacy through paintings, drawings, photography, filmmaking, and printmaking that consider evolving ideas of beauty, nature, and progress. Using the landscape as her primary site of inquiry, she synthesizes the romantic sublime of the 19th century with the utopian ambitions of 20th century innovation. Langsam’s recent travels (spanning more than 30,000 miles across the US) focused on land and landscapes as both historical records and active sites of contestation, where notions of sovereignty, agency, ownership, and environmental stewardship shape and reshape our experience of any given place. +more Catherine Lentini Untitled , 2023 +more Michael Loderstedt Lief Eriksson Viking Settlement, L’Anse Aux Meadows, Newfoundland , 2002 +more Siwa Mgoboza Les Êtres D’Africadia (Masquer) II , 2015 +more Siwa Mgoboza Les Êtres D’Africadia II , 2015 +more Mr. Brainwash Run DMC , 2008 +more Ruby Palmer Garden, 2025 +more Laura Naples Novella , 2024 +more Whitney Oldenburg Safe and Sound , 2023 +more Judith Salomon White Vase with Colors +more Doug Sanderson Arcane Image , 2022 +more Doug Sanderson Variation on Boteh theme , 2025 +more Corrie Slawson Cloud Cover Over/In the Pantheon , 2025 +more Darius Steward Darius Steward If You Are Too Cool You Lose +more Fred Tomaselli Untitled , 2004 +more Barry Underwood Linear Construction 13, Jacksonfield , 2020 +more Frederic Weber Untitled #112 +more Questions? If you have advance questions about these works, please contact Kohl Executive Director Megan Lykins Reich at mreich@moCacleveland.org or 440.785.5350. Silent Art Auction Rules ▶ Please use your paddle number when bidding. ▶ Starting bids and minimum bidding increments are listed per item. You will be contacted by staff if your bid is not at a minimum increment. ▶ An announcement will be made from stage 15 minutes before bidding ends. ▶ The winning bidder will receive a copy of the final bid sheet once the auction has concluded. ▶ All sales are final upon official conclusion of the auction, Apr 27, 2024. ▶ 8% sales tax will be added to your purchase price. ▶ Works cannot be taken tonight. ▶ After receiving receipt, please contact moCa registrar Jamie Sepich (information sent with receipt) for coordination of pick up or coordination with a delivery service. moCa staff will not deliver or install directly. Delivery and subsequent charges are the responsibility of the buyer. ▶ The winning bidder will receive an email confirmation from moCa staff on Monday, May 1, 2024. A purchase agreement will be sent for the winning bidder’s signature. Once completed, the winning bidder will receive an invoice with payment instructions. ▶ All artwork needs to be picked up by May 10, 2024. ▶ Payments must be made within 10 days of event or prior to release of artwork.

Date Title One sentence desciption + more Add a Title Add a Title Title + more Add a Title Add a Title Title + more Apr 9- April 10, 2026 moCa NOW: EXPO Chicago Navy Pier, Chicago +more on EXPO Chicago Planning to be at Expo Chicago? Join Megan Lykins Reich, moCa's Kohl Executive Director, and DJ Hellerman, moCa's Deputy Director & Senior Curator, for special tours and times throughout the contemporary art fair. For details, email Morgan Jones, Senior Advancement Officer, at mjones@moCacleveland.org .

Date Title One sentence desciption + more Add a Title Add a Title Title + more Add a Title Add a Title Title + more -Dec 5, 2025 Tue.-Fri. December 2, 2025 Art Fairs NOW: Art Basel Miami Beach JOIN TODAY at Art Basel: Miami Beach moCa NOW Donor Event: Invitation Only Exclusive Art Basel: Miami Beach access experience, featuring private tours, an intimate dinner, and a cocktail invitation. *Travel and accommodations not included. ART NOW Donor members will receive email communications on how to RSVP. Curator Level & above

Date Title One sentence desciption + more Add a Title Add a Title Title + more Add a Title Add a Title Title + more 5:30-7:30PM Thu. June 26, 2025 Art NOW: Summer/Fall Exhibition Preview Party INVITATION ONLY at moCa Cleveland moCa NOW Donor Event: Invitation Only Join us at an exclusive preview reception celebrating the artists, partners, and supporters as moCa unveils a new season of art now… in progress! This event is by invitation only. For information on joining the moCa NOW Donor Program, visit mocacleveland.org/moca-now .

Date Title One sentence desciption + more Add a Title Add a Title Title + more Add a Title Add a Title Title + more Installation view, Gala Porras-Kim: A Hand in Nature, Museum of Contemporary Art Denver, March 8-September 1, 2024. Photo: Wes Magyar 6:30-8PM Thu. January 23, 2025 Winter/Spring 2025 Patron Preview INVITATION ONLY at moCa Cleveland moCa NOW Donor Event: Invitation Only Join us at an exclusive preview reception celebrating the artists, partners, and supporters as moCa unveils a new season of art now… in progress! This event is by invitation only. For information on joining the moCa NOW Donor Program, visit mocacleveland.org/moca-now . Installation view, Gala Porras-Kim: A Hand in Nature, Museum of Contemporary Art Denver, March 8-September 1, 2024. Photo: Wes Magyar

Nov 19, 2021-Jan 2, 2022 Joyce Morrow Jones Black Butterfly Nov 19, 2021-Jan 2, 2022 ∆ Joyce Morrow Jones, Black Butterfly (detail), 2021. Mixed media, 43 x 56.5 in (109.22 x 143.51 cm). Courtesy the artist ∆ Joyce Morrow Jones, Black Butterfly (detail), 2021. Mixed media, 43 x 56.5 in (109.22 x 143.51 cm). Courtesy the artist ∆ Joyce Morrow Jones, Black Butterfly (detail), 2021. Mixed media, 43 x 56.5 in (109.22 x 143.51 cm). Courtesy the artist Nov 19, 2021-Jan 2, 2022 Joyce Morrow Jones Black Butterfly As a culmination of her residency at moCa, Joyce Morrow Jones presents Black Butterfly, a collection of works that use textiles and found materials to explore cultural traditions from across the world, most often those of the African Diaspora. Influenced by her Jamaican and African heritage, Morrow Jones’s work acts as a mode of visual communication to share the stories of her ancestors. Vibrantly colorful textiles, including Kente cloth and Ankara fabric, reflect traditions, evoke emotion, and spark memories, underscoring the messages of each artwork’s narrative to shape the viewing experience. In her work, Morrow Jones gives voice to her forbearers, exploring what it means to tell a story from the past and connecting a physical object to the passing of time. Black Butterfly highlights the strength and resilience born out of adversity, a parallel to the Deniece Williams song from which it draws inspiration. Morning light, silken dream to flight As the darkness gave way to dawn You've survived, now your moment has arrived Now your dream has finally been born Black butterfly, sailed across the waters Tell your sons and daughters What the struggle brings Black Butterfly, set the skies on fire Rise up even higher So the ageless winds of time can catch your wings - Deniece Williams The AIR program is generously sponsored by Margaret Cohen and Kevin Rahilly, with additional support from Char and Chuck Fowler. About the Artist Joyce Morrow Jones Joyce Morrow Jones Joyce Morrow Jones is a mixed media fiber and sculpture artist weaving the art of storytelling through her creations. Her work is inspired by transformational stories of women in their journey through life, history, and cultural traditions. African and Diaspora themes reflecting cultural traditions often with multicultural images are also prominent in her artwork. Born in Cleveland, Joyce acknowledges her Jamaican and African heritage. Those influences will continue throughout her residency with moCa as she expands “Ancestral Tributes” in both oral tradition of storytelling and creative expression. Select exhibitions include shows at BayArts in Bay Village, OH; Artists Archives of the Western Reserve, Cleveland, OH; and the Sculpture Center, Cleveland, OH. She was a 2019 Artist-in-Residence at Karamu House. Find out more about Joyce Morrow Jones at joycemorrowjones.com

News + Read more at Art in America Monday, November 7, 2022 Finnegan Shannon’s Exhibition on a Conveyor Belt Alleviates Museum Fatigue by Emily Watlington Art museums have developed a reputation for inducing a particular kind of exhaustion. Navigating crowds in order to get a glimpse at masterpieces, feeling overstimulated in blockbuster shows, and standing on hard concrete floors leads to what is commonly called “museum fatigue.” Exacerbating matters is the fact that museums just don’t have enough comfortable seating. For an exhibition at moCa Cleveland, Brooklyn-based artist Finnegan Shannon has taken matters into their own hands, with a show that requires no walking and offers ample seating. After arriving via elevator, visitors are invited to sit on couches and chairs while a conveyor belt parades by them a rolling display of artworks by Shannon’s artist peers. The setup’s closest proxy is conveyor belt sushi—but this is a feast for the eyes, rather than the taste buds. The soft seating feels decidedly more domestic than institutional; Shannon sourced the chairs and couches from local thrift stores. (They even found a small stool with a puzzle spelling out the first name of the show’s curator, Lauren Leving.) And Shannon tied it all together with some of their own homey touches, like embroidered pillows bearing fluorescent conveyor belts and cut-out cardboard letters on the wall spelling out phrases like DON’T MIND IF WE DO and WE BEING SILLY AND SERIOUS . Shannon further tends to their viewers’ bodies with DIY air purifiers made of duct tape and box fans that help alleviate Covid’s ongoing risk. The show encouraged visitors to slow down. On the wall, custom clocks told the day of the week rather than the hour of the day, as if asking, what’s the rush? It’s a show about promoting rest and alleviating museum fatigue, but more specifically, it is born of the disability justice movement. It’s aimed explicitly at questioning the ableist valuing of bodily exertion, as well as at the exclusionary assumptions museums make about bodies. Shannon considers the exhibition a fulfillment of their long-held “access fantasy.” Among the most charming pieces making the rounds are Emilie L. Gossiaux’s 3D-printed sculptures depicting various body parts of her guide dog, London—including a paw and a tongue. Also from Gossiaux is a journal full of hand-drawn illustrations of the color-identification system she created for herself after going blind, in which she associates colors with memories and feelings: a crayon that Crayola calls “purple mountains’ majesty,” for instance, is renamed “homecoming dress purple 2003.” Other pieces on the belt are interactive: visitors can lift them off and return them at their leisure. A card game by Jeffrey Kasper offers prompts for two players to engage in exercises promoting risk and intimacy. A Selection of Snapshots Taken by Felix Felix Gonzalez-Torres reproduces endearing correspondences, cat photos, and figurines that the late artist arranged lovingly on his pillows. For some photographs in the Gonzalez-Torres book, we see not the picture, but the description he wrote on the back: like HOME or MIAMI LANDSCAPE, 1995, SUMMER OF LOVE. These image descriptions are echoed in the audio description track Finnegan made for the show, accommodating blind and low-vision visitors. For Shannon, the access itself is often the artwork, and items like tissues and ear plugs (for those seeking a low-stimulus environment) both circulate on the conveyor belt and appear on the show’s checklist. As ever, Shannon takes great care with the details: the tissue box is in a fabric cozy in the shape of a house, the artist having removed the stairs that made its entrance inaccessible, and lovingly added lavender to the bushes. Here as elsewhere, Shannon approaches access, to quote organizer Kevin Gotkin, as “radical hospitality.” Implied in all this is the unseen effort that disabled artists often exert when working on an exhibition to make it accessible to our communities. Instead of keeping that work behind the scenes, Shannon compellingly makes it the subject of their debut museum solo. Shannon is best known for their benches and cushions that appear in group exhibitions, bearing statements like THIS EXHIBITION HAS ASKED ME TO STAND FOR TOO LONG. SIT IF YOU AGREE., written out in the artist’s signature script. The bold capital letters are polished off with soft edges and a lighthearted informality that mirrors their twinned playfulness and criticality. Shannon’s work is always participatory: their “Anti-Stairs Club Lounge” comprised a series of interventions, including a protest at the opening of architect Thomas Heatherwick’s gargantuan Vessel in New York, a 150-foot-tall structure made of interlocking staircases. Before it closed, it glorified 154 flights while promising a premier view. My own most memorable encounter with a Shannon intervention was at the Museum für Moderne Kunst (MMK) in Frankfurt, where I lay back in a cushioned chaise lounge to watch a gut-wrenching Nan Goldin slideshow, in which she relates how her sister’s institutionalization—and later, suicide—altered the course of her life. I became utterly engulfed, and started to wonder how many other treasures I’d skipped over because I hadn’t wanted to stand around, or squat on the floor, or sit on a hard, backless bench. That work induced in me a longing to lounge in museums. It also underscored a key contribution of Shannon’s work: the artist doesn’t just point out the absences and assumptions normalized in museums, they also dream up solutions. Rather than institutional critique, you might call it institutional repair. —Emily Watlington This article appears in the Winter 2023 issue. Previous Next