The “Monuments” exhibition is on view from October 23, 2025, through May 3, 2026, at The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA (152 North Central Avenue, Los Angeles) and in collaboration with The Brick (518 North Western Avenue). Co-organized by MOCA and The Brick, it is co-curated by Hamza Walker (Director of The Brick), Bennett Simpson (Senior Curator at MOCA), and artist Kara Walker, with assistance from Hannah Burstein and Paula Kroll. The show brings together decommissioned public monuments — primarily Confederate statues removed from various U.S. cities in recent years — and places them alongside works by 19 contemporary artists. The monuments, displayed in their current altered states (some vandalized), are presented with newly commissioned and existing artworks by artists including Kara Walker (whose large-scale installation Unmanned Drone is at The Brick), Bethany Collins, Abigail DeVille, Stan Douglas, Karon Davis, Kevin Jerome Everson, Cauleen Smith, and others. It reflects on the wave of monument removals following events like the 2017 Charlottesville “Unite the Right” rally, exploring themes of national identity, historical memory, post-Civil War legacies, anti-Blackness, memorialization, and how these contested objects resonate in today’s political landscape. It examines themes related to history, memory, and public commemoration in America.

Monuments / Group Exhibition at The Geffen at MOCA Los Angeles. Los Angeles, March 6, 2026.