Allison Janae Hamilton. Still from A House Called Florida, 2022. Three-channel film installation (color, sound): 34 min., 46 sec. Courtesy of the artist and Marianne Boesky Gallery, New York and Aspen
Museums & GalleriesProspect Heights

A Movement in Every Direction: Legacies of the Great Migration

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What is now commonly known as the Great Migration traces its legacy to the early 20th-century racial terror in the South that followed Reconstruction. In this exhibit, a dozen contemporary artists examine the impact of this migration on the people, the areas to which they moved and those that they left. Among those featured are Theaster Gates Jr., Allison Janae Hamilton and Carrie Mae Weems.

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Brooklyn Museum

200 Eastern Pkwy. Brooklyn, NY, 11238

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Open and/or Closed Captioned
Assistive Listening System
Sign Language Interpretation
Wheelchair Accessible
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Museums
International Collections

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