Galvanized by recent calls for racial justice, Museum curators have recently reinstalled parts of our American Art galleries to address the differing visions of land, abolition, labor, and identity in the United States. The first phase of a multiyear project, the reinstallation focuses on three galleries, with works that span from 4000 B.C.E. to the present, and challenges us to look closely and acknowledge this country’s history. In dialogue with one another, these artworks highlight the creative ways Indigenous peoples, European settlers, and African Americans have expressed themselves, and show how diverse cultural voices adapt, evolve, and survive.
