Julie Mehretu

View of the exhibition Julie Mehretu, Walker Art Center, 2021. Photo: Max Haynes.
View of the exhibition Julie Mehretu, Walker Art Center, 2021. Photo: Max Haynes.
Julie Mehretu, Haka (and Riot), 2019. Los Angeles County Museum of Art, gift of Andy Song. ©Julie Mehretu. Photo: Tom Powel Imaging.
Julie Mehretu, Babel Unleashed, 2001. Collection Walker Art Center, T. B. Walker Acquisition Fund, 2001.
Julie Mehretu, Conjured Parts (eye), Ferguson, 2016. Courtesy the Broad Art Foundation, Los Angeles. © Julie Mehretu. Photo: Cathy Carver.
Julie Mehretu, Transcending: The New International, 2003. Collection Walker Art Center, T. B. Walker Acquisition Fund, 2003.
Julie Mehretu, Hineni (E. 3:4), 2018. Courtesy Centre Pompidou, Paris, Musée national d’art moderne/Centre de création industrielle, gift of George Economou, 2019. © Julie Mehretu. Photo: Tom Powel Imaging.
Julie Mehretu, Black City, 2007. François Pinault Collection, Paris. © Julie Mehretu. Photo: Tim Thayer.
Julie Mehretu, Untitled, 2000. Private collection. © Julie Mehretu. Photo: Cathy Carver.
Julie Mehretu, Epigraph, Damascus, 2016. Courtesy Los Angeles County Museum of Art, gift of Kelvin and Hana Davis through the 2018 Collectors Committee. © Julie Mehretu. Photo: © Museum Associates/LACMA.
Julie Mehretu, Being Higher II, 2013. Collection of Susan & Larry Marx; courtesy Neal Meltzer Fine Art, New York. © Julie Mehretu. Photo: Tom Powel Imaging.
Julie Mehretu, Untitled (two), 1996. Private collection. © Julie Mehretu. Photo: Tom Powel Imaging.
Julie Mehretu, Mogamma (A Painting in Four Parts), in the exhibition Documenta 13, Kassel, Germany, 2012. © Julie Mehretu. Photo: Ryszard Kasiewicz, courtesy of the artist, Marian Goodman Gallery, New York, and White Cube.

Curatorial Team

Christine Y. Kim, curator of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles County Museum of Art; with Rujeko Hockley, Arnhold Associate Curator, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York. The Walker’s presentation is coordinated by Siri Engberg, senior curator and director, Visual Arts.

Exhibition Tour

LACMA, Los Angeles: November 3, 2019–September 7, 2020
High Museum of Art, Atlanta: October 24, 2020–January 31, 2021
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York: March 19–August 8, 2021
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis: October 16, 2021–March 6, 2022

Exhibition Guide for Teachers

Download this exhibition resource for teachers of K–12 students.

Attendance Requirements

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Julie Mehretu was organized by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, with major support provided by the Ford Foundation and the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts.

Lead support for the Walker Art Center’s presentation is provided by Martha and Bruce Atwater, Laura and John Taft, and Margaret VB Wurtele. Additional support is provided by Peggy and Ralph Burnet, Lisa and Pat Denzer, Miriam and Erwin Kelen, and the David and Leni Moore Family Foundation.

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