Hales is thrilled to announce the inclusion of Kay WalkingStick in Past as Prologue: A Historical Acknowledgement, Part I at the National Academy of Design, New York, NY, USA, through 11 January 2025.
Past as Prologue: A Historical Acknowledgment Part I focuses on landscape and territory, featuring works that document U.S. expansion in the 19th Century. Opening on February 6 and on view through April 26, 2025, Part II will center on identity, with artworks engaged with abolitionist movements, national identity including race and indigeneity, protest and political action, social fabric and community as well as labor.
Past as Prologue: A Historical Acknowledgment brings together politically potent historical works from the Academy's collection with contemporary works from the National Academy's current community of esteemed National Academicians and contemporary artists from beyond the National Academy. The exhibition explores themes of representation of race and indigeneity, political and social commentary, landscape, colonialism, migration, and borders. With selections from the Academy's vast collection, which spans nearly 200 years, Past as Prologue: A Historical Acknowledgment is staged to raise questions about how the contemporary cultural landscape has shifted and will continue to transform in the future, serving as an apt lead-up to the National Academy of Design's 200th anniversary year, which officially begins in the fall of 2025.
October 17, 2024
