The New Museum will present a major solo exhibition of the work of Wangechi Mutu (b. 1972, Nairobi), which will bring together over one hundred works from across her twenty-five-year career.

Representing the full breadth of her practice, the presentation will encompass painting, collage, drawing, sculpture, film, and performance. Mutu first gained acclaim for her collage-based practice exploring camouflage, transformation, and mutation. She extends these strategies to her work across various media, developing hybrid, fantastical forms that fuse mythical and folkloric narratives with layered sociohistorical references. “Wangechi Mutu: Intertwined” will trace connections between recent developments in the artist’s sculptural practice and her decades-long exploration of the legacies of colonialism, globalization, and African and diasporic cultural traditions. At once culturally specific and transnational in scope, Mutu’s work grapples with contemporary realities, while proffering new models for a radically changed future informed by feminism, Afrofuturism, and interspecies symbiosis.

This exhibition is curated by Margot Norton, Allen and Lola Goldring Senior Curator and Vivian Crockett, Curator.

Major support for this exhibition is provided by the Artemis Council of the New Museum.*

Generous support for this exhibition is provided by:

the Ed Bradley Family Foundation

Agnes Gund

Jacques and Natasha Gelman Foundation

National Endowment for the Arts.

We gratefully acknowledge the Friends of Wangechi Mutu:

Elisa Nuyten, Chair

The Jerome L. Stern Family Foundation

Nancy A. Nasher and David J. Haemisegger

Jennifer and Matthew Harris

Helen and Charles Schwab

Isabella del Frate Rayburn

Sarah L. Challinor

Additional support is provided by The Robert Lehman Foundation.

Support for the accompanying publication has been provided by the A4 Arts Foundation and the J. McSweeney and G. Mills Publications Fund at the New Museum.

Special thanks to Gladstone Gallery, Victoria Miro, and Vielmetter Los Angeles.

Exhibition Date: March 2, 2023 - June 4, 2023

Location: Lobby Gallery, Second Floor, Third Floor, and Fourth Floor at New Museum

235 Bowery, New York, NY 10002

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Monday: Closed

Tuesday & Wednesday: 11 a.m – 6 p.m.

Thursday: 11 a.m – 9 p.m.

Friday–Sunday: 11 a.m – 6 p.m.  

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