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CURRENTLY ON VIEW | Dyani White Hawk’s "Visiting II" (2025) is on view in "Hold to This Earth: Works by Contemporary Indigenous North American Artists from Tia Collection" at Yorkshire Sculpture Park, United Kingdom, through April 18, 2027.

Presented in collaboration with Tia Collection, "Hold to This Earth" is a landmark exhibition of contemporary Indigenous North American art on a scale never before seen in the UK. Bringing together 65 works by 38 artists, including two significant new commissions, it also marks the first group exhibition to be staged in YSP’s prestigious Underground Gallery in its 20-year history.

Spanning sculpture, film, photography, painting, ceramics and fibre art, "Hold to This Earth" is an expansive, cross-generational exhibition offering a rare insight into the broad spectrum of work being produced by Indigenous North American artists today. The unifying theme connecting these diverse practices is the deep, complex and enduring relationship between people and land. Set within 500 acres of historic parkland shaped by centuries of human and non-human activity, YSP is well placed to facilitate conversations around land, material, memory and community. The title of the exhibition is drawn from "Defend Sacred Mountains," a series of text-based monoprints by artist, activist and teacher Hock E Aye Vi Edgar Heap of Birds. It is a call to action that evokes resilience, continuity and connection.
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[1] Installation view, "Hold to This Earth: Works by Contemporary Indigenous North American Artists from Tia Collection" at Yorkshire Sculpture Park, 2026. Photo © India Hobson, courtesy YSP and Tia Collection. [2] Installation view, detail of Dyani White Hawk, "Visiting II," 2025, "Hold to This Earth: Works by Contemporary Indigenous North American Artists from Tia Collection," Yorkshire Sculpture Park, 2026. Photo © India Hobson, courtesy YSP and Tia Collection.
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Dyani White Hawk
"To Be Held," 2026
Acrylic and mixed media on canvas
36 x 36 1/8 in (91.4 x 91.8 cm)

Dyani White Hawk's work is on view at Frieze London, Booth C16, from October 14-18, 2026.
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@friezeofficial @dyaniwhitehawk @bockleygallery #DyaniWhiteHawk #AlexanderGrayAssociates #BockleyGallery #FriezeLondon

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Layli Long Soldier returns to the show to discuss her latest remarkable poetry collection We (and/or Wé). We talk about these two connotations of we/wé, the questions of address, audience, identity and kinship implicit in them both. We explore the many visual art installations documented within We and how they intersect with both poetry and community. We explore what it means to treat a poem, not yet finished, as having its own desires and needs different than the poet's. And we look at language and the law, navigating thorny questions of language, as a tool and as a weapon, when it comes to treaties, to Land Back, and Layli’s art and writing practice engaging with it all.
link in bio!
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Tuesday, October 13, from 12:40–1:25PM, join a guided walking tour of Dyani White Hawk’s public artwork, 𝘛𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘗𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘶𝘪𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘜𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘖𝘶𝘳 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘵𝘺, 𝘞𝘦 𝘊𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘖𝘶𝘳 𝘞𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 (2025), on permanent view at the Department of Chemistry’s Fraser Hall, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis.

“𝘛𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘗𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘶𝘪𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘜𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘖𝘶𝘳 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘵𝘺, 𝘞𝘦 𝘊𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘖𝘶𝘳 𝘞𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 intentionally faces and draws attention toward the river, leading viewers to the life source of water. This artwork can be seen from outside the building and is a beacon, a welcome to this place. Central designs within each panel reference the history of parfleche painting, a style of abstract painting by Indigenous Plains women historically made in earth paints on rawhide. Chemistry is embedded in this knowledge—in the earth paints, the creation of color, the use of mordants, the processes of tanning hides. Many of these designs speak to concepts in Očheti Šakowiŋ worldviews that honor our relationship to the land and to the necessity and reality of balance.” – Weisman Art Museum

This public program explores connections between White Hawk’s practice and the exhibition “Merciless”: Indigenous Lands Since 1776, and is part of Convening: Relational Futures, a two-day gathering of artists, scholars, cultural practitioners, and community leaders to examine Indigenous knowledge systems as epistemic frameworks for reshaping institutional practice.

To join the tour, meet at 12:40PM at the front desk of the Weisman Art Museum, 333 E River Road, Minneapolis.

Images: 𝘛𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘗𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘶𝘪𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘜𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘖𝘶𝘳 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘵𝘺, 𝘞𝘦 𝘊𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘖𝘶𝘳 𝘞𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥, 2025, hand-painted and digitally printed transparent ceramic enamel paint on float glass, fabricated by Mayer of Munich, approx. 778 x 90 inches. Photos by Rik Sferra

@dwhitehawk @weismanartmuseum @alexandergrayassociates

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"Dyani White Hawk: Speaking to Relatives" (Installation view), 2021. Curated by Jade Powers. Charlotte Crosby Kemper Gallery, Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art. Photo by E.G. Schempf @dwhitehawk @kempermuseum

"Krak Teet Corner: On Curating Art and Life, with Jade Powers and TK Smith" by Trelani Michelle @krakteet @trelani_michelle #tksmith #jadepowers

Award winning writer, oral historian and teaching artist Trelani Michelle speaks with Jade Powers, the Hugh Kaul Curator of Contemporary Art at the Birmingham Museum of Art @bhammuseum, and writer, curator, and cultural historian TK Smith. They talk about how the two curators got started, the joys and challenges of research, respecting artists' legacy, and the landmark exhibition, "Roll Call: Two Hundred Years of Black American Art" on display through January 17, 2027

Visit the link in bio to read the full article today, and to order a copy of Vol. 5 No. 2 - pick your favorite limited edition cover!

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A story of craft, community and collective memory.

Meet Visiting (2024) and Visiting II (2025), two monumental beaded sculptures by Sičáŋǧu Lakota artist @dwhitehawk, inspired by the sculptural totems of Indigenous artists George Morrison and Jim Denomie.

For the first piece, White Hawk invited the beadworkers in her Minneapolis studio, many of them family members, to create their own patterns and colour combinations. Hundreds of intricate strips of glass beadwork were painstakingly woven on looms, then assembled by the artist into two towering patchworks, each carrying the individual voices and hands of its makers.

This made my heart skip a beat today. (Malika)

Spotted via @yspsculpture and @walkerartcenter

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Created from thousands of colourful beads, Visiting II by Dyani White Hawk was made in honour of Ojibwe artists Jim Denomie and George Morrison. ⁠
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Jim Morrison, whose work is also included in this exhibition, made a series of collaged wooden column sculptures. Jim Denomie admired them so much that he made a version in his own painting style. White Hawk, a good friend of Denomie, wanted to honour his work in the same way. ⁠
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The title honours the importance placed on the practice of visiting as a way to build respect and relationships in Native communities. It also reflects how the sculpture was made, with many people working together making individual beaded strips. ⁠
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Find out more 🔗 in bio - What's On⁠
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Dyani White Hawk, Visiting II, 2026. Courtesy of Tia Collection @tiaartcollection 📷️ @indiahobson⁠
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#YSP #TiaCollection #HoldToThisEarth #IndigenousNorthAmericanArt @dwhitehawk @aceagrams @mywakefield @ysi_sculpture @experiencewakefield

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How it’s going so far.. ⚖️

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There’s a boy

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This year, @thearmoryshow took over the Javits Center from September 24 to 27, 2026. Philadelphia galleries, print workshops, and artists held their own among the biggest names in the market, from Leroy Johnson’s assemblage sculptures to Brandywine’s five decades of printmaking.

Here’s a round-up of booths with ties to Philadelphia at The Armory Show 2026. If I missed any, leave them in the comments!

Image credits:

The Armory Show, Booth 435, PENTIMENTI. Image courtesy of the gallery.

The Armory Show, Locks Gallery, Booth 414. Image courtesy of the gallery.  The Armory Show, Booth N2, Brandywine Workshop and Archives. Images courtesy of Brandywine Workshop and Archives.

Brodsky Center at PAFA, Philadelphia, installation views at The Armory Show, New York, 2026.

Image courtesy of Tanya Weddemire Gallery.

Image courtesy of Margot Samel.

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Step inside the working minds of artists shaping contemporary art today. Anderson Ranch Arts Center’s Fall Artist Lecture Series brings you face to face with the journeys and creative processes behind their work, told firsthand, by the artists themselves.⁠
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Free to attend, on campus in Snowmass Village, CO or via livestream. ⁠
LINK IN BIO to register.⁠
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Meet Our Fall Artist Lineup:⁠
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Oct 13: Serban Ionescu @serbanserban⁠
Oct 20: Heehyun Choi @heehyun_choi_⁠
Oct 28: Damien Davis @damiendavis⁠
Nov 3: James Casebere @jamescasebere⁠
Nov: 10 Steven Yazzie @yazziestudio⁠
Dec 15: Dyani White Hawk @dwhitehawk

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i think we can all agree that our @pdxairport is pretty fabulous, but i’m particularly enamored with the textural murals, mosaic walls, sculpture and large scale paintings that can be found throughout. the last time i was at pdx, i wasn’t flying anywhere, and it was such a joy to walk the airport at a relaxed pace, unencumbered by luggage, and really look at all of these special works.

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