Homelands

Homelands is an exhibition at the National Gallery of Art that brings together twenty works by modern and contemporary artists to examine the concept of homeland through the lenses of movement, memory, and change. The exhibition explores how personal experiences and United States history shape people’s relationships to place, with some artists reflecting on the pressures that led them to leave one location for another, while others investigate ancestral or familial ties to distant homelands. Through individual and communal narratives, the works address larger historical and social events both in the U.S. and beyond, inviting visitors to consider the many layers of connection people have to the places they call home.

When: June 27, 2026, through August 1, 2027

Venue: National Gallery of Art, East Building Mezzanine, Gallery E214, Washington, D.C.

Tickets: Admission is always free and no passes are required

Curators: Organized by the National Gallery of Art, Washington, and curated by E. Carmen Ramos, chief curatorial and conservation officer, and Natalia Ángeles Vieyra, associate curator of Latinx art

Selected works in the exhibition include: Kay WalkingStick’s *North Rim Temple* (2023, oil on panel); Do Ho Suh’s *Seoul Home – Inverted* (2023, thread drawing embedded in handmade wove STPI paper); Hung Liu’s *Post-Age* (2000, oil on canvas); and G. Peter Jemison’s *Sentinels (Large Yellow)* (2006, acrylic, oil and collage on canvas)