Homelands

Homelands brings together 20 modern and contemporary works that examine how people form relationships with place through movement, memory, and change. Drawing on artists’ personal experiences and the histories of the United States and beyond, the exhibition considers local, global, ancestral, and familial connections to homelands.

The works address the forces that lead people to leave one place for another, as well as the enduring ties people maintain with distant or inherited homelands. Through individual and communal narratives, the exhibition explores the layered ways people understand belonging and place.

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

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

Tickets: Free. Admission is always free, and passes are not required.

Featured works: Selected works include Kay WalkingStick’s *North Rim Temple* (2023), Do Ho Suh’s *Seoul Home – Inverted* (2023), Hung Liu’s *Post-Age* (2000), and G. Peter Jemison’s *Sentinels (Large Yellow)* (2006).

Closure: The exhibition will be closed on January 11, 2027, while light-sensitive works on paper are rotated.

Organization: The exhibition is organized by the National Gallery of Art, Washington.

Curators: E. Carmen Ramos, the National Gallery’s chief curatorial and conservation officer, and Natalia Ángeles Vieyra, associate curator of Latinx art, curated the exhibition.