Discover the newly opened Elizabeth Catlett: A Black Revolutionary Artist with this overview by exhibition curators Catherine Morris, Sackler Senior Curator, Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art, Brooklyn Museum, and Dalila Scruggs, Augusta Savage Curator of African American Art, Smithsonian American Art Museum. A signing of the exhibition catalog will follow in the East Building Concourse Shop. The exhibition will be on view at the National Gallery through July 6, 2025.
About Elizabeth Catlett: A Black Revolutionary Artist
March 9 – July 6, 2025
Committed to both craft and causes, this visionary artist-activist continues to inspire us today. One of the defining artists of the 20th century, Elizabeth Catlett addressed the injustices she witnessed and experienced in America and Mexico through her bold prints and dynamic sculptures. See more than 150 of her creations in this exhibition, including rarely seen paintings and drawings.
Trace the career of this cultural force—from her roots in Washington, DC, Chicago, and New York to the remarkable body of work she made during some 60 years in Mexico. In striving to make art for the people, Catlett put social justice at the very center of her work.