LOS ANGELES, CALIF.- The Broad announced details and programming for the special exhibition William Kentridge: In Praise of Shadows, that began on November 12, 2022 and runs to April 9, 2023. As Kentridge’s first major exhibition in Los Angeles in two decades, this expansive survey features more than 130 works spanning thirty-five years of the artist’s career, including drawings, sculptures, prints, tapestries, theater sets, and film animation. Timed to the show is an ambitious program of events, talks, and performances that connect with Kentridge’s rich history of incorporating a vast array of disciplines within his wide-ranging practice.
Highlights of thepublic programming connect live musicians, poets, writers, and performers with the underlying themes of Kentridge’s work, such as the legacy of colonialism, racism, and building resilience against these historical structures. On November 13 following the opening of the exhibition, the artist sustained a conversation with renowned writer and educator Claudia Rankine for The Un-Private Collection series.
In February 2023, The Broad will be collaborating with The Space for Creative Black Imagination at Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) and Dr. Raél Jero Salley to present a robust series of conversations with noted authors, artists and scholars about the work of William Kentridge and his home country of South Africa. Additional programming planned for early 2023 will include a new commission by artist and Black Lives Matter co-founder Patrisse Cullors as well as the new poetry series When We Dream in Bittersweet Tongues organized by Shonda Buchanan, engaging the effects of cultural values on storytelling, history, and language.
The Broad is a contemporary art museum founded by philanthropists Eli and Edythe Broad on Grand Avenue in downtown Los Angeles. The museum offers free general admission and presents an active program of rotating temporary exhibitions and innovative audience engagement, all within a landmark building designed by Diller Scofidio + Renfro in collaboration with Gensler. The Broad is home to The Broad collection, which is one of the world’s leading collections of postwar and contemporary art. The 120,000-square-foot building features two floors of gallery space and is the headquarters of The Broad Art Foundation’s worldwide lending library, which has been loaning collection works to museums around the world since 1984. For news and updates, sign up for email newsletters at thebroad.org or follow The Broad on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, or YouTube.
