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Things Don't Have to Be Like This

Morehshin Allahyari, American Artist, and Mimi Ọnụọha

July 2, 2025

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Lobbying for Liberation

Whether steered by celebration or angled by aspiration, these artists transfer their experiences into advocacies for greater freedoms.

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Krzysztof Wodiczko in "Power"

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I Wanna Be With You Everywhere

Things Don't Have to Be Like This Morehshin Allahyari, American Artist, and Mimi Ọnụọha

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Things Don't Have to Be Like This

Morehshin Allahyari, American Artist, and Mimi Ọnụọha

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I Wanna Be With You Everywhere

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Politics of Listening

Lawrence Abu Hamdan

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Linda Goode Bryant in “Friends & Strangers”

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Cannupa Hanska Luger in “Friends & Strangers”

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Christine Sun Kim in “Friends & Strangers”

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Painting from Life

Aliza Nisenbaum

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Guerrilla Girls in "Bodies of Knowledge"

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Joiri Minaya’s Pattern Making

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Melting Boundaries

Shahzia Sikander

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Rose B. Simpson in “Everyday Icons”

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What the Camera Cannot See

Richard Mosse

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Salman Toor's Emerald Green

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Breaking Free

Guan Xiao

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Haunting the West

Michael Rakowitz

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"Light of Freedom"

Abigail DeVille

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Infectious Beauty

Jes Fan

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Part of the Discourse

Barbara Kruger

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"Immigrant Movement International"

Tania Bruguera

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Power & Perspective

Trevor Paglen

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Limit Telephotography

Trevor Paglen

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"The Francis Effect"

Tania Bruguera

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Tania Bruguera in "Legacy"

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"The Former and the Ladder or Ascension and a Cinchin'"

Trenton Doyle Hancock

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Kalup Linzy Likes It a Little Bit Off

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Third World Identity

Doris Salcedo

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Aesthetics

Lari Pittman

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Jenny Holzer in "Protest"

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Alfredo Jaar in "Protest"

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An-My Lê in "Protest"

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Lari Pittman in "Romance"

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Fred Wilson in "Structures"

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Krzysztof Wodiczko in "Power"

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Lawrence Abu Hamdan
Morehshin Allahyari with short dark hair and earrings is wearing a collared shirt, looking slightly to the side indoors with a blurred background.
Morehshin Allahyari
American Artist with braided hair and wearing a blue jacket looks off to the side and smiles slightly indoors.
American Artist
assume vivid astro focus
Tania Bruguera
Abigail DeVille
Jes Fan
Linda Goode Bryant
Guan Xiao
Guerrilla Girls
Trenton Doyle Hancock
Jenny Holzer
A split screen of a diverse group of seven people, some using wheelchairs, sit in a semicircle outside against a plain concrete wall, engaged in conversation.
I Wanna Be With You Everywhere
Alfredo Jaar
Christine Sun Kim
Barbara Kruger
An-My Lê
Kalup Linzy
Cannupa Hanska Luger
Joiri Minaya with curly hair smiling and looking to the side in a softly lit indoor setting.
Joiri Minaya
Richard Mosse head slightly turned looking out past the camera.
Richard Mosse
Mimi Onuoha wearing hoop earrings and a headscarf smiles while looking to the side.
Mimi Ọnụọha
Trevor Paglen
Lari Pittman
Michael Rakowitz with a mustache and curly hair, wearing a blue patterned shirt and jacket.
Michael Rakowitz
Doris Salcedo
Rose B. Simpson smiling out past the camera with sunglasses atop her head, her studio is out of focus in the background.
Rose B. Simpson
Three quarter portrait of Salman Toor looking off in the distance.
Salman Toor
Fred Wilson
Krzysztof Wodiczko
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