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The Brick

The Brick is a nonprofit visual art space that promotes developments in contemporary culture.

06/02/2026

MONUMENTS BOOK LAUNCH
Thursday, June 4, 2026
5:00 - 7:00 PM
6:00 PM Remarks

The Brick
518 N Western Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90004

Free, all welcome | Books for sale at the event
Or order your copy at the link in bio.
Edited by Hannah Burstein, Hamza Walker. Foreword by Elizabeth Alexander. Preface by Ann Goldstein and Hamza Walker. Conversation with Bennett Simpson, Hamza Walker, Kara Walker.

Scholars and contemporary artists reckon with decommissioned monuments, examining fraught narratives of the legacy of the Civil War and slavery as well as national identity in the United States.

05/01/2026

MONUMENTS FREE FOR ALL

MONUMENTS is in its final days — and admission is free this weekend. This is your last chance to experience one of the most talked-about exhibitions of the year. Join us before it’s gone for extended hours, guided tours and special programs at The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA and The Brick.

Open hours at The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA
Friday, May 1: Closed
Saturday, May 2: 10am–8pm
Sunday, May 3: 10am–6pm

Food trucks will be on-site at The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA this weekend, with Familysh on Saturday, May 2, 11am–8pm, and Border Grill on Sunday, May 3, 11am–6pm.

Open hours at The Brick
Friday, May 1, 2026: 11am–6pm
Saturday, May 2: 11am–6pm
Sunday, May 3: 11am–6pm

04/29/2026

Thank you and the cast of THE AMERICA PLAY🇺🇸. Final performances today at 4 &8pm 🔥🔥🔥

04/23/2026

The Brick Director Hamza Walker included in Cultured Magazine Cult 100 for 2026. Link in bio to read more. Photo: Ari Marcopoulos.

04/21/2026

THIS THURSDAY: PANEL DISCUSSION
“Digging Deeper: Black Archeological & Burial Sites”

Thursday, April 23, 6:30 pm
The Brick, 518 N. Western Avenue
Free

The Lost Cause thrives in the absence of a complete and diverse historical record. Gaps, absences, and omissions due, in part, to intentional lack of collection, material culture deemed worthy of preserving, relegating to “Black” history rather than holistic history). Renowned anthropologists specializing in the study and preservation of slave ship wrecks, Black cemeteries, and maroon communities discuss the challenges and opportunities in their field. Panelists include: Dr. Justin Dunnavant, Antoinette Jackson, Daniel O. Sayers.

04/20/2026

MONUMENTS
FREE FOR ALL
April 29 – May 3, 2026

MONUMENTS is in its final days — and admission is free for all from April 29 – May 3. This is your last chance to experience one of the most talked-about exhibitions of the year. Join us for extended hours and a final series of guided tours before it’s gone.

The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA
152 North Central Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90012

Wednesday, April 29: 11am–5pm
Thursday, April 30: 11am–5pm
Friday, May 1: CLOSED
Saturday, May 2: 10am–8pm
Sunday, May 3: 10am–6pm The Brick
518 North Western Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90004

MONUMENTS is on view simultaneously at The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA and The Brick. Don’t miss Kara Walker’s monumental sculpture Unmanned Drone, at The Brick, on view until May 3, 2026.

Wednesday, April 29: 11am–6pm
Thursday, April 30: 11am–6pm
Friday, May 1: 11am–6pm
Saturday, May 2: 11am–6pm
Sunday, May 3: 11am–6pm

04/16/2026

The Brick is honored to be a medalist in the Museums & Institutions category of the 2026 Art Basel Awards.

The Art Basel Awards are the first global initiative to recognize the full breadth of the contemporary art ecosystem, spanning nine categories that honor both artistic excellence and the individuals and institutions the individuals and institutions that shape and sustain it. From artists to curators, patrons, media figures, and cultural platforms, the Awards reflect a field in which influence is increasingly distributed across disciplines and forms of practice.

See you in June!

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04/12/2026

Saturday, April 18, 2026
3:00 PM
The Brick
518 N. Western Avenue
Free

Art Historian Darby English and Hamza Walker discuss Kara Walker’s Unmanned Drone.

Darby English is the Carl Darling Buck Professor of Art History at the University of Chicago, where since 2003 he has taught modern and contemporary art and cultural studies. His books include How to See a Work of Art in Total Darkness (2007), 1971: A Year in the Life of Color (2016), To Describe a Life: Notes from the Intersection of Art and Race Terror (2019), and Charles Ray: Adam and Eve (2024). To Describe a Life won the 2020 Book Prize from the Association for the Study of Arts of the Present and the College Art Association’s 2020 Frank Jewett Mather Award. English was the Louis Kahn Resident in the History of Art at the American Academy in Rome in 2024.

04/07/2026

THIS THURSDAY: PANEL DISCUSSION
“Expanding the Historical Record: Archives of Black Life”

Thursday, April 9, 2026
6:30 PM
The Brick
518 N. Western Avenue
Free | First come, first served

The Lost Cause thrives in the absence of a complete and diverse historical record. Gaps, absences, and omissions due, in part, to an intentional lack of collection, deeming some material culture as less worthy of preserving, and relegating Black history to a single month of the year. This panel discussion with archivists, historians, and activists will focus on the ways in which they work within institutions to simultaneously fill in the archive and document the fullness of contemporary Black life for the future. With

Erica Veal is the Research Archivist and Interpretation Coordinator at the College of Charleston’s Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture.

Sterling Warren is a media artist, writer, and public historian from Washington DC. He is currently a Digital Content Producer for the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture.

Daron Lee Calhoun II is a historian on the history of African American Higher Education. He currently serves as the Facilities, Outreach and Public Programming Manager and Director of the Race and Social Justice Initiative at the College of Charleston’s Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture.

Moderated by: Dr. Tamara T. Butler is the Executive Director of the Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture and Associate Dean of Strategic Planning & Community Engagement for the College of Charleston Libraries.

03/11/2026

PANEL DISCUSSION:
Confederate California:
The Lost Cause in the Golden State. Thursday, March 12, 2026
6:30 PM
The Brick
518 N. Western Avenue
Free | First come, first served

Why is an exhibition about Confederate monuments on view in LA? In the same decades when Confederate monuments were being raised in the eastern United States, Los Angeles was marketing itself as the new Southland, full of Dixie-themed businesses and real estate developments. Join us for a conversation with authors Marne L. Campbell, Kevin Waite, and Laura Brodie, as we explore LA’s historic ties to the Old South, and the lasting impact of the Confederacy on Southern California’s heritage and race relations. Moderated by Bill Deverell

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