Hamza Walker Lecture
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Join us for a lecture by curator and Bill & Stephanie Sick Distinguished Visiting Professor Hamza Walker followed by an audience Q&A.
Location: The Art Institute of Chicago, Fullerton Hall, 111 S. Michigan Ave.
This event is free, non-ticketed and open to the general public.
This event will be live captioned by Communication Access Realtime Translation (CART) services. For additional access requests, visit saic.edu/access
Hamza Walker is director of The Brick (formerly LAXART), a nonprofit alternative art space in Los Angeles. For over three decades, he has pursued a boundless curiosity about art through the curation of dozens of exhibitions, ranging from solo and thematic exhibitions to the production of new work and career surveys. His recent exhibitions include MONUMENTS, co-curated with Bennett Simpson and Kara Walker, and co-organized with the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, 2025/2026; Gregg Bordowitz: This Is Not A Love Song, 2025; and Betsy Paige Smith: Unshade Me Of You, 2025.
Established in 2006 by a generous gift from Bill and Stephanie Sick, this distinguished visiting professorship enables internationally renowned artists and designers to visit and teach at SAIC.
Learn more: saic.edu/vap
Image: MONUMENTS, 2025-2026 installation view LA MOCA Geffen, still from Julie Dash/Davone Tines video Homegoing, photo credit: Fredrik Nilsen
Location: The Art Institute of Chicago, Fullerton Hall, 111 S. Michigan Ave.
This event is free, non-ticketed and open to the general public.
This event will be live captioned by Communication Access Realtime Translation (CART) services. For additional access requests, visit saic.edu/access
Hamza Walker is director of The Brick (formerly LAXART), a nonprofit alternative art space in Los Angeles. For over three decades, he has pursued a boundless curiosity about art through the curation of dozens of exhibitions, ranging from solo and thematic exhibitions to the production of new work and career surveys. His recent exhibitions include MONUMENTS, co-curated with Bennett Simpson and Kara Walker, and co-organized with the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, 2025/2026; Gregg Bordowitz: This Is Not A Love Song, 2025; and Betsy Paige Smith: Unshade Me Of You, 2025.
Established in 2006 by a generous gift from Bill and Stephanie Sick, this distinguished visiting professorship enables internationally renowned artists and designers to visit and teach at SAIC.
Learn more: saic.edu/vap
Image: MONUMENTS, 2025-2026 installation view LA MOCA Geffen, still from Julie Dash/Davone Tines video Homegoing, photo credit: Fredrik Nilsen
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