Hank Willis Thomas — Biography, Exhibitions, Galleries & Auction Results

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Selected Works209

Museum Acquisitions

Whitney

MoMA

Met

NGA Washington

Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

Art Institute of Chicago

Cleveland Museum of Art

Previous Sales 68

Christie's

American Gothic, 2014

$59,690

Jan 2026

Sotheby's

Basketball and Chain

$44,450

May 2023

Bonhams

Hank Willis Thomas (born 1976); Branded Head;

$1,800

Phillips

Seeker

$38,100

Phillips

126 Hundred Dollar Bills (Gold)

$21,590

Phillips

I Am A White Agitator

$16,510

Phillips

All Lies Matter

$1,651

Los Angeles Modern Auctions

Wright

Sotheby's

Football and Chain, 2011

Christie's

Phillips

Fair Warning: You've come a long way, baby, 2013

$8,385

Oct 2025

Sotheby's

Futbol and Chain, 2017

Bought In

Oct 2025

Sotheby's

The Company Captures and Enslaves, 2018

Bought In

Sep 2025

Phillips

Public Enemy (II), 2018

Christie's

Christie's

Peace and Freedom, 2014

Bought In

Jul 2025

Christie's

All Lies Matter, 2019

$2,520

Jul 2025

Sotheby's

They are Us, Us is Them, 2017

$7,620

Feb 2025

Christie's

All Lies Matter, 2019

Christie's

Sotheby's

All Lies Matter, 2019

Phillips

Sotheby's

Baron of the Crossroads, 2012

$9,600

Jun 2024

Sotheby's

All Lies Matter, 2019

$7,620

Apr 2024

For Sale 4

60 Cent Gallery · Artsy

Remember Me, 2014, 2022

For sale

Fine bone china

Unit · Artsy

Mine is Yours, Yours and Mine (WHITE), 2019

Price on request

Lenticular

New Union Gallery · 1stDibs

Hank Willis Thomas Love Over Rules Silk Screen Print Edition Of 100 Embossed

$6,900

New Union Gallery · 1stDibs

Hank Willis Thomas Who Taught You to Love? Signed and Numbered Print

$5,900

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Market129 auction results

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$1.8K – $59.7K

11 of 13 photographs lots with prices

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$22.5K

Object-type specific

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$20.3K

11 priced photographs lots

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Jan 2026 · $59.7K

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Photographs: $20.3K medianPaintings: $11.4K medianWorks on paper: $63.0K medianSculpture/objects: — medianEditioned prints: $2.0K medianUnclassified lots: $50.4K medianEditioned photos: $44.5K median

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Galleries3

#4 Pace

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#41 Goodman Gallery

#50 Jack Shainman Gallery

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Podcast Interviews2

podcasts A brush with… Hank Willis Thomas — podcast A brush with... · Dec 4, 2024

An in-depth interview with the conceptual artist, Roy DeCarava’s photographs, James Baldwin’s writing, and the way he infuses painting into his own work

podcasts Episode 162 – A Conversation with Hank Willis Thomas Cerebral Women · Aug 9, 2023

Headshot~ Hank Willis Thomas, Wide Awakes, 2020 Photo Credit: Jeff Vespa Ep.162 features Hank Willis Thomas (b. 1976 Plainfield, NJ). He lives and works in Brooklyn, NY as a conceptual artist working primarily with theme…

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Biennial Selections2

Sharjah Biennial — Sharjah

2023 · Thinking Historically in the Present · curated by Hoor Al Qasimi

Istanbul Biennial — Istanbul

2011 · Untitled · curated by Adriano Pedrosa and Jens Hoffmann

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Education4

California Institute of the Arts (CalArts)

MFA · Valencia, CA, USA

Chelsea College of Arts (UAL)

London, UK

Columbia University School of the Arts

New York, NY, USA

Tisch School Arts

BFA

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Publications5

Monograph 1

For Freedoms: Where Do We Go From Here? Author

Phaidon Press · 2024

Exhibition Catalog 1

Hank Willis Thomas Author

Aperture · 2018

Survey 3

Where Art Meets Nature: The Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden

Phaidon Press · 2024

The Legacy Sites: A History of Racial Injustice

Phaidon Press

Vitamin Txt: Words in Contemporary Art

Phaidon Press

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Current Exhibitions1

#864 HESSE FLATOW

Looking For America

Hank Willis Thomas

77 Franklin Street

Apr 10, 2026 — Jul 9, 2026

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23 giant artist-designed soccer balls make up a World Cup installation across all boroughs and New Jersey

A public art project called Art of the Game is installing 23 giant artist-designed soccer balls across all five New York City boroughs and New Jersey,…

exhibitionsJun 13, 2026

World Cup Fever: Soccer Balls Designed by Futura 2000, Katherine Bernhardt, Hank Willis Thomas, and 20 Other Contemporary Artists Have Been Installed Around New York and New Jersey

A public art project called Art of the Game has installed 23 large-scale soccer ball sculptures designed by contemporary artists—including Futura 2000…

exhibitionsJun 12, 2026

Mickalene Thomas, Known for Her Glittering Depictions of Black Women, Joins Jack Shainman Gallery

Mickalene Thomas, the artist celebrated for her glittering, rhinestone-adorned portraits of Black women, has joined New York’s Jack Shainman Gallery. …

peopleJun 12, 2026

Katherine Bernhardt, Hank Willis Thomas among artists creating soccer-ball sculptures in New York for FIFA World Cup 2026.

Twenty-three artists, including Katherine Bernhardt, Hank Willis Thomas, and Tomokazu Matsuyama, will create soccer-ball sculptures for a public art p…

exhibitionsJun 11, 2026

Crystal Bridges Museum Tacks on a Big Expansion, Just 15 Years After Opening, and Packs it With American Art

Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville, Arkansas, has opened a major expansion just 15 years after its original 200,000-square-foot fac…

exhibitionsJun 8, 2026

Museums across North America hope to score with World Cup programmes

Museums across North America are launching sports-themed programming ahead of the 2026 FIFA World Cup, aiming to bridge political and cultural divides…

exhibitionsJun 5, 2026

Betye Saar, Chris Rock, and Tinashe Lit Up MoMA’s 2026 Party in the Garden

On Tuesday night, the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) held its annual Party in the Garden benefit, honoring artists Betye Saar and Martin Puryear alongsid…

exhibitionsJun 3, 2026

Ogunquit Museum exhibit speaks truth to power at a critical moment in American history | Column - Portland Press Herald

The Ogunquit Museum of American Art is presenting "Looking for America," an exhibition featuring the work of Black conceptual artist Hank Willis Thoma…

exhibitionsJun 3, 2026

The New Crystal Bridges Tells a More Honest Story About American Art

Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville, Arkansas, is opening a 114,000-square-foot expansion designed by Moshe Safdie on June 6, increa…

exhibitionsJun 2, 2026

The Richest Woman in the World Has Done It Again With Her Art Museum—in the Middle of Arkansas

Alice Walton, the Walmart heir and art collector, opened a massive expansion of her Crystal Bridges Museum in Bentonville, Arkansas, on June 2, 2026. …

exhibitionsJun 2, 2026

The Black Arts Council Benefit 2026 | MoMA

The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) has announced the 2026 Black Arts Council Benefit, titled "A Night Out with Friends," scheduled for April 9, 2026. The…

newsJun 2, 2026

Artists Rashid Johnson and Sheree Hovsepian to Launch New Residency Program in Menorca

Artists Rashid Johnson and Sheree Hovsepian are launching a new residency program called The Residency at Casa Gràcia on the island of Menorca, set to…

newsMay 27, 2026

Gala Season! Shaggy and Jewel Hit the Whitney, Henry Taylor and Pharrell Toast Gordon Parks, and More Juicy Art-World Gossip

Artnet News' gossip column "Wet Paint" reports on the Whitney Museum's 2026 annual gala, a major fundraising event. The author describes the scene: do…

newsMay 26, 2026

Detroit’s MOCAD Reopens with a New Vision and a New Kind of Leadership

The Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit (MOCAD) has reopened after an eight-month renovation, marking its 20th anniversary with a new vision centered o…

exhibitionsMay 26, 2026

Maine Institutions Dissect the American Semiquincentennial

Boston Art Review (BAR) has published an article examining how Maine-based cultural institutions are approaching the American Semiquincentennial, the …

newsMay 21, 2026

Our Highlights From Frieze New York 2026

Frieze New York 2026 took place from May 13 to 17 at The Shed in Manhattan, featuring nearly 70 galleries. Highlights included Cindy Sherman’s new pho…

exhibitionsMay 18, 2026

How Swizz Beatz and Alicia Keys Built a Best-in-Class Art Collection With a “Collect What You Feel” Philosophy

Swizz Beatz and Alicia Keys, the musician power couple, have built a major art collection known as the Dean Collection, now touring as the exhibition …

cultureMay 11, 2026

City Life Org - New York Art World Celebrates Angela Davis, Amy Sherald, Clara Wu Tsai, Crystal McCrary, Raymond McGuire at Awards Dinner in NYC

The Gordon Parks Foundation held its annual Awards Dinner and Auction at Cipriani 42nd Street in New York City, raising nearly $2 million to support i…

newsMay 9, 2026

'Something Borrowed, Something New' at Sarasota Art Museum features 85 works from 10 private collections

Ten art collectors from Tampa, St. Petersburg, and Sarasota have loaned 85 works from their private collections to the Sarasota Art Museum for the exh…

exhibitionsMay 7, 2026

Charlottesville's Confederate statues are centerstage in West Coast art exhibition rooted in tragedy and trauma

The remains of Charlottesville's melted Confederate statue of General Robert E. Lee are now on display at the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) in Los…

exhibitionsMay 1, 2026

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Past Time

Hank Willis Thomas

2100 Laurel Canyon Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90046, USA

May 12, 2026 — Jun 6, 2026

Hank Willis Thomas #222Established

Selected Works209

Museum Acquisitions

Previous Sales 68

For Sale 4

Market129 auction results

Galleries3

Podcast Interviews2

Biennial Selections2

Education4

Publications5

Monograph 1

Exhibition Catalog 1

Survey 3

Current Exhibitions1

Recent News20

Past Exhibitions18

Art Fair Appearances14

Recent Activity20

Related News5

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