Kara Walker — Biography, Exhibitions, Galleries & Auction Results

Untitled (Lincoln)

$68,750

Feb 2025

What I Want History to Do to Me

$23,750

Feb 2025

Untitled

$5,000

Nov 2024

The Emancipation Approximation (Scene #15)

$11,250

Apr 2023

Lil Patch of Woods

$3,000

Apr 2023

The Emancipation Approximation (Scene #26)

$15,000

Oct 2022

For Sale 1

MLTPL · 1stDibs

Kara Walker, Theme for the Fons Americanus - Signed Print, Contemporary Art

$3,569

Archival digital pigment print on paper

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$4.9K – $529K

34 of 42 works on paper lots with prices

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$67.2K

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$21.3K

34 priced works on paper lots

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Mar 2026 · $93.6K

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Works on paper: $21.3K medianPaintings: $53.2K medianSculpture/objects: $47.6K medianEditioned prints: $11.3K medianBooks/portfolios: $3.5K medianPosters/ephemera: $94.9K medianUnclassified lots: $31.0K medianDecorative/non-core: $94.5K median

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Galleries3

#7 Galerie Max Hetzler

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Prizes & Awards2

American Academy of Arts and Letters Gold Medals

Winner 2022

MacArthur Fellowship

Winner Year unknown

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Education2

Atlanta College Art

Rhode Island School of Design (RISD)

Providence, RI, USA

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Publications13

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Monograph 1

MIT Press · 2022

Exhibition Catalog 6

Ecstasy of St. Kara Author

Yale University Press · 2017

SchattenRisse: Silhouetten und Cutouts

MoMA Publications · 2008

Kara Walker Author

MIT Press · 2007

Kara Walker Author

Rizzoli · 2007

Hatje Cantz · 2001

Kara Walker: my complement, my enemy, my oppressor, my love. Exhibition, Minneapolis, February 17 - May 13, 2007

Hatje Cantz

Group Catalog 2

Meaning Matter Memory: Selections from the Studio Museum in Harlem Collection

Phaidon Press · 2024

How to See a Work of Art in Total Darkness

MIT Press · 2010

Survey 4

Drawing in the Present Tense

Thames & Hudson · 2023

Contemporary Painting (World of Art)

Thames & Hudson · 2021

Painting Now

Thames & Hudson · 2015

Vitamin C+: Collage in Contemporary Art

Phaidon Press

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Current Exhibitions0

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Recent News20

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Artist Kara Walker stars in Loewe anniversary campaign.

Artist Kara Walker has appeared in Loewe's 180th anniversary campaign, photographed by Talia Chetrit. She joins a cast that includes actresses Sissy S…

cultureJun 4, 2026

Miami Beach’s Bass Museum of Art hires Philippe Vergne as artistic director and chief curator

The Bass Museum of Art in Miami Beach has appointed Philippe Vergne as its inaugural artistic director and chief curator. Vergne joins from the Serral…

peopleJun 4, 2026

Kara Walker Fronts Loewe’s 180th Anniversary Campaign Nodding to Its Art-Filled Past

Loewe has launched a campaign for its 180th anniversary, featuring a capsule collection, an anniversary magazine, and an animated film that highlight …

cultureJun 2, 2026

560 Guests, $3 Million, and a Seven-Foot-Tall Cake: Inside MOCA’s Biggest Party of the Year

On Monday night in Los Angeles, the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) hosted its annual gala at the Geffen Contemporary, raising over $3 million for e…

exhibitionsJun 2, 2026

MOCA announces 2026 gala - Beverly Press & Park Labrea News

The Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) has announced its 2026 annual gala, scheduled for May 30 at The Geffen Contemporary in Little Tokyo. The event w…

newsJun 2, 2026

'New Ways of Seeing' at Naples Art headlines exhibitions on display in June at SWFL museums

Southwest Florida museums, including the Sarasota Art Museum, are presenting a range of exhibitions in June, with three closing and 30 continuing. Hig…

exhibitionsJun 1, 2026

As Full-Time Art Critics All But Disappear, What Can We Learn From the Retiring Generation?

Christopher Knight retired as art critic at the Los Angeles Times at the end of 2025, marking the departure of the last of three major U.S. critics of…

cultureMay 31, 2026

Husband of Gallerist Brent Sikkema Found Guilty of Ordering His Killing

A federal jury in Manhattan found Daniel Sikkema guilty of hiring a hit man to murder his estranged husband, esteemed New York gallerist Brent Sikkema…

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

Grotesque: Art Beyond Restraint - Davison Art Collection

The Davison Art Collection at Wesleyan University presents "Grotesque: Art Beyond Restraint," an exhibition running from September 23 to December 12, …

exhibitionsMay 25, 2026

Husband of Prominent New York Gallerist Convicted in Murder-for-Hire Plot

Brent Sikkema, a prominent New York gallerist known for championing artists like Kara Walker, was found stabbed to death in his apartment in Brazil in…

newsMay 23, 2026

SFMOMA is hosting a free admission day this weekend, including a new Matisse exhibition

SFMOMA is hosting a free community day on Sunday, May 24, 2026, offering free admission to all visitors. The event includes access to the museum's per…

localMay 23, 2026

Husband Found Guilty of Scheming Murder of Art Dealer Brent Sikkema

A federal jury has found Daniel Sikkema guilty of orchestrating the murder-for-hire of his estranged husband, New York art dealer Brent Sikkema. Brent…

newsMay 22, 2026

Jury Convicts Daniel Sikkema in Killing of New York Dealer Brent Sikkema

Daniel Sikkema, the estranged husband of murdered New York art dealer Brent Sikkema, was found guilty in Manhattan federal court on charges related to…

newsMay 22, 2026

Serralves museum director steps down

Philippe Vergne, the French curator who has served as director of the Serralves Museum of Contemporary Art in Porto since 2019, will step down at the …

peopleMay 22, 2026

Citing Epstein Ties, Wexner Union Demands Leslie Wexner’s Name be Dropped from Art Center

Members of the Wexner Center for the Arts union, Wexner Workers United, have formally demanded that Ohio State University remove Leslie Wexner's name …

policyMay 21, 2026

Going Out: Top 20+ arts & nightlife events, May 21-29

The Bay Area Reporter has published a curated list of over 20 arts and nightlife events taking place from May 21 to May 29. The article serves as a lo…

localMay 20, 2026

Insider’s Look at Curating a Show Inspired by the Declaration of Independence’s 250th Anniversary [Interview]

The Fabric Workshop and Museum (FVM) in Philadelphia has opened "Some American Dreams," an exhibition marking the 250th anniversary of the U.S. Declar…

exhibitionsMay 19, 2026

Georgia State’s Welch School Presents Exhibition Celebrating Legacy of Artist Larry M. Walker

Georgia State University's Ernest G. Welch School of Art & Design will present "Where Being Takes Root: Works by Southern Artists From the Larry M. an…

exhibitionsMay 18, 2026

‘Learning Exchange: Artists Matter’ Comes to Los Angeles

On Saturday, 2 May 2026, Hauser & Wirth Downtown Los Angeles hosted 'Learning Exchange: Artists Matter,' a gathering focused on how artists can build …

exhibitionsMay 15, 2026

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Past Exhibitions13

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#13 Sprüth Magers

Kara Elizabeth Walker presents Dispatches from A— and the Museum of Half-remembered Histories

Kara Walker

Oranienburger Str. 18, 10178 Berlin, Germany

Nov 14, 2025 — Feb 12, 2026

Kara Walker: Harper's Pictorial History of the Civil War (Annotated)

Frick Art & Historical Center

Kara Walker

7227 Reynolds St, Pittsburgh, PA 15208, USA

Mar 1, 2025 — May 25, 2025

March 1, 2025 - May 25, 2025 Kara Walker: Harper's Pictorial History of the Civil War (Annotated) Comprised of 15 large scale prints, Harper's Pictorial Hist...

The High and Soft Laughter of the Nigger Wenches at Night, In the Colorless Light of Day

#102 Sikkema Malloy Jenkins

Kara Walker

530 W 22nd St, New York, NY 10011, United States

Oct 25, 2024 — Dec 21, 2024

#13 Sprüth Magers

22 E 80th St 2nd Floor, New York, NY 10075, United States

Sep 12, 2024 — Oct 26, 2024

KARA WALKER: UNCHARTED WATERS

#7,130 Artemizia

Kara Walker

818 Tombstone Canyon

Mar 10, 2024 — Mar 31, 2024

Glenstone Museum

Mar 9, 2023 — Sep 10, 2023

Kara Walker Mar 09, 2023 - Sep 10, 2023 Pavilions, Room 1 and Outdoors

Kara Walker: Harper's Pictorial History of the Civil War (Annotated)

New Britain Museum of American Art

Kara Walker

56 Lexington St, New Britain, CT 06052, USA

Jan 24, 2020 — Feb 23, 2020

Kara Walker: Harper's Pictorial History of the Civil War (Annotated) January 24, 2020 - February 23, 2020 Originally presented in January of 2020, Kara ...

Kara Walker: Virginia's Lynch Mob and Other Works

Montclair Art Museum

Kara Walker

3 S Mountain Ave, Montclair, NJ 07042, USA

Sep 15, 2018 — Jan 6, 2019

ImageSeptember 15, 2018 - January 6, 2019Kara Walker: Virginia's Lynch Mob and Other WorksKara Walker is a leading contemporary artist best known for her inn...

Kara Walker: Harper's Pictorial History of the Civil War (Annotated)

Smithsonian Institution

Kara Walker

Jan 1, 2017

Kara Walker: Harper's Pictorial History of the Civil War (Annotated) The Smithsonian American Art Museum presents the complete set of Kara Walker's print ser...

Kara Walker: Harper's Pictorial History of the Civil War (Annotated)

Smithsonian Institution

Kara Walker

Jan 1, 2017

Kara Walker: Harper's Pictorial History of the Civil War (Annotated) The Smithsonian American Art Museum presents the complete set of Kara Walker's print ser...