Nari Ward — Biography, Exhibitions, Galleries & Auction Results

Pigmented cast cotton and stenciled pulp paint

Aspen Art Museum Benefit Auction · Artsy

Tec, 2017

U.S. Currency Edges, Acrylic Paint, Indelible Ink, Overproof White Rum, and Used Cash Register Drawers on Wood Panel

Phillips · Artsy

Butterfly Flame, 2019

Colour pencil and wire on butterfly net

Art For Life Benefit Auction · Artsy

Courtship Replay, 2016

Krink marker, basketball trading cards, du-rag, peacock feathers, and basketball mounted on aluminum

Still Livin' Spectral Followers, 2025

Copper sheet, copper nails, and darkening patina

Correction Drawings, 2013

Found education evaluations, correction fluid

Dieu Donné Benefit Auction · Artsy

RE: Loan, 2018

Pigmented cast cotton pulp

Dearest One Invest in Dubai Properties, 2018

Pigmented cast cotton pulp

Bronx Museum of the Arts Benefit Auction · Artsy

Freedom Gallows, 2011

Vitreography on paper

Still Livin' Lasting, 2024

Copper sheet, copper nails, and darkening patina

Chrysalis, 2010

Mirror, rope, foam, and brown paper bag

GALLERIA CONTINUA · Artsy

Radiant Scan #811, 2013

Photo on wood, copper nails

Territorio · Artsy

Republic , 2025

Rosa aurora

Spring Note, 2025

Ink, paper, blackboard, and white dry erase board

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Casio Black , 2017

U.S. currency edges, acrylic paint, indelible ink, overproof white rum, and used cash register drawers on wood panel

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RJR, 2021

Shoelace

Dieu Donné · Artsy

RE: Loan, 2018

Price on request

Pigmented cast cotton pulp

Peace Walk; CONCLAVE, 2022

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Copper sheet, copper nails, and darkening patina

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Photographs: $375 medianWorks on paper: $1.6K medianEditioned prints: $64 medianPosters/ephemera: $1.0K medianUnclassified lots: $10.1K median

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Podcast Interviews3

podcasts Nari Ward on How to Make a True Portrait of New York City The Art Angle · May 12, 2022

The Jamaican-born, Harlem-based artist Nari Ward was barely out of his 20s when he exploded onto the New York art scene in 1993 with Amazing Grace , an extraordinary installation of 300 baby strollers he found abandoned …

podcasts A brush with... Nari Ward A brush with... · Apr 13, 2022

An in-depth interview with the artist on his greatest cultural influences, from The Staples Singers to Piero Manzoni

podcasts The Art World: In Other Words, Power, Purpose and Privilege with Artists Nari Ward and Derrick Adams The Art World: What If...?! · Apr 11, 2019

"As an artist I feel like it's my role to bring that moment of history—that moment of doubt, frustration, of fear—into the present," says Nari Ward in conversation with fellow artist Derrick Adams on this episode of In O…

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Sharjah Biennial — Sharjah

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

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Brooklyn College

MFA

Hunter College (CUNY)

BA · New York, NY, USA

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Nari Ward

Phaidon Press · 2019

Nari Ward

Prestel · 2015

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18 must-see exhibitions for a European art road trip this summer

This article highlights 18 must-see art exhibitions across Europe for summer 2026, featuring major solo shows by artists such as Cecilia Vicuña at the…

exhibitionsJun 8, 2026

Crystal Bridges opens 114,000-square-foot expansion this weekend

Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville, Arkansas, opens a 114,000-square-foot expansion to the public on June 6-7, designed by Safdie A…

exhibitionsJun 1, 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

Performance Artist Crackhead Barney Moves From the Streets to the Stage: ‘Art Should Be Going Insane’

Performance artist Crackhead Barney, known for her viral street interventions and ambush interviews at protests and public events, is transitioning he…

peopleApr 2, 2026

Marica Vilcek, Art Historian Whose Foundation Upheld the Work of Immigrants, Dies at 89

Marica Vilcek, art historian and co-founder of the Vilcek Foundation, has died at 89 in New York. She and her husband Jan, both immigrants from Czecho…

obituaryMar 26, 2026

Mother Exhibition Palazzo Reale Milan

Milan’s Palazzo Reale has launched "The Great Mother," a massive exhibition exploring the evolution of motherhood and female power throughout the 20th…

exhibitionsMar 19, 2026

art industry news january 23 2020

A high-profile fundraising campaign led by the Art Fund is underway to save Prospect Cottage, the former home of artist and filmmaker Derek Jarman. Su…

newsMar 13, 2026

How This Cannabis CEO Brings an Edge to Art Collecting

A cannabis industry CEO is applying the aggressive, data-driven tactics of his business to the art market, building a significant collection focused o…

marketMar 11, 2026

art nicole saikalis bay london milan beirut patron

Nicole Saikalis Bay, an architect and patron, divides her time between Milan, London, Beirut, and Paris, where she has built a triple-pronged artist s…

peopleMar 9, 2026

get up stand up artists jamaica los angeles auction

CORE and TBA21 Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary are launching "Get Up Stand Up: Artists for Jamaica and Los Angeles," a high-profile benefit auctio…

marketFeb 23, 2026

art basel qatar first fair sales

Art Basel has launched its inaugural edition in Doha, Qatar, debuting a specialized format that emphasizes solo artist presentations and a slower, mor…

exhibitionsFeb 23, 2026

art basel qatar 2026 sales report art market

Art Basel Qatar concluded its first edition with strong attendance and sales, signaling Doha's emergence as a significant art market hub. The fair att…

marketFeb 9, 2026

art basel qatar fair report doha

The first-ever Art Basel Qatar opened in Doha with 84 single-artist presentations from 87 galleries, spread across two venues: the Doha Design Distric…

exhibitionsFeb 4, 2026

Groundbreaker Private Tour of the Spirit House Contemporary Art Exhibition at UW's Henry Gallery [SOLD OUT]

On January 8, 2026, Asia Society Seattle will host a private tour of the exhibition "Spirit House" at the Henry Art Gallery at the University of Washi…

exhibitionsJan 8, 2026

amid ongoing layoffs brown university terminates both bell gallery curators rankling faculty

Brown University terminated both curators at the David Winton Bell Gallery—Kate Kraczon, director of exhibitions and chief curator, and Thea Quiray Ta…

newsJan 2, 2026

The Interview: Thelma Golden

Thelma Golden, director and chief curator of the Studio Museum in Harlem, is interviewed ahead of the museum's reopening in a new Adjaye Associates-de…

peopleNov 12, 2025

kochi muziris biennial artist list

The Kochi-Muziris Biennial, South Asia's largest contemporary art biennial, has announced the 66 artists from over 20 countries participating in its 2…

exhibitionsOct 10, 2025

A brush with… Wolfgang Tillmans—podcast

The article is a podcast transcript featuring an in-depth conversation with Wolfgang Tillmans, the influential German photographer born in 1968. It co…

cultureOct 1, 2025

Culture Type | The Month in Black Art: Here’s What Happened in August 2025

The Studio Museum in Harlem announced it will reopen on November 15, 2025, after being closed since 2018 for construction of its new building on 125th…

newsSep 4, 2025

Washington, D.C., Museums are Showcasing African American Art, Exhibitions Focus on Photography and the Black Arts Movement, Vivian Browne, Adam Pendleton & More

Museums across Washington, D.C., are currently presenting a robust slate of exhibitions focused on African American art, including major retrospective…

exhibitionsAug 31, 2025

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Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston

Collection Spotlight: Nari Ward

Nari Ward

25 Harbor Shore Dr, Boston, MA 02210, USA

Jan 1, 2026

Collection Spotlight: Nari Ward Apr 14 – Sep 13, 2026

#2,151 Cultured Magazine

Ground Break

Nari Ward

Via Gioacchino Rossini, 1, 20122 Milano MI, Italy

Mar 28, 2024 — Jun 26, 2024

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Nari Ward TILL, LIT

Nari Ward

501 W 24th St, New York, NY 10011, United States

Jun 2, 2017 — Aug 25, 2017

Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston

Nari Ward: Sun Splashed

Nari Ward

25 Harbor Shore Dr, Boston, MA 02210, USA

Jan 1, 2017

Nari Ward: Sun Splashed Apr 26 – Sep 4, 2017 Nari Ward: Sun Splashed is the largest survey of the artist’s work to date. Emerging alongside a notable group o...

Nari Ward: Sun SplashedThrough Feb. 21, 2016

Pérez Art Museum Miami

Nari Ward

1103 Biscayne Blvd, Miami, FL 33132, USA

Jan 1, 2016

Nari Ward: Sun SplashedThrough Feb. 21, 2016

Nari Ward Breathing Directions

#15 Lehmann Maupin

Nari Ward

501 W 24th St, New York, NY 10011, United States

Sep 9, 2015 — Nov 1, 2015

Pérez Art Museum Miami

Nari Ward: Sun Splashed

Nari Ward

1103 Biscayne Blvd, Miami, FL 33132, USA

Jan 1, 2015

Nov. 19, 2015 – Feb. 21, 2016 Nari Ward: Sun Splashed

JSG Boggs, Sarah Cain, Susan Collis, Moyra Davey, e-flux Time/Bank, Claire Fontaine, Tom Friedman, Meschac Gaba, Ryan Gander, Roger Hiorns, William E. Jones, Komar & Melamid, Gabriel Kuri, Shane Mecklenburger, Cildo Meireles, Ester Partegas, Paul Ramirez Jonas, Hugh Scott-Douglas, Mark Wagner, Nari Ward, Andy Warhol, Robert Wechsler

480 E Broad St, Columbus, OH 43215, USA

Oct 3, 2014 — Mar 1, 2015

JSG Boggs, Sarah Cain, Susan Collis, Moyra Davey, e-flux Time/Bank, Claire Fontaine, Tom Friedman, Meschac Gaba, Ryan Gander, Roger Hiorns, William E. Jones,...

#15 Lehmann Maupin

Liberty and Orders

Nari Ward

501 W 24th St, New York, NY 10011, United States

Mar 29, 2012 — Apr 21, 2012

HangarBicocca

Ground Break

Nari Ward

Jul 28, 2024

Nari Ward — 28.03 – 28.07.2024