Ghada Amer (American, born 1963, Egypt), The Words I Love the Most, 2012, bronze with black patina, courtesy of the artist and Tina Kim Gallery, New York. © Ghada Amer/2022 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris. Photo: Christopher Burke Studios.

Akram Zaatari (Lebanese, born 1966), still from Tomorrow Everything Will Be Alright, 2010, single-channel video, duration 11:48, courtesy of the artist and kurimanzutto Gallery, Mexico City, Mexico. © Akram Zaatari. Photo: courtesy of the artist.

Rina Banerjee (Indian, born 1963), Take me, take me, take me … to the Palace of love, 2005, Reynolds Wrap, copper, steel, brass, semiprecious stones, Bakelite, Styrofoam, archival tape, feathers, wood, dimensions variable, courtesy of the artist. © Rina Banerjee. Photo by We Document Art.

Thomas Barger (American, born 1992), Love Me, Protect Me Chair, 2018, paper pulp, plywood, two wooden chairs, polyurethane, and paint, courtesy of the artist and Salon 94 Design. © Thomas Barger.

Patty Chang (American, born 1972), stills from Que Sera Sera/Invocations Two, 2013, two-channel video, duration 3:45, courtesy of the artist and BANK Gallery, Shanghai, China. © Patty Chang. Photo: courtesy of the artist.

Carrie Mae Weems (American, born 1953), detail from The Kitchen Table Series, 1990, twenty platinum prints and 14 letterpress texts, private collection. © Carrie Mae Weems/courtesy of the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York.

Alanna Fields (American, born 1990), detail from Our Love Was Deeply Purple, 2021, pigment prints mounted on museum board, encaustic on panel, courtesy of the artist. © Alanna Fields. Photo: courtesy of the artist.

James Drake (American, born 1946), Tongue-Cut Sparrows (Gabriella), 1996, charcoal on paper, Denver Art Museum, gift of Polly and Mark Addison. © 2022 James Drake / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Photo: courtesy of Denver Art Museum.

Ebony G. Patterson (Jamaican, born 1981), …they stood in a time of unknowing...for those who bear/bare witness, 2018, hand-cut jacquard woven photo tapestry with glitter, appliqués, pins, embellishments, fabric, tassels, brooches, acrylic, glass pearls, beads, and hand-cast heliconias, courtesy of the artist and Monique Meloche Gallery, Chicago. © Ebony G. Patterson. Photo: courtesy of the artist.

Felix Gonzalez-Torres (American, born 1957, Guáimaro, Cuba; died 1996, Miami, FL), Perfect Lovers, 1987-1990, wall clocks, Dallas Museum of Art, fractional gift of The Rachofsky Collection, Dallas. © Felix Gonzalez-Torres, courtesy of The Felix Gonzalez-Torres Foundation.

General Idea (AA Bronson, Michael Tims, Felix Partz, Ronald Gabe, Jorge Zontal), Great AIDS (Pyrrole Orange), 1990–2019, acrylic on linen, courtesy of the Estate of General Idea and Mitchell-Innes & Nash, New York. © General Idea / Photo: Adam Reich.

Jeffrey Gibson (American, Mississippi Choctaw-Cherokee, born 1972), The Love You Give Is the Love you Get, 2020, punching bag, glass beads, artificial sinew, and acrylic felt, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, promised gift of John Auerbach. © Jeffrey Gibson. Photo: Robert Wedemeyer.

Michelle Stuart (American, born 1933), In the Beginning: Time and Dark Matter, 2016-2020, archival pigment prints, metal and wood table, shells, beeswax and plates, courtesy of the artist and Galerie Lelong, New York. © Michelle Stuart.

RongRong&inri (Chinese, born 1968; Japanese, born 1973), detail from In Fujisan, Japan, 2001, gelatin silver print, from a set of sixteen, collection of Charles Jing. © RongRong&inri. Photo: courtesy of the artist.

Tomashi Jackson (American, born 1980), Is Anybody Gonna Be Saved? (1948 Middle of Voter Registration Line) (1965 Abernathy and King Watch the Signing of the Act), 2020, acrylic, Pentelic marble, Ohio Underground Railroad site soil, American electoral ephemera, and paper bags on canvas and fabric, courtesy of the artist and Tilton Gallery, New York. © Tomashi Jackson. Photo: courtesy of the artist and Tilton Gallery, New York. Commissioned by the Wexner Center for the Arts at The Ohio State University.

Rashid Johnson (American, born 1977), still from The Hikers, 2019, 16mm film transferred to digital video with sound, duration 7:14 minutes, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, anonymous gift, 2021.171. © Rashid Johnson. Photo courtesy of the artist and Hauser & Wirth.

Jana Vander-Lee (born 1945), Night Passage, 2020, 8/5 linen, wool, acrylic, cotton, viscose, silk, rayon, and mohair, courtesy of the artist and Inman Gallery, Houston, TX. © Jana Vander Lee. Photo: courtesy of the artist.

Kerry James Marshall (American, born 1955), Souvenir I, 1997, acrylic, collage and glitter on unstretched canvas, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, Bernice and Kenneth Newberger Fund, 1997.73. © Kerry James Marshall/Courtesy of the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York.

Rafael Lozano-Hemmer (Mexican, born 1967), Pulse Room, 2006, incandescent light bulbs, voltage controllers, heart rate sensors, computer and metal, dimensions variable, Museum of Modern Art, New York. © 2022 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/VEGAP, Madrid.

Susanna Coffey (American, born 1949), Self Portrait (For Roy Snow), 1993, oil on linen, The Art Institute of Chicago, gift of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York, from the Hassam, Speicher, Betts and Symons Funds, 1996. © Susanna Coffey. Digital image: The Art Institute of Chicago/Art Resource, New York.

Vivian Suter (Argentine, born 1949), installation view of Vivian Suter at Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, 2019 (pictured here). Twenty-four untitled and undated canvases, courtesy of the artist and Gladstone Gallery, New York and Brussels. © Vivian Suter.

Gerald Lovell (American, born 1992), Friendship Tower, 2021, oil on panel, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, gift of John Auerback, 2022.30. © Gerald Lovell. Photo by Mike Jensen/Courtesy of the High Museum of Art.