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Yearning for a new, more empathetic world? New York Times art critic Aruna D’Souza knows art can lead us there.

Watch as Aruna D’Souza examines works in our collection that hold the promise of a better future.

Chakaia Booker’s “Egress” transforms recycled tires, familiar symbols of urban waste, into extraordinary compositions of renewal.

Booker’s artistic practice serves as a graceful and hopeful metaphor for Black American experiences of struggle, strength, and survival.

View Chakaia Booker’s “Egress” in person at our East Building Mezzanine or through our online collection: nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.225420.html

Aruna D’Souza was the Edmond J. Safra Visiting Professor at the National Gallery’s Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts in 2022: nga.gov/research/casva.html

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