Tuesday, April 28, 2026 at 7:00 PM
Getty Center, Los Angeles
British artist Jeremy Deller and Los Angeles–based curator Hamza Walker (The Brick) come together for a conversation on monuments, memory, and the public imagination. Anchored in *MONUMENTS*, the current exhibition at The Brick and Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles—co-curated by Walker—which reassesses Confederate monuments amid a recent wave of removals, and in Deller’s career-survey book *Art is Magic*, the program reflects on how histories are constructed, contested, and performed through sites, symbols, and collective experience. From ancient gathering places to newly imagined landmarks, the discussion considers how artists intervene in the stories that define civic life—and the role of art in rethinking historical narratives. A dessert reception follows the conversation. The exhibition *Photography and the Black Arts Movement, 1955-1985* will be open until 6:45pm for in-person attendees. Parking is $10 after 6pm.