See nature’s beauty and power through the eyes of today’s leading artists.
Organized by guest curator and renowned author Ekow Eshun, this exhibition explores today’s climate crisis from a new perspective and celebrates our shared connections to the natural world.
Among the artists featured are:
- Firelei Báez
- Alejandro Piñeiro Bello
- Frank Bowling
- Teresita Fernández
- Todd Gray
- Sky Hopinka
- Tyler Mitchell
- Jamal R. Moore
- Wangechi Mutu
- Otobong Nkanga
- Jaune Quick-to-See Smith
- Yinka Shonibare
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Alberta Whittle
The show takes its title from terra preta, Portuguese for “black earth,” which refers to a type of fertile soil created by ancient Indigenous civilizations in the Amazon basin thousands of years ago. Recently rediscovered by scientists, it remains more fertile than ordinary land.