Co-organised and co-presented by MOCA and The Brick, this major group exhibition (23 October 2025–3 May 2026) considers the ways public monuments have shaped national identity, historical memory and current events, including Douglas' multi-channel video installation Birth of a Nation, 2025, which was commissioned by the Hartwig Art Foundation with the Brick, Los Angeles.
MONUMENTS reflects on the histories and legacies of post-Civil War America as they continue to resonate today, bringing together a selection of decommissioned monuments, many of which are Confederate, with contemporary artworks borrowed and newly created for the occasion. Removed from their original outdoor public context, the monuments in the exhibition will be shown in their varying states of transformation, from unmarred to heavily vandalised.
On view across two locations, the exhibition is co-curated by Hamza Walker, Director of The Brick; Bennett Simpson, Senior Curator at MOCA; and Kara Walker, artist, with Hannah Burstein, Curatorial Associate at The Brick, and Paula Kroll, Curatorial Assistant at MOCA.
Stan Douglas: Birth of a Nation and The Enemy of All Mankind is on view at Victoria Miro until 1 November 2025.
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Image: installation view, Stan Douglas: Birth of a Nation and The Enemy of All Mankind, Victoria Miro, Gallery I, 16 Wharf Road, London N1 7RW, 26 September–1 November 2025 © Stan Douglas. Courtesy the artist, Victoria Miro, and David Zwirner
