Promise, Witness, Remembrance, a group exhibition opening at the Speed Art Museum on 7 April, reflects on Taylor’s life, her killing and the protests that followed in 2020, both in Louisville and around the world.
Featuring over 30 artworks, it includes pieces by Rashid Johnson, Lorna Simpson, Kerry James Marshall, Hank Willis Thomas and others.
“There’s a lot that this exhibition can’t do,” said the curator, Allison Glenn. “It can’t change what happened, it can’t change the grand jury’s decision. The issue of police brutality and gun violence is not a local issue limited to just Breonna Taylor, it’s a national issue.”