Museum will reopen with regular hours on November 5, 2022

Brown Foundation and Zilkha Galleries
Closed for installation October 4–November 4, 2021

For the first time in recent years, the entire Museum will be installed with one exhibition, The Dirty South: Contemporary Art, Material Culture, and the Sonic Impulse, which will encompass both floors of the Museum’s exhibition space. As a result of this extensive installation, CAMH will remain closed to the public from Monday, October 4 through Thursday, November 4, 2021.

A public opening reception of The Dirty South will take place the evening of Thursday, November 4, 2021. CAMH will reopen with regular hours of operation on Friday, November 5, 2021.

Coming Soon

Brown Foundation & Nina and Michael Zilkha Galleries
On View:

November 5, 2021–February 6, 2022

The Dirty South makes visible the roots of Southern hip-hop culture and reveals how the aesthetic traditions of the African American South have shaped visual art and musical expression over the last 100 years. While the expression “Dirty South” is codified within the culture of Southern hip-hop music, it encompasses a much broader understanding of the geography, history, and culture of the Black South. The Dirty South explores the traditions, aesthetic impulses, and exchanges between the visual and sonic arts over the last century. Featuring a multigenerational group of artists working across a wide range of media—including sculpture, painting, film, photography, and sound—The Dirty South presents more than 130 works and will span the entire Museum.