Image: Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago
Rashid Johnson’s 20-year retrospective, ‘A Poem for Deep Thinkers,’ opens to the public on November 7. The exhibition is scheduled to run from Saturday, November 7, 2026, through Sunday, April 25, 2027, in the Griffin Galleries of Contemporary Art.
The retrospective presents 70 artworks spanning key moments in Johnson’s career.
‘A Poem for Deep Thinkers’ is Johnson’s third solo exhibition at the MCA, following an early-career show in 2002 as part of the museum’s 12 x 12 series and his mid-career survey ‘A Message to Our Folks’ in 2012.
The exhibition is organized by Naomi Beckwith, Deputy Director and Jennifer and David Stockman Chief Curator at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, and Andrea Karnes, Chief Curator at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Texas, with additional support from Faith Hunter, Guggenheim Curatorial Assistant. The MCA presentation is curated by Jack Schneider, Assistant Curator, with Korina Hernandez, Curatorial Assistant.
