Canvas of Change · UN Headquarters, New York · Summer 2026
Stories of climate,
displacement,
& resilience.
An exhibition on art's role in confronting the intersectional crises of our time, organized by ICAAD and endorsed by UN Women.
Main Lobby GalleryUN HQ, New York
June 5 – July 10On view
Mon – Fri, 9 AM – 5 PMHours
FreeAdmission
Canvas of Change, Main Lobby Gallery, UN Headquarters, New York, 2026.
Opening
June 5
Artist Talk
June 11
4 PM
Artist Talk
June 12
4 PM
Artist Talk
June 19
12 PM
Closing
July 10
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About the exhibition
Canvas of Change examines the role of art in confronting urgent, intersecting human-rights issues: environmental degradation and the climate crisis, discrimination and belonging, colonialism, and migration. Through paintings, indigenous adornment, animation, and digital work created in ICAAD's Artivist-in-Residence program, the exhibition traces how these enduring crises shape marginalized communities, and how art can hold space for collective healing.
Justice for Rabi, Canvas of Change, UN Headquarters, New York, 2026.
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Four movements
| I · Origins | Colonialism & the Climate Crisis Namita Kulkarni |
| II · Memory | A Home in the Constant Flux Dilpreet Bhullar |
| III · Community | Justice for Rabi Katja Neef, Vaitoa Mallon & Banaba Community |
| IV · Belonging | American Sikh & re:covering Ryan Westra & Vishavjit Singh, Queen |
