'Free as they want to be’: Artists Committed to Memory
Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University
114 Central Avenue, Ithaca, NY 14853
September 6 – December 7 2025

Harriet Tubman (2020) is included in the group exhibition 'Free as they want to be': Artists Committed to Memory, that will be on view at The Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art at Cornell University starting September 6th 2025. The exhibition considers the historic and contemporary role photography and film have played in remembering legacies of slavery and its aftermath. The catalogue can be purchased here and includes 20 artists working in photography, video, silkscreen, projection, and mixed media installation.

The exhibition is curated by Deborah Willis, Ph.D., Professor and Chair of the Department of Photography & Imaging at NYU's Tisch School of Arts, and Cheryl Finley, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Art History at Cornell University.

Learn more about the exhibition here.