LABOUR

Tony Cokes, Black Celebration: A Rebellion Against the Commodity, 1988. Single-channel video, black and white, sound, 17 min. 17 sec. Gift of Marshall Field's by exchange (2020.3). Courtesy of the artist, the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago and Greene Naftali, New York.

Public programs

Ingrid Jones in conversation with Gabrielle Moser

Tuesday, March 10, 2026, 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM
Free, at the Milieux Institute, EV 11.455

In this lecture, Jones reflects on the conceptualization of the exhibition Labour and the challenge of rendering visible that which is routinely unseen. Drawing on both professional and lived experience, she considers the necessity of naming our labour; the cumulative toll of microaggressions and their embodied consequences; the persistent misreadings of Black rage; and the increasingly politicized terrain of rest as practice. In doing so, Jones situates her curatorial approach alongside that of Tina Campt, advancing discomfort not as a byproduct but as a deliberate and necessary condition of her praxis.

Opening reception & book launch

Tuesday, March 10, 2026, 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM
Free, at the Gallery

Join curator Ingrid Jones at the Gallery to celebrate the opening of the exhibition as well as the launch of the publication titled Labour.

This series of public programs accompanies the exhibition Labour, presented at the Gallery from February 26 to April 25, 2026.