LaToya Ruby Frazier – Visual artist, photographer, advocate

LaToya Ruby Frazier: Monuments of Solidarity

In 2024, The Museum of Modern Art presented LaToya Ruby Frazier: Monuments of Solidarity, a landmark survey showcasing the full breadth of the artist’s practice. One year later, curators Roxana Marcoci and Caitlin Ryan, Jessica Bell Brown, and civil rights lawyer Sherrilyn Ifill, reflect on the exhibition’s creation, its impact, and the enduring resonance of Frazier’s work in reviving and preserving overlooked histories of labor, gender, and race in the post-industrial era.

Photo of LaToya Ruby Frazier by Sean Eaton. Courtesy of Carnegie Museum of Art.

LaToya named in TIME’s list of 100 Most Influential People of 2024

Two-time Pulitzer Prize–winning playwright Lynn Nottage reflects on LaToya’s work that captures “the reality of people negotiating the complexities of life on the brink” as part of TIME’s 100 Most Influential People of 2024.

“With honesty and empathy, her photographs—soon to be displayed in a solo show at New York City’s MoMA—force us to confront how disenfranchisement, corporate greed, and government neglect have impacted the lives of people from the auto factories in the Rust Belt to the toxic waterways of Flint, Mich.”

What the Art World Can Learn From Women’s Basketball

"I met LaToya through the Gordon Parks Foundation in 2023, the year that I was honored at their gala. In my remarks, I talked about how I was motivated to follow Parks’s example in using art and storytelling to bring visibility to the WNBA. That resonated with LaToya because she is a former basketball player and has always wanted to tell their stories. When we met, we quickly discovered our shared passion for basketball and uplifting women athletes." —Clara Wu Tsai, New York Liberty Owner

Read more • Full article by Sophia Cohen on Cultured Magazine

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