Twenty artists, including professor Shiva Ahmadi, explore themes of equality, free speech, and other tenets of democracy in the group show “Rising Sun: Artists in an Uncertain America.” The African American Museum and the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, both from Philadelphia, have come together to present this exhibition of new works examining the provocative and timely question: “Is the sun rising or setting on the experiment of American democracy?”

Particpating artists are Shiva Ahmadi, John Akomfrah CBE, La Vaughn Belle, Tiffany Chung, Lenka Clayton, Petah Coyne, Martha Jackson Jarvis, Demetrius Oliver, Eamon Ore-Giron, Alison Saar, Dread Scott, Rose B. Simpson, Sheida Soleimani, Renée Stout, Mark Thomas Gibson, Dyani White Hawk, Hank Willis Thomas, Deborah Willis, Wilmer Wilson IV, and Saya Woolfalk.

“Rising Sun: Artists in an Uncertain America” is on view from March 23 to October 8, 2023.