Moving Walls

A building with a mural on it
Another Way Home

In Across la Tierra, Layqa Nuna Yawar works collaboratively with community members to create public murals informed and inspired by migrants and people of color, and their visions for a brighter, more just future.

© Kristen Rae Miranda

Highlights from Past Exhibits

Women at a protest, wearing shirts that say, "Justice for Erwiana."
Moving Walls 24
Xyza Cruz Bacani
Two men sitting next to man looking at cell phone
Moving Walls 23
Liam Maloney
Colored bars created by composite grid of thousands of photographs.
Moving Walls 22
Hasan Elahi
A pair of worn of children shoes
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Shannon Jensen

Moving Walls is an annual exhibition series that explores a variety of social justice and human rights issues through documentary practice, and is produced by Open Society’s Culture and Art program. Moving Walls is exhibited at our offices in New York, London, and Washington, D.C., and includes five to nine discrete bodies of work.

Since 1998, Moving Walls has featured over 200 photographers and artists whose works address a variety of social justice and human rights issues.

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Please check back for details on the next call for proposals for Moving Walls.

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Due to precautionary measures related to the coronavirus, Moving Walls 25: Another Way Home will be closed until further notice.