Rising

The pandemic delayed the Met’s annual roof-garden commission by a year, but if any artist is worth the wait it’s Lauren Halsey, a rising star whose dynamic sculptural installations are rooted in the Black culture of South Central L.A., where she and her family have lived for generations. The artist not only takes inspiration from her neighborhood; she also gives back—in 2020, Halsey founded the Summaeverythang Community Center, providing organic produce to locals. Expect ancestors inhabiting the museum’s Egyptian-art galleries and its Afrofuturist period room to serve as muses.
–The New Yorker