Catherine Gund – MRQE

Paint Me a Road Out of Here

Fri, 05 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

In 1971, underestimated artist Faith Ringgold made a monumental painting for the women incarcerated at Rikers Island jail called For the Womens House. Fifty years later, artist Mary Baxter, who at the age of twenty-five gave birth in prison, finds herself banding together with an eccentric bunch of activists, politicians, artists, corrections officers, and Faith Ringgold to free the painting with the ultimate goal of freeing the women.

Born to Fly

Fri, 05 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Born to Fly pushes the boundaries between action and art, daring us to join choreographer Elizabeth Streb and her dancers in pursuit of human flight.

Making Grace

Fri, 05 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Filmmaker Catherine Gund follows a lesbian couple seeking to have a baby.

Meanwhile

Fri, 05 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

A groundbreaking, immersive, nonlinear cinematic journey where artists’ expressions blend with historical and real-life footage, unveils the profound impact of white supremacy on our human connections. Led by a dynamic team including Jacqueline Woodson, Catherine Gund, Erika Dilday, Meshell Ndegeocello, and M. Trevino, this collaborative masterpiece weaves together diverse visions, poignantly revealing how race, racism, and resistance shape our shared breath, not just in moments of crisis, but in the enduring, pervasive legacy of that risk.

Hallelujah! Ron Athey: A Story of Deliverance

Fri, 05 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Documentary exploring Ron Atheys life and career as a queer HIV-positive body modification and performance artist, including several of Atheys internationally staged works from the late 1990s.

Aggie

Sun, 24 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

An exploration of the nexus of art, race, and justice through the story of art collector and philanthropist Agnes Gund who sold Roy Lichtensteins painting Masterpiece in 2017 for $165 million to start the Art for Justice Fund to end mass incarceration.