Benny Andrews Migrants

Benny Andrews: Migrants presents work by Benny Andrews from The Migrant Series, the artist’s final body of work, created between 2004 and 2006. Working across painting, drawing, and collage, Andrews used his signature rough collage technique, incorporating textile fragments, thread, and repurposed painted canvas into compositions that foreground the human experience of migration. Michael Rosenfeld Gallery, 100 Eleventh Avenue @ 19th, New York, NY 10011. April 18, 2026 — Runs through August 7, 2026. The exhibition traces three historical migration routes connected to Andrews’s own Black, White, and Cherokee ancestry: the Great Migration, the Dust Bowl exodus, and the Trail of Tears. The gallery frames the series as a study of hardship, oppression, racism, strength, and hope, emphasizing Andrews’s humanist approach to history and his interest in using the past to speak to the present. Selected works on the exhibition page include oil on canvas with painted fabric collage, joined-canvas works with cord, and pen, ink, and graphite drawings, underscoring the series’ movement between intimate works on paper and large-scale narrative compositions.