What We Hold On To
In 2025, Black Cube is celebrating a decade of innovative artist-forward projects and programming. We're thrilled to present the second of three anniversary exhibitions: What We Hold On To, on view September 5—December 12, 2025. After opening weekend, What We Hold On To will be on view by appointment only, Thursdays through Saturdays from 11am—4pm.
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Join us for opening weekend! All events are free + open to the public.
Friday, September 5 @ BCHQ | RSVP required →
* Opening Reception, 6—9pm: Celebrate the start to What We Hold On To and the re-opening of BCHQ to the public! A number of exhibition artists will be in attendance.
Saturday, September 6 @ BCHQ | RSVP required →
* Public Viewing Hours, 11am—4pm: Drop by any time within this window to view What We Hold On To.
* Artist Talks, 11:30am—12:30pm: Hear more from several artists featured in the exhibition. Check back here or on social media for the latest details.
* Artist Workshop with Kija Lucas, 1—4pm: Participate in Lucas's ongoing series Objects to Remember You By: An Index of Sentiment. Bring an object of sentimental value to have it photographed by the artist and added to her running archive of meaningful items.
What We Hold On To
What We Hold On To is a group exhibition that explores the concept of storage—not just as a logistical process, but as an emotional, psychological, and cultural condition as well. Presented at Black Cube Headquarters (BCHQ) in a former industrial warehouse, this exhibition gathers local, national, and international artists whose works consider storage in an expanded sense: through trauma and memory, loss and tradition, hoarding and healing, preservation and release.
Referencing the building’s storage function as well as the behind-the-scenes infrastructure of collecting museums, artworks in What We Hold On To are presented on pallet racking, a common industrial storage system. This racking is sheathed in translucent, hand-sewn fabric panels intended to both display and conceal. As you meander through this ghostly exhibition hall, we invite you to mull over the following: What do we choose to maintain, preserve, or hide away? What is archived, inherited, or left behind?
Featured Artists:
Amber Cobb (Denver)
Martin Creed (London)
Kimberly Faber (Denver)
Cristóbal Gracia (Mexico City)
Viviane Le Courtois (Denver)
Phillip Andrew Lewis (Pittsburgh) and Heather Dewey-Hagborg (NYC)
Kija Lucas (San Francisco)
Anuar Maauad (Mexico City)
Marsha Mack (Portland)
Irene Delka McCray (Boulder)
Laleh Mehran (Columbus)
Jerónimo Reyes-Retana (Mexico City/Boulder)
Katherine Simóne Reynolds (Chicago)
SANGREE (Mexico City)
Derrick Velasquez (Denver)
Marek Wolfryd (Mexico City)