Walid Raad

Walid Raad looks down at an angle from the camera. He has a bald head and wears glasses

Walid Raad

Visiting Artist 2026

Walid Raad works across installation, performance, video, and photography to explore how historical events of physical and psychological violence affect bodies, minds, cultures, and narrative. He is well-known for The Atlas Group, a 14-year project about the contemporary history of Lebanon. Raad’s work has been shown in numerous international exhibitions including Documenta 11 and 13, the 14th Istanbul Biennial, the first Vienna Biennale, the Whitney Biennial (2000 and 2002), and the 50th Venice Biennale. He has had one-person exhibitions at the Museum of Modern Art, New York; Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin; Museo Reina Sofia, Madrid; Whitechapel Art Gallery, London; and Carré d’Art, Nîmes. His work is in the collections of, among others, the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam; Walker Art Center, Minneapolis; Kunsthaus Zürich; and the Centre Pompidou, Paris.