broke barriers throughout his life and spent his entire awe-inspiring 70-year art career in Chicago. Appointed by President Lyndon Johnson in 1968, Hunt was the first African-American visual artist to serve on the National Council on the Arts. In 1971, he was the first African American to have a solo exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (MoMA) in New York City. Day after day, year after year, decade after decade, he shaped and molded various metals into small and large sculptures in ways that reflected and impacted the world.
Artist Chris Devins and Historian Michelle Duster have brought a monumental new mural honoring Chicago-born sculptor Richard Hunt to Hyde Park. The work celebrates his extraordinary legacy and lasting contribution to Chicago and the world.
