Tufts University Art Galleries presents a public conversation with curator Risa Puleo and participating artist Autumn Knight on the new exhibit, “Walls Turned Sideways: Artists Confront the Justice System,” on view in the Tisch and Koppelman Galleries in Adiekman Arts Center from January 23 through April 19. The exhibit offers a comprehensive look at how 40 contemporary artists over the past 40 years have created work related to the criminal justice system. Representing a range of contemporary art made in both the studio and the social realm, “Walls Turned Sideways” includes artworks focused on social justice issues and that position the prison and court systems as structures for dismantling through institutional critique.

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