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Division of Labor

July 25 – November 7, 2026
Work in the United States

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  • A black and white photograph of a person walking past a storefront. The sign on the door says "The Fly Shop" and there are multiple objects seen in the window of the store.

    Kwame Brathwaite, Untitled (The Fly Shop), 1967, printed 2019, archival pigment print. Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through the Contemporary Art Fund and the Sondra and Charles Gilman Jr., Foundation Fund; 2023.1.4. © Kwame Brathwaite

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Division of Labor: Work in the United States uses objects from the museum's permanent collection to explore US labor across its overlapping transitions from primarily agriculture to industry to office work between the 19th and the 21st centuries. The artworks also highlight alternative forms of labor, such as domestic work and the arts, alongside larger social and political forces.

This exhibition is organized by the Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth, and generously supported by the Marie-Louise and Samuel R. Rosenthal Fund.

Exhibition Curator

Alisa Swindell | Amelia Kahl

Exhibition subject: United States & Canada