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'Hold to This Earth' Surveys Indigenous Contemporary Art

'Hold to This Earth' brings together sculpture, photography, beadwork, weaving, ceramics, and mixed media by American Indigenous contemporary artists.

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By Art Vault

June 24, 2026 · 2 min read

Cara Romero artwork Julia from Hold to This Earth

Images courtesy Tia Collection and Yorkshire Sculpture Park via Colossal; individual artworks © their artists.

Hold to This Earth at Yorkshire Sculpture Park surveys American Indigenous contemporary art through nearly 70 works by 38 artists representing 35 Tribal Nations.

Cara Romero artwork Julia from Hold to This Earth
Cara Romero, "Julia" (2018). Image courtesy Cara Romero Gallery, Tia Collection, and Yorkshire Sculpture Park.

Drawn from the Tia Collection, the exhibition brings together sculpture, photography, weaving, beadwork, ceramics, and mixed media. The works honor ancestral knowledge while asserting a contemporary presence across material, landscape, memory, and representation.

Work from Hold to This Earth exhibition 1
Jeffrey Gibson, "TO MY NATION" (2017). Image courtesy the artist and Roberts Projects.
Work from Hold to This Earth exhibition 2
Cannupa Hanska Luger, "Sweet Land: Coyote 2" (2020). Photo by James Hart Photography.

Material, Memory, Presence

The show includes artists such as Jeffrey Gibson, Jaune Quick-to-See Smith, Raven Halfmoon, Cannupa Hanska Luger, Nicholas Galanin, Dyani White Hawk, Marie Watt, and more. It opens in Wakefield on June 13, 2026, and continues through April 18, 2027.

Work from Hold to This Earth exhibition 1
Zoë Urness, "No More Stolen Sisters" (2019). Image courtesy the artist.
Work from Hold to This Earth exhibition 2
Raven Halfmoon, "The Guardians" (2024). Photo courtesy Salon 94.
Work from Hold to This Earth exhibition 3
Teresa Baker, "Infinite" (2023). Courtesy the artist and de boer, Los Angeles.

Images courtesy Tia Collection and Yorkshire Sculpture Park via Colossal; individual artworks © their artists. Source: Colossal. Follow the Tia Collection on Instagram.

Work from Hold to This Earth exhibition 1
Nicholas Galanin, "Ancestral Map of Return" (2023). Image courtesy the artist and Peter Blum Gallery.
Work from Hold to This Earth exhibition 2
Rose B. Simpson, "Tonantzin" (2021). Image courtesy Chiaroscuro Contemporary Art.
Work from Hold to This Earth exhibition 3
Marie Watt, "Skywalker/Skyscraper (Twins) Flint & Sapling" (2020). Image courtesy Marie Watt Studio and MARC STRAUS.
Work from Hold to This Earth exhibition 4
Sheldon Harvey, Untitled. Photo by James Hart Photography.