Named by The New York Times and ESSENCE magazine as a must-see exhibition!

See nature’s beauty and power through the eyes of today’s leading artists.

Organized by guest curator and renowned author Ekow Eshun, this exhibition explores today’s climate crisis from a new perspective and celebrates our shared connections to the natural world.

Among the artists featured are:

• Firelei Báez

• Alejandro Piñeiro Bello

• Frank Bowling

• Teresita Fernández

• Todd Gray

• Sky Hopinka

• Tyler Mitchell

• Jamal R. Moore

• Wangechi Mutu

• Otobong Nkanga

• Jaune Quick-to-See Smith

• Stacy Lynn Waddell

• Alberta Whittle

The show takes its title from terra preta, Portuguese for “black earth,” which refers to a type of fertile soil created by ancient Indigenous civilizations in the Amazon basin thousands of years ago. Recently rediscovered by scientists, it remains more fertile than ordinary land.

A companion book, featuring 100 works of art, is available at the BMA Shop, where BMA Members always save 10%. 

Presented as part of the Turn Again to the Earth environmental initiative.