Julie Mehretu’s layered abstractions, which are often marked by gestural strokes and pulsating colors, embody a perpetual state of becoming. Their shifting nature refuses to settle, unfolding with prolonged viewing—open, untethered, and teeming with potentialities. Beyond their dynamic visual choreography, Mehretu’s works confront pressing concerns of our time—migration, the climate crisis, far-right politics, and global conflicts—while acknowledging the resistance movements that challenge them. Her compositions, meanwhile, transcend temporal boundaries, interweaving elements from prehistory to the digital age, drawing inspiration from art, literature, music, and influential figures who have shaped these fields.