Episode No. 736 of The Modern Art Notes Podcast features artist Dyani White Hawk.
The Walker Art Center in Minneapolis is presenting “Dyani White Hawk: Love Language,” a 15-year survey of White Hawk’s career. The exhibition spotlights how White Hawk (Sičáŋǧu Lakota) has foregrounded Lakota forms and motifs to challenge prevailing histories and practices around abstract art. The exhibition was curated by Siri Engberg and Tarah Hogue with Brandon Eng. The Walker has published an excellent catalogue; Amazon and Bookshop offer it for around $50. After closing at the Walker on February 15, “Long Language” will travel to the Remai Modern in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.
White Hawk’s work is in the collection of institutions such as the Walker, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York; the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington; the Museum of Modern Art, New York; and the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York.
White Hawk was previously a guest on Episode No. 610 of The MAN Podcast.
Instagram: Dyani White Hawk, Tyler Green.
Air date: December 11, 2025.

Dyani White Hawk, Installation view of Wopila | Lineage, 2022, Walker Art Center.

Dyani White Hawk, Visiting, 2024.

Dyani White Hawk, Visiting (detail), 2024.

Dyani White Hawk, Untitled, 2024.

Dyani White Hawk, Continuity, 2010.

Dyani White Hawk, These Roots Run Deep, 2010.

Dyani White Hawk, Carry, 2019.

Dyani White Hawk, Carry II, 2019.

Dyani White Hawk, Carry II (detail), 2019.

Dyani White Hawk, grassesgrassesgrasses, 2023.

Dyani White Hawk, Walk With Me, 2024.

Dyani White Hawk, Dance With Me, 2025.

Dyani White Hawk, Been Seeing You for a While Now, 2011.

Dyani White Hawk, Wókaǧe | Create from the Takes Care of Them suite, 2019.

Installation view of an installation of Dyani White Hawk prints, Walker Art Center.
