What does it mean to build, or dismantle, a monument in the 21st century? As our urban landscape undergoes a radical transformation, the question of who we honor and how we represent collective memory has moved to the forefront of the global cultural conversation. Featuring the curators of the important MONUMENTS exhibition (which debuted Oct. 23 to May 3, 2026 at the Geffen Contemporary, MOCA, LA) this panel will shift the focus specifically to the landscape of Richmond Virginia, interrogating the past, present, and future of public commemoration. This deep-dive discussion moves beyond the headlines to explore the aesthetic, political, and logistical complexities of the monuments that define our cities.

About the Panelists:
Hamza Walker is a curator, writer, and Director of The Brick. Walker has curated dozens of exhibitions ranging from solo to thematic exhibitions; from the production of new work to career surveys. Prior to his role at The Brick, Walker served as Associate Curator/Director of Education at the Renaissance Society, a non-collecting museum of contemporary art on the University of Chicago campus. Recent exhibitions and installations at The Brick include Kara Walker: Unmanned Drone, which is part of MONUMENTS (2025), Elizabeth Paige Smith: Unshade Me Of You (2025); Gregg Bordowitz: This Is Not A Love Song (2025)

Hannah Burstein is a curator, researcher and public programmer who was born, raised, and is based in Los Angeles. She is the curatorial associate at The Brick, a non-profit contemporary exhibition space where she has worked since 2019, contributing to exhibitions including MONUMENTS (2025), Nancy Buchanan: A Retrospective (2025), and Life on Earth: Art & Ecofeminism (2024). While working in the Public Programs Department at the Walters Art Museum in Baltimore, Maryland (2014-2018), she co-curated the performance series ART/SOUND/NOW and the annual Baltimore Taxidermy Open. Her interests include contemporary interventions with historic objects, constructions of race in public space, alternatives to traditional museum interpretation, and horror.

Devon Henry is an entrepreneur, civic leader, and visionary who has spent
more than two decades building and leading high-performing organizations across the
construction and logistics sectors. As CEO and President of Team Henry Enterprises — a nationally acclaimed contracting firm headquartered in Richmond — Devon has grown his company into a nationally recognized firm with operations spanning more than 30 states. His leadership through some of the most consequential and complex projects in recent American history has earned him widespread recognition, including Master Entrepreneur of the Year from the Metropolitan Business League, Government Contractor of the Year by American Express, and the Humanitarian Award from the Virginia Center for Inclusive Communities. His story has been featured on the cover of The New York Times and The Washington Post, and across CNN, MSNBC, NBC Nightly News, Fortune magazine, and Black Enterprise.Beyond his business achievements, Devon is a committed servant leader whose board service reflects the breadth of his civic investment. He has served as Rector of the Norfolk
State University Board of Visitors, as a director of Village Bank and Trust Financial Corp, as Chairman of the Bon Secours Mercy Health Foundation board, and as Chairman of Venture Richmond. A devoted husband and father and proud Norfolk State University alumnus, Devon was honored as a Distinguished Alumnus in 2013 and recently received an Honorary Doctorate
of Humane Letters from the university.

Abigail DeVille is a site-specific installation artist who exhibits across the United States and Europe. DeVille received an MFA from Yale University and a BFA from the Fashion Institute of Technology. She is the recipient of the 2014-15 fellowship at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University, the 2015 Creative Capital grant, and the 2015 OBIE Award for Design. DeVille is the 2017-18 Chuck Close Henry W. and Marion T. Mitchell Rome Prize fellow.

DeVille’s work has exhibited as venues including the Institute of Contemporary Art Miami; the Whitney Museum of American Art; the Institute of Contemporary Art Los Angeles; the Studio Museum in Harlem, New York; the Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, PA; the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City; Cooper Gallery at Hutchins Center, Harvard University, Cambridge; Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis; and the Shelley & Donald Rubin Foundation, New York, to name a few. She has designed sets for theatrical productions at venues such as the Stratford Festival (2014), Harlem Stage (2016), La Mama (2015), JACK (2014-16), and Joe’s Pub (2014)