MOCA Acquires "Unmanned Drone"
Kara Walker, Unmanned Drone , 2023. Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles The Museum of Contemporary Art has acquired Kara Walker's Unmanned Drone , centerpiece of its "MONUMENTS" exhibition (through May 3, 2026, at the Brick and MOCA Geffen). The work was made from Charlottesville's equestrian monument of Stonewall Jackson by sculptor Charles Keck. Most of the works in "MONUMENTS" are being returned to the lenders, but the Charlottesville piece was donated so that Walker could make her transformed work. A gift of Beth Swofford, by exchange, funded the MOCA purchase. Unmanned Drone becomes the first Walker sculpture in the MOCA collection and arguably the museum's highest-profile acquisition in years. MOCA has three large works on paper by Walker, including The Pool Party of Sardanapalus (after Delacroix, Kienholz) .
