# Hamza Walker

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'''Hamza Walker''' is an American art curator and museum director, He is currently the director of [The Brick](/source/The_Brick_(visual_art_space)) visual art space and museum in [Los Angeles, California](/source/Los_Angeles%2C_California). 

He was awarded the [Walter Hopps](/source/Walter_Hopps) Award for Curatorial Achievement by the [Menil Collection](/source/Menil_Collection). 

He was part of the force behind the notable Monuments exhibit put on by the Brick and the [Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles](/source/Museum_of_Contemporary_Art%2C_Los_Angeles) in 2026. In particular, he was the impetus behind purchasing the statue of Confederate general [Stonewall Jackson](/source/Stonewall_Jackson), which artist [Kara Walker](/source/Kara_Walker) then remade into the piece [Unmanned Drone](/source/Unmanned_Drone).<ref name="guardian">{{cite news |last1=Beckett |first1=Lois |title=This article is more than 6 months old Breathtaking, unsettling, healing: how US artist Kara Walker transformed a Confederate monument |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/17/los-angeles-confederate-monuments |access-date=11 May 2026 |publisher=[The Guardian](/source/The_Guardian) |date=October 17, 2025}}</ref> 

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