"The best thing about art: nobody asked for this." — Hamza Walker Honored this year in the Museums and Institutions category of the #ArtBaselAwards, Hamza Walker is a curator, writer, and Director of TheBrick_LA in Los Angeles. 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). Walker is the recipient of the 2026 Audrey Irmas Award for Curatorial Excellence from CCS Bard. Stay tuned for more from our 2026 Art Basel Awards medalists!