MASS MoCA presents the first exhibition from the Curatorial Exchange Initiative (CEI) by New York-based artist Steve Locke. Curated by CEI Fellow Evan Garza, the fire next time is a meditation on uniquely American forms of violence directed at Black and queer people. Locke’s interdisciplinary practice engages issues of identity, desire, race, violence, spectacle, and memory. In the artist’s hands, these complexities reveal as much tenderness and humor as they do brutality. On view August 3, 2024. – November 2025