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Credit: Vaitoa Mallon
Canvas of Change: Stories of Climate, Displacement, and Resilience
This exhibit showcases the role of art in confronting urgent intersectional global human rights issues, including environmental degradation and the climate crisis, racial discrimination, colonialism, and migration. The exhibition engages visitors directly with these themes, while cultivating a reflexive space, underscoring the importance of mindful practice in human rights and justice activism.
The exhibit is organized by the International Center for Advocates Against Discrimination (ICAAD) and endorsed by UN Women.
On display until 13 July 2026
Credit: Carling Jackson
From Uprooted to Unstoppable
This exhibition highlights the UN Refugee Agency¡¯s Gamechanging Team, a symbolic football team made up of players with a refugee or displacement background that embodies resilience, courage, talent, hope and the power of sport to change the lives of young refugees.
The exhibit is organized by UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency.
On display until 27 July 2026
Credit: Alessandra Mattanza
Animals for Social Justice
This is an art exhibition, multimedia art project, and journalistic campaign created to inspire awareness for the protection of all animals. It aims to protect the environment and nature, emphasizing biodiversity, ecosystem health, sustainability, and urban living, while leveraging innovation and AI for good, identifying concrete, practical solutions.
The exhibit is organized by Alessandra Mattanza and Augusto Ferretti, and endorsed by the Permanent Mission of Italy to the United Nations.
On display until 25 August 2026
Upcoming Exhibits
Legacy of Hope after the 1995 Genocide in Srebrenica: A New Generation¡¯s Journey
This exhibition comprises eight personal stories told through photographs and quotations of young people who survived the 1995 genocide in Srebrenica as children or who were born in the aftermath. It illuminates the lives of a new generation who are beacons of hope and fosters a culture of remembrance, compassion, and peace.
The exhibit is organized by the Memorial Center Srebrenica and endorsed by the Srebrenica Genocide and the United Nations Outreach Programme.
On display from 17 July until 28 August 2026
Virtual Exhibits
Credit: Amrit Khurana
Perceptions of Sentience
This is a group exhibition of paintings curated to inspire dialogue about mental health and the alternative pathways through which environmental awareness is processed and expressed. The exhibition features a diverse selection of works by ¡°neurodiverse¡± artists from around the globe in acrylic, oil, mixed media, graphite, and watercolor painting.
The exhibit is organized by Strokes of Genius, Inc. and endorsed by United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA).
Credit: Sourav Das
Photography 4 Humanity
Photography 4 Humanity is an international initiative that calls on photographers from around the world to bring the power of human rights to life through their images. The photos included in this exhibit are the winner, finalists, and runners-up of the 2025 Photography 4 Humanity competition. It is in connection with Human Rights Day (10 December).
The exhibit is organized by Photography 4 Humanity and endorsed by the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR).
Ongoing Exhibit
Drawing by Hugh Ferriss for the Board of Design, 1947.
UN Headquarters: A Workshop for Peace
The exhibition features archival images of the planning and building of UNHQ between 1949 and 1952 and photos of the recently renovated compound. The exhibition also includes photos of the recently renovated UNHQ (renovation: 2008-2014).
The exhibition is organized by the Department of Global Communication.