An evening at the Kunsthaus Zürich became more than a vernissage. Reflecting on the opening of Kerry James Marshall: The Histories, this essay explores how one exhibition quietly shifts the historical center of gravity within a European museum and what that moment means culturally, historically, and socially for Switzerland.

Michael had read Sticker Diplomacy — the piece I wrote after first stumbling into Lim’s gallery — and reached out. We’d been in touch that week. And now, he simply showed up. No fanfare. No expectations. Just presence. His work hung behind us. Funnily enough — so did his testicles.