Rachel Rose | Kids Out and About Rochester

Rachel Rose


*The event has already taken place on this date: Sun, 01/18/2026
The Last Day unfolds through thousands of photographs of toys and objects Rachel Rose shot in her children’s bedroom. Structured into seven epochs, these images trace Earth’s history—from its prehistoric beginnings to the industrial present and into the near future. Each epoch is lit in sequence from sunrise to dusk, compressing billions of years into the span of a single day.

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Rachel Rose

September 27, 2025–January 18, 2026

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The Last Day unfolds through thousands of photographs of toys and objects Rachel Rose shot in her children’s bedroom. Structured into seven epochs, these images trace Earth’s history—from its prehistoric beginnings to the industrial present and into the near future. Each epoch is lit in sequence from sunrise to dusk, compressing billions of years into the span of a single day.

By translating the vast arc of planetary change into the intimate scale of a child’s room, The Last Day reveals how the history of Earth mirrors the evolution of human imagination.

About the Artist

Rachel Rose’s videos have been exhibited internationally with solo shows at The Whitney Museum of American Art, SITE Santa Fe, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the Aspen Art Museum, The Serpentine, and the Serralves Museum of Contemporary Art, among many others.

Image: Rachel Rose, The Last Day, film still. © Rachel Rose, Courtesy of the artist and Gladstone

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Memorial Art Gallery, 500 University Avenue, Rochester, NY 14607, United States
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