ArtReview examines The Tramp at CCA Wattis Institute

October 14, 2026

On view through November 21, 2026, the exhibition by Caguiat Delacruz (Justin Caguiat and Rafael Delacruz) brings together a newly commissioned film, installation, painting, and prints.

Caguiat Delacruz, The Tramp, 2026, production still.

Caguiat Delacruz, The Tramp, 2026, production still. Courtesy of the artists, Greene Naftali, New York and Hoffman Donahue, New York, and Los Angeles.

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ArtReview examines how artists Justin Caguiat and Rafael Delacruz draw on experimental film, Japanese butoh performance, and the Bay Area’s cultural history to explore themes of artistic identity, cultural transformation, and the fading of radical artistic traditions.

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