The Caribbean diaspora is a global phenomenon that transgresses political boundaries, identities, and histories. Forecast Form: Art in the Caribbean Diaspora, 1990s–Today challenges conventional representations of Caribbean art, focusing on art of the diaspora rather than art defined by static geographic, ethnic, linguistic, and historical categories. The exhibition, which debuted in Chicago, has now been exhibited at ICA Boston and the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego.

Touching on topics such as Caribbean intellectual traditions, diaspora studies, and Black and alternative geographies of fugitivity, the immersive volume features wide-ranging scholarly essays by Carla Acevedo-Yates, Carlos Garrido Castellano, Genevieve Hyacinthe, Aaron Kamugisha, and Mayra Santos-Febres, alongside brief exploratory texts and rich illustrations accompanying each artist and their work. Additionally, the catalogue is book-ended by an inviting and significant roundtable discussion between artists featured in the show: Christopher Cozier, Teresita Fernández, and María Magdalena Campos-Pons. Together, the texts and imagery reveal the Caribbean as far more than a region; indeed, they underscore it as a space of continuous exchange that has shaped the contemporary world. The publication was recently named one of the winners of the STA 100, which identifies the best examples of typographic excellence produced around the globe each year.

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Forecast Form was presented at the MCA from November 19, 2022, through April 23, 2023. The exhibition was curated by Carla Acevedo-Yates, former Marilyn and Larry Fields Curator, with Iris Colburn, Curatorial Assistant, Isabel Casso, former Susman Curatorial Fellow, and Nolan Jimbo, former Assistant Curator.