Caguiat Delacruz (Justin Caguiat and Rafael Delacruz) collaborate on an exhibition at the Wattis Institute titled The Tramp, bringing together newly commissioned film, installation, painting, and prints. At the heart of the exhibition is a film inspired by Charlie Chaplin’s beloved character “The Tramp,” who appeared in the 1915 silent film with the same name. A mischievous vagrant living on the margins, the Tramp reappears in many of Chaplin's films and becomes the everyman’s hero.

The artists have created an encompassing environment for their exhibition, inviting visitors to be surrounded by the inner workings of the film and its aftermath: deconstructed production sets are repurposed as exhibition furniture, while drawings, production stills, paintings, prints, and ephemera are presented alongside the film.

Caguiat Delacruz: The Tramp is on view from June 10 through November 21, 2026.

This exhibition is supported by Teiger Foundation, The Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation, San Francisco Grants for the Arts, Bloomberg Connects; the Wattis Leadership Circle: Mary and Harold Zlot, Katie and Matt Paige, and the Curators’ Forum. Phyllis C. Wattis was the generous founding patron.

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Image credit: Justin Caguiat and Rafael Delacruz, production still from The Tramp, 2026, (work in progress, 16 mm, color, sound)