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Lessons of the Hour [Doppelgänger] on the Piccadilly Lights, this Thursday at 7pm

14 October 2021
After a first screening on Piccadily Circus commissioned in September by the Royal Academy, Lessons of the Hour - Frederick... Read more
Isaac Julien featured on LACMA'S 'Black American Portraits'

7 November 2021 - 17 April 2022
Complementing the presentation of The Obama Portraits by Kehinde Wiley and Amy Sherald held in association with the Smithsonian’s National... Read more
'Lessons of the Hour' debut in Amsterdam

3 September - 17 October 2021
Having the single-screen film installation Lessons of the Hour as a centrepiece, an exhibition at Ron Mandos Gallery in Amsterdam... Read more
'True North' in group exhibition in Berlin

15 September - 12 December 2021
Presented in Berlin alongside works by 75 international artists, Isaac Julien's three-screen film installation True North is loosely inspired by... Read more
Lessons of the Hour at Social Works II

7 October - 18 December 2021
Curated by Antwaun Sargent, the group show Social Works II foregrounds artistic insights into the relationship between space—personal, public, institutional,... Read more
Royal Academy Summer Exhibition to feature a new work by Isaac Julien

22 September 2021 - 2 January 2022
One of London's most traditional annual art event, the Royal Academy of Arts Summer Exhibition opens its 2021 edition featuring... Read more
Stones Against Diamonds in augmented reality

5 September 2021 - 31 August 2022
Conceived as a poetic prelude to Isaac Julien's 2019 film dedicated to the work and ideas of Lina Bo Bardi,... Read more
ICA Miami Speaks: Isaac Julien
Online conversation today, accompanying the presentation of Julien's Tuner Prize nominated Vagabondia ICA Miami welcomes Isaac Julien, one of today’s most prominent and influential figures in media art and film, to ICA... Read more
Isaac Julien in Conversation with Celeste Marie Bernier
Together, they discussed Lessons of the Hour and Frederick Douglass' time in Edinburgh As a highlight of Edinburgh Arts Festival openning weekend programme, Isaac Julien CBE RA and Celeste-Marie Bernier, Chair of United... Read more
Lessons of the Hour - Frederick Douglass: European Premiere in Edinburgh and London
Premiere exhibition in Edinburgh and special screenings in London to introduce the piece to British audiences
29 July - 10 October 2021
Isaac Julien is pleased to announce the UK première of Lessons of the Hour - Frederick Douglass, inspired by the... Read more
'Territories' in group exhibition in Munich

10 June 2021 - 9 January 2022
The result of two years of curatorial research, the group exhibition “Sweat ” celebrates the bodies that resist political and... Read more
'Diversity United': 90 contemporary artists reflect on freedom and dignity

9 June - 19 September 2021
With stops in Berlin, Moscow and Paris, the 'Diversity United' group show addresses themes such as freedom and dignity, dialogue... Read more
'When The Tree Blooms' at Jessica Silverman Gallery's inaugural show

28 May - 2 July 2021
Marking the opening of its new space at 621 Grant Avenue in San Francisco’s Chinatown, Jessica Silverman Gallery is presenting... Read more
ICA Miami presents 'Vagabondia'

14 May - 21 November 2021
With the support of the de la Cruz Collection, the ICA Miami is presenting Isaac Julien's film installation 'Vagabondia' (2000),... Read more
The NYT on Lina Bo Bardi, commemorated by the Venice Architecture Biennale 2021
As Lina Bo Bardi posthumously receives the Special Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement at this year’s Venice Architectural Biennale, The... Read more
Isaac Julien at Frieze NY Viewing Room

5 - 14 May 2021
Featuring various media, Victoria Miro Gallery’s presentation for Frieze New York 2021 is a response to a proposal from the... Read more
Isaac Julien's photography on focus at Art Basel
The current edition of Art Basel's Online Viewing Rooms, entitled Pioneers, is dedicated to artists with a groundbraking role in... Read more
True North at the Guangzhou Image Triennial

9 March - 29 May 2021
Since it was opened to the public in 1997, the Guangdong Museum of Art in Guangzhou (Canton), China, has been... Read more
A Marvellous Entanglement in the Madrid City Hall

25 March - 28 August 2021
The three-screen film installation A Marvellous Entanglement, shown last year at Galería Helga de Alvear, is now being installed in... Read more
Grief and Grievance: Art and Mourning in America, co-curated by Mark Nash
Currently on view at the New Museum in New York is the exhibition 'Grief and Grievance: Art and Mourning in... Read more
Isaac Julien in conversation with Judith Butler and Celeste-Marie Bernier
Marking the commemmoration of this Women's History Month, the McEvoy Foundation for the Arts and the San Francisco Public Library... Read more
Isaac Julien debates the social power of art education
McEvoy Foundation for the Arts promotes conversation including curator Mark Nash, professor Jennifer González and frieze associate editor Terence Trouillot Taking place on the 4th of February, an online conversation happening in parallel to exhibition Lessons of the Hour: Frederick... Read more
Isaac Julien 'Small Talks' at The Bass, Miami
An informal online conversation with the artist is part of the museum's 'Small Talk' series Taking place on Wednesday the 10th of February, a conversation between Isaac Julien and curator Silvia Karman Cubiñá is now... Read more
Isaac Julien and Deborah Willis in Conversation
The history of photography and its potential as a tool for racial justice guides this conversation between Deborah Willis and Isaac Julien.
19 January 2021
Deborah Willis is a leading scholar in the investigation and recovery of the legacy of African American photography. Together with... Read more
Isaac Julien judges the Wallpaper* Design Awards 2021
Isaac Julien was selected as part of the judging pannel for the Wallpaper* Design Awards 2021. The invitation was an... Read more
Abolition Then and Now with Isaac Julien and Robin D.G. Kelley
Isaac Julien and historian Robin D.G. Kelley will appear in conversation as part of UC Santa Cruz’s ‘Visualizing Abolition’ event... Read more
Looking For Langston at 30: A Film Screening Celebrating Queer Harlem
As part of Columbia’s contributions to the 2020 celebration of the centennial of the Harlem Renaissance, The Forum will be... Read more
Recording of the conversation between Isaac Julien and Angela Davis
On November 11, Isaac Julien was in conversation with Angela Davis as part of the West Coast premiere of Lessons... Read more
European premiere of Lessons of the Hour at Kino der Kunst

30 - 31 October 2020
The fourth edition of Kino der Kunst festival in Munich is this year dedicated to a theme of Forbidden Beauty.... Read more
Isaac Julien and Angela Davis in Conversation, Moderated by Sarah Lewis
Activist, educator, and author Angela Davis will join Isaac Julien to discuss his immersive, moving-image installation Lessions of the Hour... Read more
Western Union: Small Boats at Ruby City

September 25, 2020
This October, Ruby City turns one year old and will celebrate with two new installations from its permanent collection and... Read more
A Marvellous Entanglement in Rome: MAXXI's exhibition on Frieze's radar
Isaac Julien's show at MAXXI selected by Frieze as one of the best shows in Europe right now A Marvellous Entanglement nine-screen installation is on display at MAXXI, in Rome, until January 2021 alongside wallpapers especially created for... Read more
B. Ruby Rich, Kass Banning, Warren Crichlow, and Isaac Julien in Conversation
Isaac Julien is joined by editors and contributors to Film Quarterly for a discussion about sensorial immersion and human rights... Read more
Roll-Royce's Muse programme to announce selected artists
Not long after receiving its new name, Muse, Rolls-Royce's art programme is just about to announce another of his flagship... Read more
Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, Galleries I and II
Isaac Julien CBE RA pays homage to the late Okwui Enwezor Isaac Julien RA’s proposal for the Summer Exhibition was a homage to the late, great curator Okwui Enwezor, who died... Read more
The Guardian Art and Design: A History of Video Art in 30 works
In an article celebrating Video Art through its most groundbreaking pieces , starting with experimental film in the 60s, Looking... Read more
Isaac Julien and Leila Weefur in Conversation
On Thursday, October 15 Isaac Julien will be in conversation with curator Leila Weefur to discuss the poetics and architecture... Read more
Lessons of the Hour at McEvoy Foundation for the Arts

14 October 2020 - 13 March 2021
Isaac Julien's immersive, meditative portrait of Frederick Douglass Lessons of the Hour opens on Wednesday, 14th of October at McEvoy... Read more
'Paradise Omeros' at IMMA's commemorative exhibition

1 September 2020 - 1 September 2021
Paving the way for the Irish Museum of Modern Art’s 30th anniversary celebrations in 2021, the exhibition Ghosts from the... Read more
'Lessons of the Hour' West Coast première
MFA, in San Francisco, to host the first comprehensive exhibition of the series in the West Coast
14 October 2020 - 13 March 2021
The ten-screen film installation Lessons of the Hour: Frederick Douglass had its première in March 2019 at the Rochester Memorial... Read more
A conversation to be listened to
Commenting on the creation of his series Lessons of the Hour: Frederick Douglass for the Royal Academy of Arts' magazine... Read more
Contemporary Art Society holds online talk with Isaac Julien
Held on Zoom on 26 June, the Contemporary Art Society hosted a live talk with Isaac Julien at his current... Read more
Group exhibition to premiere 3-screen piece
Show at Wiels Centre, Brussels, addresses the risks around homogenisation of ideas
11 September 2020 - 10 January 2021
Exploring the potential of risk that challenges the homogenization of thought in the now infamous echo chambers of our overcrowded... Read more
Isaac Julien Among 12 Artists On The Financial Crisis
In a recent New York Times article, Isaac Julien was featured as one of the twelve contemporary artists that were... Read more
Isaac Julien solo exhibition at MAXXI, Rome
Exhibition to show nine-screen piece 'A Marvellous Entanglement' for the first time in continental Europe
23 September 2020 - 17 January 2021
Organised by the Museo Nazionale delle Arti del XXI Secolo (MAXXI, Rome), the first European presentation of full-scale Lina Bo... Read more
Lessons of the Hour at the MAG in Rochester
In the spring of 2019, the Memorial Art Gallery, University of Rochester, New York hosted the world premiere of Lessons... Read more
New photocollages at Jessica Silverman Gallery
Basing its premise on the theme of animism, Jessica Silverman Gallery's online group show Conversational Spirits II includes two new... Read more
The future of video art, according to the NYT
Shortly after the presentation of photographic artworks from Lessons of the Hour: Frederick Douglass by Jessica Silverman Gallery and in... Read more
Victoria Miro Gallery presents photographic works from 'Lessons of the Hour'

21 July - 29 August 2020
Victoria Miro Gallery's extended reality (XR) exhibition features photographic artworks from Isaac Julien's Lessons of the Hour: Frederick Douglass, in... Read more
Isaac Julien on Acute Art Live
Isaac Julien is set to appear in the next Acute Art Live session discussing Baltimore (2003) and the relevance to... Read more
Frank Walter retrospective to feature two films by Isaac Julien

16 May - 15 November 2020
After remaining closed for weeks due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Museum für Moderne Kunst (MMK) in Frankfurt has reopened... Read more
MOSTRA PERSPECTIVAS VILA SUL: Frantz Fanon: Black Skin, White Mask
Frantz Fanon receives incredible response at Goethe Institute - Salvador online programme Perspective Vila Sul Goethe Institute: Since 2016, the Vila Sul Artistic Residency Program of the Goethe-Institut Salvador-Bahia has welcomed artists and cultural agents... Read more
NTU Centre for Contemporary Art Singapore to Screen Frantz Fanon: Black Skin White Mask

May 13, 2020
As the physical location for NTU Centre for Contemporary Art Singapore stays closed to the public until 1 June, their... Read more
Isaac in Conversation with Fernanda Torres
Galeria Nara Roesler to host conversation as part of their Ping Pong Youtube Series Galeria Nara Roesler are to host a conversation between Isaac Julien and Fernanda Torres, as part of their Ping Pong... Read more
Isaac Julien | Metro Pictures Online Film Festival
Isaac Julien. Baltimore (2003) screened as part of Metro Pictures Online Film Festival T his weekend Metro Pictures are showing Isaac Julien’s single-screen version of Baltimore. Link here . The film focuses on... Read more
Isaac Julien in conversation with Louise Yelin
Resonating Western Union: Small Boats beyond the museum walls while the exhibition remains closed for the public, the Neuberger Museum... Read more
Online conference to discuss Isaac Julien's aesthetics of political remembering
On the occasion of the exhibition of three-screen film installation Western Union: Small Boats at the Neuberger Museum in Purchase... Read more
Isaac Julien in Conversation with Sarah Thornton
In conversation and a tour of Isaac Julien's America at Jessica Silverman Gallery Conversation between Isaac Julien & Sarah Thornton from Jessica Silverman on Vimeo . Shot on March 14, 2020, by Dana... Read more
Murals of La Jolla
Isaac Julien's ECLIPSE (PLAYTIME), 2013 on display at 7569 Girard Avenue, La Jolla Isaac Julien's mural, ECLIPSE (Playtime), is now displayed at 7569, Girard Avenue, La Jolla; as part of La Murals of... Read more
$Black Refractions coming soon to The Frye Art Museum$
Black Refractions coming soon to The Frye Art Museum
With works in all media by nearly eighty artists dating from the 1920s the present, Black Refractions presents close to... Read more
Isaac Julien's America at Jessica Silverman Gallery

13 March - 25 April 2020
'Isaac Julien's America' will be on show at Jessica Silverman Gallery from March 13-April 25, 2020. A solo show of... Read more
Better Life at REDCAT
Better Life (Ten Thousand Waves) to be shown at the REDCAT Theatre in LA
March 4, 2020
Isaac Julien and Mark Nash will introduce a screening of Better Life at REDCAT - a single-channel version of the... Read more
Derek Screening at Folkestone's Strangelove Festival
The fifth edition of the Strangelove Festival at Folkestone Creative is on its way. From the 20th-22nd March the festival... Read more
Trinh T. Minh-ha is on our minds
Isaac Julien in conversation with Trinh T. Minh-ha
February 28, 2020
Isaac Julien continues a conversation with Trinh T. Minh-ha on interdisciplinarity, the moving image, and contemporary culture in filmmaking that... Read more
Better Life exhibited along video works from the Wemhöner Collection
"Sehnsucht und Fall" curated by Philipp Bollmann
25 January - 29 February 2020
The exhibition “Sehnsucht und Fall” (Longing and Fall), curated by Philipp Bollmann, shows video works from the Wemhöner Collection. In... Read more
MODERN SOUTH ON DEBATE AT MOMA
A two-day symposium organised by the Museum of Modern Art New York, will discuss the cultural legacy of South America... Read more
Isaac Julien joins the Art Fund campaign for Jarman's creative sanctuary
On the windswept shore of Dungeness, visionary British filmmaker, artist and activist Derek Jarman transformed a Victorian fisherman’s hut into... Read more
Isaac Julien, most influential artists of 2019
Artsy celebrates Isaac Julien's career and achievements in 2019 as he is shortlisted amongst the most influential artists of the year Few artists have done more to push video art forward in recent years than Isaac Julien, and in 2019, it... Read more
...And more in Miami
In addition to the presentation of Lina Bo Bardi - A Marvellous Entanglement at the curated section Meridians and the... Read more
Art Basel Miami Beach 2019: Isaac Julien at Meridians

5 - 8 December 2019
In a selection by Magalí Arriola, Art Basel Miami new curated section Meridians brings together, in the words of the... Read more
Art Basel Miami Beach 2019: unveiling Lessons of the Hour single-screen
After having its ten-screen version presented by institutions such as SCAD and MAG Rochester, Lessons of the Hour: Frederick Douglass... Read more
Encore II (Radioactive) in Scotland

14 December 2019 - 22 March 2020
Curated by Eoin Dara and Kim McAleese, the group exhibition Seized by the Left Hand brings together artworks which, in... Read more
Looking For Langston in Spain
Celebrating the 30th anniversary of the iconic piece and following its presentations at Tate Britain and Metrograph New York, Isaac... Read more
Looking For Langston: a 30-year celebration in New York
Celebrating 30 years of its creation, Isaac Julien’s Looking for Langston was presented on a special session at Metrograph ,... Read more
MACBA celebrating three decades of an iconic artwork
As a special edition of programme Focus , the Museum of Contemporary Art of Barcelona is celebrating the 30 years... Read more
The Attendant at ICA London
A double programme curated by Juliet Jacques at the Institute of Contemporary Art London presents highlights of experimental queer cinema... Read more
The Broad's Annual Presentation for World AIDS Day

December 1, 2019
For World AIDS Day 2019, The Broad presents a screening Isaac Julien’s short video, This is Not an AIDS Advertisement... Read more
"TWO TOGETHER" at Zeitz MOCAA
A new exhibition selected from the Zeitz MOCAA permanent collection, 'Two Together' will show one of Isaac's works. This forms... Read more
Hirshhorn Museum celebrates installation of Julien’s monumental photograph Pas de Deux No. 2 (Looking for Langston Vintage Series)

October 11, 2019
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden screens Looking for Langston during their Late Night event on Friday, October 11. One of... Read more
Isaac Julien at Frieze London 2019
Featuring works from Isaac Julien's Lina Bo Bardi - A Marvellous Entanglement and Lessons of the Hour: Frederick Douglass, respectively,... Read more
Sothebys Contemporary Art, Day Auction
Isaac Julien Donates 'Stones Against Diamonds' to Sotheby's to benefit Aortic Centre Trust Isaac Julien donates single screen 'Stones Againsts Diamonds' to the upcoming Sothebys Contemporary Art Day Auction in benefit of the... Read more
'Lessons of the Hour' 5-screen debut in Savannah

24 September - 15 December 2019
Premiering on 24 September, the five-channel iteration of Lessons of the Hour: Frederick Douglass has been specially commissioned by Savannah... Read more
'Playtime' in Ruby City's inaugural programme

13 October 2019 - 2 August 2020
Ruby City ’s inaugural programme will include an exhibition dedicated to Isaac Julien’s Playtime. On public view from 13 October... Read more
'Rock My Soul' at Victoria Miro Gallery

2 October - 2 November 2019
Curated by Isaac Julien for Victoria Miro Gallery, the group show Rock My Soul borrows its title from the eminent... Read more
'Western Union: Small Boats' at the ICA Boston

23 October 2019 - 26 January 2020
Featuring Isaac Julien's three-screen film installation Western Union: Small Boats, the group exhibition When Home Won’t Let You Stay: Migration... Read more
Young Soul Rebels at Outfest UCLA Legacy Project Screening Series
Winner of the Critics’ Prize at Cannes in 1991, Young Soul Rebels plunges us into the London of 1977, seen... Read more
'Young Soul Rebels' at the BFI
“Why are British films not angrier about the state of the country? ” The inquisitive headline of Geoffrey Macnab's piece... Read more
Frantz Fanon, Black Skin White Mask | Locarno Film Festival

August 1, 2019
The Black Light Retrospective at the Locarno72 'intends to go beyond the concept of Black as identity or social issue... Read more
Isaac Julien for Metal Magazine
In the wake of Playtime opening at Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), Marina Pérez dives into the rich... Read more
A Marvellous Entanglement on GloboNews
Ahead of the final week of the exhibition at Victoria Miro Gallery, Brazilian network GloboNews aired a piece about Isaac... Read more
Baltimore at the Baltimore Museum of Art

14 July 2019 - 5 January 2020
Until 5 January 2020, Isaac Julien's Baltimore can be seen in a particularly appropriate setting: the Baltimore Museum of Art... Read more
Performa Archive presents 'Cast No Shadow'

20 June - 10 November 2019
Bringing together iconic works created for and presented at the biennial Performa in New York, the exhibition Performa Archive at... Read more
Artforum: subject lessons
A review of Lessons of the Hour In a review piece for Artforum , Ciarán Finlayson highlights the ingenious architecture of the series' installation and, in his... Read more
In conversation with Maria Balshaw
At the Late at Tate Britain series As part of the Late at Tate Britain series, a discussion between Isaac Julien and Tate director Maria Balshaw, taking... Read more
On facts and fiction
Conference in Venice to feature 'The Leopard: Western Union Small Boats' Organised by Zuecca Projects Venice, On Facts and Fiction: Analyzing Propaganda and Fake News in the 21st century is a... Read more
A 'Total immersion' in Bo Bardi's world
The Contemporary Art Society take on Isaac Julien's A Marvellous Entanglement A recent article by the director of Contemporary Art Society, Caroline Douglas, highlights the immersive nature of Isaac Julien's poetic... Read more
A Marvellous Entanglement at the RA Magazine
In addition to including an artwork from Isaac Julien's series Radioactive Avatar in its latest Summer Exhibition, the Royal Academy... Read more
Radioactive Avatar at the RA Summer Exhibition

10 June - 12 August 2019
Featuring over 1,500 artworks, most of which on display for the first time, the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition 2019 was... Read more
A Marvellous Entanglement world première
Victoria Miro Gallery
7 June - 27 July 2019
Inspired by one of Brazil's most influential architects, Li na Bo Bardi – A Marvellous Entanglement , which Victoria Miro... Read more
The Leopard at Kunsthal KAdE
Kunsthal Kade, Netherlands
25 May - 1 September 2019
Celebrating its tenth anniversary, Kunsthal KAdE , in Rotterdam, Netherlands, has organised Videoland, an exhibition featuring 11 films that in... Read more
Looking for Langston at the Tate

11 May - 17 November 2019
Marking the acquisition of one of Isaac Julien's most iconic artworks, Tate Britain has included Looking for Langston in its... Read more
Playtime at LACMA
Exhibition and symposium
5 May - 11 August 2019
LACMA , Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the largest art museum in the western United States, has recently included... Read more
Wallpaper limited edition cover
June issue to feature new work by Isaac Julien This June, Wallpaper magazine readers can have a little preview of Isaac Julien's new multi-screen installation Lina Bo Bardi -... Read more
'Frantz Fanon: Black Skin, White Mask' in California
Including screenings and Q&A with Isaac Julien and Mark Nash
23 - 25 May 2019
Organised by MATATU Oakland (California) and The Roxie Cinema San Francisco, a series of special screenings of Isaac Julien's Frantz... Read more
Isaac Julien and Mark Nash to join Faculty at University of California, Santa Cruz

April 2, 2019
Isaac Julien and Mark Nash will work together on developing the Isaac Julien Lab at the UC Santa Cruz campus,... Read more
Playtime in Hypervisibility at The Palazzo Dugnani

4 April - 14 May 2019
Sheltered by the ceiling frescos in the Palazzo Dugnani, Hypervisuality features six films from the Wemhöner Collection - including Isaac... Read more
Looking for Langston at Ruby City

28 February - 11 August 2019
Ruby City is pleased to announce an exhibition of works by renowned filmmaker and installation artist, IsaacJulien, CBE RA opening... Read more
The Sea is History at The Museum of Cultural History, Oslo
Showing Paradise Omeros
7 March - 19 August 2019
Featuring the work of Isaac Julien, John Akomfrah, Maria Magdalena Campos-Pons, Andrea Chung, Christopher Cozier, Manthia Diawara, Naiza Khan, Hew... Read more
Lessons of the Hour at Metro Pictures New York
Ten-screen film installation and a new photographic series
8 March - 13 April 2019
Isaac Julien's visionary ten-screen film installation Lessons of the Hour explores the incomparable achievements of America's foremost abolitionist figure. Frederick... Read more
Lessons of the Hour at MAG Rochester
World-premiere of the ten-screen film installation
3 February - 12 May 2019
The Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester is pleased to announce the exhibition Lessons of the Hour-Frederick Douglass... Read more
'The Attendant' at the Berlinale, February 2019
Panorama40, Berlinale Film Festival, Berlin, Germany This year, the Berlinale Film Festival presents a special Panorama programme from its 40-year history, including two screenings of Isaac... Read more
'Isaac Julien: The Leopard (Western Union: Small Boats)' at the Block Museum
The Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University, IL, USA
26 January - 14 April 2019
Isaac Julien’s groundbreaking 2007 video installation The Leopard (Western Union: Small Boats) presents a lyrical and visceral meditation on histories... Read more
$'Black Refractions: Highlights from The Studio Museum, Harlem'$
'Black Refractions: Highlights from The Studio Museum, Harlem'
Travelling Exhibition
16 January - 13 December 2019
The Studio Museum in Harlem is partnering with The American Federation of Arts (AFA) to present Black Refractions: Highlights from... Read more
Isaac Julien: Looking for Langston at the Columbus Museum of Art
Columbus Museum of Art, Ohio, USA
5 October 2018 - 3 February 2019
In conjunction with I Too Sing America: The Harlem Renaissance at 100 , this exhibition presents Isaac Julien’s landmark 1989... Read more
'Michael Jackson: On The Wall' at the Grand Palais, Paris
Grand Palais, Paris, France
28 November 2018 - 14 February 2019
This landmark exhibition tours to the Grand Palais from the National Gallery, London, and explores the influence of Michael Jackson... Read more
'Groundings' at MCA Chicago
Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, IL, USA
3 November 2018 - 12 May 2019
Groundings explores movement—both seen and unseen—through a series of residencies with artists who work in dance, music, and performance art.... Read more

Commemorating the World AIDS Day

1 December 2019
Commemorated since 1988 on the 1st of December, the World AIDS Day is an occasion to raise awareness and discuss... Read more
Lessons for a dystopian present
The Hyperallergic take on Lessons of the Hour Reporting for Hyperallergic , Nick Mirzoeff emphasises the profound social and political reflections proposed in Isaac Julien's Lessons of the... Read more

Lessons of the Hour art guides highlight
Exhibition in NY pointed as a must-see
8 March - 13 April 2019
Lessons of the Hour is a must-see show, according to ArtNews and Artsy . The latter described the series as... Read more
Lessons of the Hour, The Guardian review
As Lessons of the Hour premieres at Metro Pictures in New York, The Guardian presents a piece by Nadja Sayej... Read more

Artist Talk: Isaac Julien and Daniel Birnbaum at Galerie Forsblom, Stockholm
Saturday 8 December, 2018 2.30pm, Saturday 8 December, 2018 Galerie Forsblom, Karlavägen 9, Stockholm Isaac Julien will be discussing his work with Daniel Birnbaum,... Read more
Screening: Frantz Fanon; Black Skin, White Mask' at MASP
6 November 2018, Sao Paolo Museum of Art, Sao Paolo, Brazil 6 November 2018, Sao Paolo Museum of Art Session 10: Frantz Fanon; Black Skin, White Mask Isaac Julien's 1996 film... Read more

'Isaac Julien: To the End of the Earth' at Galerie Forsblom, Stockholm
Galerie Forsblom, Stockholm, Sweden
9 November - 21 December 2018
Isaac Julien Studio is pleased to announce the opening of the exhibition To the end of the Earth at Galerie... Read more
Event : Isaac Julien - Master Artist Talk and Q & A
24 October 2018, Atlantic Center for the Arts 5.30pm, Wednesday 24 October 2018 Master Artist Community Outreach: Illustrated Talk and Q&A ACA main campus, Joan James Harris Theater... Read more

Isaac Julien at the Atlantic Center for the Arts
New Smyrna Beach, Florida, USA Isaac Julien Studio is pleased to announce that Isaac Julien will be taking part in the Master Artist Residency this... Read more
Isaac Julien at Frieze London 2018
Frieze Art Fair, Regents Park, London Isaac Julien Studio is proud to publish that works from a new collage series, Radioactive, will be featured at the... Read more

Isaac Julien in Japan : Events
Sunday 7 October and Monday 8 October 2018 Sunday 7 October, 2018 2-5pm, Free Entry Artist Relay Talk Vol. 1, Mori Art Museum, Tokyo Isaac Julien will... Read more
'0.10 RELOADED, Avantgarde 2018 at Galerie Sabine Knust'
Galerie Sabine Knust, Munich, Germany
14 September - 27 October 2018
0.10 RELOADED. Avantgarde 2018: Afroamerican and African artists as role models of a new humanistic Avantgarde Curated by Dr. Eva... Read more

'Catastrophe and the Power of Art' at Mori Art Museum
Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan
6 October 2018 - 20 January 2019
Isaac Julien's three-screen installation of Playtime (2014) will be on show as part of Catastrophe and the Power of Art... Read more
Sydney Contemporary Art Fair 2018
13-16 September 2018, Sydney, Australia Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Booth E05 Sydney Contemporary 13-16 September 2018, Carriageworks Isaac Julien's triptych 'Green Screen Goddess', a photographic... Read more

'Strata, Rocks, Dust & Stars' at York Art Gallery
York Art Gallery, UK
28 September - 25 November 2018
Isaac Julien Studio is proud to announce the UK premiere of the ten-screen installation of Stones Against Diamonds which was... Read more
Isaac Julien on BBC Radio 4's 'Unforgettable' with Professor Stuart Hall
Thursday 2 August, 1.45pm, BBC Radio 4 Thursday 2 August, 1.45pm, BBC Radio 4 'Unforgettable': this BBC series uses playback technology to enable guests to have a... Read more

'Kinship' at Jessica Silverman Gallery
Jessica Silverman Gallery, San Francisco, USA
19 July - 31 August 2018
Celebrating the 10th anniversary of Jessica Silverman Gallery with a monster group show, titled “Kinship.” The exhibition features work by... Read more
Isaac Julien : SFSIA Public Lecture Series & Looking for Langston Screening, Berlin
7.30pm, 13 July 2018, Berlin SAAS-Fee Summer Institute of Art Public Lecture Series 7:30 PM | Spike Art Quarterly Rosa-Luxemburg-Strasse 45 10178 Berlin Open to... Read more

'Frantz Fanon: Black Skin, White Mask' at the ICA, London
Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, UK The 2K restoration of Isaac Julien's Frantz Fanon ; Black Skin, White Mask will be shown at the Institute of... Read more
'Michael Jackson: On The Wall' at the National Portrait Gallery
National Portrait Gallery, London, UK
28 June - 21 October 2018
This landmark exhibition explores the influence of Michael Jackson on some of the leading names in contemporary art, spanning several... Read more

'Michael Jackson: On The Wall' Panel Discussion
Friday 29 June, National Portrait Gallery, London 29 June 2018, 19:00 Ondaatje Wing Theatre, National Portrait Gallery Tickets: £10 (£8 concessions and Gallery Supporters) Book online ,... Read more
Nikos Stangos Lecture: University College London, 2018
Thursday 28 June Nikos Stangos Lecture 2018 - Isaac Julien : Choreographing Capital Thursday 28 June, 6pm University College London Christopher Ingold Building... Read more

Royal Academy Summer Exhibition 2018
Royal Academy of the Arts, London, UK
12 June - 19 August 2018
Held without interruption since 1769, the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition displays works in a variety of mediums and genres by... Read more
'Talisman in the Age of Difference' at Stephen Friedman Gallery
Stephen Friedman Gallery, London, UK
5 June - 21 July 2018
Isaac Julien will participate in a group show, curated by pioneering British artist Yinka Shonibare MBE. 'Talisman in the Age... Read more

Event: Isaac Julien & Jah Wobble
Thursday Lates: Isaac Julien Ten Thousand Waves, The Whitworth Join us on 7 June 2018 for an evening of conversation and live music exploring Isaac Julien's spectacular film installation... Read more
'Ten Thousand Waves' at Galerie Forsblom
Galerie Forsblom, Helsinki, Finland
25 May - 12 August 2018
Opening on May 25 2018, the 'Ten Thousand Waves' exhibition will feature in Galerie Forsblom’s main exhibition space and studio... Read more

'Biomorphic Virtuosity' at Jessica Silverman Gallery
Jessica Silverman Gallery, San Francisco, USA
26 April - 2 June 2018
New work from Isaac Julien is featured in 'Biomorphic Virtuosity,' a three-person exhibition about the present tense and multiple futures... Read more
'Common Ground' at the Akzo Nobel Foundation Art Space, Amsterdam

April 20, 2018
The AkzoNobel Art Foundation is making its collection of international contemporary art accessible to the public at large. Featuring work... Read more

'The Lore of the Land' at Churchgate Gallery
Churchgate Gallery, Porlock, Somerset
30 April - 30 May 2018
TOBY BOUNDY / FRANCES BURDEN / ANDREW CHILD / BEN CLARKE / HAYDN COTTAM / LOUISE CRABB / SACHA CRADDOCK... Read more
'Höhenrausch: The Other Shore' at OK Center for Contemporary Art
OK Center for Contemporary Art, Linz, Austria
25 April - 14 October 2018
As part of the CROSSING EUROPE Film Festival, their friend and partner, the OK Center for Contemporary Art, Linz, is... Read more

Echoes of the South Atlantic Conference
Goethe-Institut, Salvador-Bahia 23-25 April, Salvador da Bahia, Brazil On the Future of the Southern Transatlantic Relations Isaac Julien and Mark Nash are... Read more
'Selves and Other's at San Francisco MOMA
Gifts to the Collection from Carla Emil and Rich Silverstein
24 March - 23 September 2018
The most compelling portraits reveal more than simply a sitter’s physical appearance — they hint at an individual’s character, suggest... Read more

Isaac Julien Talk: 'Lina Bo Bardi: Material Ideologies' at Princeton University
Friday 30th March, 10am-4pm, Betts Auditorium, Princeton University
March 28, 2018
Isaac Julien and Rafaela Mendes Ferreira, Art Historian and Researcher, Isaac Julien Studio will be speaking at the Lina Bo... Read more
'Satisfy Me' at Kunstaele, Berlin

2 February - 31 March 2018
Herford’s most well-known collection is exhibiting previously unseen works at Berlin’s Kunstsaele. Featuring works from the Wemhöner Collection from artists... Read more

'Isaac Julien: Ten Thousand Waves' at the Whitworth Art Gallery

30 March - 28 August 2018
Jointly acquired by the Whitworth Art Gallery and Towner Museum via the Art Fund’s Moving Image Fund, the spectacular immersive... Read more
Isaac Julien MOCA Taipei Opening and Events
To coincide with the opening of the group show 'The Rebellion of Moving Image' at the Museum of Contemporary Art... Read more

'The Rebellion of Moving Image' at MOCA Taipei, Taiwan

3 March - 6 May 2018
The nine-screen installation of Ten Thousand Waves continues its world tour and opens on Saturday 3rd March as part of... Read more
Isaac Julien interview in the Guardian

February 19, 2018
Isaac Julien was interviewed by Glenn Dunks for the Guardian whilst he is in Sydney opening the Looking for Langston... Read more

Isaac Julien - Western Union: small boats at ARoS

3 February - 27 May 2018
Isaac Julien opens the first exhibition presented by ARoS in a new series shown in the Focus Gallery in 2018.... Read more
More of an Avalanche at Wysing Arts Centre

11 February - 8 April 2018
This group exhibition takes the term 'snowflake' as a starting point, a term used pejoratively by the political right to... Read more

Isaac Julien is elected as a Royal Academician

February 9, 2018
The Royal Academy of Arts has elected Isaac Julien as a Royal Academician, following a recent General Assembly. Julien's major... Read more
Isaac Julien CBE Investiture

February 2, 2018
The United Kingdom Queen's Birthday Honours lists recognise the achievements of a wide range of extraordinary people from across the... Read more

Isaac Julien in Sydney: February 2018
Screenings & Talks In conjunction with the opening of 'Isaac Julien: Film Noir Angels Looking for Langston' at Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery there will... Read more
Isaac Julien: Film Noir Angels Looking for Langston
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney, Australia
23 January - 3 March 2018
Sydney, Australia: Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery presents the exhibition, Isaac Julien: 'Film-Noir Angels' Looking for Langston, as part of the official... Read more

Paradise Omeros
Galerie Ron Mandos, Amsterdam
20 January - 17 February 2018
The topic of migration is now more relevant than ever, also presented in the recent five exhibitions on this subject... Read more
Vision on Vision: The Lemaître Video Collection

7 December 2017 - 21 January 2018
This exhibition, curated by Hyunjin KIM, highlights the work of passionate moving image collectors, Isabelle and Jean-Conrad Lemaître. The choice... Read more

Artist Talk: Art Basel Miami Beach
Conversations: Natural Disasters - Whose Crisis Is It?
December 8, 2017
Art Basel hosts a series of conversations on topics concerning the global contemporary art scene with a range of speakers... Read more
Isaac Julien Bay Area Events: November 2017

November 22, 2017
As part of the parallel programming for Isaac Julien Playtime at Fort Mason, Isaac will be speaking at Bay Area... Read more

'The Leopard' at Centro Internazionale di Fotografia di Palermo

19 November 2017 - 8 January 2018
Isaac's work will be on display in 'The Leopard'; the inaugural exhibition at the International Centre of Photography in Palermo... Read more
Medusa, Jewellery and Taboos

19 May - 5 November 2017
The Musée d'Art moderne de la Ville de Paris presents MEDUSA, an exhibition taking a contemporary and unprecedented look at... Read more

Contemporary and Future Mediterranean Memories

28 October - 3 December 2017
Curated by Paolo Falcone, Isaac's work, Western Union Series no. 10 (Sculpture for the New Millennium) is presented as part... Read more
'Isaac Julien, Playtime' at Fort Mason, San Francisco, USA
PRESENTED BY Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture with the Kramlich Collection and the San Francisco Art Institute
1 December 2017 - 11 February 2018
Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture (FMCAC) is pleased to announce Playtime, an ambitious exhibition of three recent video... Read more

The Sea is History: Art and Black Atlantic Cultures / A symposium around the work of Frank Bowling
Haus der Kunst, Munich, Germany
October 20, 2017
Graphic: Haus der Kunst. On June 23, 2017, Haus der Kunst opened Frank Bowling: Mappa Mundi , a comprehensive survey... Read more
Looking for Langston at MoMA
Museum of Modern Art, New York, 2017
7 - 15 October 2017
The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York will screen Isaac Julien's 1989 film Looking for Langston on October... Read more

Science Fiction: A Journey Into the Unknown
Onassis Cultural Centre, Athens, 2017
9 October 2017 - 14 January 2018
'Two years on from the 'Digital Revolution' exhibition, the OCC joins forces once again with London's Barbican Centre for a... Read more
Isaac Julien in conversation with Nicholas Cullinan at Frieze Masters
Frieze Masters, Regent's Park, Thursday 5 October, 12pm
October 2, 2017
On Thursday 5 October at 12 midday, Isaac Julien (artist) was conversation with Nicholas Cullinan (National Portrait Gallery, London) Curated... Read more

Isaac Julien | Tate Shots

October 2, 2017
Isaac Julien Studio is proud to present this behind the scenes studio visit filmed earlier this year as part of... Read more
'Looking for Langston' in Artforum

September 30, 2017
Read Himali Singh Soin's review of ''I Dream A World' Looking for Langston' at Victoria Miro Gallery, London, in the... Read more

GUEST, GHOST, HOST: MACHINE! Serpentine Marathon 2017
October 7, City Hall, London, 10:00-11:00am Isaac Julien will be involved in the 2017 Serpentine Marathon, 'GUEST, GHOST, HOST: MACHINE!', which brings together artists, scientists, activists,... Read more
All Things Being Equal...
Zeitz MOCAA, Cape Town, 2017
22 September 2017 - 19 February 2018
All Things Being Equal is the inaugural exhibition of the Zeitz MOCAA Museum - the first African museum of contemporary... Read more

Frantz Fanon on 61st London Film Festival and DVD launch
BFI, London, October 5th and 8th, 2017
5 - 8 October 2017
It is more than 50 years since Frantz Fanon’s death as well as the 20th anniversary of Isaac Julien and... Read more
Archive Commissions From Performa Archives
Whitechapel Gallery, London, 2017
6 September 2017 - 4 March 2018
6 September 2017 - 4 March 2018 Start time 11.10am daily Pantomime horses, a harp and brass marching band, a... Read more

Looking for Langston soundtrack released by The Vinyl Factory

July 20, 2017
Shot in sumptuous monochrome Looking for Langston is a lyrical exploration – and recreation – of the private world of... Read more
The Place is Here
South London Gallery, London, UK
22 June - 10 September 2017
The starting-point for The Place is Here is the 1980s: a pivotal decade for British culture and politics. Spanning painting,... Read more

Summer Exhibition 2017
Royal Academy of Arts, London, UK
13 June - 20 August 2017
Almost 250 years ago, the RA’s founding members agreed to hold an “Annual Exhibition of Paintings, Sculptures and Designs …... Read more
Into the Unknown: A Journey through Science Fiction
The Barbican Centre, London, UK
3 June - 1 September 2017
From the 19th century cabinet of curiosities, to the vastness of space. Through future cities, into the inner landscapes of... Read more

Looking for Langston: I Dream a World
Victoria Miro Gallery - Wharf Road, London, UK
16 May - 29 July 2017
Shot in sumptuous monochrome Looking for Langston is a lyrical exploration - and recreation - of the private world of... Read more
Diaspora Pavillion
La Biennale di Venezia - 57th International Art Exhibition, Venice, Italy
13 May - 26 November 2017
The Diaspora Pavilion is conceived as a challenge to the prevalence of national pavilions within the structure of an international... Read more

The Restless Earth
Fondazione Nicola Trussardi / Triennale di Milano, Milan, Italy
28 April - 20 August 2017
The Restless Earth borrows its title from a collection of poems by Édouard Glissant, a Caribbean writer who probed the... Read more
Isaac Julien: Playtime
Platform L contemporary Art Centre, Seoul, Republic of Korea
22 February - 30 April 2017
Curated by Manu Park, the solo exhibition includes PLAYTIME (Seven Screen Installation), 2014, which explores the dramatic and nuanced subject... Read more

Jaguars and Electric Eels
Julia Stoschek Collection, Berlin, Germany
4 February - 24 November 2017
Between 1799 and 1804 a young naturalist, Alexander von Humboldt (1769–1859), visited the American continent for the first time, making... Read more
The Place is Here
Nottingham Contemporary, Nottingham, UK
4 February - 30 April 2017
The starting-point for this exhibition is a pivotal decade for British culture and politics: the 1980s. Spanning painting, sculpture, photography,... Read more

Viva L'Italia
Bologna Musei, 2017
26 - 29 January 2017
An exhibition focusing on cinema and politics in 1970s Italy curated by Mark Nash. This exhibition proposes 1970s Italy as... Read more
Other Destinies
Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Canada
21 January - 23 April 2017
The exhibition consists of two film projections, WESTERN UNION: Small Boats (2007) and True North (2004), which address movements of... Read more

Looking for Langston: I too, sing America
Galerie Ron Mandos, Amsterdam, Netherlands
25 November 2016 - 7 January 2017
Langston Hughes (1902-1967) was an American poet and writer. With his poems Hughes fought for awareness and empowerment in the... Read more
Refuge
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney, Australia
20 October - 19 November 2016
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery is pleased to present Isaac Julien: Refuge, featuring the Australian debut of his new multi-screen installation Stones... Read more

Uncertain States - Artistic Strategies in States of Emergency
Akademir der Kunste, Berlin, Germany
15 October 2016 - 15 January 2017
In times of uncertainty, art and culture become free spaces to transform cultural differences and political conflicts. “Uncertain States”, the... Read more
Protest
Victoria Miro, London, 2016
22 September - 5 November 2016
Historical and contemporary works feature in a group exhibition by artists concerned with the socio-political issues of their day, who... Read more

Ten Thousand Waves
Museu de Arte Contemporânea, Niterói, 2016
3 September - 6 November 2016
When Isaac Julien started working with multi-screen film installations in the late 90s, he was naturally drawn to reflect upon... Read more
Harmony and Transition: Reflecting Chinese Landscapes
Marta Herford
20 June - 4 October 2016
In recent times the shan-shui tradition of mountain-water painting is becoming increasingly important. Contemporary artists are updating the genre and... Read more

The Distant Unknown
OCAT, Shanghai, 2016
4 June - 28 August 2016
The Distant Unknown is an exhibition featuring contemporary artists from the UK. The curator Jiang Jiehong invites five British artists... Read more
Irreversible Intrusion
K11 Art Museum, Shanghai, 2016
21 May - 30 June 2016
Isaac Julien's Ten Thousand Waves is a multi-screen film work inspired by the 2004 Morecambe Bay tragedy. The artist's narration... Read more

Borders Barriers and Walls
Monash University Museum of Art, 2016
30 April - 2 July 2016
Borders, barriers and walls delineate this group exhibition of Australian and international artists. It reflects on how these contested and... Read more
The Shadow Never Lies
Shanghai 21st Century Minsheng Art Museum
30 April - 31 July 2016
Shanghai 21st Century Minsheng Art Museum (M21) is pleased to host 'The Shadow Never Lies' from April 30th to July... Read more

Isaac Julien: Vintage
Jessica Silverman Gallery, San Francisco, 2016
22 April - 18 June 2016
Jessica Silverman Gallery is pleased to present 'Vintage,' a show of early photographs by Isaac Julien. The exhibition presents three... Read more
Thinking Back. A montage of Black Art in Britain
Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, 2016
16 April - 25 September 2016
In 1980s Britain a powerful conversation emerged amongst black artists, film makers, thinkers and institutions. It was the outcome of... Read more

Playtime & Kapital
Museo Universitário Art Contemporáneo, Mexico City, 2016
6 February - 31 July 2016
Isaac Julien is a filmmaker and visual artist whose work revolves around social issues relating to race, gender, and migration.... Read more
Red Africa: Things Fall Apart
Calvert 22, London, UK. University of Bayreuth, Germany. Galeria Avenida da Índia, Lisbon, Portugal. Open Society Archives, Budapest, Hungary
4 February - 3 April 2016
Forming the centrepiece of the Red Africa season, Things Fall Apart will feature artists, filmmakers and groups from across Africa,... Read more

Ten Thousand Waves at the Fondation Louis Vuitton
Fondation Louis Vuitton, Paris, 2016
27 January - 29 August 2016
This hang focused on a specific country and culture, China, featuring works by 11 artists. Combining contemplative engagement with pop-culture... Read more
Isaac Julien: Stones Against Diamonds
Rolls-Royce Art Programme, Miami, 2015
1 - 5 December 2015
Rolls-Royce Motor Cars, in partnership with the National YoungArts Foundation, will present the North American debut of Isaac Julien’s work... Read more

Stones Against Diamonds in Basel
Rolls-Royce Art Programme, Basel, 2015
16 - 21 June 2015
Rolls-Royce Motor Cars presented the first public showing of Isaac Julien's new work Stones Against Diamonds during Art Basel in... Read more
All the World's Futures
56th Venice Biennale, 2015
9 May - 22 November 2015
Capital: A Live Reading 'Beyond the distemper and disorder in the current 'state of things,' there is one pervasive preoccupation... Read more

Mobile M+: Moving Images
Cattle Depot Artist Village, Hong Kong, 2015
13 March - 26 April 2015
How are conditions of today's ever-changing societies expressed, represented and imagined through moving images? Inspired by the themes of migration... Read more
The New Human: You and I in Global Wonderland
Moderna Museet, Stockholm, 2015
14 March - 18 October 2015
Paradise Omeros explores feelings of not belonging, and the special state of mind that can arise in a person that... Read more

Isaac Julien: Riot
De Pont Museum, Tilburg, 2015
31 January - 31 May 2015
The films of Isaac Julien (London, 1960) are a blend of fact and fiction, aesthetics and critical reflection. Over the... Read more
Isaac Julien: Playtime
Galería Helga de Alvear, Madrid, 2015
15 January - 30 April 2015
PLAYTIME is set across three cities defined by their role in relation to capital: London, a city transformed by the... Read more

Isaac Julien: Playtime
Nara Roesler, São Paulo, 2014
9 October - 15 November 2014
Opening October 9th, Galeria Nara Roesler is pleased to present Playtime, Isaac Julien's second solo exhibition at the gallery. One... Read more
Playtime: Isaac Julien
Galerie Ron Mandos, Amsterdam, 2014
6 September - 11 October 2014
Galerie Ron Mandos is proud to present PLAYTIME, a new film installation by the internationally acclaimed video artist Isaac Julien.... Read more

Progetto Danza e Arte Visive
Teatro la Fenice, Venice, 2014
25 - 26 July 2014
Dungeness Redux will be presented o n Friday, July 25, 2014 and Saturday, July 26, 2014, at the Teatro La... Read more
Playtime at Roslyn Oxley9
Roslyn Oxley9, Sydney, 2014
15 March - 12 April 2014
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery is pleased to present Isaac Julien's ambitious new film installation, PLAYTIME. Julien's film explores the relationship between... Read more

Ship to Shore: Art and the Lure of the Sea
John Hansard Gallery, Southampton, 2014
8 February - 4 May 2014
Ship to Shore: Art and the Lure of the Sea is an intriguing visual feast for all ages. This new... Read more
Isaac Julien: Playtime
Victoria Miro, London, 2014
24 January - 1 March 2014
Isaac Julien's PLAYTIME is an ambitious new body of work exploring the dramatic and nuanced subject of capital. Featuring the... Read more

Isaac Julien: Ten Thousand Waves
Museum of Modern Art, New York City, 2013-14
25 November 2013 - 17 February 2014
This installation of Ten Thousand Waves (2010) onto nine double-sided screens arranged in a dynamic structure was especially conceived for... Read more
Playtime at Metro Pictures
Metro Pictures, New York, 2013
7 November - 18 December 2013
Metro Pictures presents a special presentation of Isaac Julien's 'PLAYTIME,' an exhibition that explores current debates on the relationships between... Read more

Reading Cinema, Finding Words: Art After Marcel Broodthaers
The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto, 2013
7 September - 27 October 2013
What kind of relationship is there between the photography, film, video works in contemporary art and cinema, both viewed through... Read more
The Long Road to Mazatlán at the Art Institute Chicago
Art Institute Chicago, 2013-14
26 July 2013 - 13 April 2014
One of England's most important artists and independent filmmakers, and a founder of the pioneering Sankofa Film and Video Collective... Read more

The Cinematic Impulse
Nasher Museum of Art Duke University, Durham, 2013
29 June - 8 September 2013
Drawing from the Nasher Museum's permanent collection of contemporary art, The Cinematic Impulse explores the intricate relationships between cinema, visual... Read more
Isaac Julien. Western Union Small Boats
Museum Brandhorst, Munich, 2013
24 - 28 April 2013
The multi-channel video installation by Isaac Julien is presented in context of our partner project even 'Kino der Kunst'. Little,... Read more

Language Games. An Introduction to the Art of Our Times
Fondacion Helga de Alvear, Madrid, 2012-13
26 October 2012 - 5 May 2013
A central feature of the art of our times is its variety and expressive plurality. For centuries, European art operated... Read more
Expanded Cinema: Isaac Julien, Fiona Tan, Yang Fudong
Ten Thousand Waves, EYE Film Institute, Amsterdam, 2012
28 September - 2 December 2012
EYE gives cinema free reign with the exhibition Expanded Cinema: Isaac Julien, Fiona Tan, Yang Fudong. The three participating artists... Read more

Geopetics
SESC Pompéia - Associação Cultural Videobrasil, São Paulo, 2012
3 September - 16 December 2012
Four multiple-screen installations, created throughout the last decade, comprise the central segment of the British artist Isaac Julien's first solo... Read more
La Triennale, Intense Proximity
Palais de Tokyo, Paris, 2012
19 April 2012 - 25 August 2017
Organized from April 20th to August 26th, 2012, the 3rd edition of the contemporary art triennial exhibition (former 'La Force... Read more

Currents 34: Isaac Julien
Milwakee Art Museum, 2012
24 March 2012 - 5 May 2013
Julien’s Expeditions trilogy—True North (2004), Fantôme Afrique (2005), and Western Union: Small Boats (2007), which the Milwaukee Art Museum recently... Read more
Isaac Julien: Ten Thousand Waves
Ten Thousand Waves, MCASD Downtown, Jacobs Building, 2012
23 February - 4 November 2012
Isaac Julien: Ten Thousand Waves is organized by the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego and is made possible thanks... Read more

This Will Have Been: Art, Love and Politics in the 1980s
Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, 2012
11 February - 3 June 2012
This Will Have Been: Art, Love & Politics in the 1980s covers the period from 1979 to 1992. During this... Read more
One Sixth of the Earth
MUSAC, Leon
28 January - 3 June 2012
One Sixth of the Earth: Ecologies of Image is an overview of the artistic ecosystem in Eastern European countries following... Read more

MOVE - Art and Dance since the 60s
Ten Thousand Waves, K20 Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Dusseldorf, 2011
19 July - 25 September 2011
This travelling exhibition MOVE - Art and Dance since the 60s provides an overview of the historical and current relationship... Read more
Videosphere: A New Generation
Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, 2011
1 July - 9 October 2011
Videosphere: A New Generation was the first-ever exhibition of works in new media drawn exclusively from the Albright-Knox’s collection. Featuring... Read more

Isaac Julien
Kunsternes Hus, Oslo, 2011
26 March - 19 June 2011
Boat refugees from Libya and Arctic landscapes The internationally renowned British artist Isaac Julien (1960) works with films, film installations... Read more
Isaac Julien at Atelier Hermès
Atelier Hermès, Seoul, 2011
29 April - 17 July 2011
Ten Thousand Waves is British video artist Isaac Julien's first solo exhibition in Korea, featuring a new version of the... Read more

Isaac Julien: Ten Thousand Waves
Ten Thousand Waves, Museum Brandhorst, Munich 2011-12
30 March 2011 - 8 January 2012
The Udo and Anette Brandhorst Stiftung has contributed to the financing of a new work by Isaac Julien, which was... Read more
21st Century: Art in the First Decade
Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane, 2010
18 December 2010 - 26 April 2011
Some of the key ideas emerging through artists' works in the '21st Century' exhibition include the rethinking of history in... Read more

Isaac Julien Creative Caribbean Network
Creative Caribbean Network, Bass Museum of Art, Miami, 2010-11
2 December 2010 - 6 March 2011
Isaac Julien Creative Caribbean Network at the Bass Museum of Art in partnership with PUMA.Creative presents the most comprehensive exhibition... Read more
Arctic Re-visions: Isaac Julien's True North
Karl and Bertl Arnstein Galleries, Akron Art Museum, Ohio, 2010
5 June - 3 October 2010
Museum goers will have a chance to experience an immersive, cinematic re-imagining of the discovery of the North Pole [film... Read more

Great National / Art from Britaim
Vestfossen Kunstlaboratorium, Øvre Eiker, 2010
9 May - 3 October 2010
Grand National is the most extensive exhibition of works by British artists to be held in Norway in over a... Read more
Reimagining October
Calvert 22, London, 2009
2 October - 6 December 2009
Re-Imagining October originates from two very distinct starting points: firstly, Derek Jarman's film October, a work that both evokes the... Read more

Installations II: Videos From The Guggenheim Collection
Guggenheim Bilbao, 2009-10
3 March 2009 - 17 January 2010
Following the 2008 exhibition Installations: Selections from the Guggenheim Collections, this presentation investigates the ways in which contemporary artists have... Read more
Derek Jarman: Brutal Beauty
Kunsthalle Zürich, 2008
30 August - 2 November 2008
The new exhibition in the Kunsthalle Zürich 'Derek Jarman. Brutal Beauty' is dedicated to the British artist and filmmaker Derek... Read more

Derek Jarman: Brutal Beauty
Serpentine Galleries, London, 2008
23 February - 13 April 2008
A Serpentine Gallery survey of the work of Derek Jarman, curated by the artist and film-maker Isaac Julien, formed the... Read more
Isaac Julien: Western Union Small Boats
Galería Helga de Alvear, Madrid, 2008
15 January - 15 March 2008
Western Union: Small Boats is the final part in the trilogy of audiovisual installations opening with True North (2004) and... Read more

Come and go: Fiction and Reality
Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon, 2007
22 November 2007 - 1 June 2008
Museu do Centro de Arte Moderna Curatorship: Christine Van Assche Artists: Alexandre Estrela, Chris Marker, Clemens von Wedemeyer, David Claerbout,... Read more
Cast No Shadow at Performa
BAM Harvey Theatre, New York, 2007
6 - 8 November 2007
Visual artist and filmmaker Isaac Julien's first evening length production, Cast No Shadow, brings to life Julien's extraordinary triptych of... Read more

Isaac Julien: True North
Bildmuseet Umeå University, 2007
16 September - 11 November 2007
Sublime beauty, poetic politics and cinematic magic come together in Isaac Julien's video installation, True North, which opens this autumn... Read more
Isaac Julien: True North
True North, Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 2007
2 - 24 March 2007
True North, is meditative and comprises reflective images of the sublime, and, like Julien's accompanying piece, Paradise Omeros, uses the... Read more

Isaac Julien, Fantôme Afrique
The LAB at Belmar, New Jersey, 2006
16 September - 30 December 2006
British artist Isaac Julien explored dance, architecture and African cinema in Fantôme Afrique, a film produced for three screens, creating... Read more
Wrestle
CCS Bard, New York, 2006-07
12 November 2006 - 27 May 2007
Inauguration of New Hessel Museum of Art at Bard College's Center for Curatorial Studies with Opening Exhibition, Wrestle Sunday, November... Read more

True North, Fantôme Afrique
Kestnergesellschaft, Hannover, 2006
23 June - 20 August 2006
Kestnergesellschaft presented from June 23rd to August 20th two recent multiple projections by Isaac Julien: True North and Fantome Afrique... Read more
A Short History of Performance Part IV
Whitechapel Gallery, London, 2006
1 - 14 April 2006
The Whitechapel's acclaimed performance art series latest installment showcases artists going behind the camera to take on the role of... Read more

Isaac Julien: True North & Fantome Afrique
Victoria Miro, London, 2005
14 October - 12 November 2005
This October, Victoria Miro Gallery will present the UK premiere of True North and Fantôme Afrique, two audiovisual installations by... Read more
Isaac Julien: True North
True North, Schindler House, 2005
15 July - 23 October 2005
Isaac Julien's first solo exhibition in Los Angeles and the United States debut of the artist's body of photographs entitled... Read more

3'
Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt, 2004
30 September 2004 - 2 January 2005
3' Today's trailer, advertising and music clip industries condition modern man to an unheard-of density and speed of information. Though... Read more
HER(HIS)TORY
True North, Museum of Cycladic Art, 2005
5 September - 11 December 2004
The Museum of Cycladic art is delighted to announce Her(his)tory, the first ever video-art exhibition in its premises, examining the... Read more

International Film Festival Rotterdam
Vagabondia, Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam, 2004
23 January - 24 February 2004
Part of the programme Isaac Julien Focus, presented during the International Film Festival Rotterdam - IFFR, 2004. Filmed in the... Read more
Third Berlin Biennale fo Contemporary Art
KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin, 2004
14 February - 28 April 2004
The 3rd Berlin Biennale for Contemporary Art directed by Ute Meta Bauer presented 50 contemporary artists at KW Institute for... Read more

Edinburgh International Film Festival
Edinburgh College of Art, 2003
31 July - 31 August 2003
BLACK BOX is a collaboration organised by Edinburgh College of Art (eca) and the Edinburgh International Film Festival (EIFF), consisting... Read more
Isaac Julien: Baltimore
FACT (Foundation for Art & Creative Technology), Liverpool, 2003
22 February - 27 April 2003
Baltimore was commissioned especially for the opening of FACT. This new three screen DVD installation, produced by one of the... Read more

Documenta 11
Kassel, 2002
8 June - 15 September 2002
saac Julien was a founding member of Sankofa Film/Video Collective, one of a number of film and video workshops that... Read more
Isaac Julien
Espace 315, Centre Georges Pompidou
25 May - 15 August 2002
Cinema is at the heart of Isaac Julien's Baltimore, 2003, and Fantôme Créole, 2005, which negotiate issues of black identity... Read more

Turner Prize 2001
Tate Britain, London, 2001
7 November 2001 - 20 January 2002
Isaac Julien was nominated for the Turner Prize for his complex poetic film installations, that combine a theoretical sophistication with... Read more
The Film Art of Isaac Julien
MCA, Sydney, 2001
14 February - 22 April 2001
Best known for his Cannes Critics' Prize feature Young Soul Rebels (1991), this was renowned British filmmaker Isaac Julien's first... Read more

The Long Road to Mazatlan at Art PAce
Art Pace, San Antonio, 1999
9 December 1999 - 16 January 2000
The Long Road to Mazatlán, a video collaboration between Isaac Julien and the choreographer Javier de Frutos, is a fusion... Read more
Isaac Julien: Three
Victoria Miro Gallery, London, 1999
10 - 30 September 1999
Known mainly for his work in cinema, Three is the most recent of Isaac Julien's works to be made specifically... Read more

Lessons of the Hour [Doppelgänger] on the Piccadilly Lights, this Thursday at 7pm

Isaac Julien featured on LACMA'S 'Black American Portraits'

'Lessons of the Hour' debut in Amsterdam

'True North' in group exhibition in Berlin

Lessons of the Hour at Social Works II

Royal Academy Summer Exhibition to feature a new work by Isaac Julien

Stones Against Diamonds in augmented reality

ICA Miami Speaks: Isaac Julien

Isaac Julien in Conversation with Celeste Marie Bernier

Lessons of the Hour - Frederick Douglass: European Premiere in Edinburgh and London

'Territories' in group exhibition in Munich

'Diversity United': 90 contemporary artists reflect on freedom and dignity

'When The Tree Blooms' at Jessica Silverman Gallery's inaugural show

ICA Miami presents 'Vagabondia'

The NYT on Lina Bo Bardi, commemorated by the Venice Architecture Biennale 2021

Isaac Julien at Frieze NY Viewing Room

Isaac Julien's photography on focus at Art Basel

True North at the Guangzhou Image Triennial

A Marvellous Entanglement in the Madrid City Hall

Grief and Grievance: Art and Mourning in America, co-curated by Mark Nash

Isaac Julien in conversation with Judith Butler and Celeste-Marie Bernier

Isaac Julien debates the social power of art education

Isaac Julien 'Small Talks' at The Bass, Miami

Isaac Julien and Deborah Willis in Conversation

Isaac Julien judges the Wallpaper* Design Awards 2021

Abolition Then and Now with Isaac Julien and Robin D.G. Kelley

Looking For Langston at 30: A Film Screening Celebrating Queer Harlem

Recording of the conversation between Isaac Julien and Angela Davis

European premiere of Lessons of the Hour at Kino der Kunst

Isaac Julien and Angela Davis in Conversation, Moderated by Sarah Lewis

Western Union: Small Boats at Ruby City

A Marvellous Entanglement in Rome: MAXXI's exhibition on Frieze's radar

B. Ruby Rich, Kass Banning, Warren Crichlow, and Isaac Julien in Conversation

Roll-Royce's Muse programme to announce selected artists

Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, Galleries I and II

The Guardian Art and Design: A History of Video Art in 30 works

Isaac Julien and Leila Weefur in Conversation

Lessons of the Hour at McEvoy Foundation for the Arts

'Paradise Omeros' at IMMA's commemorative exhibition

'Lessons of the Hour' West Coast première

A conversation to be listened to

Contemporary Art Society holds online talk with Isaac Julien

Group exhibition to premiere 3-screen piece

Isaac Julien Among 12 Artists On The Financial Crisis

Isaac Julien solo exhibition at MAXXI, Rome

Lessons of the Hour at the MAG in Rochester

New photocollages at Jessica Silverman Gallery

The future of video art, according to the NYT

Victoria Miro Gallery presents photographic works from 'Lessons of the Hour'

Isaac Julien on Acute Art Live

Frank Walter retrospective to feature two films by Isaac Julien

MOSTRA PERSPECTIVAS VILA SUL: Frantz Fanon: Black Skin, White Mask

NTU Centre for Contemporary Art Singapore to Screen Frantz Fanon: Black Skin White Mask

Isaac in Conversation with Fernanda Torres

Isaac Julien | Metro Pictures Online Film Festival

Isaac Julien in conversation with Louise Yelin

Online conference to discuss Isaac Julien's aesthetics of political remembering

Isaac Julien in Conversation with Sarah Thornton

Murals of La Jolla

Black Refractions coming soon to The Frye Art Museum

Isaac Julien's America at Jessica Silverman Gallery

Better Life at REDCAT

Derek Screening at Folkestone's Strangelove Festival

Trinh T. Minh-ha is on our minds

Better Life exhibited along video works from the Wemhöner Collection

MODERN SOUTH ON DEBATE AT MOMA

Isaac Julien joins the Art Fund campaign for Jarman's creative sanctuary

Isaac Julien, most influential artists of 2019

...And more in Miami

Art Basel Miami Beach 2019: Isaac Julien at Meridians

Art Basel Miami Beach 2019: unveiling Lessons of the Hour single-screen

Encore II (Radioactive) in Scotland

Looking For Langston in Spain

Looking For Langston: a 30-year celebration in New York

MACBA celebrating three decades of an iconic artwork

The Attendant at ICA London

The Broad's Annual Presentation for World AIDS Day

"TWO TOGETHER" at Zeitz MOCAA

Hirshhorn Museum celebrates installation of Julien’s monumental photograph Pas de Deux No. 2 (Looking for Langston Vintage Series)