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Isaac Julien at Frieze NY Viewing Room
5 - 14 May 2021Featuring 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 2021Since 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 2021The 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 2021Deborah 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 2020The 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, 2020This 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 2021Isaac 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 2021Paving 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 Coast14 October 2020 - 13 March 2021The 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 ideas11 September 2020 - 10 January 2021Exploring 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 Europe23 September 2020 - 17 January 2021Organised 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 2020Victoria 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 2020After 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, 2020As 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
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 LAMarch 4, 2020Isaac 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-haFebruary 28, 2020Isaac 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 Bollmann25 January - 29 February 2020The 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 2019In 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 2020Curated 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, 2019For 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, 2019Hirshhorn 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 2019Premiering 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 2020Ruby 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 2019Curated 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 2020Featuring 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, 2019The 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 2020Until 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 2019Bringing 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 2019Featuring 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 Gallery7 June - 27 July 2019Inspired 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, Netherlands25 May - 1 September 2019Celebrating 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 2019Marking 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 symposium5 May - 11 August 2019LACMA , 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 Nash23 - 25 May 2019Organised 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, 2019Isaac 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 2019Sheltered 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 2019Ruby 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 Omeros7 March - 19 August 2019Featuring 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 series8 March - 13 April 2019Isaac 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 installation3 February - 12 May 2019The 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, USA26 January - 14 April 2019Isaac 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'
Travelling Exhibition16 January - 13 December 2019The 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, USA5 October 2018 - 3 February 2019In 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, France28 November 2018 - 14 February 2019This 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, USA3 November 2018 - 12 May 2019Groundings explores movement—both seen and unseen—through a series of residencies with artists who work in dance, music, and performance art.... Read more
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Commemorating the World AIDS Day
1 December 2019Commemorated 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
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Lessons of the Hour art guides highlight
Exhibition in NY pointed as a must-see8 March - 13 April 2019Lessons 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
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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
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'Isaac Julien: To the End of the Earth' at Galerie Forsblom, Stockholm
Galerie Forsblom, Stockholm, Sweden9 November - 21 December 2018Isaac 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
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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
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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, Germany14 September - 27 October 20180.10 RELOADED. Avantgarde 2018: Afroamerican and African artists as role models of a new humanistic Avantgarde Curated by Dr. Eva... Read more
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'Catastrophe and the Power of Art' at Mori Art Museum
Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan6 October 2018 - 20 January 2019Isaac 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
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'Strata, Rocks, Dust & Stars' at York Art Gallery
York Art Gallery, UK28 September - 25 November 2018Isaac 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
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'Kinship' at Jessica Silverman Gallery
Jessica Silverman Gallery, San Francisco, USA19 July - 31 August 2018Celebrating 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
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'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, UK28 June - 21 October 2018This landmark exhibition explores the influence of Michael Jackson on some of the leading names in contemporary art, spanning several... Read more
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'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
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Royal Academy Summer Exhibition 2018
Royal Academy of the Arts, London, UK12 June - 19 August 2018Held 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, UK5 June - 21 July 2018Isaac Julien will participate in a group show, curated by pioneering British artist Yinka Shonibare MBE. 'Talisman in the Age... Read more
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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, Finland25 May - 12 August 2018Opening on May 25 2018, the 'Ten Thousand Waves' exhibition will feature in Galerie Forsblom’s main exhibition space and studio... Read more
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'Biomorphic Virtuosity' at Jessica Silverman Gallery
Jessica Silverman Gallery, San Francisco, USA26 April - 2 June 2018New 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, 2018The AkzoNobel Art Foundation is making its collection of international contemporary art accessible to the public at large. Featuring work... Read more
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'The Lore of the Land' at Churchgate Gallery
Churchgate Gallery, Porlock, Somerset30 April - 30 May 2018TOBY 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, Austria25 April - 14 October 2018As part of the CROSSING EUROPE Film Festival, their friend and partner, the OK Center for Contemporary Art, Linz, is... Read more
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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 Silverstein24 March - 23 September 2018The most compelling portraits reveal more than simply a sitter’s physical appearance — they hint at an individual’s character, suggest... Read more
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Isaac Julien Talk: 'Lina Bo Bardi: Material Ideologies' at Princeton University
Friday 30th March, 10am-4pm, Betts Auditorium, Princeton UniversityMarch 28, 2018Isaac 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 2018Herford’s most well-known collection is exhibiting previously unseen works at Berlin’s Kunstsaele. Featuring works from the Wemhöner Collection from artists... Read more
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'Isaac Julien: Ten Thousand Waves' at the Whitworth Art Gallery
30 March - 28 August 2018Jointly 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
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'The Rebellion of Moving Image' at MOCA Taipei, Taiwan
3 March - 6 May 2018The 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, 2018Isaac Julien was interviewed by Glenn Dunks for the Guardian whilst he is in Sydney opening the Looking for Langston... Read more
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Isaac Julien - Western Union: small boats at ARoS
3 February - 27 May 2018Isaac 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 2018This group exhibition takes the term 'snowflake' as a starting point, a term used pejoratively by the political right to... Read more
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Isaac Julien is elected as a Royal Academician
February 9, 2018The 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, 2018The United Kingdom Queen's Birthday Honours lists recognise the achievements of a wide range of extraordinary people from across the... Read more
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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, Australia23 January - 3 March 2018Sydney, Australia: Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery presents the exhibition, Isaac Julien: 'Film-Noir Angels' Looking for Langston, as part of the official... Read more
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Paradise Omeros
Galerie Ron Mandos, Amsterdam20 January - 17 February 2018The 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 2018This exhibition, curated by Hyunjin KIM, highlights the work of passionate moving image collectors, Isabelle and Jean-Conrad Lemaître. The choice... Read more
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Artist Talk: Art Basel Miami Beach
Conversations: Natural Disasters - Whose Crisis Is It?December 8, 2017Art 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, 2017As part of the parallel programming for Isaac Julien Playtime at Fort Mason, Isaac will be speaking at Bay Area... Read more
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'The Leopard' at Centro Internazionale di Fotografia di Palermo
19 November 2017 - 8 January 2018Isaac'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 2017The Musée d'Art moderne de la Ville de Paris presents MEDUSA, an exhibition taking a contemporary and unprecedented look at... Read more
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Contemporary and Future Mediterranean Memories
28 October - 3 December 2017Curated 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 Institute1 December 2017 - 11 February 2018Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture (FMCAC) is pleased to announce Playtime, an ambitious exhibition of three recent video... Read more
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The Sea is History: Art and Black Atlantic Cultures / A symposium around the work of Frank Bowling
Haus der Kunst, Munich, GermanyOctober 20, 2017Graphic: 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, 20177 - 15 October 2017The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York will screen Isaac Julien's 1989 film Looking for Langston on October... Read more
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Science Fiction: A Journey Into the Unknown
Onassis Cultural Centre, Athens, 20179 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, 12pmOctober 2, 2017On Thursday 5 October at 12 midday, Isaac Julien (artist) was conversation with Nicholas Cullinan (National Portrait Gallery, London) Curated... Read more
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Isaac Julien | Tate Shots
October 2, 2017Isaac 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, 2017Read Himali Singh Soin's review of ''I Dream A World' Looking for Langston' at Victoria Miro Gallery, London, in the... Read more
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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, 201722 September 2017 - 19 February 2018All Things Being Equal is the inaugural exhibition of the Zeitz MOCAA Museum - the first African museum of contemporary... Read more
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Frantz Fanon on 61st London Film Festival and DVD launch
BFI, London, October 5th and 8th, 20175 - 8 October 2017It 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, 20176 September 2017 - 4 March 20186 September 2017 - 4 March 2018 Start time 11.10am daily Pantomime horses, a harp and brass marching band, a... Read more
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Looking for Langston soundtrack released by The Vinyl Factory
July 20, 2017Shot 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, UK22 June - 10 September 2017The starting-point for The Place is Here is the 1980s: a pivotal decade for British culture and politics. Spanning painting,... Read more
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Summer Exhibition 2017
Royal Academy of Arts, London, UK13 June - 20 August 2017Almost 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, UK3 June - 1 September 2017From the 19th century cabinet of curiosities, to the vastness of space. Through future cities, into the inner landscapes of... Read more
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Looking for Langston: I Dream a World
Victoria Miro Gallery - Wharf Road, London, UK16 May - 29 July 2017Shot 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, Italy13 May - 26 November 2017The Diaspora Pavilion is conceived as a challenge to the prevalence of national pavilions within the structure of an international... Read more
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The Restless Earth
Fondazione Nicola Trussardi / Triennale di Milano, Milan, Italy28 April - 20 August 2017The 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 Korea22 February - 30 April 2017Curated by Manu Park, the solo exhibition includes PLAYTIME (Seven Screen Installation), 2014, which explores the dramatic and nuanced subject... Read more
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Jaguars and Electric Eels
Julia Stoschek Collection, Berlin, Germany4 February - 24 November 2017Between 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, UK4 February - 30 April 2017The starting-point for this exhibition is a pivotal decade for British culture and politics: the 1980s. Spanning painting, sculpture, photography,... Read more
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Viva L'Italia
Bologna Musei, 201726 - 29 January 2017An 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, Canada21 January - 23 April 2017The exhibition consists of two film projections, WESTERN UNION: Small Boats (2007) and True North (2004), which address movements of... Read more
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Looking for Langston: I too, sing America
Galerie Ron Mandos, Amsterdam, Netherlands25 November 2016 - 7 January 2017Langston 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, Australia20 October - 19 November 2016Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery is pleased to present Isaac Julien: Refuge, featuring the Australian debut of his new multi-screen installation Stones... Read more
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Uncertain States - Artistic Strategies in States of Emergency
Akademir der Kunste, Berlin, Germany15 October 2016 - 15 January 2017In 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, 201622 September - 5 November 2016Historical and contemporary works feature in a group exhibition by artists concerned with the socio-political issues of their day, who... Read more
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Ten Thousand Waves
Museu de Arte Contemporânea, Niterói, 20163 September - 6 November 2016When 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 Herford20 June - 4 October 2016In recent times the shan-shui tradition of mountain-water painting is becoming increasingly important. Contemporary artists are updating the genre and... Read more
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The Distant Unknown
OCAT, Shanghai, 20164 June - 28 August 2016The 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, 201621 May - 30 June 2016Isaac Julien's Ten Thousand Waves is a multi-screen film work inspired by the 2004 Morecambe Bay tragedy. The artist's narration... Read more
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Borders Barriers and Walls
Monash University Museum of Art, 201630 April - 2 July 2016Borders, 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 Museum30 April - 31 July 2016Shanghai 21st Century Minsheng Art Museum (M21) is pleased to host 'The Shadow Never Lies' from April 30th to July... Read more
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Isaac Julien: Vintage
Jessica Silverman Gallery, San Francisco, 201622 April - 18 June 2016Jessica 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, 201616 April - 25 September 2016In 1980s Britain a powerful conversation emerged amongst black artists, film makers, thinkers and institutions. It was the outcome of... Read more
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Playtime & Kapital
Museo Universitário Art Contemporáneo, Mexico City, 20166 February - 31 July 2016Isaac 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, Hungary4 February - 3 April 2016Forming the centrepiece of the Red Africa season, Things Fall Apart will feature artists, filmmakers and groups from across Africa,... Read more
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Ten Thousand Waves at the Fondation Louis Vuitton
Fondation Louis Vuitton, Paris, 201627 January - 29 August 2016This 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, 20151 - 5 December 2015Rolls-Royce Motor Cars, in partnership with the National YoungArts Foundation, will present the North American debut of Isaac Julien’s work... Read more
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Stones Against Diamonds in Basel
Rolls-Royce Art Programme, Basel, 201516 - 21 June 2015Rolls-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, 20159 May - 22 November 2015Capital: A Live Reading 'Beyond the distemper and disorder in the current 'state of things,' there is one pervasive preoccupation... Read more
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Mobile M+: Moving Images
Cattle Depot Artist Village, Hong Kong, 201513 March - 26 April 2015How 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, 201514 March - 18 October 2015Paradise Omeros explores feelings of not belonging, and the special state of mind that can arise in a person that... Read more
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Isaac Julien: Riot
De Pont Museum, Tilburg, 201531 January - 31 May 2015The 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, 201515 January - 30 April 2015PLAYTIME is set across three cities defined by their role in relation to capital: London, a city transformed by the... Read more
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Isaac Julien: Playtime
Nara Roesler, São Paulo, 20149 October - 15 November 2014Opening 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, 20146 September - 11 October 2014Galerie Ron Mandos is proud to present PLAYTIME, a new film installation by the internationally acclaimed video artist Isaac Julien.... Read more
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Progetto Danza e Arte Visive
Teatro la Fenice, Venice, 201425 - 26 July 2014Dungeness 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, 201415 March - 12 April 2014Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery is pleased to present Isaac Julien's ambitious new film installation, PLAYTIME. Julien's film explores the relationship between... Read more
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Ship to Shore: Art and the Lure of the Sea
John Hansard Gallery, Southampton, 20148 February - 4 May 2014Ship 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, 201424 January - 1 March 2014Isaac Julien's PLAYTIME is an ambitious new body of work exploring the dramatic and nuanced subject of capital. Featuring the... Read more
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Isaac Julien: Ten Thousand Waves
Museum of Modern Art, New York City, 2013-1425 November 2013 - 17 February 2014This 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, 20137 November - 18 December 2013Metro Pictures presents a special presentation of Isaac Julien's 'PLAYTIME,' an exhibition that explores current debates on the relationships between... Read more
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Reading Cinema, Finding Words: Art After Marcel Broodthaers
The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto, 20137 September - 27 October 2013What 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, 2013-1426 July 2013 - 13 April 2014One of England's most important artists and independent filmmakers, and a founder of the pioneering Sankofa Film and Video Collective... Read more
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The Cinematic Impulse
Nasher Museum of Art Duke University, Durham, 201329 June - 8 September 2013Drawing 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, 201324 - 28 April 2013The multi-channel video installation by Isaac Julien is presented in context of our partner project even 'Kino der Kunst'. Little,... Read more
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Language Games. An Introduction to the Art of Our Times
Fondacion Helga de Alvear, Madrid, 2012-1326 October 2012 - 5 May 2013A 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, 201228 September - 2 December 2012EYE gives cinema free reign with the exhibition Expanded Cinema: Isaac Julien, Fiona Tan, Yang Fudong. The three participating artists... Read more
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Geopetics
SESC Pompéia - Associação Cultural Videobrasil, São Paulo, 20123 September - 16 December 2012Four 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, 201219 April 2012 - 25 August 2017Organized from April 20th to August 26th, 2012, the 3rd edition of the contemporary art triennial exhibition (former 'La Force... Read more
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Currents 34: Isaac Julien
Milwakee Art Museum, 201224 March 2012 - 5 May 2013Julien’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, 201223 February - 4 November 2012Isaac Julien: Ten Thousand Waves is organized by the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego and is made possible thanks... Read more
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This Will Have Been: Art, Love and Politics in the 1980s
Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, 201211 February - 3 June 2012This 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, Leon28 January - 3 June 2012One Sixth of the Earth: Ecologies of Image is an overview of the artistic ecosystem in Eastern European countries following... Read more
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MOVE - Art and Dance since the 60s
Ten Thousand Waves, K20 Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Dusseldorf, 201119 July - 25 September 2011This 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, 20111 July - 9 October 2011Videosphere: A New Generation was the first-ever exhibition of works in new media drawn exclusively from the Albright-Knox’s collection. Featuring... Read more
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Isaac Julien
Kunsternes Hus, Oslo, 201126 March - 19 June 2011Boat 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, 201129 April - 17 July 2011Ten Thousand Waves is British video artist Isaac Julien's first solo exhibition in Korea, featuring a new version of the... Read more
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Isaac Julien: Ten Thousand Waves
Ten Thousand Waves, Museum Brandhorst, Munich 2011-1230 March 2011 - 8 January 2012The 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, 201018 December 2010 - 26 April 2011Some of the key ideas emerging through artists' works in the '21st Century' exhibition include the rethinking of history in... Read more
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Isaac Julien Creative Caribbean Network
Creative Caribbean Network, Bass Museum of Art, Miami, 2010-112 December 2010 - 6 March 2011Isaac 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, 20105 June - 3 October 2010Museum goers will have a chance to experience an immersive, cinematic re-imagining of the discovery of the North Pole [film... Read more
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Great National / Art from Britaim
Vestfossen Kunstlaboratorium, Øvre Eiker, 20109 May - 3 October 2010Grand 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, 20092 October - 6 December 2009Re-Imagining October originates from two very distinct starting points: firstly, Derek Jarman's film October, a work that both evokes the... Read more
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Installations II: Videos From The Guggenheim Collection
Guggenheim Bilbao, 2009-103 March 2009 - 17 January 2010Following 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, 200830 August - 2 November 2008The new exhibition in the Kunsthalle Zürich 'Derek Jarman. Brutal Beauty' is dedicated to the British artist and filmmaker Derek... Read more
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Derek Jarman: Brutal Beauty
Serpentine Galleries, London, 200823 February - 13 April 2008A 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, 200815 January - 15 March 2008Western Union: Small Boats is the final part in the trilogy of audiovisual installations opening with True North (2004) and... Read more
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Come and go: Fiction and Reality
Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon, 200722 November 2007 - 1 June 2008Museu 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, 20076 - 8 November 2007Visual artist and filmmaker Isaac Julien's first evening length production, Cast No Shadow, brings to life Julien's extraordinary triptych of... Read more
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Isaac Julien: True North
Bildmuseet Umeå University, 200716 September - 11 November 2007Sublime 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, 20072 - 24 March 2007True North, is meditative and comprises reflective images of the sublime, and, like Julien's accompanying piece, Paradise Omeros, uses the... Read more
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Isaac Julien, Fantôme Afrique
The LAB at Belmar, New Jersey, 200616 September - 30 December 2006British 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, 2006-0712 November 2006 - 27 May 2007Inauguration of New Hessel Museum of Art at Bard College's Center for Curatorial Studies with Opening Exhibition, Wrestle Sunday, November... Read more
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True North, Fantôme Afrique
Kestnergesellschaft, Hannover, 200623 June - 20 August 2006Kestnergesellschaft 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, 20061 - 14 April 2006The Whitechapel's acclaimed performance art series latest installment showcases artists going behind the camera to take on the role of... Read more
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Isaac Julien: True North & Fantome Afrique
Victoria Miro, London, 200514 October - 12 November 2005This 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, 200515 July - 23 October 2005Isaac Julien's first solo exhibition in Los Angeles and the United States debut of the artist's body of photographs entitled... Read more
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3'
Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt, 200430 September 2004 - 2 January 20053' 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, 20055 September - 11 December 2004The Museum of Cycladic art is delighted to announce Her(his)tory, the first ever video-art exhibition in its premises, examining the... Read more
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International Film Festival Rotterdam
Vagabondia, Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam, 200423 January - 24 February 2004Part 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, 200414 February - 28 April 2004The 3rd Berlin Biennale for Contemporary Art directed by Ute Meta Bauer presented 50 contemporary artists at KW Institute for... Read more
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Edinburgh International Film Festival
Edinburgh College of Art, 200331 July - 31 August 2003BLACK 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, 200322 February - 27 April 2003Baltimore was commissioned especially for the opening of FACT. This new three screen DVD installation, produced by one of the... Read more
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Documenta 11
Kassel, 20028 June - 15 September 2002saac 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 Pompidou25 May - 15 August 2002Cinema is at the heart of Isaac Julien's Baltimore, 2003, and Fantôme Créole, 2005, which negotiate issues of black identity... Read more
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Turner Prize 2001
Tate Britain, London, 20017 November 2001 - 20 January 2002Isaac 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, 200114 February - 22 April 2001Best known for his Cannes Critics' Prize feature Young Soul Rebels (1991), this was renowned British filmmaker Isaac Julien's first... Read more
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The Long Road to Mazatlan at Art PAce
Art Pace, San Antonio, 19999 December 1999 - 16 January 2000The 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, 199910 - 30 September 1999Known mainly for his work in cinema, Three is the most recent of Isaac Julien's works to be made specifically... Read more
