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Isaac Julien: Fantôme Afrique at Ruby City
From May 11, 2023 Ruby City will present Isaac Julien: Fantôme Afrique . In discussing his three-screen, 18-minute film... Read more -
Lessons of the Hour - Frederick Douglass Publication shortlisted for Kraszna-Krausz Book Awards
Isaac Julien's Lessons of the Hour - Frederick Douglass has been shortlisted for the 2023 Kraszna-Krausz Book Awards celebrating excellence... Read more -
Balé Folclórico Dance Performance at The Philadelphia Museum of Art
The performers from Balé Folclórico da Bahia in Brazil will this week present a newly commissioned dance inspired by Julien's... Read more -
Isaac Julien on BBC HARDtalk
Isaac Julien was interviewed by Zeinab Badawi for BBC HARDtalk where they spoke about his 40-year career steeped in powerful... Read more -
Dungeness at Sandretto Re Rebaudengo Foundation
On May 11, the Sandretto Re Rebaudengo Foundation in Turin opens the group exhibition The Butterfly Affect showing the works... Read more -
Sharjah Biennial 15 and Isaac Julien's Once Again . . . (Statues Never Die) among the must see shows in the latest issue of Artforum
In a feature for Artforum’s May issue , Siddhartha Mitter writes about the Fifteenth Sharjah Biennial, “Thinking Historically in the... Read more -
Isaac Julien in the New York Times
On April 28th, the New York Times published a feature profile on Isaac Julien under the title Looking for Freedom,... Read more -
Isaac Julien's Lessons of the Hour - Frederick Douglass has been longlisted for the 2023 Kraszna-Krausz Book Awards
Isaac Julien's Lessons of the Hour - Frederick Douglass has been longlisted for the 2023 Kraszna-Krausz Book Awards celebrating excellence... Read more -
Curating the Moving Image by Mark Nash published
The latest book by influential curator and theorist Mark Nash has been published, distributed by Duke University Press. In Curating... Read more -
Isaac Julien in frieze Magazine
In the April issue of frieze, Deborah Willis interviews Isaac Julien ahead of his major solo show at Tate Britain... Read more -
Isaac Julien talks about Playtime
In conjunction with the opening of Playtime, Isaac Julien's 2014 exploration of capital in the art world, at Palais Populaire,... Read more -
Isaac Julien's What Freedom Is To Me Book Published
This landmark book reveals the scope of Julien’s pioneering practice of over forty years, from the early 1980s to the... Read more -
Isaac Julien: What Freedom Is To Me at Tate Britain
The first major UK survey of the artist's career-to-date Opening April 26, Tate Britain marks Sir Isaac Julien's first major UK survey of the Artist's expansive body of work.... Read more -
Lessons of the Hour at Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art
The Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art will exhibit Sir Isaac Julien's 2019 immersive, multi-screen installation, Lessons of the Hour. Co-curated... Read more -
Playtime opens at Palais Populaire in Berlin
Isaac Julien's 2014 installation Playtime has opened, alongside photographic works from the Playtime series, at Berlin's Palais Populaire , showcasing... Read more -
Isaac Julien's Lina Bo Bardi - A Marvellous Entanglement opens at the Philadelphia Museum of Art
Isaac Julien's Lina Bo Bardi—A Marvellous Entanglement opened at the Philadelphia Museum of Art on the 28th of January. Across... Read more -
Once Again... (Statues Never Die) at the Sharjah Biennial 15
Isaac Julien's latest work Once Again... (Statues Never Die) will be part of the 15th Sharjah Biennial that opens on... Read more -
Isaac Julien's Emerald Portrait part of the Color Code exhibition in San Francisco
McEvoy Arts’ fifth anniversary exhibition Color Code currently on view in their space in San Francisco celebrates the many... Read more -
Isaac Julien curates Rock My Soul II (Stockholm)
The second iteration of the acclaimed exhibition Rock My Soul curated by Sir Isaac Julien, RA which premiered at Victoria... Read more -
Isaac Julien awarded Goslar Kaiserring in Germany
Award coincides with exhibition at Mönchehaus Museum Isaac Julien has been awarded the Goslar Kaiserring in Goslar, Germany. Since 1975, the city of Goslar has been awarding... Read more -
Remastered version of The Passion of Remembrance to premiere in London and New York
The groundbreaking debut feature by radical film collective Sankofa ( Isaac Julien, Martina Attille, Maureen Blackwood, Nadine Marsh-Edwards and Robert... Read more -
Once Again... (Statues Never Die) in The New Yorker Magazine
Isaac Julien's latest artwork Once Again... (Statues Never Die) on view at the Barnes Foundation until 4th of September was... Read more -
Isaac Julien's Baltimore at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles
The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles opened its new exhibition R egeneration: Black Cinema 1898–1971 which explores... Read more -
Isaac Julien and Martina Klich in conversation at the Royal Academy
On the 7th of July, Isaac Julien and Martina Klich were in conversation at the Royal Academy in London as... Read more -
Isaac Julien’s True North at Ruby City
As part of Isaac Julien's exhibition True North on view until 29th of January 2023, Ruby City virtually hosted Isaac... Read more -
Isaac Julien knighted by Queen Elizabeth
On the occasion of her Platinum Jubilee, Queen Elizabeth released her 2022 Birthday Honours List on June 1, and among... Read more -
Isaac Julien at Art Basel
Isaac Julien's photographic artwork After George Platt Lynes was part of the Victoria Miro's presentation at this year's Art Basel.... Read more -
Isaac Julien at the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition
Isaac Julien's photographic artwork Sem começo nem fim / Without Beginning or End from the Lina Bo Bardi - A... Read more -
Looking for Langston at the British Film Institute
As part of the BFI Flare, the British Film Institute organised a screening and discussion around Looking for Langston, a... Read more -
Screening of Looking for Langston exclusively on MoMA's website
Newly acquired by Museum of Modern Art in New York, Isaac Julien’s Looking for Langston is part of the exclusive... Read more -
Once Again. . . (Statues Never Die) at Barnes Foundation
The Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia presents the World Premiere of new 5-screen film installation by Isaac Julien The Barnes Foundation marks its centennial celebrations with the World Premiere of a new five-screen immersive film installation by Isaac... Read more -
Isaac Julien and the Sankofa Film and Video Collective
A programmatic series of three works, developed in concert with artist and filmmaker Isaac Julien, from the Sankofa Film and... Read more -
Isaac Julien's Lessons of the Hour at Photo London
On Friday, 13th May 2022 Isaac Julien participated at the Photo London Fair by signing his latest publication Lessons of... Read more -
Paradise Omeros is part of Where cloudy waters collide… at Pippy Houldsworth Gallery
6 May - 4 June 2022Isaac Julien’s Paradise Omeros (2002) is part of the exhibition Where cloudy waters collide… at Pippy Houldsworth Gallery. The exhibition... Read more -
The Leopard (Western Union: Small Boats) at De Renava Biennial
25 May - 8 November 2022For the inaugural edition of Corsica's De Renava biennial, Isaac Julien's single-screen installation The Leopard (2007) is presented alongside works... Read more -
Looking for Langston in Fashioning Masculinities: The Art of Menswear
19 March - 6 November 2022Photography from Isaac Julien's Looking for Langston series, culled from his 1989 film of the same name - a reflection... Read more -
Isaac Julien in Adelaide and Perth
SAMSTAG Museum of Art and John Curtin Gallery to co-present series of works in Australia The SAMSTAG Museum of Art and John Curtin Gallery will co-present four moving image installations as part of the Adelaide... Read more -
Art Gallery of New South Wales presents Isaac Julien in conversation with Franklin Simrans
As part of their 'In the Frame' series, The Art Gallery of New South Wales presents Isaac Julien in conversation... Read more -
Lina Bo Bardi - A Marvellous Entanglement opens at Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery
28 January - 26 February 2022Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery is pleased to present the 3-screen Lina Bo Bardi - A Marvellous Entanglement in Sydney, Australia. Filmed in several... Read more -
Isaac Julien Receives Goslar Kaiserring 2022
Isaac Julien received Goslar Kaiserring Award 2022 for his breaking down the barriers between different artistic disciplines by drawing from... Read more -
Isaac Julien's Lessons of the Hour - Frederick Douglass Publication
Isaac Julien's latest publication Lessons of the Hour - Frederick Douglass has come out! Lessons of the Hour — Frederick... Read more -
Lessons of the Hour on show at ADAA Art Show with Jessica Silverman
Isaac Julien latest additions to Lessons of the Hour photographic series unveiled in Booth D43 - 7 November 2021Jessica Silverman is pleased to present 'Successors' a presentation of new and recent works by artists Isaac Julien, Coreen Simpson... Read more -
Who Killed Colin Roach? On show with Galerie Ron Mandos at Loop Barcelona
16 - 18 November 2021We are delighted to announce the participation of Isaac Julien in LOOP Fair 2021, taking place from November 16 to... Read more -
Isaac Julien: Lina Bo Bardi - A Marvellous Entanglement
Exhibition at the Bechtler Museum, Charlotte, North Carolina30 October 2021 - 27 February 2022Isaac Julien: Lina Bo Bardi — A Marvellous Entanglement is an exciting tribute to the legendary Italian-Brazilian architect Lina Bo... Read more -
Lessons of the Hour [Doppelgänger] on the Piccadilly Lights, this Thursday at 7pm
14 October 2021After 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 2022Complementing 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 2021Having 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 2021Presented 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 2021Curated 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 2022One 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 2022Conceived 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 audiences29 July - 10 October 2021Isaac 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 2022The 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 2021With 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 2021Marking 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 2021With 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 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
25 September 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
20 April 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
