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  Commemorating the World AIDS Day

  1 December 2019

  Commemorated since 1988 on the 1st of December, the World AIDS Day is an occasion to raise awareness and discuss... Read more

• Lessons for a dystopian present

  The Hyperallergic take on Lessons of the Hour Reporting for Hyperallergic , Nick Mirzoeff emphasises the profound social and political reflections proposed in Isaac Julien's Lessons of the... Read more

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  Lessons of the Hour art guides highlight

  Exhibition in NY pointed as a must-see

  8 March - 13 April 2019

  Lessons of the Hour is a must-see show, according to ArtNews and Artsy . The latter described the series as... Read more
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  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
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  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, Sweden

  9 November - 21 December 2018

  Isaac Julien Studio is pleased to announce the opening of the exhibition To the end of the Earth at Galerie... Read more
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  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
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  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
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  '0.10 RELOADED, Avantgarde 2018 at Galerie Sabine Knust'

  Galerie Sabine Knust, Munich, Germany

  14 September - 27 October 2018

  0.10 RELOADED. Avantgarde 2018: Afroamerican and African artists as role models of a new humanistic Avantgarde Curated by Dr. Eva... Read more

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  'Catastrophe and the Power of Art' at Mori Art Museum

  Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan

  6 October 2018 - 20 January 2019

  Isaac Julien's three-screen installation of Playtime (2014) will be on show as part of Catastrophe and the Power of Art... Read more
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  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, UK

  28 September - 25 November 2018

  Isaac Julien Studio is proud to announce the UK premiere of the ten-screen installation of Stones Against Diamonds which was... Read more
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  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, USA

  19 July - 31 August 2018

  Celebrating the 10th anniversary of Jessica Silverman Gallery with a monster group show, titled “Kinship.” The exhibition features work by... Read more
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  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
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  'Michael Jackson: On The Wall' at the National Portrait Gallery

  National Portrait Gallery, London, UK

  28 June - 21 October 2018

  This landmark exhibition explores the influence of Michael Jackson on some of the leading names in contemporary art, spanning several... Read more

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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
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  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, UK

  12 June - 19 August 2018

  Held without interruption since 1769, the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition displays works in a variety of mediums and genres by... Read more
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  'Talisman in the Age of Difference' at Stephen Friedman Gallery

  Stephen Friedman Gallery, London, UK

  5 June - 21 July 2018

  Isaac Julien will participate in a group show, curated by pioneering British artist Yinka Shonibare MBE. 'Talisman in the Age... Read more

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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
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  'Ten Thousand Waves' at Galerie Forsblom

  Galerie Forsblom, Helsinki, Finland

  25 May - 12 August 2018

  Opening on May 25 2018, the 'Ten Thousand Waves' exhibition will feature in Galerie Forsblom’s main exhibition space and studio... Read more

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  'Biomorphic Virtuosity' at Jessica Silverman Gallery

  Jessica Silverman Gallery, San Francisco, USA

  26 April - 2 June 2018

  New work from Isaac Julien is featured in 'Biomorphic Virtuosity,' a three-person exhibition about the present tense and multiple futures... Read more
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  'Common Ground' at the Akzo Nobel Foundation Art Space, Amsterdam

  April 20, 2018

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

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  'The Lore of the Land' at Churchgate Gallery

  Churchgate Gallery, Porlock, Somerset

  30 April - 30 May 2018

  TOBY BOUNDY / FRANCES BURDEN / ANDREW CHILD / BEN CLARKE / HAYDN COTTAM / LOUISE CRABB / SACHA CRADDOCK... Read more
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  'Höhenrausch: The Other Shore' at OK Center for Contemporary Art

  OK Center for Contemporary Art, Linz, Austria

  25 April - 14 October 2018

  As part of the CROSSING EUROPE Film Festival, their friend and partner, the OK Center for Contemporary Art, Linz, is... Read more

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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
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  'Selves and Other's at San Francisco MOMA

  Gifts to the Collection from Carla Emil and Rich Silverstein

  24 March - 23 September 2018

  The most compelling portraits reveal more than simply a sitter’s physical appearance — they hint at an individual’s character, suggest... Read more

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  Isaac Julien Talk: 'Lina Bo Bardi: Material Ideologies' at Princeton University

  Friday 30th March, 10am-4pm, Betts Auditorium, Princeton University

  March 28, 2018

  Isaac Julien and Rafaela Mendes Ferreira, Art Historian and Researcher, Isaac Julien Studio will be speaking at the Lina Bo... Read more
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  'Satisfy Me' at Kunstaele, Berlin

  2 February - 31 March 2018

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

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

  30 March - 28 August 2018

  Jointly acquired by the Whitworth Art Gallery and Towner Museum via the Art Fund’s Moving Image Fund, the spectacular immersive... Read more
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  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 2018

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

  February 19, 2018

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

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  Isaac Julien - Western Union: small boats at ARoS

  3 February - 27 May 2018

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

  11 February - 8 April 2018

  This group exhibition takes the term 'snowflake' as a starting point, a term used pejoratively by the political right to... Read more

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  Isaac Julien is elected as a Royal Academician

  February 9, 2018

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

  February 2, 2018

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

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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
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  Isaac Julien: Film Noir Angels Looking for Langston

  Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney, Australia

  23 January - 3 March 2018

  Sydney, Australia: Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery presents the exhibition, Isaac Julien: 'Film-Noir Angels' Looking for Langston, as part of the official... Read more

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  Paradise Omeros

  Galerie Ron Mandos, Amsterdam

  20 January - 17 February 2018

  The topic of migration is now more relevant than ever, also presented in the recent five exhibitions on this subject... Read more
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  Vision on Vision: The Lemaître Video Collection

  7 December 2017 - 21 January 2018

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

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  Artist Talk: Art Basel Miami Beach

  Conversations: Natural Disasters - Whose Crisis Is It?

  December 8, 2017

  Art Basel hosts a series of conversations on topics concerning the global contemporary art scene with a range of speakers... Read more
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  Isaac Julien Bay Area Events: November 2017

  November 22, 2017

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

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  'The Leopard' at Centro Internazionale di Fotografia di Palermo

  19 November 2017 - 8 January 2018

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

  19 May - 5 November 2017

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

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  Contemporary and Future Mediterranean Memories

  28 October - 3 December 2017

  Curated by Paolo Falcone, Isaac's work, Western Union Series no. 10 (Sculpture for the New Millennium) is presented as part... Read more
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  'Isaac Julien, Playtime' at Fort Mason, San Francisco, USA

  PRESENTED BY Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture with the Kramlich Collection and the San Francisco Art Institute

  1 December 2017 - 11 February 2018

  Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture (FMCAC) is pleased to announce Playtime, an ambitious exhibition of three recent video... Read more

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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, Germany

  October 20, 2017

  Graphic: Haus der Kunst. On June 23, 2017, Haus der Kunst opened Frank Bowling: Mappa Mundi , a comprehensive survey... Read more
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  Looking for Langston at MoMA

  Museum of Modern Art, New York, 2017

  7 - 15 October 2017

  The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York will screen Isaac Julien's 1989 film Looking for Langston on October... Read more

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  Science Fiction: A Journey Into the Unknown

  Onassis Cultural Centre, Athens, 2017

  9 October 2017 - 14 January 2018

  'Two years on from the 'Digital Revolution' exhibition, the OCC joins forces once again with London's Barbican Centre for a... Read more
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  Isaac Julien in conversation with Nicholas Cullinan at Frieze Masters

  Frieze Masters, Regent's Park, Thursday 5 October, 12pm

  October 2, 2017

  On Thursday 5 October at 12 midday, Isaac Julien (artist) was conversation with Nicholas Cullinan (National Portrait Gallery, London) Curated... Read more

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  Isaac Julien | Tate Shots

  October 2, 2017

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

  September 30, 2017

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

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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
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  All Things Being Equal...

  Zeitz MOCAA, Cape Town, 2017

  22 September 2017 - 19 February 2018

  All Things Being Equal is the inaugural exhibition of the Zeitz MOCAA Museum - the first African museum of contemporary... Read more

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  Frantz Fanon on 61st London Film Festival and DVD launch

  BFI, London, October 5th and 8th, 2017

  5 - 8 October 2017

  It is more than 50 years since Frantz Fanon’s death as well as the 20th anniversary of Isaac Julien and... Read more
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  Archive Commissions From Performa Archives

  Whitechapel Gallery, London, 2017

  6 September 2017 - 4 March 2018

  6 September 2017 - 4 March 2018 Start time 11.10am daily Pantomime horses, a harp and brass marching band, a... Read more

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  Looking for Langston soundtrack released by The Vinyl Factory

  July 20, 2017

  Shot in sumptuous monochrome Looking for Langston is a lyrical exploration – and recreation – of the private world of... Read more

• The Place is Here

  South London Gallery, London, UK

  22 June - 10 September 2017

  The starting-point for The Place is Here is the 1980s: a pivotal decade for British culture and politics. Spanning painting,... Read more

• Summer Exhibition 2017

  Royal Academy of Arts, London, UK

  13 June - 20 August 2017

  Almost 250 years ago, the RA’s founding members agreed to hold an “Annual Exhibition of Paintings, Sculptures and Designs …... Read more
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  Into the Unknown: A Journey through Science Fiction

  The Barbican Centre, London, UK

  3 June - 1 September 2017

  From the 19th century cabinet of curiosities, to the vastness of space. Through future cities, into the inner landscapes of... Read more

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  Looking for Langston: I Dream a World

  Victoria Miro Gallery - Wharf Road, London, UK

  16 May - 29 July 2017

  Shot in sumptuous monochrome Looking for Langston is a lyrical exploration - and recreation - of the private world of... Read more
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  Diaspora Pavillion

  La Biennale di Venezia - 57th International Art Exhibition, Venice, Italy

  13 May - 26 November 2017

  The Diaspora Pavilion is conceived as a challenge to the prevalence of national pavilions within the structure of an international... Read more

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  The Restless Earth

  Fondazione Nicola Trussardi / Triennale di Milano, Milan, Italy

  28 April - 20 August 2017

  The Restless Earth borrows its title from a collection of poems by Édouard Glissant, a Caribbean writer who probed the... Read more
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  Isaac Julien: Playtime

  Platform L contemporary Art Centre, Seoul, Republic of Korea

  22 February - 30 April 2017

  Curated by Manu Park, the solo exhibition includes PLAYTIME (Seven Screen Installation), 2014, which explores the dramatic and nuanced subject... Read more

• Jaguars and Electric Eels

  Julia Stoschek Collection, Berlin, Germany

  4 February - 24 November 2017

  Between 1799 and 1804 a young naturalist, Alexander von Humboldt (1769–1859), visited the American continent for the first time, making... Read more

• The Place is Here

  Nottingham Contemporary, Nottingham, UK

  4 February - 30 April 2017

  The starting-point for this exhibition is a pivotal decade for British culture and politics: the 1980s. Spanning painting, sculpture, photography,... Read more

• Viva L'Italia

  Bologna Musei, 2017

  26 - 29 January 2017

  An exhibition focusing on cinema and politics in 1970s Italy curated by Mark Nash. This exhibition proposes 1970s Italy as... Read more

• Other Destinies

  Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Canada

  21 January - 23 April 2017

  The exhibition consists of two film projections, WESTERN UNION: Small Boats (2007) and True North (2004), which address movements of... Read more

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  Looking for Langston: I too, sing America

  Galerie Ron Mandos, Amsterdam, Netherlands

  25 November 2016 - 7 January 2017

  Langston Hughes (1902-1967) was an American poet and writer. With his poems Hughes fought for awareness and empowerment in the... Read more
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  Refuge

  Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney, Australia

  20 October - 19 November 2016

  Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery is pleased to present Isaac Julien: Refuge, featuring the Australian debut of his new multi-screen installation Stones... Read more

• Uncertain States - Artistic Strategies in States of Emergency 

  Akademir der Kunste, Berlin, Germany

  15 October 2016 - 15 January 2017

  In times of uncertainty, art and culture become free spaces to transform cultural differences and political conflicts. “Uncertain States”, the... Read more
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  Protest

  Victoria Miro, London, 2016

  22 September - 5 November 2016

  Historical and contemporary works feature in a group exhibition by artists concerned with the socio-political issues of their day, who... Read more

• Ten Thousand Waves

  Museu de Arte Contemporânea, Niterói, 2016

  3 September - 6 November 2016

  When Isaac Julien started working with multi-screen film installations in the late 90s, he was naturally drawn to reflect upon... Read more
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  Harmony and Transition: Reflecting Chinese Landscapes

  Marta Herford

  20 June - 4 October 2016

  In recent times the shan-shui tradition of mountain-water painting is becoming increasingly important. Contemporary artists are updating the genre and... Read more

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  The Distant Unknown

  OCAT, Shanghai, 2016

  4 June - 28 August 2016

  The Distant Unknown is an exhibition featuring contemporary artists from the UK. The curator Jiang Jiehong invites five British artists... Read more
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  Irreversible Intrusion

  K11 Art Museum, Shanghai, 2016

  21 May - 30 June 2016

  Isaac Julien's Ten Thousand Waves is a multi-screen film work inspired by the 2004 Morecambe Bay tragedy. The artist's narration... Read more

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  Borders Barriers and Walls

  Monash University Museum of Art, 2016

  30 April - 2 July 2016

  Borders, barriers and walls delineate this group exhibition of Australian and international artists. It reflects on how these contested and... Read more
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  The Shadow Never Lies

  Shanghai 21st Century Minsheng Art Museum

  30 April - 31 July 2016

  Shanghai 21st Century Minsheng Art Museum (M21) is pleased to host 'The Shadow Never Lies' from April 30th to July... Read more

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  Isaac Julien: Vintage

  Jessica Silverman Gallery, San Francisco, 2016

  22 April - 18 June 2016

  Jessica Silverman Gallery is pleased to present 'Vintage,' a show of early photographs by Isaac Julien. The exhibition presents three... Read more
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  Thinking Back. A montage of Black Art in Britain

  Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, 2016

  16 April - 25 September 2016

  In 1980s Britain a powerful conversation emerged amongst black artists, film makers, thinkers and institutions. It was the outcome of... Read more

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  Playtime & Kapital

  Museo Universitário Art Contemporáneo, Mexico City, 2016

  6 February - 31 July 2016

  Isaac Julien is a filmmaker and visual artist whose work revolves around social issues relating to race, gender, and migration.... Read more
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  Red Africa: Things Fall Apart

  Calvert 22, London, UK. University of Bayreuth, Germany. Galeria Avenida da Índia, Lisbon, Portugal. Open Society Archives, Budapest, Hungary

  4 February - 3 April 2016

  Forming the centrepiece of the Red Africa season, Things Fall Apart will feature artists, filmmakers and groups from across Africa,... Read more

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  Ten Thousand Waves at the Fondation Louis Vuitton

  Fondation Louis Vuitton, Paris, 2016

  27 January - 29 August 2016

  This hang focused on a specific country and culture, China, featuring works by 11 artists. Combining contemplative engagement with pop-culture... Read more
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  Isaac Julien: Stones Against Diamonds

  Rolls-Royce Art Programme, Miami, 2015

  1 - 5 December 2015

  Rolls-Royce Motor Cars, in partnership with the National YoungArts Foundation, will present the North American debut of Isaac Julien’s work... Read more

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  Stones Against Diamonds in Basel

  Rolls-Royce Art Programme, Basel, 2015

  16 - 21 June 2015

  Rolls-Royce Motor Cars presented the first public showing of Isaac Julien's new work Stones Against Diamonds during Art Basel in... Read more
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  All the World's Futures

  56th Venice Biennale, 2015

  9 May - 22 November 2015

  Capital: A Live Reading 'Beyond the distemper and disorder in the current 'state of things,' there is one pervasive preoccupation... Read more

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  Mobile M+: Moving Images

  Cattle Depot Artist Village, Hong Kong, 2015

  13 March - 26 April 2015

  How are conditions of today's ever-changing societies expressed, represented and imagined through moving images? Inspired by the themes of migration... Read more
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  The New Human: You and I in Global Wonderland

  Moderna Museet, Stockholm, 2015

  14 March - 18 October 2015

  Paradise Omeros explores feelings of not belonging, and the special state of mind that can arise in a person that... Read more

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  Isaac Julien: Riot

  De Pont Museum, Tilburg, 2015

  31 January - 31 May 2015

  The films of Isaac Julien (London, 1960) are a blend of fact and fiction, aesthetics and critical reflection. Over the... Read more
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  Isaac Julien: Playtime

  Galería Helga de Alvear, Madrid, 2015

  15 January - 30 April 2015

  PLAYTIME is set across three cities defined by their role in relation to capital: London, a city transformed by the... Read more

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  Isaac Julien: Playtime

  Nara Roesler, São Paulo, 2014

  9 October - 15 November 2014

  Opening October 9th, Galeria Nara Roesler is pleased to present Playtime, Isaac Julien's second solo exhibition at the gallery. One... Read more
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  Playtime: Isaac Julien

  Galerie Ron Mandos, Amsterdam, 2014

  6 September - 11 October 2014

  Galerie Ron Mandos is proud to present PLAYTIME, a new film installation by the internationally acclaimed video artist Isaac Julien.... Read more

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  Progetto Danza e Arte Visive

  Teatro la Fenice, Venice, 2014

  25 - 26 July 2014

  Dungeness Redux will be presented o n Friday, July 25, 2014 and Saturday, July 26, 2014, at the Teatro La... Read more
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  Playtime at Roslyn Oxley9

  Roslyn Oxley9, Sydney, 2014

  15 March - 12 April 2014

  Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery is pleased to present Isaac Julien's ambitious new film installation, PLAYTIME. Julien's film explores the relationship between... Read more

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  Ship to Shore: Art and the Lure of the Sea

  John Hansard Gallery, Southampton, 2014

  8 February - 4 May 2014

  Ship to Shore: Art and the Lure of the Sea is an intriguing visual feast for all ages. This new... Read more
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  Isaac Julien: Playtime

  Victoria Miro, London, 2014

  24 January - 1 March 2014

  Isaac Julien's PLAYTIME is an ambitious new body of work exploring the dramatic and nuanced subject of capital. Featuring the... Read more

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  Isaac Julien: Ten Thousand Waves

  Museum of Modern Art, New York City, 2013-14

  25 November 2013 - 17 February 2014

  This installation of Ten Thousand Waves (2010) onto nine double-sided screens arranged in a dynamic structure was especially conceived for... Read more
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  Playtime at Metro Pictures

  Metro Pictures, New York, 2013

  7 November - 18 December 2013

  Metro Pictures presents a special presentation of Isaac Julien's 'PLAYTIME,' an exhibition that explores current debates on the relationships between... Read more

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  Reading Cinema, Finding Words: Art After Marcel Broodthaers

  The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto, 2013

  7 September - 27 October 2013

  What kind of relationship is there between the photography, film, video works in contemporary art and cinema, both viewed through... Read more

• The Long Road to Mazatlán at the Art Institute Chicago

  Art Institute Chicago, 2013-14

  26 July 2013 - 13 April 2014

  One of England's most important artists and independent filmmakers, and a founder of the pioneering Sankofa Film and Video Collective... Read more

• The Cinematic Impulse

  Nasher Museum of Art Duke University, Durham, 2013

  29 June - 8 September 2013

  Drawing from the Nasher Museum's permanent collection of contemporary art, The Cinematic Impulse explores the intricate relationships between cinema, visual... Read more
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  Isaac Julien. Western Union Small Boats

  Museum Brandhorst, Munich, 2013

  24 - 28 April 2013

  The multi-channel video installation by Isaac Julien is presented in context of our partner project even 'Kino der Kunst'. Little,... Read more

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  Language Games. An Introduction to the Art of Our Times

  Fondacion Helga de Alvear, Madrid, 2012-13

  26 October 2012 - 5 May 2013

  A central feature of the art of our times is its variety and expressive plurality. For centuries, European art operated... Read more
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  Expanded Cinema: Isaac Julien, Fiona Tan, Yang Fudong

  Ten Thousand Waves, EYE Film Institute, Amsterdam, 2012

  28 September - 2 December 2012

  EYE gives cinema free reign with the exhibition Expanded Cinema: Isaac Julien, Fiona Tan, Yang Fudong. The three participating artists... Read more

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  Geopetics

  SESC Pompéia - Associação Cultural Videobrasil, São Paulo, 2012

  3 September - 16 December 2012

  Four multiple-screen installations, created throughout the last decade, comprise the central segment of the British artist Isaac Julien's first solo... Read more
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  La Triennale, Intense Proximity

  Palais de Tokyo, Paris, 2012

  19 April 2012 - 25 August 2017

  Organized from April 20th to August 26th, 2012, the 3rd edition of the contemporary art triennial exhibition (former 'La Force... Read more

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  Currents 34: Isaac Julien

  Milwakee Art Museum, 2012

  24 March 2012 - 5 May 2013

  Julien’s Expeditions trilogy—True North (2004), Fantôme Afrique (2005), and Western Union: Small Boats (2007), which the Milwaukee Art Museum recently... Read more
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  Isaac Julien: Ten Thousand Waves

  Ten Thousand Waves, MCASD Downtown, Jacobs Building, 2012

  23 February - 4 November 2012

  Isaac Julien: Ten Thousand Waves is organized by the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego and is made possible thanks... Read more

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  This Will Have Been: Art, Love and Politics in the 1980s

  Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, 2012

  11 February - 3 June 2012

  This Will Have Been: Art, Love & Politics in the 1980s covers the period from 1979 to 1992. During this... Read more
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  One Sixth of the Earth

  MUSAC, Leon

  28 January - 3 June 2012

  One Sixth of the Earth: Ecologies of Image is an overview of the artistic ecosystem in Eastern European countries following... Read more

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  MOVE - Art and Dance since the 60s

  Ten Thousand Waves, K20 Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Dusseldorf, 2011

  19 July - 25 September 2011

  This travelling exhibition MOVE - Art and Dance since the 60s provides an overview of the historical and current relationship... Read more

• Videosphere: A New Generation

  Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, 2011

  1 July - 9 October 2011

  Videosphere: A New Generation was the first-ever exhibition of works in new media drawn exclusively from the Albright-Knox’s collection. Featuring... Read more

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  Isaac Julien

  Kunsternes Hus, Oslo, 2011

  26 March - 19 June 2011

  Boat refugees from Libya and Arctic landscapes The internationally renowned British artist Isaac Julien (1960) works with films, film installations... Read more
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  Isaac Julien at Atelier Hermès

  Atelier Hermès, Seoul, 2011

  29 April - 17 July 2011

  Ten Thousand Waves is British video artist Isaac Julien's first solo exhibition in Korea, featuring a new version of the... Read more

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  Isaac Julien: Ten Thousand Waves

  Ten Thousand Waves, Museum Brandhorst, Munich 2011-12

  30 March 2011 - 8 January 2012

  The Udo and Anette Brandhorst Stiftung has contributed to the financing of a new work by Isaac Julien, which was... Read more
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  21st Century: Art in the First Decade

  Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane, 2010

  18 December 2010 - 26 April 2011

  Some of the key ideas emerging through artists' works in the '21st Century' exhibition include the rethinking of history in... Read more

• Isaac Julien Creative Caribbean Network

  Creative Caribbean Network, Bass Museum of Art, Miami, 2010-11

  2 December 2010 - 6 March 2011

  Isaac Julien Creative Caribbean Network at the Bass Museum of Art in partnership with PUMA.Creative presents the most comprehensive exhibition... Read more
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  Arctic Re-visions: Isaac Julien's True North

  Karl and Bertl Arnstein Galleries, Akron Art Museum, Ohio, 2010

  5 June - 3 October 2010

  Museum goers will have a chance to experience an immersive, cinematic re-imagining of the discovery of the North Pole [film... Read more

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  Great National / Art from Britaim

  Vestfossen Kunstlaboratorium, Øvre Eiker, 2010

  9 May - 3 October 2010

  Grand National is the most extensive exhibition of works by British artists to be held in Norway in over a... Read more
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  Reimagining October

  Calvert 22, London, 2009

  2 October - 6 December 2009

  Re-Imagining October originates from two very distinct starting points: firstly, Derek Jarman's film October, a work that both evokes the... Read more

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  Installations II: Videos From The Guggenheim Collection

  Guggenheim Bilbao, 2009-10

  3 March 2009 - 17 January 2010

  Following the 2008 exhibition Installations: Selections from the Guggenheim Collections, this presentation investigates the ways in which contemporary artists have... Read more

• Derek Jarman: Brutal Beauty

  Kunsthalle Zürich, 2008

  30 August - 2 November 2008

  The new exhibition in the Kunsthalle Zürich 'Derek Jarman. Brutal Beauty' is dedicated to the British artist and filmmaker Derek... Read more

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  Derek Jarman: Brutal Beauty

  Serpentine Galleries, London, 2008

  23 February - 13 April 2008

  A Serpentine Gallery survey of the work of Derek Jarman, curated by the artist and film-maker Isaac Julien, formed the... Read more
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  Isaac Julien: Western Union Small Boats

  Galería Helga de Alvear, Madrid, 2008

  15 January - 15 March 2008

  Western Union: Small Boats is the final part in the trilogy of audiovisual installations opening with True North (2004) and... Read more

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  Come and go: Fiction and Reality

  Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon, 2007

  22 November 2007 - 1 June 2008

  Museu do Centro de Arte Moderna Curatorship: Christine Van Assche Artists: Alexandre Estrela, Chris Marker, Clemens von Wedemeyer, David Claerbout,... Read more
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  Cast No Shadow at Performa

  BAM Harvey Theatre, New York, 2007

  6 - 8 November 2007

  Visual artist and filmmaker Isaac Julien's first evening length production, Cast No Shadow, brings to life Julien's extraordinary triptych of... Read more

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  Isaac Julien: True North

  Bildmuseet Umeå University, 2007

  16 September - 11 November 2007

  Sublime beauty, poetic politics and cinematic magic come together in Isaac Julien's video installation, True North, which opens this autumn... Read more
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  Isaac Julien: True North

  True North, Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 2007

  2 - 24 March 2007

  True North, is meditative and comprises reflective images of the sublime, and, like Julien's accompanying piece, Paradise Omeros, uses the... Read more

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  Isaac Julien, Fantôme Afrique

  The LAB at Belmar, New Jersey, 2006

  16 September - 30 December 2006

  British artist Isaac Julien explored dance, architecture and African cinema in Fantôme Afrique, a film produced for three screens, creating... Read more
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  Wrestle

  CCS Bard, New York, 2006-07

  12 November 2006 - 27 May 2007

  Inauguration of New Hessel Museum of Art at Bard College's Center for Curatorial Studies with Opening Exhibition, Wrestle Sunday, November... Read more

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  True North, Fantôme Afrique

  Kestnergesellschaft, Hannover, 2006

  23 June - 20 August 2006

  Kestnergesellschaft presented from June 23rd to August 20th two recent multiple projections by Isaac Julien: True North and Fantome Afrique... Read more
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  A Short History of Performance Part IV

  Whitechapel Gallery, London, 2006

  1 - 14 April 2006

  The Whitechapel's acclaimed performance art series latest installment showcases artists going behind the camera to take on the role of... Read more

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  Isaac Julien: True North & Fantome Afrique

  Victoria Miro, London, 2005

  14 October - 12 November 2005

  This October, Victoria Miro Gallery will present the UK premiere of True North and Fantôme Afrique, two audiovisual installations by... Read more
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  Isaac Julien: True North

  True North, Schindler House, 2005

  15 July - 23 October 2005

  Isaac Julien's first solo exhibition in Los Angeles and the United States debut of the artist's body of photographs entitled... Read more

• 3'

  Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt, 2004

  30 September 2004 - 2 January 2005

  3' Today's trailer, adver­tising and music clip indus­tries condi­tion modern man to an unheard-of density and speed of infor­ma­tion. Though... Read more
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  HER(HIS)TORY

  True North, Museum of Cycladic Art, 2005

  5 September - 11 December 2004

  The Museum of Cycladic art is delighted to announce Her(his)tory, the first ever video-art exhibition in its premises, examining the... Read more

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  International Film Festival Rotterdam

  Vagabondia, Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam, 2004

  23 January - 24 February 2004

  Part of the programme Isaac Julien Focus, presented during the International Film Festival Rotterdam - IFFR, 2004. Filmed in the... Read more
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  Third Berlin Biennale fo Contemporary Art

  KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin, 2004

  14 February - 28 April 2004

  The 3rd Berlin Biennale for Contemporary Art directed by Ute Meta Bauer presented 50 contemporary artists at KW Institute for... Read more

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  Edinburgh International Film Festival

  Edinburgh College of Art, 2003

  31 July - 31 August 2003

  BLACK BOX is a collaboration organised by Edinburgh College of Art (eca) and the Edinburgh International Film Festival (EIFF), consisting... Read more
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  Isaac Julien: Baltimore

  FACT (Foundation for Art & Creative Technology), Liverpool, 2003

  22 February - 27 April 2003

  Baltimore was commissioned especially for the opening of FACT. This new three screen DVD installation, produced by one of the... Read more

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  Documenta 11

  Kassel, 2002

  8 June - 15 September 2002

  saac Julien was a founding member of Sankofa Film/Video Collective, one of a number of film and video workshops that... Read more
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  Isaac Julien

  Espace 315, Centre Georges Pompidou

  25 May - 15 August 2002

  Cinema is at the heart of Isaac Julien's Baltimore, 2003, and Fantôme Créole, 2005, which negotiate issues of black identity... Read more

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  Turner Prize 2001

  Tate Britain, London, 2001

  7 November 2001 - 20 January 2002

  Isaac Julien was nominated for the Turner Prize for his complex poetic film installations, that combine a theoretical sophistication with... Read more
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  The Film Art of Isaac Julien

  MCA, Sydney, 2001

  14 February - 22 April 2001

  Best known for his Cannes Critics' Prize feature Young Soul Rebels (1991), this was renowned British filmmaker Isaac Julien's first... Read more

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  The Long Road to Mazatlan at Art PAce

  Art Pace, San Antonio, 1999

  9 December 1999 - 16 January 2000

  The Long Road to Mazatlán, a video collaboration between Isaac Julien and the choreographer Javier de Frutos, is a fusion... Read more
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  Isaac Julien: Three

  Victoria Miro Gallery, London, 1999

  10 - 30 September 1999

  Known mainly for his work in cinema, Three is the most recent of Isaac Julien's works to be made specifically... Read more