Isaac Julien: Lessons of the Hour — Frederick Douglass

Smithsonian American Art Museum 750 9th St. N.W., Washington, DC, United States

Sir Isaac Julien’s moving image installation Lessons of the Hour (2019) interweaves period reenactments across five screens to create a vivid picture of nineteenth-century activist, writer, orator, and philosopher Frederick Douglass. Through critical research, fictional reconstruction, and a marriage of poetic image and sound, Julien asserts Douglass’ enduring lessons of justice, abolition, and freedom that […]

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Glenn Kaino: Bridge

Smithsonian American Art Museum 750 9th St. N.W., Washington, DC, United States

Glenn Kaino’s powerful aerial sculpture Bridge is comprised of 200 golden arms hanging from the ceiling of SAAM’s Luce Foundation Center. Each is a casting of the outstretched right arm of Tommie Smith, the American winner of the men’s 200-meter race at the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City. During the medal ceremony, Smith bowed his head […]

Robert Earl Paige: Give the Drummer Some!

Smart Museum of Art 5550 S. Greenwood Avenue, Chicago, IL, United States

For the Smart’s 50th anniversary, South Side artist Robert Earl Paige creates a multi-part pattern-based installation and sprawling public art project that invites communities into a collective experience of space.

Pictures of Belonging: Miki Hayakawa, Hisako Hibi, and Miné Okubo

Smithsonian American Art Museum 750 9th St. N.W., Washington, DC, United States

Pictures of Belonging is an unprecedented examination of these three trailblazing figures.  By tracing their artistic development before, during, and after the mass incarceration and displacement of Japanese Americans during World War II, the exhibition offers a nuanced view of how these women continued to explore and experiment with new artistic expression throughout their lives. Created during […]

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Held Impermanence (Artists Select: Katherine Simóne Reynolds)

Clyfford Still Museum 1250 Bannock St., Denver, CO, United States

The Clyfford Still Museum’s guest-curated exhibition, Held Impermanence (Artists Select: Katherine Simóne Reynolds), illuminates multiple competing desires held in constant tension within the Museum. Organized by award-winning filmmaker, artist, and curator Katherine Simóne Reynolds, the exhibition draws deeply on CSM’s collections. The exhibition runs from January 25–September 14, 2025. According to Reynolds, the collection testifies […]

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