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 […]

Free

Tuan Andrew Nguyen: The Island

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

Artist Tuan Andrew Nguyen creates multimedia installations that blend fact, memory, myth, and mysticism and use lush imagery to draw out these entanglements. By digging deep into archives and collaborating […]

Free

David Smith: The Nature of Sculpture

Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park 1000 East Beltline Ave NE, Grand Rapids, MI, United States

David Smith: The Nature of Sculpture is the first exhibition to explore the artist’s deep engagement with the natural world as source, subject and site for his art. Working in […]

The 50th: An Anniversary Exhibition

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

Drawing from across the breadth and depth of the collection, this exhibition marks the Smart Museum of Art's 50th anniversary and explores what makes and defines a university art museum.

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.