Isaac Julien: Lessons of the Hour — Frederick Douglass
Smithsonian American Art Museum 750 9th St. N.W., Washington, DC, United StatesSir 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 […]
Glenn Kaino: Bridge
Smithsonian American Art Museum 750 9th St. N.W., Washington, DC, United StatesGlenn 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 […]
Tuan Andrew Nguyen: The Island
Smithsonian American Art Museum 750 9th St. N.W., Washington, DC, United StatesArtist 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 […]
David Smith: The Nature of Sculpture
Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park 1000 East Beltline Ave NE, Grand Rapids, MI, United StatesDavid 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 StatesDrawing 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.