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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
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'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 -
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
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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 -
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
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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 -
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
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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 -
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
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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 -
'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
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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 -
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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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