In this conversation with Isaac Julien, hear about the artist’s practice and first US retrospective, I Dream a World. Led by Claudia Schmuckli, curator in charge of contemporary art and programming, this talk explores Julien’s film installations and videos made over the course of 25 years, presenting a compelling fusion of fact and fiction, social critique, and aesthetic immersion. 

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About the speakers

Sir Isaac Julien (b. 1960) is a critically acclaimed British artist and filmmaker. In 2018, Julien joined the faculty at the University of California, Santa Cruz, where he is a distinguished professor of the arts and leads the Moving Image Lab together with arts professor Mark Nash. Recent international solo exhibitions include Isaac Julien: What Freedom Is to Me, Bonnefanten Museum, Maastricht, Netherlands (2024); K21, Dusseldorf, Germany (2023); Tate Britain, London (2023); and Lina Bo Bardi – A Marvellous Entanglement, Philadelphia Museum of Art (2023).

Claudia Schmuckli joined the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco in 2016 as curator in charge of contemporary art and programming. Previously she was director and chief curator of the Blaffer Art Museum in Houston, where she forged a reputation as a pivotal figure in the presentation of contemporary art. Before coming to the Blaffer Art Museum, Schmuckli worked at the Museum of Modern Art and the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York. She holds an MA in art history from the Ludwigs-Maximilians-Universität in Munich.

Ticket info

Free program. Theater doors will open 30 minutes before the start of the program. Seating is limited and unassigned and on a first-come-first-served basis. Admission to the theater program does not include admission to the special exhibition or other galleries in the museum. 

Contact info

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