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Curator's Talk: Decoding Lessons of the Hour

  • Virginia Museum Of Fine Arts 200 North Arthur Ashe Boulevard Richmond, VA, 23220 United States (map)

Curator's Talk: Decoding Lessons of the Hour
Friday, January 20, 6:30-7:30P
Virginia Museum Of Fine Arts

Join VMFA's Valerie Cassel Oliver, Sydney and Frances Lewis Family Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art, for a discussion of Isaac Julien’s work Lesson of the Hour—Frederick Douglass. In Decoding Lessons of the Hour, Cassel Oliver unravels the symbolism embedded in this 10-screen film installation, enabling viewers to deepen their understanding of Douglass's words in relation to his life and our contemporary selves.

$8 (VMFA members $5)
Tickets available here

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