Smithsonian American Art Museum and the Renwick Gallery | smithsonianmag.comhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/rss/blog/smithsonian-american-art-museum/RSS feed for Smithsonian American Art Museum and the Renwick GalleryenFri, 28 Feb 2025 18:49:15 +0000A Meditation on the Legacy of Frederick Douglass by Artist and Filmmaker Isaac Julienhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/blogs/smithsonian-american-art-museum/2025/02/28/a-meditation-on-the-legacy-of-frederick-douglass-by-artist-and-filmmaker-isaac-julien/Sir Isaac Julien’s moving image installation interweaves period reenactments across five screens to create a vivid picture of nineteenth-century activist, writer, orator, and philosopher Frederick Douglass.Fri, 28 Feb 2025 18:49:15 +0000