Isaac Julien, Lessons of the Hour
In partnership with [Edinburgh Art Festival](http://www.edinburghartfestival.com/events-listing), the UK and European premiere of Isaac Julien’s _Lessons of the Hour_ will be a highlight of the 2021 Edinburgh Art Festival program displayed at the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art (Modern One) from 29 July to 29 August.
The major ten-screen installation reflects on the life and times of visionary African American, writer, and prominent abolitionist Frederick Douglass. Douglass spent two years in Edinburgh in the 1840s campaigning across Scotland, England, and Ireland for freedom and social justice.
This year’s program continues to place collaboration at its heart, with a series of festival-led commissions and premieres devised and presented in close partnership with leading visual arts organizations and a specially invited program of new commissions curated in partnership with an Associate Artist.
Artist Isaac Julien CBE, RA unveils his work Lessons of the Hour. Credit: Duncan McGlynn
Artist Isaac Julien CBE, RA unveils his work Lessons of the Hour. Credit: Duncan McGlynn
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