John Akomfrah at Baltimore Museum of Art, MD, United States

30 October 2025

From 16 November 2025 — 1 February 2026, Baltimore Museum of Art will present an immersive multichannel video installation by the pioneering, London-based filmmaker and artist Sir John Akomfrah which was co-commissioned by The Baltimore Museum of Art and the Menil Collection.

Multiple perspectives of young activists during the U.S. Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s are brought together in this installation to raise issues relating to memory and social change. Akomfrah constructs a conversation between past and present by creating a montage of archival footage, still photography, and newly filmed materials overlaid with an immersive sound design.

This installation will be screened during Museum hours through the run of the presentation. Celebrating the rich history of the Civil Rights era, accompanying programming and interpretation will highlight forgotten or unheard accounts of activists and campaigns in the Baltimore region, unearthing the global legacies of local actions.

Find out more via Baltimore Museum of Art.

Image: Still from John Akomfrah's 2025 multimedia installation commissioned by the Baltimore Museum of Art and the Menil Collection, Houston. Image: © John Akomfrah. Courtesy Smoking Dogs Films and Lisson Gallery.