Honored to share that my book Gender on Ice: American Ideologies of Polar Expeditions (1993) is featured in Isaac Julien’s new exhibition Isaac Julien: I Dream a World at the de Young Museum (April 12–July 13)

Included as one of the influences on his powerful film True North, the book appears in a display case alongside works exploring race, sexuality, and polar exploration.

Look out for my catalogue essay:
“Matthew Henson and the Contaminated Sublime: Race, Sexuality, and Resistance in Isaac Julien’s True North.”

This is Julien’s first US retrospective and his largest to date—don't miss it!

de Young Museum, SF
April 12–July 13, 2025