A new film by artist Isaac Julien, featuring actors Sheila Atim and Gwendoline Christie as science-fiction deities, is on view at the Cosmic House in London. The 25-minute work, which incorporates themes from Octavia E. Butler's novel *Parable of the Sower*, explores concepts of change, interconnectedness, and fluid identity through a visually rich, postmodern lens.
Solange has launched the Saint Heron Community Library, a new initiative making rare and out-of-print art books available to the public for free borrowing. The digital library, run through her Saint Heron platform, includes exhibition catalogs for artists such as Barbara Chase-Riboud, Henry Ossawa Tanner, Martin Puryear, Gary Simmons, and Pope.L, as well as texts like Cedric Dover's 1960 book *American Negro Art*. Books are loaned for 45 days, though most are already checked out. The collection also features works by Black thinkers and writers including Audre Lorde, Ntozake Shange, Octavia Butler, and Wanda Coleman.
Inkfish Gallery in Des Moines will open a new exhibition titled “Creatures of the Deep” on Saturday, Dec. 20, featuring marine-inspired works by local artists George C. Scott and Fred Andrews. The opening reception runs from 2 to 5 p.m. at the gallery, located at 22220 7th Avenue South, and is free to the public. The exhibition includes glass art, paintings, photographs, collages, and sculptures, with live jazz guitar by Ron Peters.