The National Gallery of Art's production studio created a multi-platform video strategy around its 2025 traveling retrospective of artist Elizabeth Catlett. The centerpiece was a documentary following contemporary artist LaToya Hobbs as she created a new linocut portrait of Catlett's granddaughter, Naima Mora, using high-resolution time-lapse filmmaking. The project was presented at the Museum Digital Summit 2026 by a team including Sarah Turner, Chad Lawrence, Adam Enatsky, Karla Carnewal Torallas, and Amelia Mylvaganam.
This initiative matters because it offers a model for museums seeking to deepen the connection between digital content and physical exhibitions. By focusing on artistic process and intergenerational dialogue, the National Gallery of Art demonstrated how documentary storytelling can make an exhibition feel like a living, cross-cultural conversation, moving beyond conventional promotional content to honor an artist's legacy in a powerful, engaging way.