Front page of The Nachez Democrat newspaper

MIKAEL LEVIN | Front page of the Natchez Democrat: Historical consciousness, photography exhibit opens at melrose

January 19, 2024

“In celebration of Black History Month, the compelling photographic exhibit, Critical Places: Sites of American Slave Rebellion, opens Friday, Jan. 26 and will be displayed in the recently refurbished Melrose South slave cabin, one unit of Natchez National Historical Park.”

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Opinion piece from the Nachez Democrat newspaper

MIKAEL LEVIN | the Natchez Democrat, OPINION : Historical COnsciousness BY KATHLEEN BOND

January 19, 2024: Critical Places: Sites of American Slave Rebellion

A newspaper opinion piece discusses Levin’s upcoming solo exhibition in the context of Mississippi and its history.

Levin’s exhibition (opening Friday, January 26 and running through April 1) is being presented in the south slave cabin at Melrose, a Greek Revival estate in Natchez National Historical Park. Of the three sites selected for presentation, one rebellion took place in the county where the work is being shown.

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Mikael Levin: OPENING At Powerhouse Arts Gowanus

September 21 - December 31st

Opening: September 21st, 6-8pm

Mikael Levin’s 90 minute video GOWANUS BROADSIDE will be presented at the inaugural exhibition of Powerhouse Arts in Brooklyn, overlooking the Gowanus canal.

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MIKAEL LEVIN: TOWARD A SELF-MADE SHORE: BLACK HISTORIES IN SOUTHERN MARYLAND

BOYDEN GALLERY - ST MARY'S COLLEGE, MD

AUGUST 28 - NOVEMBER 15, 2023

OPENING RECEPTION: WED, SEPT 6TH

This three-person exhibition with Robert McNeill and Taj Reed features locations from Levin's Critical Places : Sites of American Slave Rebellion including one in Maryland. The work is about how rebellions are remembered (or not remembered) in the landscape, and what significance those rebellions still hold today.


MIKAEL LEVIN : KENTUCKY MONTHLY, THE SLAVE REBELLION KNOWN AS THE DOYLE STAMPEDE

MAY, 2023

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