Artists Take On Global Migration: 'It's Hard To Watch And It's Hard Not To Watch'

"A 10-minute drive from the White House — where immigration has a top spot on the President's "to-do" list — a museum has filled three of its floors with artists' reactions to displacement, relocation and flight."

"'The Warmth of Other Suns - Stories of Global Displacement' at The Phillips Collection features some 75 paintings, photographs, videos and installations exploring the global refugee crisis. The works were chosen by curators from the New Museum in New York and many of the artists are immigrants themselves."

"'Every day brings stories about immigration — on radio, TV, social media. What can art say that's different? "Art has a language of its own,' says Dorothy Kosinski, director of The Phillips Collection. 'It's very direct.'"

"Artists don't necessarily look at suffering in a different way, 'but they know how to express it,' says Dani Levinas, chairman of the Phillips board."

"Albanian artist Adrian Paci explores hope, impatience and frustration in his videoCentro di permanenza temporanea (Temporary Detention Center). 'What you see in this video is a stairway — the kind that you would use to board an airplane on an empty tarmac,' says New Museum curator Natalie Bell. 'What's absent in this film is the airplane, so you see a number of men attempting to board, climbing up the stairs, and waiting.'"