1965: Malcolm in Winter: A Translation Exercise

1965: Malcolm in Winter: A Translation Exercise documents Theaster Gates’s exhibition of the same name (February – April 2025) which commemorated the centenary of Malcolm X’s birth and 60 years since his assassination. A record of Gates’s archival practice and commitment to Afro-Asian alliances, the publication is interspersed with documents from the Black radical archive of the late Japanese journalist Ei Nagata and his partner Haruhi Ishitani. 

Fitted with a silver screen-printed cover and designed by Studio Ardworks, the catalogue walks the reader through the exhibition, illustrating a series of architectural interventions, sculptures, archival materials, and new film work. Beginning with an introductory essay by emerging Malcolm X scholar, Najha Zigbi-Johnson, the book also features a dynamic conversation between Gates, curator Zoé Whitley, and artist John Akomfrah, who together discuss subjects of the aesthetics of Black militancy, artistic solidarities and personhood.

Contributor(s):John Akomfrah, Zoé Whitley, Najha Zigbi-Johnson. 

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Softcover, White Cube, September 2025 
140 p,12.59 × 9 in.