Features
How Richard Wright Shaped John Wilson’s Protest Art
Wilson, like Wright before him, wrestled with the psychic toll of racial violence on Black families in his paintings and lithographs.
Richard Wright
Interview
Why the Art and Design Details of Rashid Johnson’s Native Son Matter
The 2019 adaptation of Richard Wright’s classic novel, with production design by Akin McKenzie, feels like a complete aesthetic reimagining of Wright’s 20th-century source material.
In Brief
Rashid Johnson's Native Son Adaptation Acquired by HBO Ahead of Sundance Premiere
This adaptation of Richard Wright's 1940 novel Native Son is the visual artist's first feature film.
Art
Faith Ringgold's Unrealized Tribute to Harlem Literary Life
A little-known depiction of Harlem literary life and African-American literature by Faith Ringgold is currently on view at the New York Public Library in its exhibition The ABC of It: Why Children's Books Matter.