Edited by Honey Luard and Elaine ML Tam 
Editorial assistance by Miranda Yates 
Proofreading by Louise Parfitt 
Designed by Guillaume Chuard (Studio Ardworks) 
 
Printed by Pureprint, London 
320 x 230 mm, softback 
140 pages, colour illustrations throughout 
ISBN 978-1-910844-77-9 
Published by White Cube, September 2025 
 
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 Black militancy, artistic solidarities and personhood.

John Akomfrah is a London-based artist and filmmaker, whose works are characterised by their investigations into memory, post-colonialism, temporality and aesthetics. He was a founding member of the influential Black Audio Film Collective, which started in London in 1982.

Zoé Whitley is an American curator and writer who lives in London. She was Director of Chisenhale Gallery, London (2020–25), and a museum curator at the Victoria & Albert Museum, London (2003–13); Tate, London (2013–19); and Hayward Gallery, London (2019).

Najha Zigbi-Johnson is a writer, educator, and cultural organiser born and raised in Harlem, New York City. Her work explores the intersections of contemporary Black art, the built environment and social movements. She is the editor of Mapping Malcolm (2024).