Artist Hank Willis Thomas Talks About Truth, His First Retrospective, More

The concept of truth is crucial to artist Hank Willis Thomas, as his art is a political statement and a reflection of his beliefs about the world. In a recent conversation Brooke Jaffe for “ARTnews Live,” our ongoing IGTV series of interviews with a range of creatives, Willis Thomas quoted James Baldwin, “Artists are the legislators of possibility and the parliamentarians of hope,” to which Willis Thomas added, “Artists are the gatekeepers of truth, we’re civi