Uploaded April 2025 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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For more than six decades, John Wilson (1922–2015) made powerful and poignant works that spoke to his life as a Black American artist and his ongoing quest for racial, social, and economic justice. In celebration of the exhibition “Witnessing Humanity: The Art of John Wilson,” explore the humanity of his work and the extraordinary empathy that it embodied.

Edward Saywell, Chair, Prints and Drawings, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Wednesday, March 19, 2025