Isaac Julien’s Looking for Langston (1989 / 2017) is a landmark film that explores the private world of poet, social activist, novelist, playwright, and columnist Langston Hughes (1902-1967) and his fellow black artists and writers who made up the Harlem Renaissance during the 1920s. It is presented in context at Victoria Miro in “I dream a world” Looking for Langston, with photographic works and archival material.

At Victoria Miro, London, until 29 July. For more information: www.victoria-miro.com

Credits:
1. Isaac Julien, Pas de Deux No. 2 (Looking for Langston Vintage Series), 1989/2016, Kodak Premier print, Diasec mounted on aluminum 180 x 260 cm Courtesy the Artist and Victoria Miro, London.