In his 2020 Aperture article on ‘The Black Fantastic’, Ekow Eshun used a definition of the fantastic created by the scholar Rosemary Jackson which, “has to do with inverting elements of this world, re-combining its constitutive features in new relations to produce...
"After reading Kwasi Kwarteng's book 'Ghosts of Empire', I was struck by the spectre of colonialism and imperialism in our macro and micro-environments; so I wanted to investigate what role art and culture play in cracking open this conversation to a broader audience....
The Hayward Gallery's new exhibition titled 'In the Black Fantastic' is the UK's first major exhibition dedicated to the work of Black artists who use fantastical elements to address racial injustice and explore alternative realities. Curated by Ekow Eshun and...
Following an open call, which received 220 submissions, The New Art Gallery Walsall has acquired 33 works by 31 West Midlands-based artists to create the new Twenty Twenty Collection. This closed capsule collection represents the significant events of the past 12...
Tate Modern has unveiled a significant new work by artist Anicka Yi. This captivating installation is Yi's largest and most ambitious project to date, transforming the Turbine Hall at the heart of Tate Modern with her vision of a new kind of ecosystem. Yi is known...
Elizabeth Blackadder RA, RSA one of Scotland's greatest artists, has died, age 89. She was born in Falkirk in 1931 and studied at ECA from 1949 until 1954 under Robert Henderson Blyth and William Gillies, among others. She earned a travelling scholarship to southern...
Few in the West will have been to Tehran. We are either likely to think of an exotic Persia full of sultans and hareems – the sort of orientalism debunked by Edward Said in his celebrated essay - or a modern-day Iran, a strict theocracy run by repressive Ayatollahs...
“It’s time for a black owned gallery to inhabit the art world in New York in a really strong dynamic way, “ Nicola Vassell declares. And certainly, the May 20th opening of her gallery could not have been any more fabulous or fortuitous. With New York City just lifting...
The 2021 Turner Prize nominated artist collective, Black Obsidian Sound System has lashed out at Tate in a statement following their surprise nomination. They are demanding; 'The right to thrive in conditions that are nurturing and supportive'. A People's art is the...