Several recent exhibitions exploring legacies of the past, including that of colonialism, in order to posit creative ways forward in the future, have been based on specific philosophical theories. With ‘In The Black Fantastic’ at the Hayward Gallery, Ekow Eshun used a...
Showing at Turner Contemporary in Margate, "Maresias" is a vibrant and exhilarating exhibition of work by the Brazilian artist Beatriz Milhazes. Born in Rio in 1960, Milhazes represented Brazil at the Venice Biennale 2003. The Turner show is a retrospective survey...
Black women artists have played a pivotal role in challenging artistic conventions, disrupting narratives, and reclaiming spaces within the art world. This brief photo feature examines the profound contributions of Kara Walker, Faith Ringgold, Simone Leigh, Sonia...
On Saturday, 10 June, Liverpool Biennial opened its 12th edition, titled 'uMoya: The Sacred Return of Lost Things', unveiling a series of exhibitions and outdoor artworks across the city. A dynamic programme of free exhibitions, performances, screenings, community and...
France is set to release their long-awaited policy report on the restitution of cultural property—the guidelines for returning looted artworks from Nazi occupation and stolen artefacts from the colonial period. The report was commissioned by President Emmanuel Macron...
I first came across the work of Isaac Julien when I was doing my MA in Creative Writing at UEA and did a module on black British film. In the early 90s, there wasn’t much of it about, so Young Soul Rebels, a sassy coming-of-age thriller that examines the interaction...
We Out Here is not an ordinary show, not to my eyes. It feels like something is happening here. It's a humble premise in some ways, a show of six artists living and working in Hastings, but this is far more. It's a band of ambitious makers with global subjects that...
The artist and filmmaker Sir John Akomfrah RA will is to represent Great Britain at the 60th International Art Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia in 2024, the British Council has announced. “John Akomfrah is one of the most outstanding artist filmmakers working...
For this rolling feature Nico Kos-Earle has chosen 15 international artists working in various mediums to look out for in 2023. 1. Garry Fabian Miller (Top Photo) Suppose we were to picture the field of contemporary fine art photography as an actual terrain. In that...