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Tate Modern unveils a monumental sculptural installation created by Ghanaian artist El Anatsui. Hyundai Commission: El Anatsui: Behind the Red Moon. Installation View, Photo ©Tate (Joe Humphrys) Thousands of metal bottle tops and fragments have …
Behind the Red Room: El Anatsui’s Hyundai Commission for Tate Modern, United Kingdom Read Article
Tate Modern will launch a major new exhibition celebrating the dynamic landscape of photography across the African continent today. Bringing together 36 artists from different generations and geographies, ‘A World in Common: Contemporary African Photography‘ will explore …
A World In Common: Contemporary African Photography at Tate Modern, England Read Article
Tate Modern and Hyundai Motor announce that El Anatsui will create the next annual Hyundai Commission. El Anatsui, 2019. © Aliona Adrianova. Courtesy October Gallery, London One of the most distinctive artists working today, El …
El Anatsui to be next Hyundai Commission artist for Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall Read Article
Over four decades, Lubaina Himid’s powerful and poetic work has made her an increasingly influential figure in contemporary art – from her pivotal role in the British Black arts movement of the 1980s to winning …
Aurella Yussuf considers the legacy of Black British artists as UK art institutions open their doors to artists they have long closed out, and the need for these same organizations to support younger generations Lubaina …
On Aging Black Artists and British Art Institutions Read Article
The new and recent appointments to the curatorial team will continue the pioneering research and scholarship already undertaken in the fields of African, Middle Eastern and South Asian modern and contemporary art Installation view of …
Lubaina Himid wins Turner Prize 2017 Lubaina Himid. Courtesy of the artist and Hollybush Gardens. Photo credit: Edmund Blok for Modern Art Oxford. The Turner Prize 2017 has been awarded to Lubaina Himid, …
“Why aren’t black people more optimistic?” In Raoul Peck’s documentary I Am Not Your Negro, Dick Cavett asks James Baldwin, “Why aren’t black people more optimistic?” The remainder of the film is an unyielding analysis …
