A Black History of Art Presents: A Shared Gaze
Episodes
Taiba Akhuetie
30 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A conversation with Taiba Akhuetie, a multidisciplinary artist based in London. During lockdown, Taiba began exploring hair as a standalone material f...
Misan Harriman (Special)
26 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A conversation with photographer, filmmaker, artist, and activist Misan Harriman. His work spans portraiture, film, and social documentary, capturing ...
Umar Rashid
15 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A conversation with Los Angeles-based artist Umar Rashid, who blends historical research with world-building. Umar’s practice -- which includes pain...
Modupeola Fadugba
03 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A conversation with Lagos-based artist Modupeola Fadugba, whose multidisciplinary practice spans installation, painting, film, and social engagement. ...
Qualeasha Wood
25 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A conversation with Philadelphia-based artist Qualeasha Wood, whose multidisciplinary practice spans textiles, digital media, and performance. Qualeas...
Roméo Mivekannin
13 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A conversation with Béninois artist Roméo Mivekannin, who works primarily in painting and installation. Roméo’s practice centres on marginalised ...
Victor Ehikhamenor
02 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A conversation with Victor Ehikhamenor. Victor is a multidisciplinary artist based in Nigeria; his practice encompasses painting, installation, writin...
Tabita Rezaire
10 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A conversation with Paris-born artist Tabita Rezaire. Rezaire is a new media artist, doula and cacao farmer based in French Guiana. On the occasion of...
Pamela Phatsimo Sunstrum
20 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A conversation with Botswana-born artist Pamela Phatsimo Sunstrum. Sunstrum’s practice spans painting, drawing, and installation and is characterize...
"Black Figuration" Today | Live Panel Discussion
29 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This episode is a live recording of a panel discussion which interrogated the position of so-called “Black Figuration” – in other words, work by...
Kenturah Davis
28 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A conversation with Kenturah Davis, an American artist who splits her time between California and Accra, Ghana. Kenturah’s work explores an interpla...
Ibrahim Mahama
16 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A conversation with Ghanaian artist Ibrahim Mahama whose installations address themes of labour, circulation of goods and globalisation, and whose pra...
John Akomfrah
05 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A conversation with pioneering Ghanaian-born British artist, John Akomfrah on the occasion of his commission for the British Pavilion, at the 60th Ven...
Woody De Othello
31 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A conversation with artist Woody de Othello, whose practice spans sculpture, painting and drawing. Woody’s first UK solo exhibition, 'Faith Lik...
Gideon Appah
10 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A conversation with Gideon Appah, a Ghanaian artist who draws on childhood memories, mythology and west African landscapes. This conversation was rec...
Ayo Akingbade
25 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A conversation with Ayo Akingbade, an artist, writer and director based in London. She has directed 17 short films, which include documentary, fiction...
Na Chainkua Reindorf
06 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A conversation with Na Chainkua Reindorf a Ghanaian artist who works across textile, painting, sculpture and installation. Her work is heavily influen...
Isabel Okoro
02 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A conversation with Isabel Okoro, a Nigerian photographer and filmmaker based between Toronto, Canada and Lagos, Nigeria. Isabel’s practice is firml...
Tesfaye Urgessa
18 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A conversation with Tesfaye Urgessa, a painter based between Nurtingen, Germany and Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Tesfaye's paintings are figurative, fl...
Anya Paintsil
03 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A conversation with Anya Paintsil, a Welsh and Ghanaian artist based in the UK. Anya creates textiles using techniques of rughooking and embroidery. S...