Everything Is Connected
Episodes
Bisa Butler: in conversation with Folasade Ologundudu
17 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode I’m joined by Bisa Butler. We discuss her pivot from painting to quilting, what it was like for her to study at an HBCU, she earned ...
Rashaad Newsome: in conversation with Folasade Ologundudu
10 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode I’m joined by Rashaad Newsome as we discuss his film Assembly. The documentary details the personal journey and events that inspired...
Salome Asega: in conversation with Folasade Ologundudu
20 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode I’m joined by Salome Asega. Salome and I discuss her journey from working at the Ford Foundation to returning to a more intimate eng...
Kennedy Yanko: in conversation with Folasade Ologundudu
19 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode I’m joined by Kennedy Yanko as we discuss her recent artistic endeavors, working with paper pulp prints which are on view in her lat...
Michelle Kuo: in conversation with Folasade Ologundudu
27 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode I’m joined by Michelle Kuo, Chief Curator at Large and Publisher, of the MoMA, as we discuss Jack Whitten: The Messenger, the first ...
Brice Arsène Yonkeu: in conversation with Folasade Ologundudu
06 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode I’m joined by Brice Yonkeu as we discuss his career in the arts. With a background in political science, Brice transitioned to the a...
The Sharjah Biennial 16: Hugh Hayden in conversation with Folasade Ologundudu
11 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode I’m joined by Hugh Hayden as we discuss his newly commissioned work presented for 16 edition of the Sharjah Biennial, elucidated thr...
The Sharjah Biennial 16: Cassi Namoda in conversation with Folasade Ologundudu
04 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode I’m joined by Cassi Namoda as we discuss her newly commissioned work presented for 16 edition of the Sharjah Biennial, elucidated th...
The Sharjah Biennial 16: Luke Willis Thompson in conversation with Folasade Ologundudu
28 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode I’m joined by Luke Willis Thompson as we discuss his newly commissioned work presented for 16 edition of the Sharjah Biennial, eluci...
The Sharjah Biennial 16: Rita Mawuena Benissan in conversation with Folasade Ologundudu
21 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode I’m joined by Rita Mawuena Benissan as we discuss her newly commissioned works presented for 16 edition of the Sharjah Biennial, elu...
The Sharjah Biennial 16: Kaloki Nyamai in conversation with Folasade Ologundudu
14 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode I’m joined by Kaloki Nyamai as we discuss his newly commissioned works presented for 16 edition of the Sharjah Biennial, elucidated ...
The Sharjah Biennial 16: Rajni Perera in conversation with Folasade Ologundudu
07 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode I’m joined by Rajni Perera as we discuss his newly commissioned works presented for 16 edition of the Sharjah Biennial, elucidated t...
The Sharjah Biennial 16: Daniel Boyd in conversation with Folasade Ologundudu
30 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode I’m joined by Daniel Boyd as we discuss his newly commissioned work presented for 16 edition of the Sharjah Biennial, elucidated thr...
The Sharjah Biennial 16: Zadie Xa in conversation with Folasade Ologundudu
23 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode I’m joined by Zadie Xa as we discuss her newly commissioned works presented for 16 edition of the Sharjah Biennial, elucidated throu...
The Sharjah Biennial 16: Julian Knxx in conversation with Folasade Ologundudu
16 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode I’m joined by Julian Knxx as we discuss his newly commissioned work presented for 16 edition of the Sharjah Biennial, elucidated thr...
The Sharjah Biennial 16: Ndidi Dike in conversation with Folasade Ologundudu
09 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode I’m joined by Ndidi Dike as we discuss her newly commissioned works presented for 16 edition of the Sharjah Biennial, elucidated thr...
The Sharjah Biennial 16: Hoor Al Qasimi in conversation with Folasade Ologundudu
02 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode I’m joined by Hoor Al Qasimi during the opening week of the Sharjah Biennial 16.Al Qasimi is the President and Director Sharjah Art ...
Julien Creuzet: in conversation with Folasade Ologundudu
26 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode, I’m joined by Julien Creuzet, the Afro-descendant French Caribbean artist who has his first institutional solo exhibition on view n...
Joy Simmons: in conversation with Folasade Ologundudu
12 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode, I'm joined by Dr. Joy Simmons. Dr. Joy Simmons is a radiologist, art collector, and philanthropist. In this episode, she d...
Shinique Smith: in conversation with Folasade Ologundudu
26 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode, I'm joined by Shinique Smith. Born in Baltimore, Maryland, and now Los Angeles based, Shinique Smith is best known for he...
Taylor Renee Aldridge: in conversation with Folasade Ologundudu
11 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode I’m joined by Taylor Renee Aldridge. Taylor Renee Aldridge is a writer and curator based in Detroit, Michigan. In 2014, with writer...
Ekow Eshun: in conversation with Folasade Ologundudu
29 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode I’m joined by Ekow Eshun. Ekow Eshun is a writer, editor and curator, known for his work in arts, culture, and identity. In the epis...
Season 5 - Trailer
22 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We're back with another season of Everything is Connected in 2025! Before we get started with a new season I just want to take a moment and say ...
Otobong Nkanga: in conversation with Folasade Ologundudu
13 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode, I'm joined by Otobong Nkanga as we discuss her latest commission, Cadence, on view at the MoMA now through summer 2025. I first ...
Jammie Holmes: in conversation with Folasade Ologundudu
27 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode I'm joined by Jammie Holmes as we discuss his work and practice; the journey that led him into art and the focus of his practice ...
Kandy G Lopez: in conversation with Folasade Ologundudu
14 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode I'm joined by Kandy G Lopez as we discuss her practice on the eve of the closing of her two person show with Aminah Robinson at A...
Genevieve Gaignard: in conversation with Folasade Ologundudu
31 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode I'm joined by Genevieve Gaignard as we discuss her latest exhibition, and third solo with Vielmetter Los Angeles, Thinking Out ...
Paul Anthony Smith: in conversation with Folasade Ologundudu
17 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode, I’m joined by Paul Anthony Smith. His latest show, Antillean, is on view at Jack Shainman Gallery when we sit down to talk. Paul ha...
Chiwoniso Kaitano: in conversation with Folasade Ologundudu
03 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode, I'm joined by Chiwoniso Kaitano Executive Director of MacDowell, the nation’s first artist residency program. She is the 10th ...
Samuel Levi Jones: in conversation with Folasade Ologundudu
19 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode, I'm joined by Samuel Levi Jones ahead of his latest solo exhibition at Vielmetter, Los Angeles, abstraction of truth. The exhibi...
Everything is Connected: African Artists & Curators in the 60th edition of the Venice Biennale - Sir John Akomfrah RA in conversation with Folasade Ologundudu
22 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On this final episode of Everything is Connected: African Artists & Curators in the 60th edition of the Venice Biennale, I'm joined by Sir Jo...
Everything is Connected: African Artists & Curators in the 60th edition of the Venice Biennale - Sandra Poulson in conversation with Folasade Ologundudu
15 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode I'm joined by Sandra Poulson. Sandra Poulson is an Angolan artist based in London and Luanda. Poulson draws from personal experie...
Everything is Connected: African Artists & Curators in the 60th edition of the Venice Biennale - Wael Shawky in conversation with Folasade Ologundudu
08 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode I’m joined by Wael Shawky. Wael Shawky is an Egyptian artist working between Alexandria and Philadelphia, whose practice is based on...
Everything is Connected: African Artists & Curators in the 60th edition of the Venice Biennale - Azu Nwagbogu in conversation with Folasade Ologundudu
01 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode I'm joined by Azu Nwagbogu, curator and a National Geographic Explorer at large and director and founder of Lagos Photo Festival ...
Everything is Connected: African Artists & Curators in the 60th edition of the Venice Biennale - MADEYOULOOK in conversation with Folasade Ologundudu
25 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode I'm joined by MADEYOULOOK the South African, Johannesburg based interdisciplinary artist collaborative between Molemo Moiloa and ...
Everything is Connected: African Artists & Curators in the 60th edition of the Venice Biennale - Aindrea Emelife in conversation with Folasade Ologundudu
18 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode I’m joined by Aindrea Emelife. Aindrea Emelife is a Nigerian-British curator and art historian specializing in modern and contempora...
Everything is Connected: African Artists and Curators in the 60th edition of the Venice Biennale - Trailer
11 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Light Work presents: Everything is Connected: African Artists in the 60th edition of the Venice Biennale! sponsored by The Africa Institute, Global...
Kenturah Davis: in conversation with Folasade Ologundudu
03 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode I'm joined by Kenturah Davis as we discuss her latest exhibition and her first solo in the UK with Stephen Friedman gallery. Kent...
LaToya Hobbs: in conversation with Folasade Ologundudu
21 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode I'm joined by LaToya M. Hobbs. LaToya M. Hobbs is an artist, wife, and mother of two from Little Rock, AR, who is currently livin...
Jade Thacker: in conversation with Folasade Ologundudu
06 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode I'm joined by Jade Thacker. Jade Thacker received her BFA from Massachusetts College of Art and Design and has been featured in s...
Sedrick Chisom: in conversation with Folasade Ologundudu
23 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode I'm joined by Sedrick Chisom as we discuss his latest exhibition at C L E A R I N G gallery, And 108 Prayers of Evil. Sedrick Ch...
Adrienne Elise Tarver: in conversation with Folasade Ologundudu
10 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode I'm joined by, Adrienne Elise Tarver. Adrienne Elise Tarver is an interdisciplinary artist based in Brooklyn, NY with a practic...
Mario Joyce: in conversation with Folasade Ologundudu
25 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode I'm joined by Mario Joyce. Mario Joyce is a self-taught African American artist based in Los Angeles. His process began early and...
Maria Elena Ortiz: in conversation with Folasade Ologundudu
04 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode I'm joined by Maria Elena Ortiz. Maria comes to the Modern from the Pérez Art Museum in Miami (PAMM), where she curated discerni...
Mario Moore: in conversation with Folasade Ologundudu
21 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode, I'm joined by Mario Moore. Mario Moore is a Detroit native, who received a BFA from the College for Creative Studies, Detroit, M...
Radcliffe Bailey: A Special Tribute to the Life and Legacy of Radcliffe Bailey as told by friends and colleagues
07 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Late last year, as I was ending my season, the news of Radcliffe Bailey's passing was announced and sent shockwaves throughout the art world amon...
Essence Harden: in conversation with Folasade Ologundudu
21 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode I'm joined by Essence Harden. Essence Harden is the Visual Arts curator at CAAM, the California African American Museum. She&...
Dominic Chambers: in conversation with Folasade Ologundudu
31 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode I'm joined by Dominic chambers. Dominic and I have known each other for a couple of years now and I’ve watched his practice g...
Reginald Sylvester: in conversation with Folasade Ologundudu
13 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode I'm joined by Reginald Sylvester. Reginald has his first solo show open right now at Roberts projects in Los Angeles when we sit ...
Bethany Collins: in conversation with Folasade Ologundudu
06 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode I'm joined by Bethany Collins. Her first solo show is on view at Alexander Gray Associates when we sit down to talk about her...
Sanford Biggers: in conversation with Folasade Ologundudu
29 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode I'm joined by Sanford Biggers. Sanford Biggers was born in Los Angeles and currently lives and works in New York City, where he h...
Calida Rawles: in conversation with Folasade Ologundudu
16 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode I'm joined by Calida Rawles. Calida Rawles merges hyper-realistic paintings with poetic abstraction. Rawles opened her first majo...
Deborah Roberts: in conversation with Folasade Ologundudu
01 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode I'm joined by Deborah Roberts. She’s on the eve of her first show in New York City in over five years at Stephen Friedman galle...
Alteronce Gumby: in conversation with Folasade Ologundudu
18 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode I'm joined by Alteronce Gumby. Alteronce Gumby is an artist and local of New York City. His artistic practice includes painting, ...
Lisa Kim: in conversation with Folasade Ologundudu
05 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode I'm joined by Lisa Kim. Kim is the director of the Ford Foundation Gallery, an exhibition space within the Ford Foundation Center...
Raelis Vasquez: in conversation with Folasade Ologundudu
20 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode I'm joined by Raelis Vasquez. A native of the Dominican Republic, Vasquez moved to the United States in 2002 when he was seven. H...
Tariku Shiferaw: in conversation with Folasade Ologundudu
06 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode I'm joined by Tariku Shiferaw. Tariku Shiferaw is known for his practice of mark-making that explores the metaphysical ideas of...
Basil Kincaid: in conversation with Folasade Ologundudu
12 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode I'm joined by Basil Kincaid. I first met Basil in Miami with Mindy Solomon, a Miami-based gallerist who has built a working relat...
Tunji Adeniyi-Jones: in conversation with Folasade Ologundudu
28 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode I'm joined by Tunji Adeniyi-Jones the London born, Nigerian painter whose lived and worked in New York for the past severalyears....
Christine Kuan: in conversation with Folasade Ologundudu
21 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode I'm joined by Christine Kuan, President & Executive Director of Creative Capital. Before joining Creative Capital, Christine ...
Emma Prempeh: in conversation with Folasade Ologundudu
08 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode I'm joined by Emma Prempeh. I first became introduced to Emma’s work on Instagram during the pandemic. I was researching artist...
Phillip Collins: in conversation with Folasade Ologundudu
24 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode I'm joined by Phillip Collins. Phillip is a marketer turned art collector. Out of the urgent need to bridge a gap in the commer...
Selasie Gomado: in conversation with Folasade Ologundudu
14 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode I'm joined by Selasie Gomado. Selasie and I met in 2022, in Accra through Gideon Appah a Ghanaian artist, who closed his first so...
Katherina Olschbaur: in conversation with Folasade Ologundudu
04 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode I'm joined by Katherina Olschbaur. I first met Kat in LA when we were deeper into the pandemic and still reeling from life in loc...
Ayesha Williams and Paul Ninson: in conversation with Folasade Ologundudu
26 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode I'm joined by Ayesha Williams and Paul Ninson. Ayesha Williams is an art professional with over a decade of experience working wi...
Helina Metaferia: in conversation with Folasade Ologundudu
20 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode I'm joined by Helina Metaferia. Helina Metaferia is an interdisciplinary artist working across collage, assemblage, video, perfor...
Michaela Yearwood-Dan: in conversation with Folasade Ologundudu
12 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode I'm joined by Michaela Yearwood-Dan. Throughout paintings, works on paper, ceramics, and site-specific mural and sound installati...
Alex Delotch Davis: in conversation with Folasade Ologundudu
05 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode I'm joined by Alex Delotch Davis. Alex is an art and fashion marketer who specializes in developing high-earning multicultural au...
Gideon Appah: in conversation with Folasade Ologundudu
28 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode I'm joined by Gideon Appah. Born in Accra, Ghana in 1987, Gideon received his Bachelor of Fine Arts at The Kwame Nkrumah Univer...
Liz Andrews: in conversation with Folasade Ologundudu
22 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode I'm joined by Liz Andrews. Liz is an artist, curator, museum professional, and leader who is dedicated to the arts and social jus...
Danny Baez: in conversation with Folasade Ologundudu
15 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode I'm joined by Danny Baez. Originally from the Dominican republic, Danny moved to New York City when he was 18. His journey in...
Kent Kelley: in conversation with Folasade Ologundudu
08 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode I'm joined by Kent Kelley. I met Kent Kelley for the first time a couple years ago through Anwarii Musa who was on a recent episo...
Reyna Noriega: in conversation with Folasade Ologundudu
01 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode I'm joined by Reyna Noriega. I met Reyna in 2021 when I was working on an editorial for Bal Harbour shops and highlighting taste ...
Anwarii Musa: in conversation with Folasade Ologundudu
22 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode I'm joined by Anwarii Musa. Over the last decade Musa has built an art advisory firm focused on the work of contemporary artists....
Kimberly Drew: in conversation with Folasade Ologundudu
15 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode I'm joined by Kimberly Drew. Kimberly Drew is a curator, critic & author of two books, This Is What I Know About Art and the ...
Ambrose Murray: in conversation with Folasade Ologundudu
08 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode I'm joined by Ambrose Murray. Murray received their BA in African American studies from Yale in 2018. They are a self-taught pain...
Jeffrey Meris: in conversation with Folasade Ologundudu
25 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode I'm joined by Jeffrey Meris, the New York-based artist whose paintings, sculptures, and conceptual work draw on his lived experie...
Folasade Ologundudu & Larry Ossei-Mensah in conversation
18 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode I was joined by Larry Ossei-Mensah and this time he interviewed me! Sitting on the other side of the table was definitely a change of...
Season 3 Trailer
05 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This year, to start off 2023, we're back with season 3 of Light Work presents: Everything is connected, a podcast where we talk to artists, thoug...
Bony Ramirez: in conversation with Folasade Ologundudu
22 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode we're joined by Bony Ramirez Bony Ramierz is a self taught artist who retains a connection to his Dominican heritage through his...
Terrell Villiers: in conversation with Folasade Ologundudu
14 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode we're joined by Terrell Villiers. Terrell is a multi-disciplinary visual artist, community organizer, curator, and producer curr...
Chela Mitchell: in conversation with Folasade Ologundudu
07 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode we're joined by Chela Mitchell. Chela provides art advisory to private, public, and new collectors looking to navigate the conte...
Nate Lewis: in conversation with Folasade Ologundudu
12 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode were joined by Nate Lewis. Nate is a visual artist, most well known for his layered works on paper where he explores history, time and...
Cierra Britton: in conversation with Folasade Ologundudu
07 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Cierra Britton is a curator and art dealer living and working in New York City. As the director of the Cierra Britton Gallery, her mission is to mak...
Marcus Leslie Singleton: in conversation with Folasade Ologundudu
17 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode we're joined by Marcus Leslie Singleton. The Brooklyn based painter depicts intimate moments of Black life. He has exhibited his ...
Lauren Pearce: in conversation with Folasade Ologundudu
27 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode we're joined by Lauren Pearce. Lauren Pearce is a black artist who pulls inspiration from her community, creating powerful mixed...
Storm Ascher: in conversation with Folasade Ologundudu
29 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode we're joined by Storm Ascher, founder and owner of superposition gallery which opened in 2018 The gallery represents emerging a...
Jake Troyli: in conversation with Folasade Ologundudu
22 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode we're joined by Jake Troyli Jake Troyli investigates the construction of otherness and the commodification of the Black/Brown bo...
Jenee Daria-Strand: in conversation with Folasade Ologundudu
10 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode we're joined by Jenee Daria Strand, the Curatorial Assistant for the Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art at the Brooklyn...
Genesis Tramaine: in conversation with Folasade Ologundudu
09 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode we're joined by Genesis Tramaine, is an expressionist devotional painter who creates abstract portraits of men and women who tran...
Clotilde Jimenez
12 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode we're joined by Clotilde Jimenez - born in Honolulu, Hawaii in 1990 he is a visual artist currently based in Mexico City. Jimen...
Muna Malik: in conversation with Folasade Ologundudu
30 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode we're joined by Muna Malik - the multidisciplinary artist whose work spans photography, painting, and sculpture, to include a wid...
Jerrell Gibbs
01 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode, we're joined by Jerrell Gibbs. His vibrant paintings retrace family memories examining the origin of his own life by representin...
Nico Wheadon
20 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode, we’re joined by Nico Wheadon. She is an independent art advisor, curator, educator, and writer who adopts interdisciplinarity as a ...
Patrick Alston
13 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Light Work presents: Everything is Connected, we are joined by Patrick Alston and Larry Ossei-Mensah. Alston has a solo show on ...
Renee Cox
17 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On our final episode of the season, Renee Cox shares some of her thoughts on Black life in America, discovering racism for the first time as a young a...
Layo Bright: in conversation with Folasade Ologundudu
06 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Layo is a Nigerian artist mainly in the 3D space with sculptures that lend themselves to tell the story of her identity and cultural heritage as a Wes...
Cydne Jasmin Coleby
23 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Cydne Jasmin Coleby, the Bahamian born artist who studied graphic design in her formative years at the University of the Bahamas, takes a mixed medi...
Lucia Hierro: in conversation with Folasade Ologundudu
16 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Lucia Hierro is a New York based multimedia artist exploring themes of culture and class as seen through the lens of her eyes as a self-proclaimed Dom...
Mikhaile Solomon
09 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
I sat down with Mikhaile Solomon, the founder of Prizm Art Fair to learn more about how and why she started the Black-led fair which amplifies the wor...