Shade
Episodes
Unreadability in South Asian Photography
24 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In today's episode, I'm reading an essay by Eleanor Sanghara Güstard, published in Shade Art Review today.Eleanor inherited an old Nikon F50 from her...
Who Gets to Show Up in the Art World?
06 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Shade Podcast closes out 2025 by returning to the Shade Art Review archives. This episode adapts "Oh God It's Frieze Week Again," an article I wrote i...
Deana Lawson Divides Critics. And I'm Here For It
29 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
I'm reading "Deana Lawson's photography divides critics and I'm here for it" from the Shade Art Review archives, asking questions about critical freed...
Where is the Black Nan Goldin?
22 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Shade Podcast is back. After months away, I'm returning to what we were at the beginning—intimate, unedited conversations, just me and you. This epi...
Hospital Rooms
18 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Hospital Rooms has been bringing world-class contemporary art into NHS mental healthcare units since 2016. Today, we focus on their most ambitious wor...
Visualise the future
19 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This series of conversations with art educators expand on the ideas presented by Visualise: The Runnymede Trust and Freelands Foundatio...
The Art of Teaching
12 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This series of conversations with art educators, practitioners and makers expands on the ideas presented by Visualise: The Runnymede Trust a...
Art Outside the Classroom
05 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This series of conversations with art educators, practitioners and makers expands on the ideas presented by Visualise: The Runnymede Trust a...
Classroom Portraits
29 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This series of conversations with art educators, practitioners and makers expands on the ideas presented by Visualise: The Runnymede Trust a...
Broad Canvas
22 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This new weekly, five part series of conversations with art educators, practitioners and makers expands on the ideas presented by Visualise: The&...
London Sculpture Week symposium
08 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Enjoy our special episode which captures and reflects on a discussion on new approaches to sculpture outdoors which took place at the inaugural London...
Donald Rodney: Visceral Canker. A major survey exhibition at Spike Island
12 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Donald Rodney (b. 1961, West Bromwich; d. 1998, London) worked across sculpture, installation, drawing, painting, and digital media, experimenting wit...
Maja Wismer Head of Contemporary Art Kunstmuseum Basel: in conversation with Anne Kimunguyi
05 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Enjoy our special episode from the exhibition When We See Us: A Century of Black Figuration in Painting at Kunstmuseum in Basel recorded by Anne Kimun...
Matthew Krishanu: in conversation with Lou Mensah
21 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Matthew Krishanu (b.1980, Bradford, UK) paints atmospheric, pared-back compositions including scenes from the artist’s life, particularly his childh...
Venice Biennale Special: Aindrea Emelife interview
23 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the second of our episodes from the 60th International Art Exhibition - La Biennale di Venezia. I am delighted to welcome back Aindrea Emel...
Venice Biennale Special: Sir John Akomfrah interview
21 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the first of our episodes from the 60th International Art Exhibition - La Biennale di Venezia.Today, I am delighted to hand the mic to my d...
Legacy Russell: in conversation with Lou Mensah
18 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Legacy Russell is Executive Director & Chief Curator of the experimental arts institution The Kitchen, one of New York's oldest non-profit spaces....
Ibrahim Mahama: in conversation with Lou Mensah
11 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Ibrahim Mahama is an installation artist who works with textiles, material production and found objects to create large-scale public interventions. H...
Michael Ohajuru: in conversation with Lou Mensah
04 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Michael Ohajuru is a London-based art historian who returns to the podcast to discuss the John Blanke project, a large gathering of art...
Joy Gregory: in conversation with Lou Mensah
28 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Joy Gregory (b. 1959. Bicester, UK). Born in the UK to Jamaican parents, Joy Gregory’s work explores the impact of colonialism on global percep...
Tiona Nekkia McClodden: in conversation with Lou Mensah
21 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This evening, 21 March '24 6 - 8pm GMT: Artist Talk - Tiona Nekkia McClodden at White Cube Bermondsey, London. Tiona will discuss the impetus of her s...
Cynthia Lawrence John
21 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the final episode in my seven part, end of year series! Inspired by the Black radical tradition of the harmony between the lyrical and...
Rashod Taylor
20 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the penultimate episode in this Christmas series of conversations. Inspired by the Black radical tradition of the harmony between the ...
Tyrone Isaac Stuart
19 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to this seven part, end of year series - new episodes are released each weekday between Dec 13-21. Inspired by the Black radical traditi...
Jose Campos AKA Studio Lenca
18 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to this seven part, end of year series! New episodes released each weekday between Dec 13-21. Inspired by the Black radical tradition of ...
Helene Love-Allotey
15 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to my seven part end of year series! New episodes will be released each weekday between Dec 13-21. Inspired by the Black radical traditio...
Axel Kacoutié
14 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to my seven part end of year series! New episodes will be released each weekday between Dec 13-21. Inspired by the Black radical traditio...
Brian Jackson
13 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
WELCOME TO SERIES NINE!This is my end of year series! New episodes will be released each weekday, between Dec 13-21. Inspired by the Black radica...
Wandering: An immersive gallery walk with Harold Offeh
30 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Wandering. A four part series of immersive podcast gallery walks, brought to you by Shade Podcast and Axel Kacoutié.Today we meet the arti...
Wandering: An immersive gallery walk with Kayo Chingonyi
27 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Wandering. A four part series of immersive podcast gallery walks, brought to you by Shade Podcast and Axel Kacoutié.Today we meet writer, ...
Wandering: immersive gallery walks, with contemporary creatives
20 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today we meet musician, producer, broadcaster and DJ Nabihah Iqbal at Sir John Soane's Museum in London as she explores the m...
Wandering: a new four part podcast series of immersive gallery walks, with contemporary creatives
13 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Broadcaster, DJ and writer Zakia Sewell walks with us in the National Portrait Gallery in London. Zakia reflects on how memory and legacy influen...
Eddie Hutton-Mills. Director BBC Kanaval: A Peoples History of Haiti in Six Chapters
01 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today my guest is the Director Eddie Hutton-Mills. Eddie co-directed Kanaval: A Peoples History of Haiti in Six Chapters with Leah Gordon. Eddie Hutto...
Interludes: Black Balloons at Tate Modern. A Shade Podcast x Axel Kacoutié sound installation
26 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Interludes: Black Balloons is a new sound installation by Shade Podcast and Axel Kacoutié now showing at Tate Gallery. Responding to Liz Jo...
Jermaine Francis on film : Lost In Music A Post Industrial Dreamscape
22 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
An exploration of race and politics via the dancefloor.Today my guest is the photographer and filmmaker Jermaine Francis. Jermaine and I discuss his r...
Caribbean film with Patrice Robinson
09 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Snapshots: Caribbean Cinema Up Close at The Barbican.Today my guest is Patrice Robinson who talks about Snapshots: Caribbean Cinema Up Close, at The B...
Shade Shorts on Film with June Givanni
02 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
PerAnkh – The June Givanni PanAfrican Cinema Archive, now showing at Raven Row London.Today my guest is the film curator and archivist, June Givanni...
Hear, Now. A Podcast from Whitechapel Gallery: Tracing Absence exhibition
28 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Featuring Lou Mensah & Sunil Shah.Enjoy this bonus episode of my conversation with the curators of Tracing Absence, a Whitechapel Gallery exhibiti...
Shade Shorts: on curation with Jareh Das
03 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Writer, researcher and independent curator: Body Vessel Clay: Black Women, Ceramics and Contemporary Art.Dr Jareh Das is an independent cura...
Shade Shorts: on Curation with Aindrea Emelife
31 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Curator and art historian specialising in modern and contemporary art and curator of Black Venus at Somerset House.*Please note that the sound quality...
Shade Shorts: On curation with Bolanle Tajudeen
21 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Bolanle Tajudeen founded Black Blossoms in 2015 to showcase the work of contemporary artists of colour. In 2020, Bolanle launched the Black Bloss...
Shade Shorts on curation with Péjú Oshin
15 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Associate Director Gagosian Gallery.Péjú Oshin is the Associate Director of Gagosian Gallery and curator of Rites of Passage the exhibition fea...
Interludes: Portals
01 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Portals features the voice of Cassi Namoda who shares her reflections based on her practice and work titled 'Worship at Bar Mundo' (2022).View 'Worshi...
Interludes: Mandala
25 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Mandala features the sounds of the artist Nnena Kalu creating an untitled work and the voice of ActionSpace Associate Artist, Charlotte Hollinshead.Nn...
Interludes: Where the sun sleeps
18 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Where the sun sleeps features the voice of photographer Ming Smith who shares her reflections based on her practice and work Circle of Life (Hakone, J...
Interludes: Dream Recurred
11 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dream Recurred features the voice of Amy Sherald who shares her reflections based on her practice and new work For love, and for country (2022). 'For ...
Interludes: Forgetting Eden
04 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Forgetting Eden features the voice of Rahima Gambo who shares her reflections based on her practice and project Education is Forbidden and Tatsuniya.R...
Larry Achiampong
30 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Larry Achiampong is a British Ghanian, Jarman Award nominated artist. In 2020 he was awarded the Stanley Picker fellowship and in 2019 he received the...
Interludes: Drexciya
27 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Drexciya features the voice of Phoebe Boswell who shares her reflections based on her practice and project The Black Horizon Do We Muse on the Sky or ...
Interludes
22 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Interludes is a collaboration between Shade Podcast and Axel Kacoutié featuring six contemporary artists: Amy Sherald, Ming Smith, Phoebe Boswell, Ra...
Ekow Eshun, Writer and Curator of In the Black Fantastic at Hayward Gallery, London.
08 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode I am in conversation with Ekow Eshun. Ekow is a writer and the curator of In the Black Fantastic, currently on show at the Hayward Gal...
SHADE SHORTS with Co-Editors In Chief of Citizen Magazine, Henrietta Gallina & Danielle Powell-Cobb
08 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
AWARD WINNER 'BEST ARTS & CULTURE' PODCAST - BRITISH PODCAST AWARDS 2021In this episode I’m in conversation with Co-Editors in chief of Citizen,...
SHADE SHORTS with Johny Pitts, author of Afropean
29 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
AWARD WINNER 'BEST ARTS & CULTURE' PODCAST - BRITISH PODCAST AWARDS 2021Shade Podcast is back with ‘Shade Shorts’ the new series of conversati...
SHADE SHORTS - The Photographer's Green Book
12 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
AWARD WINNER 'BEST ARTS & CULTURE' PODCAST - BRITISH PODCAST AWARDS 2021Shade Podcast is back with ‘Shade Shorts’ the new series of conversati...
Making Sense of Inclusive Education with Dr. Aminul Hoque, at the South London Gallery
02 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
SHADE 'BEST ARTS & CULTURE' PODCAST - BRITISH PODCAST AWARDS 2021Special edition from Shade at South London Gallery ‘Making Sense’ - a new ...
Thomas J Price 'Unencumbered Voices in Curated Spaces' : Hauser & Wirth x Shade
13 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
SILVER AWARD WINNER 'BEST ARTS & CULTURE' PODCAST - BRITISH PODCAST AWARDS 2021Welcome to our third and final episode in this special series of co...
Unencumbered Voices in Curated Spaces : Hauser & Wirth x Shade with Guest Michael Ohajuru
15 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
SILVER AWARD WINNER 'BEST ARTS & CULTURE' PODCAST - BRITISH PODCAST AWARDS 2021Unencumbered Voices in Curated Spaces: Inspired by the life & w...
Unencumbered Voices in Curated Spaces : Hauser & Wirth x Shade with Guest Silas Munro
18 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
SILVER AWARD WINNER 'BEST ARTS & CULTURE' PODCAST - BRITISH PODCAST AWARDS 2021Unencumbered Voices in Curated Spaces: Inspired by the life & w...
Axel Kacoutié. Multi-award-winning audio artist, poet and sound designer
17 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
SILVER AWARD WINNER 'BEST ARTS & CULTURE' PODCAST - BRITISH PODCAST AWARDS 2021Welcome to the final episode of the four-part series of conversatio...
Author Season Butler in conversation with Shade at the South London Gallery
20 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
SILVER AWARD WINNER 'BEST ARTS & CULTURE' PODCAST - BRITISH PODCAST AWARDS 2021Welcome to the third episode of the new four-part series of in-conv...
Season 4 Finale - Art futures & BLM - In conversation with The White Pube
01 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Art futures & BLMin conversation with The White Pube The White Pube is the collaborative identity of art critics Gabrielle de la Puente and Zarina...
BLM Raised fist salute, origins & manifestations - Guest, Barack Obama's Presidential Campaign Artist, Nicola Green
22 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode I take you through the origins and manifestations of the raised fist salute, which has more recently been associated with the BLM move...
Small Axe Screenwriter Courttia Newland in conversation with Shade at the South London Gallery Convergence Community Film Festival
20 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the second episode of the new four-part series of in-conversations exploring anti-racism and the arts, co-curated by Shade and Convergence....
LEGACY with guest photographer Andre D. Wagner
15 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
With Guest Photographer Andre D WagnerGordon Parks’ work was shared widely during the 2020 BLM protests, perhaps to share comfort, solace and act as...
SOCIAL MEDIA ALLYSHIP with Guest Sophie Williams. Author 'Anti Racist Ally' & 'Millennial Black'
08 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Guest Sophie WilliamsAuthor Anti Racist Ally & Millennial BlackSophie had a career in advertising, before she left to create her own business, wor...
SYMBOLS OF PROTEST - Edward Colston statue
01 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Image Focus (click on link below to view image)Protestors remove statue of Slave Trader, Edward Colston. June 7, 2020, Bristol, UKGuestsJoshua Virasam...
PRESS PHOTOS - UK BLM Protests - Patrick Hutchinson
25 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
UK BLM ProtestsPress PhotosImage Focus: Patrick Hutchinson BLM ProtestImage REUTERS/Dylan Martinez June 13 2020We discuss the impact of the image from...
BONUS EPISODE Shade + South London Gallery (Convergence) co-curated conversations 'Does the media have the potential to challenge racism?'
23 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This bonus series of four co-curated conversations between Shade and Convergence - the South London Gallery’s platform for critical conversations, s...
VOGUE Magazine BLM 'Hope' Covers
18 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Fashion & the BLM uprisingsImage Focus: British Vogue Cover, The September Issue 2020American Vogue Covers, The September Issue 2020GuestsOsman Ah...
TIME Magazine 'The Overdue Awakening'
11 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Guest Paul Moakley Editor at Large, Special projects TIME MagazineImage ‘The Overdue Awakening’ TIME, June 2020 Photographer Devin AllenProduced a...
Season Four Trailer - 'Black Images Matter' Launching 11 Jan 2021
08 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Shade returns for a new season, reflecting on the images and stories that emerged from the 2020 BLM uprisings.Join Lou, along with the trailblazers an...