Who Gets To Be Religious: Reimagining Faith through African Art

From Bruce Onobrakpeya’s Black Jesus to Mário Macilau’s animist landscapes, Ada Kalu traces how African artists challenge colonial hierarchies of belief and reclaim the sacred on their own terms.

NXTHVN Welcomes Cohort 06 Fellows

In a 1990 essay, Maurice Berger wrote extensively about othering by major art institutions, praising the work of smaller galleries. More than 30 years later, the work is still underway, and one of those key players is New Haven’s NXTHVN — an international art incubator with a well-sought-after fellowship.

How “Who’s Afraid of Cartoony Figuration?” Provokes Controversy

The impact of cartoon imgery as a long-existing art form that provides socio-political commentary is the premise of Dallas Contemporary's latest, Who’s Afraid Of Cartoony Figuration?

The Impact of Reparative Rest in Deserve What You Dream

Deserve What You Dream urges visitors to lean into the leisure of simply sitting and daydreaming.

Race and Horror in Tananarive Due’s The Reformatory

The basis for Due’s latest horror - The Arthur G. Dozier School for Boys - demonstrates the legacy of horror and criminalisation and its roots in discrimination.

Art For Justice: A Legacy of Art Grants To Combat Criminal Justice

Art for Justice Fund is a time-limited fund that supports artists and advocates who share its mission of combating mass incarceration through their work.

For Fadekemi Ogunsanya, The Future Is Blue

In her first solo exhibition, Fadekemi Ogunsanya discusses her relationship with color, accessibility in art spaces, and the influence of women in her work.

Existing Outside The Binary: Jessica Udeh Is Operating The In-Between

Jessica Udeh is an artist, DJ, and the Creative Director of Chiamaka Studio exploring identity and the sounds and experiences of the diaspora.

Not For Sale Battles Consumerism And Commodification Of Culture

Not For Sale by Cornelia Stokes and Kiara Cristina Ventura, celebrates the cultural impact of Black and Brown communities.

What is at stake in the media conservation of our current political and cultural landscapes?

Disappearing media, restorative archives and access to Nigerian history.

Consent in the everyday

Exploring the topic of consent and how it plays into our everyday lives beyond religious teachings and sexual parameters.

The What’s Underneath Project: Janelle Monáe Isn’t Here To Make You Comfortable

Janelle Monáe has never simply been one thing. In a new interview with StyleLikeU, they sit down for The What's Underneath Project.

Black History: Can’t Stop, Won’t Stop

One of the underlying issues in online diaspora discourse is the failure to respect and recognize other experiences.

Content, Consent And Surveillance Culture

Here I talk very briefly about surveillance culture which is also linked to a later post here.

Environmentalism – Everything Is Changing

Parable Of The Sower, presents a world decimated by capitalism and climate change that is bleak, violent and obsolete. This correlates to the disproportionate effects of climate change on poorer communities as dumping grounds for waste and mass labour.

Locs To Talk About: The Versatility And Experience Of Locs

Started my loc journey and spoke to others about theirs.

Missing Black Women And The Sound Of Absence

Black women are not being cared for and our deaths are not being investigated in the ways they can and should be.

Female autonomy and the illusion of choice in Interview with the Vampire

Justice for Claudia! Exploring Claudia's tragic fate, the villification of female autonomy and other wronged women within the horror genre.

AFROPUNK Cinema Noir: Tayarisha Poe Shines Bright

Ahead of her sophomore film, The Young Wife, I revisit Tayarisha Poe's artistry and her exploration of girlhood and mixed genres in her debut feature film.

Insecure: An Ode To Letting Go

Season 3 episode 4, titled ‘Fresh-Like’ continues to hold a special place in my heart. It’s the episode where Issa finally quits her job at We Got Y’all.

Talk To Me - A Study on Grief

For their directorial debut, Danny and Michael Philippou present Talk To Me, an exploration of isolation and grief.

Let’s have some fun (this film is sick) – 2022 in 4 movies

I want to have fun. I want things and experiences to be fun. I want movies that feel like a pleasure to witness and engage with and so – in no particular order – I’ve made a list of movies that fit within this so far this year.

Selah and the Spades: A New Kind of Movie

‘Okay. Bobby, it’s just so funny to me that you really believe after all these years you could do what I do for even a second of your life.’

BlackEatsLDN

Interview with BlackEatsLDN founder, Jackson Mclarty on the communal experience of food, technology and culture in London. The BlackEatsLDN directory currently features over 300 Black businesses across London.

Decolonial Thoughts

Introducing Decolonial Thoughts, the duo committed to challenging the colonial traditions that define contemporary culture.

Fadekemi Ogunsanya

In her first solo exhibition, Fadekemi Ogunsanya discusses her relationship with color, accessibility in art spaces, and the influence of women in her work.

Jessica Udeh

Jessica Udeh is an artist, DJ, and the Creative Director of Chiamaka Studio exploring identity and the sounds and experiences of the diaspora.

JonoJono

Despite the rising visibility in media today, Black artists have often been hidden in the alternative scene. JonoJono as a hybrid alt rocker captivating us.

Lanaire Aderemi

Interview with poet and playwright, Lanaire Aderemi.

Lolu

A Nigerian DJ, producer and audio engineer, Lolu is exploring sounds of Nigeria and the global sounds of Black artists.

Somadina

If we're talking star power, we're talking Somadina.

SGaWD

Labels are ill-equipped to define the extent of SGaWD's sound.

Vandy the Pink

In his lastest collab with Topo Chico, Vandy the Pink discusses his association with food as a significant motif in his work and its presece in his designs.

Scott Avery Takes Us to the Dark Side of Mars in New EP

Siren Season: Girls Just Wanna Have Fun with SGaWD

Somadina Is Here

Lolu Is Bringing Everyone With Him

Get To Know: FLO

WHEN IT’S ALL OVER – Cam Kahin’s Coming Of Age EP

Deep Dive: Rachel Chinouriri

Arlo Parks Feels Like Coming Home

Is Delulu The Solulu?

Across social media 'delulu is the solulu' has gained a lot of traction. Where there is despair, there is a way to cope, delusion is the newest kid in town.

Terry McMillan’s Dedication To Black Women

Celebrating the legacy and impact of Terry McMillan in contemporary Literature and Music and her commitment to writing the lives of Black women.

For The Love Of Art

2023 has not only been the year of the celebrity divorce but the year of strikes. This list demonstrates the need for creative practices.

Insecure: An Ode To Letting Go

Season 3 episode 4, titled ‘Fresh-Like’ continues to hold a special place in my heart. It’s the episode where Issa finally quits her job at We Got Y’all.

For The Love Of YA

‘what is it about YA fiction that beckons to me time and time again?’ I looked back on some YA fiction across the past few years and explored what it is about the genre that still appeals to adults.

2022 Reading Challenge – A 5 Book Reading List

This is by no means conclusive as the and I’m 5 books away from my reading challenge goal.

Autumn Reads

As we foray deeper and deeper into the colder and darker months, I’ve decided to put together a layered list of novels I’ve read this year by Black authors to take you through to end of the year.