This Week’s Picks

This week all of our links are focused on highlighting the work of black artists and voices which can inspire you at home.

Read ear for eye by debbie tucker green

This play by by Olivier and BAFTA Award-winning writer and director debbie tucker green offers snapshots of lives, snapshots of protest, violence vs non-violence, direct action vs demonstrations as 16 characters navigate their way through society today. The Royal Court have made playtext of ear for eye available to read online for free until 3 September 2020.

Watch Inua Ellams perform the poem Lovers, Liars, Conjurers, Thieves

This Ode to Southwark takes us through South London, from Elephant & Castle to Peckham via Camberwell on an uneasy nocturnal journey. Find out more about Inua Ellams work as a poet, playwright, performer, graphic artist & designer here.

Listen to Katy Hessel interviewing Lagos based artist, Nengi Omuku, founder of @ablackhistoryofart Aloya Akinkugbe, and London-based artist Michaela Yearwood-Dan.

Episode 28 of the Great Women Artists Podcast is here and it is incredible! Over the past week some of the most exciting names in art celebrating Black culture have been taking over @thegreatwomenartists Instagram account. To honour the takeover, this episode (and the next one!) contain interviews with them all. Make sure you check out @nengiomuku @ablackhistoryofart @artistandgal on Instagram.

We are delighted that debbie tucker green and Inua Ellams will be working with us in our forthcoming exhibition Hogarth: London Voices, London Lives.