Lubaina Himid
Artist
In this week's special Venice Biennale episode, Ben Luke reviews In Minor Keys along with Louisa Buck and Jane Morris, interviews artists Gabrielle Goliath and Lubaina Himid and meets writer Saidiya Hartman. Digital editor Alexander Morrison hears about a collateral event by Belarus Free Theatre, and Ben Luke learns about the restoration of two paintings by Tintoretto.
The artist, who was born in Zanzibar, describes Britain as having "all the hallmarks of safety and calm, but has an underlying loathing of the Other"
Pieces by David Shrigley and Lubaina Himid grace the walls of government offices
Lubaina Himid talks to Ben Luke about her influences—from writers to musicians, film-makers and, of course, other artists—and the cultural experiences that have shaped her life and work
The Zanzibar-born cultural activist has been a supporter of Black artists since the 1980s
The initiative offers established names the chance to give promising emerging artists a platform
Works exhibited take inspiration from both classics and modern masterpieces including Mozart’s Don Giovanni and Stravinsky's The Rake's Progress
Largest solo exhibition of artist and activist draws on her early theatre design studies
Turner Prize-winning artist wins the annual Robson Orr TenTen Award, with 15 copies of the print going on display in official buildings
From coronavirus and lockdowns to US politics, this is a collection of postcards from "a year on the edge"
Exhibitions will focus on Paula Rego, Lubaina Himid, Yayoi Kusama and Sophie Taeuber-Arp as well as a major survey of Philip Guston
From the Neue Galerie’s Kirchner retrospective to John Singer Sargent’s rarely seen charcoal portraits at the Morgan Library and Museum
Scenes morph, body language pops, and colours gyrate in art by Lubaina Himid, Mika Rottenberg and Marta Minujín
The Turner Prize winner examines how editorial decisions at the newspaper affect the representation of black people in its pages–with alarming results
It may be impossible for juries to give the award to younger artists ahead of long deserving ones
At 63, she is the oldest artist to receive the Tate's prestigious £25,000 award