A Post-Secular Elegy: Reflecting on Theaster Gates’ ‘Afro-Mingei’ (Mori Art Museum, Tokyo…Ascending into the skies of Roppongi, the 54th floor of the Mori Art Museum became the latest site consecrated in Theaster Gates’…Dec 20, 2024Dec 20, 2024
جا مِ is wineglass: the National Trust’s Powis Castle and the Clive of India Collection(first published in roots&routes journal Year XII, n°39, May — August 2022 ‘RETURN, HEAL, REDISTRIBUTE’, curated by Domenico Sergi, Nur…Apr 17, 20241Apr 17, 20241
A.Sivanandan’s 1971 Reading List for Teachers on Race and Immigration in Britain.I recently picked up to read ‘The Multi-Racial School’, a 1971 volume of essays and reflections published by Penguin. Edited by Julia…Aug 6, 2023Aug 6, 2023
Assalamualaikum Documenta FifteenVisiting Documenta Fifteen was the best Documenta we have been to. It also felt like the most inclusive environment we have ever…Sep 10, 2022Sep 10, 2022
THE FERLINGHETTI ON THE LEFT SHOULDER(first published April 2021 in Litro Magazine)Dec 19, 2021Dec 19, 2021
The Planet Solaris of D&IThe planet Solaris: A world that mirrors your reality. It projects a living, breathing replica of your wants, memories, and perceptions. It…Jun 5, 2021Jun 5, 2021
Open Churches, Closed MuseumsDuring the first lockdown in Spring 2020, places of worship were treated, in many ways, the same as museums and art galleries. They were…Feb 14, 2021Feb 14, 2021
‘WESTERNESE CURATESE’WESTERNESE: a “system of significance” that constructs ‘the West’ as the future for ‘the Rest’ (Salman Sayyid and Barnor Hesse, 2002)Nov 2, 2020Nov 2, 2020
A statement from a ‘national public cultural institution’: BLACK LIVES MATTERAs a *national public cultural institution*, we have the utmost responsibility to amplify, support and commit to absolute, resolute and…Jun 6, 2020Jun 6, 2020
Infinity Structure, Infinity Mercy, Infinity VengeanceAs Ramadan commences, I want to reflect on the artwork Infinite Structure by the Lebanese artist Saloua Raouda Choucair which is in the…Apr 29, 2020Apr 29, 2020
