Shade Media was founded in 2019 by photographer Lou Mensah to create a space for Black artists and creative practitioners to talk... more
This series of conversations with art educators expand on the ideas presented by Visualise: The Runnymede Trust and Freelands Foundation 2024 report on Race &... more
This series of conversations with art educators, practitioners and makers expands on the ideas presented by Visualise: The Runnymede Trust and Freelands Foundation 2024... more
This series of conversations with art educators, practitioners and makers expands on the ideas presented by Visualise: The Runnymede Trust and Freelands Foundation 2024... more
This series of conversations with art educators, practitioners and makers expands on the ideas presented by Visualise: The Runnymede Trust and Freelands Foundation 2024... more
This new weekly, five part series of conversations with art educators, practitioners and makers expands on the ideas presented by... more
Enjoy our special episode which captures and reflects on a discussion on new approaches to sculpture outdoors which took place... more
Donald Rodney (b. 1961, West Bromwich; d. 1998, London) worked across sculpture, installation, drawing, painting, and digital media, experimenting with... more
Enjoy our special episode from the exhibition When We See Us: A Century of Black Figuration in Painting at Kunstmuseum... more
Matthew Krishanu (b.1980, Bradford, UK) paints atmospheric, pared-back compositions including scenes from the artist’s life, particularly his childhood years in... more
Welcome to the second of our episodes from the 60th International Art Exhibition - La Biennale di Venezia. I am... more
Welcome to the first of our episodes from the 60th International Art Exhibition - La Biennale di Venezia.Today, I am... more
Legacy Russell is Executive Director & Chief Curator of the experimental arts institution The Kitchen, one of New York's oldest... more
Ibrahim Mahama is an installation artist who works with textiles, material production and found objects to create large-scale public... more
Michael Ohajuru is a London-based art historian who returns to the podcast to discuss the John Blanke project, a large gathering of artists... more
Joy Gregory (b. 1959. Bicester, UK). Born in the UK to Jamaican parents, Joy Gregory’s work explores the impact of colonialism... more
This evening, 21 March '24 6 - 8pm GMT: Artist Talk - Tiona Nekkia McClodden at White Cube Bermondsey, London.... more
Welcome to the final episode in my seven part, end of year series! Inspired by the Black radical tradition of the... more
Welcome to the penultimate episode in this Christmas series of conversations. Inspired by the Black radical tradition of the harmony between... more
Welcome to this seven part, end of year series - new episodes are released each weekday between Dec 13-21.... more
Welcome to this seven part, end of year series! New episodes released each weekday between Dec 13-21. Inspired by the Black... more
Welcome to my seven part end of year series! New episodes will be released each weekday between Dec 13-21. Inspired... more
Welcome to my seven part end of year series! New episodes will be released each weekday between Dec 13-21. Inspired... more
WELCOME TO SERIES NINE!This is my end of year series! New episodes will be released each weekday, between Dec 13-21.... more
Welcome to Wandering. A four part series of immersive podcast gallery walks, brought to you by Shade Podcast and Axel... more
Welcome to Wandering. A four part series of immersive podcast gallery walks, brought to you by Shade Podcast and Axel... more
Today we meet musician, producer, broadcaster and DJ Nabihah Iqbal at Sir John Soane's Museum in London as she explores the many trinkets and secrets,... more
Broadcaster, DJ and writer Zakia Sewell walks with us in the National Portrait Gallery in London. Zakia reflects on how memory... more
Today my guest is the Director Eddie Hutton-Mills. Eddie co-directed Kanaval: A Peoples History of Haiti in Six Chapters with... more
Interludes: Black Balloons is a new sound installation by Shade Podcast and Axel Kacoutié now showing at Tate Gallery. Responding to Liz... more
An exploration of race and politics via the dancefloor.Today my guest is the photographer and filmmaker Jermaine Francis. Jermaine and... more
Snapshots: Caribbean Cinema Up Close at The Barbican.Today my guest is Patrice Robinson who talks about Snapshots: Caribbean Cinema Up... more
PerAnkh – The June Givanni PanAfrican Cinema Archive, now showing at Raven Row London.Today my guest is the film curator... more
Featuring Lou Mensah & Sunil Shah.Enjoy this bonus episode of my conversation with the curators of Tracing Absence, a Whitechapel... more
Writer, researcher and independent curator: Body Vessel Clay: Black Women, Ceramics and Contemporary Art.Dr Jareh Das is an independent curator, researcher and... more
Curator and art historian specialising in modern and contemporary art and curator of Black Venus at Somerset House.*Please note that... more
Bolanle Tajudeen founded Black Blossoms in 2015 to showcase the work of contemporary artists of colour. In 2020, Bolanle launched the... more
Associate Director Gagosian Gallery.Péjú Oshin is the Associate Director of Gagosian Gallery and curator of Rites of Passage the exhibition featuring... more
Portals features the voice of Cassi Namoda who shares her reflections based on her practice and work titled 'Worship at... more
Mandala features the sounds of the artist Nnena Kalu creating an untitled work and the voice of ActionSpace Associate Artist,... more
Where the sun sleeps features the voice of photographer Ming Smith who shares her reflections based on her practice and... more
Snapshots: Caribbean Cinema Up Close at The Barbican.Today my guest is Patrice Robinson who talks about Snapshots: Caribbean Cinema Up Close, at... more