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Lou Mensah

Award winning arts podcast.Artist stories from concept to community, in the diaspora and beyond."Best show to teach you about art" The Guardian.Executive... more

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Episodes

Venice Biennale Special: Aindrea Emelife interview

Welcome to the second of our episodes from the 60th International Art Exhibition - La Biennale di Venezia. I am... more

23 Apr 2024 · 13 minutes
Venice Biennale Special: Sir John Akomfrah interview

Welcome to the first of our episodes from the 60th International Art Exhibition - La Biennale di Venezia.Today, I am... more

21 Apr 2024 · 30 minutes
Legacy Russell: in conversation with Lou Mensah

Legacy Russell is Executive Director & Chief Curator of the experimental arts institution The Kitchen, one of New York's oldest... more

18 Apr 2024 · 36 minutes
Ibrahim Mahama: in conversation with Lou Mensah

Ibrahim Mahama is an installation artist who works with textiles, material production and found objects to create large-scale public... more

11 Apr 2024 · 16 minutes
Michael Ohajuru: in conversation with Lou Mensah

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

04 Apr 2024 · 18 minutes
Joy Gregory: in conversation with Lou Mensah

Joy Gregory (b. 1959. Bicester, UK). Born in the UK to Jamaican parents, Joy Gregory’s work explores the impact of colonialism... more

28 Mar 2024 · 21 minutes
Tiona Nekkia McClodden: in conversation with Lou Mensah

This evening, 21 March '24 6 - 8pm GMT: Artist Talk - Tiona Nekkia McClodden at White Cube Bermondsey, London.... more

21 Mar 2024 · 31 minutes
Cynthia Lawrence John

Welcome to the final episode in my seven part, end of year series! Inspired by the Black radical tradition of the... more

21 Dec 2023 · 13 minutes
Rashod Taylor

Welcome to the penultimate episode in this Christmas series of conversations. Inspired by the Black radical tradition of the harmony between... more

20 Dec 2023 · 21 minutes
Tyrone Isaac Stuart

Welcome to this seven part, end of year series - new episodes are released each weekday between Dec 13-21.... more

19 Dec 2023 · 26 minutes
Jose Campos AKA Studio Lenca

Welcome to this seven part, end of year series! New episodes released each weekday between Dec 13-21. Inspired by the Black... more

18 Dec 2023 · 23 minutes
Helene Love-Allotey

Welcome to my seven part end of year series! New episodes will be released each weekday between Dec 13-21. Inspired... more

15 Dec 2023 · 33 minutes
Axel Kacoutié

Welcome to my seven part end of year series! New episodes will be released each weekday between Dec 13-21. Inspired... more

14 Dec 2023 · 21 minutes
Brian Jackson

WELCOME TO SERIES NINE!This is my end of year series! New episodes will be released each weekday, between Dec 13-21.... more

13 Dec 2023 · 23 minutes
Wandering: An immersive gallery walk with Harold Offeh

Welcome to Wandering. A four part series of immersive podcast gallery walks, brought to you by Shade Podcast and Axel... more

30 Nov 2023 · 20 minutes
Wandering: An immersive gallery walk with Kayo Chingonyi

Welcome to Wandering. A four part series of immersive podcast gallery walks, brought to you by Shade Podcast and Axel... more

27 Sep 2023 · 19 minutes
Wandering: immersive gallery walks, with contemporary creatives

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

20 Sep 2023 · 11 minutes
Wandering: a new four part podcast series of immersive gallery walks, with contemporary creatives

Broadcaster, DJ and writer Zakia Sewell walks with us in the National Portrait Gallery in London. Zakia reflects on how memory... more

13 Sep 2023 · 15 minutes
Eddie Hutton-Mills. Director BBC Kanaval: A Peoples History of Haiti in Six Chapters

Today my guest is the Director Eddie Hutton-Mills. Eddie co-directed Kanaval: A Peoples History of Haiti in Six Chapters with... more

01 Jun 2023 · 28 minutes
Interludes: Black Balloons at Tate Modern. A Shade Podcast x Axel Kacoutié sound installation

Interludes: Black Balloons is a new sound installation by Shade Podcast and Axel Kacoutié now showing at Tate Gallery. Responding to Liz... more

26 May 2023 · 16 minutes
Jermaine Francis on film : Lost In Music A Post Industrial Dreamscape

An exploration of race and politics via the dancefloor.Today my guest is the photographer and filmmaker Jermaine Francis. Jermaine and... more

22 May 2023 · 41 minutes
Caribbean film with Patrice Robinson

Snapshots: Caribbean Cinema Up Close at The Barbican.Today my guest is Patrice Robinson who talks about Snapshots: Caribbean Cinema Up... more

09 May 2023 · 14 minutes
Shade Shorts on Film with June Givanni

PerAnkh – The June Givanni PanAfrican Cinema Archive, now showing at Raven Row London.Today my guest is the film curator... more

02 May 2023 · 37 minutes
Hear, Now. A Podcast from Whitechapel Gallery: Tracing Absence exhibition

Featuring Lou Mensah & Sunil Shah.Enjoy this bonus episode of my conversation with the curators of Tracing Absence, a Whitechapel... more

28 Apr 2023 · 43 minutes
Shade Shorts: on curation with Jareh Das

Writer, researcher and independent curator: Body Vessel Clay: Black Women, Ceramics and Contemporary Art.Dr Jareh Das is an independent curator, researcher and... more

03 Apr 2023 · 35 minutes
Shade Shorts: on Curation with Aindrea Emelife

Curator and art historian specialising in modern and contemporary art and curator of Black Venus at Somerset House.*Please note that... more

31 Mar 2023 · 24 minutes
Shade Shorts: On curation with Bolanle Tajudeen

Bolanle Tajudeen founded Black Blossoms in 2015 to showcase the work of contemporary artists of colour. In 2020, Bolanle launched the... more

21 Mar 2023 · 15 minutes
Shade Shorts on curation with Péjú Oshin

Associate Director Gagosian Gallery.Péjú Oshin is the Associate Director of Gagosian Gallery and curator of Rites of Passage the exhibition featuring... more

15 Mar 2023 · 18 minutes
Interludes: Portals

Portals features the voice of Cassi Namoda who shares her reflections based on her practice and work titled 'Worship at... more

01 Nov 2022 · 12 minutes
Interludes: Mandala

Mandala features the sounds of the artist Nnena Kalu creating an untitled work and the voice of ActionSpace Associate Artist,... more

25 Oct 2022 · 7 minutes
Interludes: Where the sun sleeps

Where the sun sleeps features the voice of photographer Ming Smith who shares her reflections based on her practice and... more

18 Oct 2022 · 12 minutes
Interludes: Dream Recurred

Dream Recurred features the voice of Amy Sherald who shares her reflections based on her practice and new work For... more

11 Oct 2022 · 10 minutes
Interludes: Forgetting Eden

Forgetting Eden features the voice of Rahima Gambo who shares her reflections based on her practice and project Education is... more

04 Oct 2022 · 10 minutes
Larry Achiampong

Larry Achiampong is a British Ghanian, Jarman Award nominated artist. In 2020 he was awarded the Stanley Picker fellowship and... more

30 Sep 2022 · 38 minutes
Interludes: Drexciya

Drexciya features the voice of Phoebe Boswell who shares her reflections based on her practice and project The Black Horizon... more

27 Sep 2022 · 12 minutes
Interludes

Interludes is a collaboration between Shade Podcast and Axel Kacoutié featuring six contemporary artists: Amy Sherald, Ming Smith, Phoebe Boswell,... more

22 Sep 2022 · 2 minutes
Ekow Eshun, Writer and Curator of In the Black Fantastic at Hayward Gallery, London.

In this episode I am in conversation with Ekow Eshun. Ekow is a writer and the curator of In the... more

08 Jul 2022 · 22 minutes
SHADE SHORTS with Co-Editors In Chief of Citizen Magazine, Henrietta Gallina & Danielle Powell-Cobb

AWARD WINNER 'BEST ARTS & CULTURE' PODCAST - BRITISH PODCAST AWARDS 2021In this episode I’m in conversation with Co-Editors in... more

08 Apr 2022 · 18 minutes
SHADE SHORTS with Johny Pitts, author of Afropean

AWARD WINNER 'BEST ARTS & CULTURE' PODCAST - BRITISH PODCAST AWARDS 2021Shade Podcast is back with ‘Shade Shorts’ the new... more

29 Mar 2022 · 26 minutes
SHADE SHORTS - The Photographer's Green Book

AWARD WINNER 'BEST ARTS & CULTURE' PODCAST - BRITISH PODCAST AWARDS 2021Shade Podcast is back with ‘Shade Shorts’ the new... more

12 Mar 2022 · 16 minutes
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Drexciya features the voice of Phoebe Boswell who shares her reflections based on her practice and project The Black Horizon Do We... more