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Rerouting the gaze, unspringing the trap: The free and slippery bodies in South Asian photography
Guest essay by Eleanor Sanghara Güstard
Jan 24
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Lou Mensah
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Joy Gregory: Face, Camera, Process
At Whitechapel Gallery 'Catching Flies with Honey' goes beyond portraiture's expectations
Jan 18
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Lou Mensah
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December 2025
A Body Sheds
Bodies in flux inspired by Ashley Nkechi Igwe's text for Read My World festival, and my final podcast of 2025 on art and accessibility.
Dec 7, 2025
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Lou Mensah
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November 2025
Desperately Seeking Residencies
Accessible spaces for photography practice. Do they exist?
Nov 23, 2025
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Lou Mensah
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Lanre Bakare's 'We Were There' is an essential chronicle of Black culture and resistance beyond London
But from North to South of the country, our lives were entwined and some voices fell through the cracks
Nov 9, 2025
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Lou Mensah
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October 2025
The Art of Spike Lee's film 'Highest 2 Lowest'
The director's personal collection is the main character
Oct 26, 2025
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Lou Mensah
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Where is the Black Conceptual Photography?
Following "Where is the Black Nan Goldin?", a post that sparked conversation and a new project (more soon), we continue the exploration with another gap…
Oct 18, 2025
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Lou Mensah
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Shade Art Review listings are back! It's been a while.
What to see, read, and pay attention to this autumn in Black art and beyond
Oct 12, 2025
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Lou Mensah
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Message #6 'Yo Mama's Last Supper' Renee Cox (1996)
Artist reimagines the sacred and Giuliani called it "disgusting"
Oct 4, 2025
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Lou Mensah
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September 2025
"So, are you an artist, too?"
A review of 'Family Legacies: The Art of Betye, Lezley, and Alison Saar'
Sep 28, 2025
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Lou Mensah
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Message #5: Somaya Critchlow's 'Illusion' (2025)
The artist is featured in Hilton Als's exhibition 'Postures: Jean Rhys in the Modern World' showing at Michael Werner Gallery, London.
Sep 27, 2025
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Lou Mensah
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Message #4: Jennie Baptiste's 'Pinky' (2001)
The artist's forthcoming retrospective at Somerset House reveals three decades of shifting messaging on Black British cultural documentation
Sep 13, 2025
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Lou Mensah
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