Call for Writers: Join the Shade Family
Are you a writer with fresh perspectives on arts and culture? Shade Art Review is opening its doors to new voices!
What I can offer at the moment:
A share of the subscription revenue for your contributions (it’s very small, but it’s something)
Sharing your work with the engaged Shade audience
Published work to enhance your portfolio for future commissions
While I'll continue sharing my monthly listings, occasional opinion pieces and reviews, I'm creating space for new perspectives as I tend to Shade commissions, re-connecting with photography and rest.
You'll be joining a talented team of contributors including:
Dale Berning Sawa, whose work for Shade Art Review includes covering John Akomfrah's British Council commission at the 60th Venice Biennale; and emerging writer Anne Kimunguyi, who has covered exciting highlights from Basel to spotlighting new and established artists.
Interested? I'd love to hear your pitch! Drop me a line at lou@shadepodcast.co.uk
Venice Biennale Special: John Akomfrah
Even before I knew anything of John Akomfrah's British Council commission at the 2024 Venice Biennale, I loved it for its title: Listening All Night To The Rain. When I was born, my parents were renting a flat…
Playgrounds of liberation
In this month’s Artist Spotlight, Anne Kimunguyi - writer, editor and arts administrator at Tate - celebrates the 2024 edition of the Lagos Biennial, through the work of Temitayo Ogunbiyi; an artist and curator for The Data Centered Collective. Anne considers how the artist’s root like structures explore themes of play as liberation:
Where is the Black Nan Goldin?
Last week marked the 22nd anniversary of Nan Goldin’s The Devil’s Playground exhibition at the Whitechapel Gallery. Goldin, considered the most powerful person in art, certainly inspired me to document my life as a photographer. Known for her searingly intimate portraits of loved ones, Goldin’s work exp…
Visceral Canker: Donald Rodney Speaks Through Time at Whitechapel Gallery
On Thursday, something extraordinary happened. For the first time since encountering Francesca Woodman's work at The Photographer’s Gallery in 1999, an exhibition brought me to tears. Visceral Canker —Donald Rodney's touring survey, currently…
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