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The White Pube is the collaborative identity of Zarina Muhammad and Gabrielle de la Puente under which we write about art, video games, books and food. This podcast hosts audio versions of our weekly reviews and art thoughts, plus bonus episodes where we talk about life & art world hacks.

Gabrielle and Zarina


    • May 25, 2025 LATEST EPISODE
    • every other week NEW EPISODES
    • 25m AVG DURATION
    • 194 EPISODES


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    Confessions of a Commercial Gallerist

    Play Episode Listen Later May 25, 2025 34:36


    Fra Angelico, the art-priest on shift, hears the confession of a commercial galleristread it here: thewhitepube.co.uk/confessionssupport our writing: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠thewhitepube.co.uk/support⁠⁠⁠emoji:

    Monkey King

    Play Episode Listen Later May 11, 2025 24:31


    do you think it's possible to change the worst things about yourself? this week's text is about a mythological character from Chinese history and how we might be the same person. another big health update too! find the written version of the text here and get our book Poor Artists woooooo

    How many copies of the book have sold?

    Play Episode Listen Later May 3, 2025 62:13


    a 2025 q&a about how the book is doing, the things that we secretly find annoying about each other, our rudest reader interactions, and what's happening with book two :p watch the VIDEO of this chat here; support the white pube here :)

    On Ugliness

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 27, 2025 19:02


    Or, on why I want to be confused / why I love strangeness. Talking about On Ugliness: Medieval and Contemporary @ Skarstedt. Read the text version here: thewhitepube.co.uk/on-uglinesssupport our writing: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠thewhitepube.co.uk/support⁠⁠⁠emoji:

    Creating Identity Charms

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 20, 2025 16:29


    I have good news!!!!!! this week's text is about midodrine, Chile and the artist Phoebe Kaniewska. listen to hear the good news woooo or read about it on our website here. Sign up to our Patreon to join the discord if you want also. I hate all other social media except the white pube discord. there, I said it.

    The Crit

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 13, 2025 24:45


    This week's text is about listening in on a crit :)read it here: thewhitepube.com/the-critsupport our writing: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠thewhitepube.co.uk/support⁠⁠emoji:

    Lapvona

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 6, 2025 13:45


    spoiler free text about Lapvona and a clinical trial I did this week and reading books all the way to the end even when you don't love them. Find the written version on our website here ; sign up to our Patreon here to join our discord; and please buy our book Poor Artists! it's out in hardback, audiobook and ebook!! paperback aint til October baby

    The Roundabout Artist

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 23, 2025 22:58


    This week's text is a short story about roundabout art! About where art sits in the public sphere, where it is surprising or unexpected! Read the text: thewhitepube.co.uk/the-roundabout-artistsupport our writing: ⁠⁠⁠⁠thewhitepube.co.uk/support⁠emoji:

    The Hearing Test

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 16, 2025 21:29


    I write about the app called Visible that is supposed to help you with energy-limiting health conditions, and I write about Eliza Barry Callahan's 2024 book The Hearing Test. You can find the written version here, our Patreon here, and here's a referral code to the app. I have no idea if it's worth it yet. In the first few weeks yes? But ask me again in 6 months

    Much love I leave behind

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 2, 2025 12:44


    Athen Kardashian and Nina Mhach Durban @ Indigo + Madder, a postcard in a courtyard, my aunt's fridge.read the text: thewhitepube.co.uk/athen-ninasupport our writing: ⁠⁠⁠thewhitepube.co.uk/supportemoji:

    Mary and the Rabbit Dream

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 23, 2025 16:43


    did you know all the long covid clinics in the UK were closing down in March? in this episode, I write about money and my PIP disaster and my last long covid clinic appointment, but I also write about a woman who gives birth to rabbits. You can find the text version on our website & you can get a copy of Mary and the Rabbit Dream on Galley Beggar's website

    NO MORE FOUND OBJECTS

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 16, 2025 35:57


    an essay about readymades, found objects in art and whether that's a good thing (and what it all **MEANS**!)read it here: thewhitepube.co.uk/found-objectsthe emoji for this text is:

    Spray

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 1, 2025 11:54


    this week's text is a review of SPRAY, Ella Fleck @ Season 4 Episode 6 read it here: thewhitepube.co.uk/spray here's a link to the gallery's website Support our writing: ⁠⁠thewhitepube.co.uk/support

    London Art Fair

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 26, 2025 13:05


    I went to London and back in a day and now my body is paying for it. A text about London Art Fair -> written version here -> give us £1 a month here -> and I'll see you on the next one

    london art fair
    Grey Unpleasant Land: Sophia Al-Maria and Lydia Ourahmane @ Spike Island

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 19, 2025 24:43


    A story about an exhibition about nationhood, national mythologies, property & inheritance. Read it here: thewhitepube.co.uk/grey-unpleasant-land Support our writing: ⁠thewhitepube.co.uk/support

    Woman on the Edge of Time

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 12, 2025 19:11


    Kicking off the 2025 reviews with a book I think I might love: the 1976 novel Woman on the Edge of Time by American writer and activist Marge Piercy. You can find the written version of this on our website, you can support The White Pube here, and I'll see ya on the next one babYyyyy

    DAHOMEY (dir. Mati Diop)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 15, 2024 21:26


    This week's text is a review of Mati Diop's DAHOMEY, now streaming on MUBI! Thinking through restitution as a starting point, the voice of objects, statues that also die, honest endings. Read the text here: thewhitepube.co.uk/dahomey If you'd like to watch DAHOMEY and make up your own mind, then MUBI have given us 30 days free: mubi.com/thewhitepube This is our last text of the year!! Merry xmas and catch u in 2025 xxxxx

    Should museums give back stolen objects?

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 12, 2024 59:52


    Should museums give back stolen objects?? Dahomey is OUT TODAY on MUBI -- directed by Mati Diop, it's a film about the restitution of objects in Western museums. We spoke to Dan Hicks and Sumaya Kassim for a special investigative episode about restitution and decolonisation. MUBI have sponsored this episode and also !! given us a link to get 30 days free, so you can watch Dahomey. you can also watch all the other vvv good and interesting films on their roster -- lovely timing, there's your xmas watchlist sorted. Find the transcription for this episode here; Dan's website here; Sumaya's here; and Sumaya's piece The museum will not be decolonised here

    An Ode to All the Flavours, Laisul Hoque @ Whitechapel

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 8, 2024 21:43


    A one day exhibition, conceptual value grab, sweets and snacks and flavours. Read it here: thewhitepube.co.uk/laisul-whitechapel Support our writing: thewhitepube.co.uk/support

    How much money I made this year

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 30, 2024 17:04


    is culture bad for you? God it feels terrible right now. You can find the written version of this, as well as links to documents mentioned and the best photo of me every taken, right about ⁠here

    the Sound Voice Project @ the Royal Opera House

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 24, 2024 20:35


    This week's text is about the Sound Voice Project at the Royal Opera House, down in the Lindbury Theatre. Three performances of works about voice loss. read it here: thewhitepube.co.uk/sound-voice The Sound Voice project's run at ROH has ended, but the old event link is here, and the digital version of the programme. SVP's website is here.

    Grenfell: in the words of survivors

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 9, 2024 15:23


    I got a subscription to the National Theatre streaming service. More theatre reviews to come, but we're starting here with the Grenfell play. The written version of this is on The White Pube website.

    Jasleen Kaur, Alter Altar (Turner Prize 2024)

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 3, 2024 12:19


    a text for Jasleen Kaur's Turner Prize installation (Alter Altar) at the Tate Britain. read the text here: thewhitepube.co.uk/alter-altar ica tickets for 5th Nov: ica.art/learning/poor-artists

    The Crab Museum

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 27, 2024 16:10


    I wrote this in ONE day do NOT judge me. Written version of the review is here. Our book Poor Artists is out now! in shops and in libraries and some people are just carrying it with them like a cool accessory. Get yours now !

    A Riot in Three Acts, Imran Perretta @ Somerset House

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 20, 2024 16:02


    This week's text is about Imran Perretta's A Riot in Three Acts @ Somerset House, a lament for a dead city, mourning London. read it here: thewhitepube.co.uk/riotin3acts

    The Substance

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 13, 2024 18:31


    you lot LOVE a film review so you're in luck because I haven't read a book in a month and the only game I'm playing is Overwatch competitive mode and no one wants to hear about that. Here's a review of the new body horror film The Substance dir by Coralie Fargeat. You can find the text version of this on our website here & thank you for making the release of Poor Artists such a party!!!

    A Study of Saint Francis, Ellie Cotton @ General Assembly

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 6, 2024 9:23


    This week's text is about A Study of Saint Francis, an exhibition of paintings by Ellie Cotton at General Assembly. I saw a painting that i couldn't stop looking at!! read it here: thewhitepube.co.uk/saint-francis & IF U HAVEN'T HEARD! our book, Poor Artists, is out now !!!

    the dentist

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 28, 2024 15:22


    I forgot to say: PLEASE COMMENT A TOOTH emoji on our instagram if you pass through here. my BRAIN IS FRIED. text version here

    Dream Machines (a lecture by Rebecca Moss)

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 15, 2024 14:56


    This week's text is a review of *Dream Machines*, a lecture by Rebecca Moss, about movement, machines, industrialisation, automation, Dada and Surrealism. All delivered on the swan pedalos at Stratford Olympic Park. read the text here: thewhitepube.co.uk/dream-machines October 3rd is fast approaching so yet another reminder: you can pre-order our book, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Poor Artists, here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (& ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠here if ur in the US⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠). & thank you to our ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠friends & supporters on Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ -- if you'd like to support our work, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠pls see our support page⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for all the many ways u can do that. mwah mwah bye!

    Prima Facie (and a giveaway!)

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 8, 2024 28:46


    To celebrate the return of Prima Facie to cinemas from September 12-Dec 5, we have two tickets and a bunch of merchandise to give away to one person who comments a judge emoji on today's Instagram post

    Slow Art

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 1, 2024 28:45


    a text about slow art, and also My Year of Rest and Relaxation, and Tehching Hsieh, and sickness, but mostly slowness -- u can find the text version here & u can find book pre-order link here

    relaxation slow art tehching hsieh
    The Unbearable Lightness of Forgetting My Name, Noorain Inam

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 25, 2024 17:08


    This is a text about a specific painting: The Unbearable Lightness of Forgetting My Name by Noorain Inam, that I saw a couple months back at Noorain's solo show, Go back to sleep, it's just the wind at Indigo + Madder. It's also a text about painting and imagining, your mind's eye and clarity, about feeling like things are over there but then also within you. read it here: thewhitepube.co.uk/noorain-inam-TULOFMN & if u don't know, now u know: you can pre-order our book, ⁠⁠⁠⁠Poor Artists, here⁠⁠⁠⁠ (& ⁠⁠⁠⁠here if ur in the US⁠⁠⁠⁠). Thank you to our ⁠⁠⁠⁠friends & supporters on Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠ -- if you'd like to support our work, ⁠⁠⁠⁠pls see our support page⁠⁠⁠⁠ for all the many ways u can do that. & HAVE A NICE BANK HOL!!! love u! xxxx

    Laisul Hoque, The Purpose was to Document the Other Side (2023)

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 11, 2024 13:29


    watching a film about distance and love in a week like this week! read the text on the website: thewhitepube.co.uk/laisul-otherside & FYI, CHEEKY PLUG: you can pre-order our book, ⁠⁠⁠Poor Artists, here⁠⁠⁠ (& ⁠⁠⁠here if ur in the US⁠⁠⁠). Thank you to our ⁠⁠⁠friends & supporters on Patreon⁠⁠⁠ -- if you'd like to support our work, ⁠⁠⁠pls see our support page⁠⁠⁠ for all the many ways u can do that. & HAVE A NICE SUNDAY!!! love u! xxxx

    Severance

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 4, 2024 16:37


    a review! I'm sick! what's new. you can find the written version of this on our website; you can pre-order our book here; pat yourself on the back for making it through another week on this hellplanet

    Work!?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 28, 2024 15:21


    thinking about Serban Savu's 'what work is' Romanian pavilion at the Venice Biennale read the text here: ⁠thewhitepube.com/work⁠ WHILE I AM HERE: you can pre-order our book, ⁠⁠Poor Artists, here⁠⁠ (& ⁠⁠here if ur in the US⁠⁠). Thank you to our ⁠⁠friends & supporters on Patreon⁠⁠ -- if you'd like to support our work, ⁠⁠pls see our support page⁠⁠ for all the many ways u can do that. & HAVE A NICE SUNDAY!!! love u! xxxx

    Strand News: LOTTERY OYSTER OFF LICENCE

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 14, 2024 12:12


    This week's text is a mini review of a group show in Strand News, the newsagent where i buy a peanut butter kit kat chunky almost every weekday. Ft work by: Athen Kardashian and Nina Mhach Durban, Eden Chau-Morrow, Marcus Jefferson and Xooset, and curated by Tom Mouna. read the text here: thewhitepube.com/strand-news WHILE I AM HERE: you can pre-order our book, ⁠Poor Artists, here⁠ (& ⁠here if ur in the US⁠). Thank you to our ⁠friends & supporters on Patreon⁠ -- if you'd like to support our work, ⁠pls see our support page⁠ for all the many ways u can do that. & HAVE A NICE SUNDAY!!! love u! xxxx

    Parable of the Sower

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 7, 2024 27:41


    I'm tired!!!!! you know the deal. the written version of this text is on our website.

    Tai Shani @ The Cosmic House

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 23, 2024 17:59


    a vignette about looking through windows, a love letter to the shrimp in Tai Shani's THE WORLD TO ME WAS A SECRET: CAESIOUS, ZINNOBER, CELADON, AND VIRESCENT @ the cosmic house read it here: thewhitepube.co.uk/taishani-cosmichouse WHILE I AM HERE: you can pre-order our book, Poor Artists, here (& here if ur in the US). Thank you to our friends & supporters on Patreon -- if you'd like to support our work, pls see our support page for all the many ways u can do that. & HAVE A NICE SUNDAY!!! love u! xxxx

    I went to the LJMU Degree Show

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 16, 2024 26:32


    text version of this review here; our boat is going to be uploaded here; book cover reveal here!!!

    Unreal Estate

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 9, 2024 22:51


    This week's text is about houses, art and lying to estate agents. Read it here (thewhitepube.com/unreal-estate). You can support our work on Patreon, & thank you to all our patrons!

    The Hologram

    Play Episode Listen Later May 26, 2024 25:20


    I have been writing about problems for a while so I think it is time to talk about solutions. This episode is about a project by Cassie Thornton that is about to make my life better. You can find the text version here, the Hologram here, our book pre-order link here if you're in the UK and here if you're in the US

    Goldsmiths 4 Palestine 4eva

    Play Episode Listen Later May 19, 2024 28:22


    A text about the student occupation of Goldsmiths, for Palestine. As mentioned, some links: - STRIKE OUTSET, sign the pledge here, FAQs - Goldsmiths 4 Palestine Here's a link to the text, scroll down to the bottom if you want links to any of the student orgs for the unis mentioned at the end -- they're all linked & i'll whack those up on ig stories when i post this too (we are @thewhitepube) if you want more un to date info.

    I ran away to Spain

    Play Episode Listen Later May 11, 2024 45:43


    If you want to see the written version of this, or the photos I took while I was running away, find both here; if you want to support twp and join our discord, info here; and if you want us to be on a best seller list because that would be quite funny, pre-order our book Poor Artists here

    Caterpillar Memories

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 28, 2024 28:59


    This week's text is a story about a woman called Jane who wants to unlock her inner creative potential, through a boozy painting workshop. read the text version here: thewhitepube.co.uk/caterpillar-memories & thank you, as always, to our friends on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠! If you'd like to support our work/writing, pls go to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠our support page ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠for more info about how you can do that :)

    I went on a residency in France

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 21, 2024 32:29


    I've secretly been in France trying out a new residency at a place called The Mill. You can find the written version of this text on our website where there are also beautiful pictures I took because I am the world's greatest photographer enjoy, and as always, pre-order our book POOR ARTISTS if you want! it's coming out October 3rd so if you do it now you'll forget and then a lovely present will come through the door and you'll be like wow I'm so nice to myself

    SHOW PONY

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 14, 2024 12:06


    a super quick text about an exhibition! SHOW PONY, a group show at Islington Arts Factory, curated by Kelly Wu. read the text here: thewhitepube.com/show-pony

    THE RISE OF CREATIVE INDUSTRY GROUP INCORPORATED

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 7, 2024 31:41


    This week's text is some art criticism as dystopian business science fiction When did that transition from *Art* to *Creative Industry happen*, and what does it mean? Robert Peston VII, Business Culture Editor-at-Large for the Financial Times 4.0, is about to tell you! read the text version here: thewhitepube.co.uk/creating-incorporated & thank you, as always, to our friends on ⁠⁠⁠⁠Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠! If you'd like to support our work/writing, pls go to ⁠⁠⁠⁠our support page ⁠⁠⁠⁠for more info about how you can do that :)

    It is as if you were doing work

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 31, 2024 15:26


    Happy Easter I bet all of you are off work today you lazy gits!!!! this text is about WORKING ALL THE TIME and feeling CRAZY because of it. You can find the text version here and you can pre-order our book Poor Artists here and I hope you enjoy a day off work you really deserve it

    Overnight At The Museum

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 24, 2024 23:59


    A story about a sleepover at the National Gallery, in pursuit of answers to a question: what is the POINT of ART?! read it here: thewhitepube.co.uk/reviews/2024/overnight-museum & thank you, as always, to our friends on ⁠⁠⁠Patreon⁠⁠⁠! If you'd like to support our work/writing, pls go to ⁠⁠⁠our support page ⁠⁠⁠for more info about how you can do that :)

    Diversity Policy 101

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 17, 2024 30:04


    A text where I write about why I no longer want to write about Diversity. The history of institutional diversity policy, the historry of it's failings, but also -- my speculations about its future. read it here: thewhitepube.co.uk/divpol101 & thank you, as always, to our friends on ⁠⁠Patreon⁠⁠! If you'd like to support our work/writing, pls go to ⁠⁠our support page ⁠⁠for more info about how you can do that :)

    I tried a floatation tank

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 10, 2024 18:29


    For real! The written version of the review is here; our book Poor Artists is available to pre-order here. mwah mwah mwah goodbye

    floatation tank

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