Podcasts about Yinka Shonibare

En France, pour les grands restaurateurs, l'étoile, c'est le graal, la consécration. Le film, La réparation, de Régis Wargnier, nous plonge dans cet univers quelques heures avant l'attribution de la 3e étoile d'un célèbre chef et de sa disparition soudaine. Paskal Jankovsiki et son cuisinier disparaissent au cours d'une partie de chasse. Laissant la belle et troublante Clara, sa fille unique, seule à la tête de son restaurant. Meurtre ? Suicide ? Disparation volontaire ? Où sont passés ces deux hommes ? Deux ans plus tard, alors qu'elle n'a aucune nouvelle, de son père et de son amant la jeune femme reçoit une invitation étrange pour Taïwan, y fonce, et se jette à corps perdu sur ce premier indice. Ainsi commence La Réparation, le nouveau film de Régis Wargnier. Thriller, film d'enquête et de saveurs. Cette œuvre troublante est aussi un film sur la perte, les racines et le libre arbitre, mais aussi l'impact des médias et du patriarcat. Régis Wargnier, le réalisateur et Julia de Nunez, l'actrice principale sont les invités de Sur le pont des arts. La réparation sort en salles en France le 16 avril 2025.La réparation de Régis Wargnier, thriller à déguster entre la France et TaïwanAu programme de l'émission :► Chronique Hit de la semaineHugo Casalinho, de la programmation musicale de RFI, nous fera écouter  le nouveau titre du rappeur Belge Krisyet, Noé & Toumani.   ► ReportageSarah Tétaud, correspondante de RFI à Madagascar, nous emmène à la Fondation H, dédiée à l'art contemporain africain. Le lieu a inauguré sa nouvelle exposition annuelle, Safiotra [Hybridités; Hybridities], une carte blanche offerte à l'artiste britannico-nigérian Yinka Shonibare. ► Playlist du jour- Anna Majidson - Rose Epine

En France, pour les grands restaurateurs, l'étoile, c'est le graal, la consécration. Le film, La réparation, de Régis Wargnier, nous plonge dans cet univers quelques heures avant l'attribution de la 3e étoile d'un célèbre chef et de sa disparition soudaine. Paskal Jankovsiki et son cuisinier disparaissent au cours d'une partie de chasse. Laissant la belle et troublante Clara, sa fille unique, seule à la tête de son restaurant. Meurtre ? Suicide ? Disparation volontaire ? Où sont passés ces deux hommes ? Deux ans plus tard, alors qu'elle n'a aucune nouvelle, de son père et de son amant la jeune femme reçoit une invitation étrange pour Taïwan, y fonce, et se jette à corps perdu sur ce premier indice. Ainsi commence La Réparation, le nouveau film de Régis Wargnier. Thriller, film d'enquête et de saveurs. Cette œuvre troublante est aussi un film sur la perte, les racines et le libre arbitre, mais aussi l'impact des médias et du patriarcat. Régis Wargnier, le réalisateur et Julia de Nunez, l'actrice principale sont les invités de Sur le pont des arts. La réparation sort en salles en France le 16 avril 2025.La réparation de Régis Wargnier, thriller à déguster entre la France et TaïwanAu programme de l'émission :► Chronique Hit de la semaineHugo Casalinho, de la programmation musicale de RFI, nous fera écouter  le nouveau titre du rappeur Belge Krisyet, Noé & Toumani.   ► ReportageSarah Tétaud, correspondante de RFI à Madagascar, nous emmène à la Fondation H, dédiée à l'art contemporain africain. Le lieu a inauguré sa nouvelle exposition annuelle, Safiotra [Hybridités; Hybridities], une carte blanche offerte à l'artiste britannico-nigérian Yinka Shonibare. ► Playlist du jour- Anna Majidson - Rose Epine

À Madagascar, c'est une explosion de couleurs et de questionnements que nous propose la Fondation H, fondation d'art contemporain située au plein cœur de la capitale. Sa nouvelle exposition, inaugurée jeudi 10 avril 2025, est une magnifique carte blanche offerte à Yinka Shonibare, artiste plasticien britannico-nigérian universellement reconnu mais qui, à 62 ans, n'avait encore jamais exposé seul sur son continent d'origine. L'exposition Safiotra [Hybridités/Hybridities] célèbre le métissage et la puissance de nos diversités et nous interroge sur ce que nous tous, collectivement, avons accepté comme étant l'Histoire, avec un grand H. Reportage réalisé à quelques heures du vernissage dont RFI est le seul média à avoir accédé à la Fondation avant l'événement. De notre correspondante à Antananarivo, « Peut-on regarder la sculpture de votre ''Astronaute réfugié'' (''Refugee Astronaut'') ? Que vous nous disiez si la manière dont on l'a installée vous convient ? », est-il demandé à Yinka Shonibare. « Oui. Whaou ! C'est super, ça rend hyper bien ! », répond celui qui vient tout juste d'atterrir à Madagascar.À quelques heures de son vernissage, Yinka Shonibare déambule devant ses œuvres d'une vie, mises en valeur dans les salles lumineuses de la Fondation H. Du sol au plafond, ses créations ludiques éblouissent tant par leurs couleurs vives que par leur ironie. « C'est fantastique d'être ici, et incroyable de faire une exposition en solo, en Afrique », commente-t-il.À lire aussiYinka Shonibare, orfèvre du waxL'exposition, intitulée Safiotra [Hybridités/Hybridities], raconte des histoires métissées, des identités mélangées, et offre une autre lecture du monde, post-colonial surtout, que celles communément admises : « Mon travail consiste principalement à essayer de reconnaître la contribution des Africains. Quand j'ai étudié l'histoire, il était surtout question des réalisations européennes et pas tellement de celles des Africains. Donc, dans mes œuvres, j'essaie vraiment de célébrer les réalisations africaines, pas seulement en Afrique d'ailleurs, mais aussi dans la culture mondiale en général. Certains pourraient appeler cela de la ''déconstruction". Mais je pense qu'il est important que toutes nos voix puissent être entendues et enregistrées. Je pense que c'est également sain pour le monde, car lorsque vous créez une sorte d'opposition binaire, c'est en fait la raison pour laquelle les gens se font la guerre. Parce qu'ils ne comprennent pas l'autre personne. »Dominique Tiana Rarafindratsimba, professeure en sciences humaines à l'université d'Antananarivo et directrice du Centre de recherche et d'études sur les constructions identitaires, a été chargée par la Fondation H de réfléchir à la perception du Safiotra, de l'hybridité dans la culture malgache : « Quelque chose qui est ''safiotra'' pour les Malgaches, puisque c'est ''mélangé'', puisque c'est ''croisé'', c'est plutôt vu négativement, comme le contraire de pureté, d'authenticité. Les œuvres de Yinka Shonibare pourront permettre de nous remettre un peu en question et d'accepter ce croisement comme partie prenante de notre histoire, et que le métissage, c'est le fondement même de l'identité de l'être humain et du Malgache surtout. »Avec son African Library fascinante ou son Refugee Astronaut déroutant, l'artiste nigérian bouscule notre perception du monde et nous convie à le repenser différemment.À lire aussiL'artiste Yinka Shonibare expose à la Fondation Blachère

In this special episode, artist Kedisha Coakley joins EMPIRE LINES live at the Hepworth Wakefield in West Yorkshire, connecting their work from Jamaican and Black diasporic communities across the UK, with their research into sculptor Ronald Moody, uncovering shared interests in Ancient Egypt, indigenous Caribbean cultures, and questions of restitution. Born in Brixton, and based in Sheffield, Kedisha Coakley's practice spans sculpture, glassmaking, and wallpaper printed with blocks of braided hair. Commissioned for an exhibition about Ronald Moody, one of the most significant artists working in 20th century Britain, their new installation is set between his large-scale figurative wood sculptures from the 1930s, and post-war experimentations with concrete and resin casting. From Kedisha's bronze afro-combs influenced by historic Taino cultures, we journey from objects held in the British Museum, to mahogany relief sculptures by major influences like Edna Manley. With audio transcripts, we discuss Moody's BBC radio broadcasts for Calling the West Indies produced by Una Marson, particularly ‘What is called Primitive Art?' (1949). Kedisha shares Moody's interest in primitivism, present in ancient Egyptian, Greek, Indian, and ‘oriental' Chinese cultural forms, as well as Gothic and Renaissance works from Western/Europe. We look at photographs from Kedisha's studio, exploring ‘African masks' in the work of European modernists like Man Ray and Pablo Picasso, and the often marginalised role of religion and spirituality in Black and diasporic art practices. Kedisha also details her wider practice in ‘Horticultural Appropriation', working with breadfruit, flowers, plants, and the natural environment, connecting with Moody's description of Jamaica's Blue Mountains and sea. We consider Moody's place in British art history, drawing from his contemporaries Barbara Hepworth, Henry Moore, Jacob Epstein, and Elizabeth Frink, as well as the group known as the Caribbean Artists Movement (CAM), of which Moody was a founding member.. As a self-described ‘mature student', we look at Kedisha's pursuit of independent, adult education, the role of market cultures and fashion, and the work of women taking care of history. This episode was recorded live at Ronald Moody: Sculpting Life, an exhibition at the Hepworth Wakefield in West Yorkshire, in October 2024. The exhibition runs until 3 November 2024: hepworthwakefield.org/whats-on/kedisha-coakley-and-empire-lines-live-podcast-recording/ Hear more about Kedisha's work around ‘Horticultural Appropriation' with Ashish Ghadiali, curator of Against Apartheid (2023) at KARST in Plymouth: pod.link/1533637675/episode/146d4463adf0990219f1bf0480b816d3 For more about the Caribbean Artists Movement (CAM), listen to curator Rose Sinclair in the episode on Althea McNish's Batchelor Girl's Room (1966/2022), recreated at the William Morris Gallery in London: pod.link/1533637675/episode/953b78149a969255d6106fb60c16982b On post-war ‘British' art and sculpture, read about Egon Altdorf: Reaching for the Light at the Henry Moore Institute in Leeds, in gowithYamo: gowithyamo.com/blog/postwar-modernism-egon-altdorf-at-the-henry-moore-institute Hear from artist Yinka Shonibare, in the episode on Decolonised Structures (Queen Victoria (2022-2023) at the Serpentine in London: pod.link/1533637675/episode/01fffb739a1bd9f84f930ce41ee31676 On the globalisation of ‘African' masks, listen to curator Osei Bonsu on Edson Chagas' photographic series, Tipo Passe (2014-2023), in the episode about Ndidi Dike's A History of A City in a Box (2019) at Tate Modern in London: pod.link/1533637675/episode/386dbf4fcb2704a632270e0471be8410 And for more about Édouard Glissant, listen to ⁠Manthia Diawara⁠, co-curator of The Trembling Museum at the Hunterian in Glasgow, and artist ⁠Billy Gerard Frank on Palimpsest: Tales Spun From Sea And Memories (2019)⁠, part of ⁠PEACE FREQUENCIES 2023⁠: ⁠instagram.com/p/C0mAnSuodAZ⁠

Carpenters Workshop Gallery has redefined the art and design landscape, making it a beacon for sustainability, community building and the continuous evolution of artistic expression. In this episode, Danielle Radojcin speaks to co-founder Loïc Le Gaillard and the designer Harry Nuriev about challenging traditional design boundaries. Founded in 2006 by Loïc Le Gallaird and Julien Lombrail, Carpenters Workshop Gallery has challenged the conventional gallery model, encouraging visitors to immerse themselves deeply in the art, fostering a connection that transcends mere observation.Since then, each of its  global expansions—from London to Paris, and New York to Los Angeles, serves not just as a space for displaying art but as a hub for emotional investment and innovation. The latest addition, Ladbroke Hall in West London, epitomises this philosophy. Having featured a broad spectrum of creatives, including furniture design icon Wendell Castle, artist Yinka Shonibare and jewellery designer Michele Lamy, it stands as a flagship space promoting extensive engagement and exploration in the arts.Harry Nuriev, the visionary behind Crosby Studios, is known for his transformative design philosophy that integrates art, architecture, and fashion into everyday life. His work, celebrated for challenging traditional boundaries, showcases how design can reflect and alter our perception of contemporary society.  He has exhibited several times with Carpenters Workshop Gallery, as well as partnering on projects with the likes of Balenciaga, Nike and Liam Gillick.Harry and Loïc join Danielle on this episode to talk about how their collaborative efforts at Carpenters Workshop Gallery contribute to the continuous evolution of artistic expression.Image: Chair 3, by Harry Nuriev, via Carpenters Workshop Gallery  

Artist Yinka Shonibare CBE RA, and Hans Ulrich Obrist and Tamsin Hong of The Serpentine Galleries, coat London's historic statues and public monuments with fresh layers of history. For over 30 years, Yinka Shonibare CBE RA has used Western European art history to explore contemporary culture and national identities. With his iconic use of Dutch wax print fabric - inspired by Indonesian batik designs, mass-produced in the Netherlands (and now China) and sold to British colonies in West Africa - he troubles ideas of ‘authentic' ‘African prints'. Painting these colourful patterns on his smaller-scale replicas of sculptures of British figures like Winston Churchill, Robert Clive, and Robert Milligan, he engages with contemporary debates raised in Black Lives Matter (#BLM) and the toppling of slave trader Edward Colston's statue in Bristol. Suspended States, the artist's first London solo exhibition in over 20 years, puts these questions of cultural identity and whiteness, within the modern contexts of globalisation, economics, and art markets. Wind Sculptures speak to movements across borders, other works how architectures of power affect refuge, migration, and the legacies of imperialism in wars, conflict, and peace today. With his Library series, we read into Wole Soyinka, Bisi Silva, and canonised 17th, 18th, and 19th century artists like Diego Velázquez, focussing on Yinka's engagement with Pablo Picasso, modernism, and ‘primitivism'. Hans Ulrich Obrist and Tamsin Hong highlight the connection between the Serpentine's ecological work, and Yinka's new woodcuts and drawings which consider the impact of colonisation on the environment. As a self-described ‘post-colonial hybrid', Yinka details his diasporic social practices, including his Guest Project experimental space in Hackney, and G.A.S. Foundation in Nigeria, and collaborations with young artists and researchers like Leo Robinson, Péjú Oshin, and Alayo Akinkubye. Yinka Shonibare: Suspended States runs at the Serpentine Galleries in London until 1 September 2024. Yinka is also an Invited Artist, and participant in Nigeria Imaginary, the official Nigerian Pavilion, at the 60th Venice Biennale, which runs until 24 November 2024. Part of EMPIRE LINES at Venice, a series of episodes leading to Foreigners Everywhere (Stranieri Ovunque), the 60th Venice Biennale or International Art Exhibition in Italy, in April 2024. For more about Dutch wax fabric and ‘African' textiles, listen to Lubaina Himid on Lost Threads (2021, 2023) at the Holburne Museum in Bath and British Textile Biennial 2021, and the British Museum's Dr. Chris Spring on Thabo, Thabiso and Blackx by Araminta de Clermont (2010)⁠. For more about Nelson's Ship in a Bottle (2010), listen to historicity London, a podcast series of audio walking tours, exploring how cities got to be the way they are. On bronze as the ‘media of history', hear artist Pio Abad on Giolo's Lament (2023) at the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford. And on the globalisation of ‘African' masks, listen to Tate curator Osei Bonsu in the episode about Ndidi Dike's A History of A City in a Box (2019). For more about the Blk Art Group, hear curator Dorothy Price on Claudette Johnson's And I Have My Own Business in This Skin (1982) at the Courtauld Gallery in London. Hear curator Folakunle Oshun, and more about Yinka Shonibare's Diary of a Victorian Dandy (1998), in the episode on Lagos Soundscapes by Emeka Ogboh (2023), at the South London Gallery. Read about Nengi Omuku in this article about Soulscapes at the Dulwich Picture Gallery in London. And for other artists inspired by the port city of Venice, hear John Akomfrah of the British Pavilion (2024) on ⁠Arcadia (2023)⁠ at The Box in Plymouth. WITH: Yinka Shonibare CBE RA, British-Nigerian artist. Hans Ulrich Obrist, Artistic Director, and Tamsin Hong, Exhibitions Curator, at the Serpentine Galleries in London. PRODUCER: Jelena Sofronijevic. Follow EMPIRE LINES on Instagram: ⁠instagram.com/empirelinespodcast⁠

Artist Yinka Shonibare talks about his new exhibition at the Serpentine Gallery, which explores the legacy of Imperialism. Guitarist Sean Shibe performs early Scottish lute music and previews a new classical guitar concerto live in the Front Row studio.And film experts Stephen McConnachie and Inés Toharia explain how fast changing technology and digital decay is putting preserving cinema under threat.Presenter: Samira Ahmed Producer: Olivia Skinner

Khadijah Ibrahiim's essay, A Journey of Things Past and Present, looks at how Leeds's built environment has changed and what that tells us about it as a society. Leeds is a rich north England city in a beautiful rural setting, but only the former is reflected in its physical development. The starting point is a much-loved mural that Khadijah contributed to as part of a school art project about the city's historical and modern architecture. Khadijah still lives in the city and has watched as the skyline has become blotted out by high rise buildings, changing the view and creating a sort of forest of grey trees. She is struck by how beautiful the countryside is around the city, as are many of its historical buildings.The essay will consider what the built city tells us about its identity and why/how the landscape is developed, then move us into the future, talking about the imminent David Oluwale memorial sculpture by Yinka Shonibare, Hibiscus Rising, in currently empty open space down near the river. Khadijah Ibrahiim is a literary activist, theatre maker and published poet/writer. She is the Artistic director of Leeds Young Authors, and executive producer of the award-winning documentary ‘We Are Poets'. Recently work includes writing and directing ‘Sorrel & Black cake' A Windrush Story, a Heritage Lottery funded program as part of GCF. ‘Dead and Wake' Opera North 2020 Resonance and Leeds Playhouse Connecting Voices.Writer/reader, Khadijah Ibrahiim Sound designer, Alisdair McGregor Producer, Polly ThomasLooking at Leeds is a co-commission between BBC Radio 3 and The Space with funding from Arts Council England. A Thomas Carter Project for BBC Radio 3.

A conversation with documentary filmmaker Sophie Chahinian whose Artist Profile Archive features one-on-one conversations and footage from the studios of some of the most iconic artists of our time, including the likes of David Salle, Yinka Shonibare, Charles Gaines and Shirin Neshat.https://www.theartistprofilearchive.com/Lita AlbuquerqueAlice AycockTroy BrauntuchChuck CloseEric FischlCharles GainesApril GornikDan GrahamAlexandra GrantDavid HepherSheree HovsepianVirginia JaramilloJon KesslerRobert LongoEd MosesShirin NeshatArcmanoro NilesAngel OteroCarol PeligianAlexis RockmanDavid SalleBastienne SchmidtJoel ShapiroPeter SheltonPeter ShireYinka ShonibareGary SimmonsNed SmythMarnie WeberJames WellingLetha WilsonManoucher Yektai

Since 1994 Sir Richard Mantle has been General Director of Opera North. He's led the company through the creation of a new home in Leeds; the establishment of the Howard Assembly Room - a performance space for all kinds of music; and many award-winning opera productions. As he leaves the company, at a time when cuts to opera funding have been making headlines, he joins Front Row to discuss why he thinks opera has much to contribute to culture in the UK.Singer-songwriter Billie Marten, from Ripon in Yorkshire, performs tracks from her fourth album, Drop Cherries, ahead of her UK tour, which starts this Saturday in Liverpool. As his new public sculpture, Hibiscus Rising, is unveiled in Leeds, artist Yinka Shonibare talks to Nick about creating a work that marks a dark episode in the city's history and provides a place to come together for all the communities in the city today.Presenter Nick Ahad Producer: Ekene Akalawu

This episode of Making a Mark explores the printmaking practice of Yinka Shonibare CBE (b. 1962), a globally celebrated artist whose work examines race, class, and constructions of cultural identity. We meet Shonibare in his busy East London studio, surrounded by his prints and rolls upon rolls of Batik fabric, a symbolic and distinct feature of the artist's work. Listen in as Shonibare explains why this fabric has become a recurrent motif for everything he wants to say about identity, politics, colonialism, and postcolonialism. Shonibare discusses how in recent years he has returned to two-dimensional work in the form of printmaking. Find out about the complex way he makes his woodblock prints and about his subject matter, including how the election of Donald Trump informed his first ever print project with Cristea Roberts Gallery and how the imagery of a large-scale print made in response to the Black Lives Matter movement in 2020, was born from a rejected commission, deemed too controversial. We also find out why in his recent prints, Shonibare has chosen to illustrate the radical influence of African artefacts on the work of western modernists, from Picasso, Derain, Modigliani, Matisse to Man Ray and his fellow artists in the Dada and Surrealist movements. Contributors include gallery director, David Cleaton-Roberts and curator, writer and broadcaster Ekow Eshun. Presented by writer and critic, Charlotte Mullins. Click here to purchase a book featuring an interview between Yinka Shonibare CBE and Charlotte Mullins. Making a Mark is a podcast by Cristea Roberts Gallery exploring the relationship between artists and printmaking.⁠ Artworks discussed in the episode can be viewed online via https://cristearoberts.com/podcast/ Photo: Leon Foggitt #yinkashonibare #ekoweshun #printmaking #printstudio #artiststudio #woodblock #africanmodernism #africanart #donaldtrump #blm #blmmovement #britishempire #colonialism #culturalidentity

Max Pearson presents a collection of this week's Witness History episodes from the BBC World Service. We hear from Kwasi Okoh about how his mother Theodosia Okoh designed Ghana's flag after it became the first country in sub-Saharan Africa to gain independence. Our guest, former diplomatic and foreign affairs editor, Tim Marshall, explains the importance of flags for national identity and their changing purpose through history. We also learn about the moment in 1966 when Kwame Nkrumah, one of Africa's most famous leaders, was ousted from power in Ghana. Plus, how in 2013, India's Supreme Court made a landmark ruling aimed at transforming the lives of acid attack survivors. It followed a campaign led by Laxmi Agarwal who at the age of 15 was burned when acid was thrown at her. And the artist Yinka Shonibare discusses how ‘Nelson's Ship in a Bottle' exhibited in London's Trafalgar Square was the world's largest ship in a bottle. And finally, how Kimani Maruge became the oldest man to enroll at a primary school in Kenya. Contributors: Kwasi Okoh - son of Theodosia Okoh Tim Marshall - former diplomatic and foreign affairs editor for Sky News Chris Hesse - Ghanaian filmmaker Laxmi Agarwal - acid attack survivor Yinka Shonibare - creator of Nelson's Ship in a Bottle Jane Obinchu - Kimani Maruge's former teacher (Photo: Ghanaian football fans wave their national flag. Credit: Getty Images)

It's two decades since the launch of the contemporary art fair that secured London's place at the centre of the modern creative world.Frieze London celebrates 20 years since its first event for high-end art buyers who've got at least a few thousand - and much more - to splurge.As well as the contemporary fair in Regent's Park with works by artists including Tracey Emin, Damien Hirst, Yinka Shonibare and Grayson Perry.Meanwhile, this year's event marks a new campaign backed by the Standard to salute the capital's successes in the arts, called London Creates.It was established to promote the our visual arts scene and is being supported by Mayor Sadiq Khan and artists including, Gilbert and George.The influential Spitalfields-based duo contributed two special collector's editions Evening Standard ‘Art for All' front pages.This episode with Frieze London director Eva Langret and Evening Standard arts correspondent Robert Dex. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On 24 May 2010, artist Yinka Shonibare unveiled Nelson's Ship in a Bottle, on the fourth plinth in London's Trafalgar Square. The piece was the world's largest ship in a bottle, but it wasn't just any vessel. It was a replica of HMS Victory, commanded by Admiral Lord Nelson in the Battle of Trafalgar, except Yinka had made an eye-catching change. The ship's plain sails had been replaced with colourful Dutch wax sails. Dutch wax is a fabric typically sold in West Africa. Yinka's work captivated crowds and left people wondering what it meant. “Some people were like ‘oh great we are celebrating Britishness. Fantastic', and then some other groups said ‘Oh this is a critique of Britain. Fantastic'. I love it when the work does that!”, says Yinka. He tells Anoushka Mutanda-Dougherty how his artwork was created and what it means to him.

In the first of this new series of A brush with…, Yinka Shonibare talks to Ben Luke about his influences—from writers to musicians, film-makers and, of course, other artists—and the cultural experiences that have shaped his life and work.Shonibare was born in 1962 in London to Nigerian parents and moved to Lagos in Nigeria when he was a child. He returned to London for his fine art studies at Byam Shaw School of Art and Goldsmiths College. He explores race, class and constructions of cultural identity through sculpture, installation, painting, photography, film and other media. His signature material is Dutch wax fabric, which he is able endlessly to repurpose and recontextualise. He chose this material precisely for its complex and loaded history: it was originally inspired by Indonesian batik, mass-produced by the Dutch and then sold to European colonies in West Africa. Dutch wax fabric eventually became a signifier of independence and culture in Africa and its diaspora. Through references to Western art history, film and literature Shonibare uses this textile to playfully, even provocatively, explore the validity of national identities and the cultures that inform them. He discusses his perennial fascination with William Hogarth and Francisco Goya, and his admiration for contemporary artists as diverse as Cindy Sherman, David Hammons and Paul McCarthy, who he describes as “Hogarth x100”. He explains his love of opera—the total artwork—and contemporary dance. And he reflects on the consistent environmentalist strand in his work. Plus he gives insight into his studio life and answers our usual questions, including the ultimate: what is art for?Yinka Shonibare CBE RA: Free The Wind, The Spirit, and The Sun, Stephen Friedman Gallery, London, 6 October-11 November; Yinka Shonibare CBE: Ritual Ecstasy of the Modern, Cristea Roberts Gallery, London, 22 September-4 November; Shonibare's public work Hibiscus Rising, commissioned by the David Oluwale Memorial Association for Aire Park, Leeds, as part of Leeds 2023, is unveiled on 25 November. Between April and September 2024, Shonibare will have a solo exhibition at the Serpentine Galleries, London. He will also participate in Nigeria's Pavilion at the 60th International Venice Biennale from April 2024. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Curator Folakunle Oshun links Peckham in the UK, and Lagos in Nigeria, with water and two centuries of shared colonial histories. Artist David Sanya captures European statues and lingering stereotypes in West Africa. Plus, Emeka Ogboh projects the sounds of the megacity onto the streets of south east London, and recreates the taste of migration with a brand new beer. Often called ‘Little Lagos', Peckham in south east London is home to one of the largest Nigerian diaspora communities. When the West African country declared independence after a century of British colonial rule in 1960, the flow of migration soon increased, with economic crises and civil unrest in the country. But individuals and families have long moved between both places. As a port city, Lagos became key to the transatlantic slave trade; its name meaning ‘lake', after the Portuguese, the first Europeans in the area. Using water as a channel to connect Lagos and London, a new exhibition at the South London Gallery brings together both Nigerian and British-Nigerian artists like Yinka Shonibare, crossing generations and diasporas. Its curator Folakunle Oshun, founder and director of the Lagos Biennal, describes growing up with CNN, navigating imperial architectures in Berlin and Paris, and why he'd never drive in London. Artist Emeka Ogboh takes us beyond the museum space, using loudspeakers to project the sound of Lagos' Danfo bus drivers onto the streets of Peckham. We sip his ‘bittersweet' beer made in collaboration with local brewery Orbit, a blend of English hops and Nigerian alligator pepper, and discuss how food and art can together capture the ‘multisensorial' experience of migration. Plus, closer to the River Thames, Birmingham-based artist David Sanya traces his travels from Nigeria to the UK, and how he combines the European artistic tradition of the sublime with Lagos' distinctive lake and seascapes, creating contemporary photographs of his own environments. Lagos, Peckham, Repeat: Pilgrimage to the Lakes runs at South London Gallery until 29 October 2023. Reframe: The Residency Exhibition runs at the Southbank Centre until 27 August 2023, part of the Southbank Centre's Planet Summer. For more, you can read my article. For more on A History of City in a Box, hear artist Ndidi Dike on EMPIRE LINES: https://pod.link/1533637675/episode/386dbf4fcb2704a632270e0471be8410 WITH: Folakunle Oshun, artist, curator, and founder and director of the Lagos Biennal. He is the co-curator of Lagos, Peckham, Repeat. Emeka Ogboh, sound and installation artist best known for his soundscapes of life in Lagos. Born in Nigeria and based between Lagos and Berlin, he creates multisensory work that takes the form of audio, installation, sculpture, and food and drink. David Sanya, artist and photographer. Born and raised in Lagos, he migrated to the UK in 2016, and practices between Birmingham and London. His collaborative work, I AM YOUR MOTHER DISMANTLED, is on view as part of Reframe: The Residency. ART: ‘Lagos Soundscapes, Emeka Ogboh (2023)'. PRODUCER: Jelena Sofronijevic. Follow EMPIRE LINES on Twitter: twitter.com/jelsofron/status/1306563558063271936 And Instagram: instagram.com/empirelinespodcast Support EMPIRE LINES on Patreon: patreon.com/empirelines

In this dialogue Prof Christo Doherty of ARA speaks to donna Kukama, a South African born interdisciplinary artist who works with performance, works on canvas, sculptural objects, video, and site-specific installation. The underlying topic of this conversation is how donna uses performance art and other practices as tools for artistic research, elaborating a challenging critique of the existing narratives of history and traditional modes of storytelling. Donna currently has a solo exhibition at the Wits Art Museum, entitled "Ways-of-Remembering-Existing" which runs until the 5th of November. Donna was born in Mafikeng, in the then South African homeland of Boputsawana in 1981. After completing a Fine Arts degree at the Tswana University of Technology, she studied for a Masters in Public Art in Switzerland. She was awarded the Standard Bank Young Artist Award for Performance Art in 2014 and has gone on to exhibit and present performances at a range of prestigious national and international galleries and museums including the Museum of Modern Art in Antwerp, the nGbk in Berlin, the New Museum in New York, and the South African National Gallery in Cape Town. She is currently the Professor of Contemporary Art in the Global South at the Academy of Media Arts in Cologne, Germany. In this conversation, we explore donna's personal trajectory as an artist, and her experience of different kinds of arts education in South Africa and Europe. We also discuss her Standard Bank Young Artist Award for Performance Art, the impact this had on her career and the significance of performance art in post-apartheid South Africa. We then concentrate on the interrogation of history in donna's work, and the collaborative research project, the Centre for Historical Re-enactments, which she initiated during her time as a lecturer at Wits together with Gabi Ngcobo and Kemang Wa Lehulere. We also examine donna's radical conception of written histories, which in her practice is not limited to the physical form of bound pages in book, but moves through rumour, memory, performance, drawing, sculptural objects, installations and sound. Finally, we unpack the creative process behind her video/performance work “The Swing (After after Fragonard) from 2009. The Swing is one of the 4 video pieces featured at her WAM exhibition. I had understood that the work was a complex critical reconfiguration of two previous works, the 18th Century Rococo painting The Swing by Fragonard, and then Yinka Shonibare's decolonial installation from 2001 called The Swing (after Fragonard), but I had no idea of what went into the creation of donna's work or the dramatic personal consequences for her of the performance on a swing high above Mai-Mai market in downtown Johannesburg. Important links: donna's WAM exhibition info: https://www.wits.ac.za/wam/exhibitions/ donna's video, The Swing (after after Fragonard): https://vimeo.com/202671614 Her gallery representation in SA: https://blankprojects.com/Donna-Kukama-Bio Nontobeko Ntombela's essay on donna and Reshma Chhiba's performance art: https://www.academia.edu/73685573/Silent_Toyi_Toyis_in_the_work_of_Donna_Kukama_and_Reshma_Chhiba donna's Instagram with a wealth of images and videos of her work. https://www.instagram.com/kukama_wa_kukama/?hl=en

In this dialogue Prof Christo Doherty of ARA speaks to donna Kukama, a South African born interdisciplinary artist who works with performance, works on canvas, sculptural objects, video, and site-specific installation. The underlying topic of this conversation is how donna uses performance art and other practices as tools for artistic research, elaborating a challenging critique of the existing narratives of history and traditional modes of storytelling. Donna currently has a solo exhibition at the Wits Art Museum, entitled "Ways-of-Remembering-Existing" which runs until the 5th of November. Donna was born in Mafikeng, in the then South African homeland of Boputsawana in 1981. After completing a Fine Arts degree at the Tswana University of Technology, she studied for a Masters in Public Art in Switzerland. She was awarded the Standard Bank Young Artist Award for Performance Art in 2014 and has gone on to exhibit and present performances at a range of prestigious national and international galleries and museums including the Museum of Modern Art in Antwerp, the nGbk in Berlin, the New Museum in New York, and the South African National Gallery in Cape Town. She is currently the Professor of Contemporary Art in the Global South at the Academy of Media Arts in Cologne, Germany. In this conversation, we explore donna's personal trajectory as an artist, and her experience of different kinds of arts education in South Africa and Europe. We also discuss her Standard Bank Young Artist Award for Performance Art, the impact this had on her career and the significance of performance art in post-apartheid South Africa. We then concentrate on the interrogation of history in donna's work, and the collaborative research project, the Centre for Historical Re-enactments, which she initiated during her time as a lecturer at Wits together with Gabi Ngcobo and Kemang Wa Lehulere. We also examine donna's radical conception of written histories, which in her practice is not limited to the physical form of bound pages in book, but moves through rumour, memory, performance, drawing, sculptural objects, installations and sound. Finally, we unpack the creative process behind her video/performance work “The Swing (After after Fragonard) from 2009. The Swing is one of the 4 video pieces featured at her WAM exhibition. I had understood that the work was a complex critical reconfiguration of two previous works, the 18th Century Rococo painting The Swing by Fragonard, and then Yinka Shonibare's decolonial installation from 2001 called The Swing (after Fragonard), but I had no idea of what went into the creation of donna's work or the dramatic personal consequences for her of the performance on a swing high above Mai-Mai market in downtown Johannesburg. Important links: donna's WAM exhibition info: https://www.wits.ac.za/wam/exhibitions/ donna's video, The Swing (after after Fragonard): https://vimeo.com/202671614 Her gallery representation in SA: https://blankprojects.com/Donna-Kukama-Bio Nontobeko Ntombela's essay on donna and Reshma Chhiba's performance art: https://www.academia.edu/73685573/Silent_Toyi_Toyis_in_the_work_of_Donna_Kukama_and_Reshma_Chhiba donna's Instagram with a wealth of images and videos of her work. https://www.instagram.com/kukama_wa_kukama/?hl=en

Let's talk about Bridgerton, Rococo art(and a bit of Baroque), Rosalba Carriera, Jean-Honoré Fragonard, Yinka Shonibare, Rosalia's Motomami, Charli XCX, Taeyong's Love Theory, and IVE love dive. Tara Mooknee's video about Amatonormativity - https://youtu.be/gsW3VsraJqo Time stamps: Intro - (0:00) Art - (02:46) TV Shows - (22:36) Music - (29:30) References: Yinka Shonibare, The Swing (After Fragonard) - By Dr. Allison Young. - https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/ap-art-history/global-contemporary-apah/21st-century-apah/a/yinka-shonibare-the-swing-after-fragonard Lisa Fevral: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJdvK5wMriowQqbGC7G0lDA https://twitter.com/LisaFevral https://www.instagram.com/lisafevral/

Episode 89 features Antwaun Sargent. He is a writer, curator, art critic and director at Gagosian Gallery in New York City. He is the author of “The New Black Vanguard: Photography between Art and Fashion” (Aperture 2019) and the editor of “Young, Gifted and Black: A New Generation of Artists” (DAP 2020). Mr. Sargent was the guest editor of “Art In America” magazine's, New Talent Issue, May/June 2021. His writing has appeared in the New York Times, The New Yorker, and in museum and gallery publications for artists Mickalene Thomas, Arthur Jafa, Meleko Mokgosi, Nick Cave, Yinka Shonibare and Ed Clark, among many others. In mid-2021, Gagosian New York City, presented Social Works I, a group exhibition curated by Antwaun with participating artists David Adjaye, Zalika Azim, Allana Clarke, Kenturah Davis, Theaster Gates, Linda Goode Bryant, Lauren Halsey, Titus Kaphar, Rick Lowe, Christie Neptune, Alexandria Smith, and Carrie Mae Weems. In late 2021, Antwaun curated the sequel, Social Works II, Gagosian located in Grosvenor Hill, London. “The New Black Vanguard” and “Young, Gifted and Black” are currently on view. Photo credit: Chase Hall Gagosian https://gagosian.com/exhibitions/2021/social-works-curated-by-antwaun-sargent/ Gagosian Quarterly https://gagosian.com/quarterly/2021/06/25/interview-social-works-rick-lowe-and-walter-hood/ Vulture https://www.vulture.com/2020/08/young-gifted-and-black-artists-book.html New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/23/arts/design/gagosian-antwaun-sargent-social-works.html Culture Type https://www.culturetype.com/2021/09/05/on-view-social-works-curated-by-antwaun-sargent-at-gagosian-in-new-york-exhibition-will-have-a-sequel-in-london-in-october/ Forbes https://www.forbes.com/sites/chaddscott/2020/10/18/antwuan-sargent-curated-just-pictures-exhibition-proves-to-be-much-more/?sh=e2e8b1d15b3c ARTnews https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/antwaun-sargent-artnews-live-interview-1234579985/ Projects+Gallery http://www.projects-gallery.com/just-pictures-antwaun-sargent i-D https://i-d.vice.com/en_uk/article/5dmwdd/antwaun-sargent-bernard-lumpkin-young-gifted-black-davey-adesida Fad Magazine https://fadmagazine.com/2021/10/05/social-works-ii-curated-by-antwaun-sargent/ DAZED https://www.dazeddigital.com/art-photography/article/48097/1/antwaun-sargent-bernard-lumpkin-on-curating-for-the-black-community

Our palaces are home to many significant works of art. This series taken from our archives explores the history of art in the palaces, from royal patronage to its modern influence. This conversation with artist Yinka Shonibare explores how the Georgians have influenced modern art, and how Yinka's own work has explored ideas of race, class and the meaning of cultural and national definitions. This talk was originally recorded live at Kensington Palace in 2017. For more information on the history and stories of our palaces visit: www.hrp.org.uk/history-and-stories

World renowned British-Nigerian artist Yinka Shonibare has art work exhibited across the globe, but for this project, he'll be swapping international museum spaces and his trademark, brightly coloured wax batik fabric for a wild, rural landscape and some altogether more industrial materials. Reporter Nicola Humphries joins Yinka Shonibare as work begins on one of his most ambitious projects yet, the Ecology Green Farm. A residency space for artists, agriculturists and researchers, created with a sustainable infrastructure and food security for the local community in mind. We'll hear from Yinka in his studio in London, and from his collaborator, architect and master planner Papa Omotayo, on the ground in Lagos, as they work together to establish an organic farm across a 54-acre site whilst overseeing their team of local artisans handmake 40,000 bricks to construct a state-of-the art, artists residence and workshop. Gardens will be planted, greenhouses filled and local craft will take centre stage. Across the year they'll navigate lockdowns and rainy seasons, and gradually witness the centrepiece to this project, a locally styled barn house, rise from the ground, ready to become a place for people to share skills and ideas in an ambitious cultural exchange programme. Yinka shares his personal motivations for establishing the Ecology Green Farm and explains his ongoing beliefs in the relationship between art and social justice, demonstrating with this project, how the combined disciplines of architecture and science can contribute to local eco systems, food security and of course, creativity.

The UN's top court has ruled largely in favour of Somalia in its long-running dispute with Kenya over their maritime border. The leader of the self-proclaimed Renamo Military Junta, Mariano Nhongo, has been killed. And Nigerian artist Yinka Shonibare speaks about his experience curating the Royal Academy's Summer Exhibition to celebrate art.

The latest episode of Tales from The Leeds Library features Dr Emily Zobel Marshall - Author, poet and Reader in Postcolonial Literature at Leeds Beckett University. We talk about Emily's work with Carnival, her work with the charity Remember Oluwale and their planned memorial sculpture garden featuring work by artist Yinka Shonibare. We also talk in depth about Emily's most recent book American Trickster: trauma, tradition and Brer Rabbit – a fascinating study of the cultural journey of Brer Rabbit from its contested origins in African folklore to an internationally recognisable trickster figure. Buy ‘American Trickster: Trauma, Tradition and Brer Rabbit' here: https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781783481095/American-Trickster-Trauma-Tradition-and-Brer-Rabbit   Find out more about Remember Oluwale: https://rememberoluwale.org/                                                                                                                     Find Emily on Twitter: @EmilyZMarshall   The Opening and Ending Song is Book Bag - E's Jammy Jams which can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TbeUbgO2AJc Listen to the Podcast on your favourite Podcast Platforms: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1ZrmYIJS8y84kzsEqHu2OG Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/d39e4765-fd96-4751-bef4-ff47313ef5a9/tales-from-the-leeds-library Google Podcasts: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkLnBvZGJlYW4uY29tL3RhbGVzZnJvbXRoZWxlZWRzbGlicmFyeS9mZWVkLnhtbA Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/tales-from-the-leeds-library/id1584141498 Podcast Website: https://talesfromtheleedslibrary.podbean.com/ Social Media Links Twitter: https://twitter.com/theleedslibrary Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/leedslibrary/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theleedslib... Website: https://www.theleedslibrary.org.uk/

In dieser Episode behandeln wir die Rolle des wohl bekanntesten Vogelfängers der Operngeschichte: Papageno. Wer war er? Und gibt es eigentlich heute noch VogelfängerInnen? P.S.: Auch Teile unserer Landesausstellung beschäftigen sich mit Papageno aus Mozarts „Die Zauberflöte“. So können BesucherInnen in einer Installation des britisch-nigerianischen Künstlers Yinka Shonibare, eine Neuinterpretation des Vogelfängers sehen.

L'arte può essere un linguaggio universale, capace di mettere in contatto culture diverse e lontane tra loro, ma può anche servire a rivendicare un'identità cancellata e rimossa. Ed è per questo che spesso l'arte ha dato voce a chi è stato costretto a lasciare il proprio Paese per potersi guadagnare da vivere o per veder rispettati i propri diritti di essere umano. Dalle sanguigne performance di Tania Bruguera all'elegante visione del postcolonialismo offerta da Yinka Shonibare, fino alle commoventi intuizioni di Emily Jacir, l'arte ha raccontato in diversi modi l'esperienza della migrazione, ma Costantino e Francesco riescono a portare un po' di leggerezza anche su un tema duro come questo, parlando del profondo legame tra Kader Attia e i formaggini e offrendo un punto di vista molto originale sulle trovate di Ai Weiwei.In questa puntata si parla di CAMP, Tania Bruguera, Yinka Shonibare, Massimo Bottura, William Hogart, Robert Louis Stevenson, Oscar Wilde, Okwui Enwezor, Kader Attia, Emmanuel Macron, Georges Adéagbo, Régine Cuzin, André Magnin, Harald Szeemann, Mona Hatoum, Hillary Clinton, Emily Jacir, Malala Andrialavidrazana, Danh Vo, Ai Weiwei, Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord, Victor Burgin e Art & Language.

In this episode Gary Mansfield speaks to Kate Murdoch (@Katemurdochartist)   Kate Murdoch lives and works in London. Her work centres around a lifelong passion for collecting. She was awarded the Shape Open prize in 2016, and her award winning work, selected by Yinka Shonibare, is in the Shape Arts permanent collection. Kate Murdoch's work is inspired by her personal experience. Her artistic practice revolves around assemblage and installation with found objects, mostly from the everyday and dating from the last century. Murdoch is interested in objects as clear indicators of the passage of time. Wider themes of loss and remembrance run through her work, reflecting a fascination with the permanence of objects versus the fragility of human existence. The theme of value and worth is central to Murdoch's work and the objects presented open up opportunities for personal and political discussion around class, gender and privilege.   For more information on the work of Kate Murdoch go to www.katemurdochartist.com   To Support this podcast from as little as £3 per month: www.patreon/ministryofarts   For full line up of confirmed artists go to https://www.ministryofarts.org Email: ministryofartsorg@gmail.com Social Media: @ministryofartsorg

Producer Dawn Dickinson previews The Guardian This Week. She tells us why an antidepressant drug use has seen a soaring rise in England during the pandemic. We also talk about a British-Nigerian artist, Yinka Shonibare's latest sculpture. From the January 7, 2021 episode.

Food and drink columnist Jennie Bovard shares tricks and tips for the hottest kitchen gadgets and tools. Producer Dawn Dickinson previews The Guardian This Week. She tells us why an antidepressant drug use has seen a soaring rise in England during the pandemic. We also talk about a British-Nigerian artist, Yinka Shonibare's latest sculpture. Community Reporter Louise Levesque Burley in Moncton describes the Rehabilitation Counselling services offered at Ability New Brunswick. Microsoft Seeing AI now supports the new LiDAR sensor on Apple’s iPhone 12 smartphones. Shaun Preece of Double Tap Canada gives us the lowdown. A Stratford dance studio has been recognized for their efforts in accessibility. Karen Magee fills us in on the details in her central regional report. This is the January 7, 2021 episode.

Take a listen to this week's interesting lesson with Liz Ann Macgregor from the MCA on the art of Yinka Shonibare, a British-Nigerian artist, renowned for his works that investigate race, class, globalisation and cultural identity.

Take a listen to this week's interesting lesson with Liz Ann Macgregor from the MCA on the art of Yinka Shonibare, a British-Nigerian artist, renowned for his works that investigate race, class, globalisation and cultural identity.

Take a listen to this week's interesting lesson with Liz Ann Macgregor from the MCA on the art of Yinka Shonibare, a British-Nigerian artist, renowned for his works that investigate race, class, globalisation and cultural identity.

Take a listen to this week's interesting lesson with Liz Ann Macgregor from the MCA on the art of Yinka Shonibare, a British-Nigerian artist, renowned for his works that investigate race, class, globalisation and cultural identity.

La semana pasada hablamos de la relación entre la moda y el activismo, y cómo esa relación puede verse como algo no tan genuino dependiendo de quién venga. Hoy seguimos la conversación, hablando de algunos personajes que han sido ignorados en la escritura tradicional de la historia de la moda. Esperamos mostrarles cómo, a través de los tiempos, el lente por el que se nos ha enseñado la historia ha nublado la trayectoria de muchos personajes importantes y es reflejo de un racismo sistemático que debe ser reconocido y enfrentado.ReferenciasBeth Fowkes Tobin, Picturing Imperial Power: Colonial Subjects in Eighteenth-Century British Painting (Durham, N. C.: Duke University Press, 1999).Dapper Dan, https://blog.dapperdanofharlem.com/.Ebony, https://www.ebony.com/.Eleanor Burholt, “1863 – Elizabeth Keckley, Striped evening dress for Mary Todd Lincoln,” Fashion History Timeline, 11 de junio de 2020, https://fashionhistory.fitnyc.edu/1863-keckley-striped-evening-dress/.Fabiola Jean-Louis, http://www.fabiolajeanlouis.com/about.Jennifer Craik, The Face of Fashion: Cultural Studies in Fashion (Londres: Routledge, 1994).Jennifer Craik, Fashion: The Key Concepts (Oxford: Berg, 2009).Jeniffer Varela Rodríguez, “Review: JAY JAXON: Fashion Designer, Le Couturier, Costumer,” Fashion Studies Journal, 5 de octubre de 2019, http://www.fashionstudiesjournal.org/reviews-2/2019/10/5/review-jay-jaxon-40-years-of-fashion-design-brilliance.Joanne B. Eicher y Barbara Sumberg, comps., Dress and Ethnicity: Change Across Space and Time (Oxford: Berg, 1995).Linda Welters y Abby Lillethun, Fashion History: A Global View (Londres: Bloomsbury, 2018)Marisa Fuentes, Dispossessed Lives: Enslaved Women, Violence, and the Archive (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2016).Martha Juanita Nieto, https://www.linkedin.com/in/mjnieto/.Monica L. Miller, Slaves to Fashion: Black Dandyism and the Styling of Black Diasporic Identity (Durham, N. C.: Duke University Press, 2009).Ozwald Boateng, https://ozwaldboateng.co.uk/history.Rachel Fenderson, “JAY JAXON: 40 Years Of Fashion Design Brilliance,” Queens Historical Society, 1 de febrero al 29 de diciembre de 2020, https://queenshistoricalsociety.org/current-exhibitions/jay-jaxon-exhibition/.Saidiya Hartman, Scenes of Subjection: Terror, Slavery, and Self-Making in Nineteenth-Century America (Oxford University Press, 1997).Susan B. Kaiser, Fashion and Cultural Studies (Londres: Bloomsbury, 2012).Tamara Walker, Exquisite Slaves: Race, Clothing, and Status in Colonial Lima (Cambridge University Press, 2017).Yinka Shonibare, http://yinkashonibare.com/home/.Encuéntranos en:http://culturasdemoda.com/http://www.modadospuntocero.com/Instagram: @moda2_0 @culturasdemoda @camila_abisambra @jenvrod @laurabelru @sandramgr @mezubaTwitter: @moda2_0 @CulturasDeModa @JenVRod @sandramgr @laurabelru @mezuba#SalonDeModa

The artist, Yinka Shonibare CBE, talks to the architect Elsie Owusu about his ambitious and challenging project in Nigeria where he is building two residential centres for artists. One will be in Lagos, the other in the rural setting of Ijebu, which will be based on a working farm. Yinka is a wheelchair user, and he discusses his idea of "enabling architecture", as well as the importance of providing employment for local people, and spreading the word about Nigeria's vibrant cultural life. Producer: Karen Gregor

Pictured above: a work by British-Nigerian artist Yinka Shonibare at the Speed Art Museum in Louisville Listen to the full length program Listen by segment: One: Good news/bad news about the general condition of children in Kentucky. A conversation with KY Youth Advocates' Terry Brooks about the findings of the 2019 KIDS COUNT Databook. LISTEN Two: A comprehensive global report from the United Nations warns that nature is declining globally at rates unprecedented in human history – and the rate of species extinctions is accelerating, with grave impacts on people around the world now likely. Greg Abernathy of the Kentucky Natural Lands Trust brings it close to home. LISTEN Three: The Lexington Theater Company prepares its 5th summer season. the organization's husband-wife co-founders Jeromy and Lyndy Franklin Smith detail the productions and the company's mission to connect local, regional and national talents both onstage and behind the scenes. And, UnderMain's Art Shechet sits down with Speed Museum curator Miranda Lash to get details on several major events happening over the summer. LISTEN Contact: Tom Martin at es@eku.edu or leave voicemail at 859-622-9358  People like you value experienced, knowledgeable and award-winning journalism that covers meaningful stories in Central and Eastern Kentucky. To support more stories and interviews like those featured in this edition of Eastern Standard, please consider making a contribution.

Pictured above: a work by British-Nigerian artist Yinka Shonibare at the Speed Art Museum in Louisville Listen to the full length program Listen by segment: One: Good news/bad news about the general condition of children in Kentucky. A conversation with KY Youth Advocates' Terry Brooks about the findings of the 2019 KIDS COUNT Databook. LISTEN Two: A comprehensive global report from the United Nations warns that nature is declining globally at rates unprecedented in human history – and the rate of species extinctions is accelerating, with grave impacts on people around the world now likely. Greg Abernathy of the Kentucky Natural Lands Trust brings it close to home. LISTEN Three: The Lexington Theater Company prepares its 5th summer season. the organization's husband-wife co-founders Jeromy and Lyndy Franklin Smith detail the productions and the company's mission to connect local, regional and national talents both onstage and behind the scenes. And, UnderMain's Art Shechet sits down with Speed Museum curator Miranda Lash to get details on several major events happening over the summer. LISTEN Contact: Tom Martin at es@eku.edu or leave voicemail at 859-622-9358  People like you value experienced, knowledgeable and award-winning journalism that covers meaningful stories in Central and Eastern Kentucky. To support more stories and interviews like those featured in this edition of Eastern Standard, please consider making a contribution.

Gwendoline Christie, famous for playing warrior Brienne of Tarth in Game of Thrones, discusses her new stage role as the fairy queen Titania in Nicholas Hytner’s immersive new production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Works by Steve McQueen, Lubaina Himid and Yinka Shonibare feature in a new exhibition Get Up, Stand Up Now at Somerset House in London, which explores the impact of 50 years of Black creativity in Britain and beyond. Curator and artist Zak Ové and artist Zoe Bedeaux discuss the themes and goals of the exhibition. The Youth Poet Laureate of the United States, Kara Jackson, and Aisling Fahey, who was London’s Youth Poet Laureate in 2014, discuss what they’ve discovered about each others' cities and the poetry being created there, on an exchange between young Poets Laureate in Chicago and London. Presenter Kirsty Lang Producer Jerome Weatherald

As a follow up to our BB on Fragonard's "The Swing", Corrie and Nat discuss Yinka Shonibare's 2001 work, The Swing (after Fragonard). Art History BB: The Swing: https://www.arthistorybabes.com/episode-117-art-history-bb-the-swing AHB YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/c/TheArtHistoryBabes Check out our Patreon for bonus episodes: www.patreon.com/arthistorybabes Website: www.arthistorybabes.com Insta: @arthistorybabespodcast Twitter: @arthistorybabes Email: arthistorybabes@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Turner Prize-nominee Yinka Shonibare RA discusses his interdisciplinary art practice – critiquing the establishment, money and power in the art world and emerging art markets. He speaks to critic and author Louisa Buck, as part of the RA's Festival of Ideas. Look out for details of the next Festival of Ideas, coming soon: https://roy.ac/FOI2019

This episode is part of of the "Talk” component of Unframed, as opposed to the “Interview” which is an interview directly with your host Anthea Pokroy. The “Talk” component features art dialogues, talks and panel discussions that happen around the country outside of this podcast, but where we are lucky enough to add the content to this platform for many to hear. I was fortunate to attend this one in September 2018, between artists William Kentridge and Yinka Shonibare. Shonibare, a British-Nigerian artist based in the UK, came to South Africa in September for the opening of his exhibition at the Goodman Gallery. As part of the Centre for the Less Good Idea's Once Off program, Kentridge hosted Shonibare for a conversation between the two prolific artists. Thank you so much to the Centre, the Goodman Gallery and the FNB Art Fair for allowing the recording of this dynamic conversation to be aired on Unframed. Enjoy listening to William Kentridge and Yinka Shonibare in dialogue about their art practices

Unframed — This episode is part of of the "Talk” component of Unframed, as opposed to the “Interview” which is an interview directly with your host Anthea Pokroy. The “Talk” component features art dialogues, talks and panel discussions that happen around the country outside of this podcast, but where we are lucky enough to add the content to this platform for many to hear. I was fortunate to attend this one in September 2018, between artists William Kentridge and Yinka Shonibare. Shonibare, a British-Nigerian artist based in the UK, came to South Africa in September for the opening of his exhibition at the Goodman Gallery. As part of the Centre for the Less Good Idea’s Once Off program, Kentridge hosted Shonibare for a conversation between the two prolific artists. Thank you so much to the Centre, the Goodman Gallery and the FNB Art Fair for allowing the recording of this dynamic conversation to be aired on Unframed. Enjoy listening to William Kentridge and Yinka Shonibare in dialogue about their art practices

Jide Alakija is an internationally renowned photographer with over 10 years’ experience in shooting multicultural weddings, documentaries and editorial campaigns. Alakija’s assignments have taken him across Africa, Europe, the Middle East, Asia and the U.S. Regularly piquing the interest of international icons and A-list celebrities through his captivating eye, Alakija’s recent clients include Nobel Laureate, Wole Soyinka; hip hop artist and producer, J.Cole; acclaimed novelist, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie; and Didier Drogba, former Chelsea F.C. soccer player. Art collectors and galleries around the world currently showcase Alakija’s work. Most recently, the Smithsonian Institute shortlisted ‘Invisible Cities No. 1’ for inclusion in the Smithsonian Institute Collection. His highly coveted ‘Normal Lies’ piece, depicting two young children sneakily covering their eyes in a slum in Lagos, Nigeria was purchased by international soccer legend, Sol Campbell for an undisclosed fee. Keen to share his extensive expertise with the next generation, Alakija hosts photography workshops around the world and runs various mentoring programs in West Africa for underprivileged photography students. Passionate about African modern art, Alakija is the co-owner of TAFETA, a private art dealership specializing in 20th century and contemporary African art. Based in London, the gallery regularly showcases at some of the word’s premier art events including Art Basel, The Hamptons Art Fair and Frieze London Art Fair; and represents renowned names like Yinka Shonibare, MBE on the African continent. Alakija cites the work of legendary photographers, Sebastião Salgado and Steve McCurry, known for capturing stories in black and white and color respectably, as his biggest inspirations. He holds an undergraduate and master’s degree in Engineering from Imperial College, London, England. Alakija resides in Brooklyn, New York www.alakijastudios.com www.instagram.com/alakijastudios

The artist Yinka Shonibare meets international architect Sir David Adjaye, to consider how architecture can shape the world for the greater public good. David Adjaye's most notable recent building is the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington DC, which was opened by President Obama in September 2016. Since then, well over a million people have visited. David Adjaye reflects on the creation of a building which had to act both as a monument and a museum, and reveals the important role water played in his thinking, partly influenced by the words of Martin Luther King. He also discusses how his travels throughout Africa have influenced his ideas about the fundamental role of buildings within specific landscapes and climates, and reflects on how the political power of architecture can establish a civic or national identity, using the long history of Rome as an example. Producer Clare Walker With original music by Brian Eno.

The Only Artists conversation continues, as leading double-bass player Chi-chi Nwanoku meets the artist Yinka Shonibare, to find out how he draws on his own identity in his work. Can you separate your art from your identity? Producer Alex Mansfield.

The winner of this year's BBC Young Musician of the Year, 17-year-old cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason, discusses Shostakovich and Britain's Got Talent.Bryan Singer has directed his fourth instalment of the X-Men series since he began the superhero franchise 16 years ago. We talk to him about the biblical scale of new film, X-Men: Apocalypse.As part of preparations to mark its 250th anniversary, the Royal Academy of Arts in London has commissioned the artist Yinka Shonibare to create a major new public artwork, which was unveiled today. The artist discusses his approach to creating his 71-metre-wide canvas, which features photographs from the RA's archive, as well as Shonibare's distinctive colourful textiles.On Saturday the winner of the International Dylan Thomas Prize was announced. Awarded for the best published literary work of fiction in the English language, it was won by Max Porter for Grief is the Thing with Feathers - part novella, part polyphonic fable, part essay on grief. He talks to Samira.Playwright Katherine Chandler discusses her new production Bird for which she won the much-coveted Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting in 2013.Presenter: Samira Ahmed Producer: Rebecca Armstrong.

Kirsty Young's castaway is the artist Yinka Shonibare MBE.His work has populated museums around the globe, with a vivid, subversive and often tragi-comic presence; exploring themes of cultural identity, post colonialism and the impact of globalisation. A Turner Prize nominee in 2004, he has exhibited at the Venice Biennial and internationally.His 'Nelson's Ship in a Bottle' became his first public art commission when it was one of the art works chosen for the Fourth Plinth in London's Trafalgar Square.Born in London, his parents moved the family back to Nigeria when he was three. Later he returned to Britain to finish his education but his plans to study art were brutally interrupted when he was 19 contracted the disease, Transverse Myelitis, which attacked his central nervous system and rendered him paralysed from the neck down. He had three years of intensive rehabilitation before beginning again at art school.He went on to study at Goldsmiths and was part of the Young British Artist generation.Producer: Sarah Taylor.

Kirsty Young's castaway is the artist Yinka Shonibare MBE. His work has populated museums around the globe, with a vivid, subversive and often tragi-comic presence; exploring themes of cultural identity, post colonialism and the impact of globalisation. A Turner Prize nominee in 2004, he has exhibited at the Venice Biennial and internationally. His 'Nelson's Ship in a Bottle' became his first public art commission when it was one of the art works chosen for the Fourth Plinth in London's Trafalgar Square. Born in London, his parents moved the family back to Nigeria when he was three. Later he returned to Britain to finish his education but his plans to study art were brutally interrupted when he was 19 contracted the disease, Transverse Myelitis, which attacked his central nervous system and rendered him paralysed from the neck down. He had three years of intensive rehabilitation before beginning again at art school. He went on to study at Goldsmiths and was part of the Young British Artist generation. Producer: Sarah Taylor.

The Fault In Our Stars, starring Shailene Woodley, is the screen adaptation of John Green's best selling young adult novel of the same name about a pair of love struck teenagers both of whom are terminally ill with cancer. Brought together at a cancer support group the pair embark on a pilgrimage to Holland to meet the author of a book on dying. Green himself was a hospital chaplain and the story is based on an actual encounter with a dying 16 year old girl. Following on from the huge success of The Cuckoo's Calling a second novel from Robert Galbraith - aka JK Rowling. Featuring private investigator Cormoran Strike it merges an old fashioned detective story with Jacobean tragedy, whilst providing insight into literary London, a grisly murder and a page turning plot. Comedian and actor David Schneider's new play Making Stalin Laugh - at the JW3 Community Centre in London - tells the story of the Moscow State Yiddish Theatre which in the 1920s was one of the most respected in the world. Chagall designed for them, Prokofiev, Stanislavski and Eugene O'Neill all saluted them. By 1952 the surviving members of the troupe had all been purged - executed by Stalin on the same day in August. Making Stalin Laugh tells their story, with at its centre the most celebrated Yiddish actor of his generation, Solomon Mikhoels. Making Colour at London's National Gallery is the first ever exhibition of its kind in the UK and was developed from the National Gallery's own internationally recognised Scientific Department's work into how artists historically overcame the technical challenges in creating colour. As well as paintings it includes objects such as early textiles, mineral samples and ceramics and shows the huge impact the development of synthetic paint had on major art movements such as Impressionism. And The Human Factor: The Figure in Contemporary Sculpture brings together major works by 25 leading international artists who have fashioned new ways of using the human form in sculpture over the past 25 years. Featuring work from Jeff Koons, Mark Wallinger and Yinka Shonibare, exhibits include two re-imaginings of Edgar Degas's famous Little Dancer Aged Fourteen and in a work by French artist Pierre Huyghe a live beehive adorns a cast in concrete of a beautiful reclining nude woman.

As Dirty Rotten Scoundrels extends its West End run, star Robert Lindsay reflects on the challenges of staging a hit musical, and father son kora stars Toumani and Sidiki Diabaté perform music from their new album. Also tonight, Rachel Cooke reviews series two of the hit Netflix drama Orange is the New Black, and London's Foundling Museum celebrates its 10th birthday and marks the 250th anniversary of William Hogarth's death with a new exhibition of work by David Hockney, Yinka Shonibare, Grayson Perry and Jessie Brennan, inspired by Hogarth's A Rake's Progress.

Kirsty Lang talks to Michael Nyman, one of Britain's most commercially successful classical composers. Yinka Shonibare on his new work The British Library and some dramatic special effects in a new stage musical based on the story of the Water Babies. Samira Ahmed talks to Irvine Welsh about his new book. Anthony Gormley and Simon Starling on the large shadow cast by Henry Moore on modern sculptors. Robbie Collin reviews Studio Ghibli's new film The Wind Rises and Razia Iqbal discusses with Fiona Shaw the effort and concentration required for a 100-minute monologue.

The artist Yinka Shonibare MBE talks to Kirsty Lang about his latest work The British Library, a study of immigration in Britain, currently showing at the Brighton Festival. US Novelist Akhil Sharma's new novel Family Life is based on his own family history and the tragedy of his brother's death, so why a novel rather than a memoir? A new report released this morning highlights a significant lack of female film directors on the big and small screen. Drama director Beryl Richards reflects on the findings. And as a new musical version of The Water Babies opens this week at Curve Theatre in Leicester, which features a waterfall, video projections of the performers singing under water and a hologram of Richard E Grant, the director, video designer and one of the actors discuss the mixture of musical theatre and special effects. Producer Jerome Weatherald Image: The British Library by Yinka Shonibare MBE.

Anne McElvoy talks to Aleksandar Hemon, the Bosnian-born writer who some have been comparing to Nabokov and Conrad, about his newest book which is his first venture into non-fiction. Jonathan Jones reviews the new show of work by the British Nigerian artist Yinka Shonibare's. Emma Griffin, Jane Humphries and Judith Hawley discuss a challenging new history of the Industrial Revolution. And Alice Rawsthorn explains why she believes good design and a good life should always go together.

Portraying the PM on stage; artist Yinka Shonibare: the return of Lara Croft; actor Mark Strong; author Tash Aw; artist Chuck Close and George Benjamin and Martin Crimp on their opera Written on Skin.

With Mark Lawson. Haydn Gwynne, Nathaniel Parker and Paul Ritter reflect on the experience of playing Margaret Thatcher, Gordon Brown and John Major respectively in Peter Morgan's new play The Audience. Helen Mirren returns to the role of Queen Elizabeth II as the play imagines the meetings between the monarch and the prime ministers who have served during her reign. As the first major UK show dedicated to the work of Yinka Shonibare opens at the Yorkshire Sculpture Park, the artist discusses the importance of humour in art, the impact of the success of his Trafalgar Square fourth plinth artwork, Nelson's Ship In A Bottle, and his love of opera. The British Board of Film Classification has today launched a survey asking people about their choice of viewing, their attitudes to topics such as strong language, and their views about current film certificates. So how will the BBFC use this information? BBFC Assistant Director David Austin talks about how their guidelines relate to public opinion. Producer Ellie Bury.

With John Wilson. Jon Hamm is best known for playing Don Draper in Mad Men, the award-winning American drama about the ruthlessly competitive world of advertising. The actor discusses the show's unforeseen global success, the problems he's faced playing Draper and hints where Mad Men is heading for its finale. A stage version of Singin' In The Rain opens on the West End stage tonight, featuring one particularly essential ingredient - water. John Wilson talks to the show's star, Adam Cooper, and the production manager about the technical challenges of singin' and dancin' in the rain - keeping electricity and gallons of water apart. TV property presenter Sarah Beeny has curated a new exhibition at the Royal Institute of British Architects. A Place to Call Home: Where We Live and Why charts the story of the design of everyday homes in the UK, exploring the advent of mass building from the late 18th century through to the present day via suburban expansion and post-war experiment. With the price of cotton remaining a hotly debated issue, a new exhibition uses contemporary artists such as Yinka Shonibare to illuminate the history of the production and use of this most versatile of natural fibres. Polly Leonard, Editor-in-Chief of Selvedge magazine, reviews. Producer Philippa Ritchie.

Karen Pierce, former UK Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations, talks about the works of art on display in her official residence in New York during the time she was working there. Pierce was filmed in London, in front of Yinka Shonibare’s Nelson’s Ship in a Bottle, a work in the Government Art Collection that seems appropriate in the context of the United Nations, given its issues of globalisation and cultural identity. Pierce explains how art can help to lend a sense of permanence to the British presence in New York and plays a vital diplomatic role through emphasising connections between the US and the UK.