This exhibition includes new work created for The Tetley by Lubaina Himid and Susan Walsh, Simeon Barclay, Delaine Le Bas, in response to research by Leeds-based writer and researcher Irfan Shah. Join us for the launch on Thursday 8 October 4-6PM. All welcome The exhibition runs from 7 October 2015 – 10 January 2016 Curated by […]
A conversation between Lubaina Himid and Christine Eyene will take place on 5 December, 2 pm at Hollybush Gardens Gallery as part of Carte de Visite a group show curated by Lubaina Himid, featuring new work by Helen Hammock, Claudette Johnson and Ingrid Pollard. Carte de Visite is a show, a meeting point - a conversation. Himid notes ‘It has […]
Talk: Exhibition Histories: Lubaina Himid Artist Lubaina Himid discusses three seminal exhibitions she curated in early 1980s London: Five Black Women at the Africa Centre (1983), Black Women Time Now at Battersea Arts Centre (1983-4) and The Thin Black Line at the Institute of Contemporary Arts (1985). These shows introduced a radical generation of young Black and Asian women artists to the […]
Lubaina Himid will be in conversation with artist Ingrid Pollard
In 1980s Britain a powerful conversation emerged amongst black artists, film makers, thinkers and institutions. It was the outcome of artists trying to understand their relationship towards Britain’s colonial legacy, an increasingly divisive contemporary politics and the space of culture within which ideas of resistance, expression and identity formation could coalesce.
Artists Tamara Henderson and Lubaina Himid have been invited to make new works specifically to be presented during this weekend. Both artists have come to know the house, collections, gardens and grounds well; Tamara through her residency in 2015 supported by the Royal Overseas League and Lubaina through frequent visits made over the last six months. Workshops […]
04 Feb 2017-30 April 2017 The Place Is Here brings together around 100 works by over 30 artists and collectives spanning painting, sculpture, installation, photography, video and archival displays from the 1980s, exploring this pivotal decade for British culture and politics. http://www.nottinghamcontemporary.org/art/1/future http://www.nottinghamcontemporary.org/art/place-here
Sunday, November 19, 11am-3pm Artist Talk by Lubaina Himid with Guest Artists Mwangi Hutter, Lerato Shadi and Nancy Mteki Lubaina Himid will talk about the research projects and archive space based at the University of Central Lancashire “Making Histories Visible“. Co-directed by art historian and curator Christine Eyene “Making Histories Visible“ aims to make connections […]
A large scale exhibition of the work of Preston-based 2017 Turner Prize winner Lubaina Himid MBE opens at the Harris Museum & Art Gallery in Preston on 1st March 2018 at 6pm. Everyone invited. Works on show have not previously been seen at the Harris and include the large scale A Fashionable Marriage, a multi-media […]
Showing an exhibition at the Harris Museum and Gallery of the work of The 2017 Turner Prize winner Preston-based artist and researcher at Making Histories Visible Professor Lubaina Himid MBE. The Harris has had a long relationship with Lubaina, showing her work on a number of occasions including most recently Moments that Matter in 2012. This […]