2015-2018 AHRC funded 'Black Artists & Modernism' project @UAL. PI: Sonia Boyce. Tweets: @yokopicasso & @anjalieDC. blackartistsmodernism.co.uk
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18 Jun 2020
If you missed our @BBCFOUR documentary 'Whoever Heard of a #BlackArtist?', it will be aired again at 11pm on Thursday 2 July and then on iPlayer for a month after that.
bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0bcy4k… bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0bcy4k…
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10 Apr 2022
To @brendaemmanus I remember your interview with Althea on “Who ever heard of Black Artist” showcased on @BBC in 2018, people can see Althea’s work for real @WMGallery until Sept 11th 2022 with the support of @LibertyLondon & through research with @SocAntiquaries
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BlckArtists&Modernsm retweeted
10 Aug 2021
CALL FOR REVIEW: Rita Keegan at South London Gallery, multimedia works reflecting intersections of new media experimentation, feminist practice and the Black Arts Movement of the 1980s.
Reviewers must have a solid history of academic reviewing. Contact rdyer@thirdtext.org.
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BlckArtists&Modernsm retweeted
1 Jul 2021
What you wanna do is...
Watch this: bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0…
and then...
Read this: arthistoryjournal.org.uk/iss…
@AHRC_BAM
#BlackArtists & #Modernism
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28 Jun 2021
It's finally out! The @AHRC_BAM x @AAH_Journal special issue: Rethinking #BritishArt: #BlackArtists & #Modernism, edited by #SoniaBoyce & @ProfDorrothy
28 Jun 2021
The latest special issue of #ArtHistory, ‘Rethinking British Art: Black Artists and Modernism’, edited by #SoniaBoyce and #DorothyPrice, is now available online; to learn more, visit arthistoryjournal.org.uk/iss…
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BlckArtists&Modernsm retweeted
11 Jun 2021
Curatorial Researcher jobs - researching women in sculpture @HepworthGallery It’s an amazing project and I’m hoping for great applicants - please apply and DM me if you would like more info! hepworthwakefield.org/our-st…
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BlckArtists&Modernsm retweeted
9 Apr 2021
I wrote a blog post on the 40th anniversary of the #BrixtonUprising, @chilaburman's amazing work, and #GreenhamCommon @AliceATCorreia @Tate amkokoli.wixsite.com/greenha…
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BlckArtists&Modernsm retweeted
10 Mar 2021
In 2019-20 we examined the #MiddlesbroughCollection with @AHRC_BAM researchers, exploring how object-centred approaches can tell new stories about art. We discussed learnings in @UAL Decolonising Arts Institute seminar ‘Objects of Attention’. View here: youtube.com/watch?v=dBDR0Dhe…
ALT A view of MIMA’s collection gallery showing an array of artworks displayed on a golden yellow wall with a self-portrait by Sonia Boyce at the centre and cases of ceramics and jewellery in the foreground
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BlckArtists&Modernsm retweeted
17 Feb 2021
My reflections on public sculpture and Art History after the toppling of #Colston & #BlackLivesMatter published today, available online for @AAH_Journal ‘Binding Trauma’
17 Feb 2021
‘Art history today has an urgent need to seek strategies for sustainable, embedded, inclusive, decolonial and anti-racist futures if it is to continue to thrive.’
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BlckArtists&Modernsm retweeted
25 Jan 2021
📢JOB ALERT!📢 We have 3 #Curatorial #Research Residencies on offer @UAL's Decolonising Arts Institute: £5k for c.25 days of research to be done over a 9 month period this year. Apply now! Deadline: 14 Feb 💘 arts.ac.uk/about-ual/press-o…
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BlckArtists&Modernsm retweeted
16 Nov 2020
Not to be missed!
4 Nov 2020
Andrew Carnegie Lecture #SoniaBoyce Public Lecture & Q&A “Hidden in Plain Sight” 23 Nov 5:30 eca.ed.ac.uk/event/andrew-ca… @eca_edinburgh
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4 Nov 2020
Andrew Carnegie Lecture #SoniaBoyce Public Lecture & Q&A “Hidden in Plain Sight” 23 Nov 5:30 eca.ed.ac.uk/event/andrew-ca… @eca_edinburgh
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BlckArtists&Modernsm retweeted
15 Oct 2020
NEW // Art institutions in the North-West of England have been pivotal in exhibiting Black British artists over the decades, writes Dr Anjalie Dalal-Clayton. So why do our public art collections remain so white? buff.ly/3drIG2r @cvanetwork @AnjalieDC @AHRC_BAM
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BlckArtists&Modernsm retweeted
3 Jul 2020
Inequalities need to be highlighted, but what about @MelanieKeen6 Director of @ExploreWellcome & Eva Langret, art Director @FriezeArtFair & Gus Casely-Hayford, Director @V_and_A East, & others? @guardianculture Let’s CELEBRATE leading black voices in visual art, not erase them!
2 Jul 2020
Where are the black voices in visual arts? | Letter theguardian.com/artanddesign…
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BlckArtists&Modernsm retweeted
3 Jul 2020
Important 2 call out inequity 4 black artists/staff in visual arts. Argument would be stronger if it was factual & didn't erase current black artistic directors from the narrative. theguardian.com/artanddesign…
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BlckArtists&Modernsm retweeted
18 Jun 2020
The documentary ‘Whoever Heard of a Black Artist? Britain's Hidden Art History' based on the @ahrcpress funded @UAL ‘Black Artists and Modernism’ project is showing again on Thursday 2 July @BBCFOUR, & then on @BBCiPlayer til 1 August 2020! 🙌💥🙌💥🙌
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10 Jun 2019
It's back! The BBC documentary following our Black Artists & Modernism project is back tonight, 1am on BBC4, and then on iPlayer for a month! Catch it while you can.... bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0bcy4k…
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BlckArtists&Modernsm retweeted
9 Apr 2019
Such a wonderful time this afternoon taking part in today’s workshop with @AHRC_BAM at @mimauseful, looking at how we read artworks, led by the incredible Sonia Boyce.
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A close reading of artworks today with research group British Artists & Modernism auditing our collection for contributions by artists of African Asian & Middle East & North Africa Region descent living or working in the UK 1900-2016.@AHRC_BAM #SoniaBoyce @AnjalieDC @ABarice
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BlckArtists&Modernsm retweeted
5 Apr 2019
Wahey! Made the stupid o'clock train to Brighton by the skin of my teeth, headed for the @forarthistory conference. Join me and my co-convenors @AliceATCorreia & @AfterTheBAM aka Lizzie Robles for a 💥mega💥 session on #Diaspora #Artists & #BritishArtHistory.
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