AFTER TURNING heads with his first solo show at the age of 22, Moses Quiquine’s artistic career is progressing by leaps and bounds, making history in 2019 as the youngest and first black person to be given a residency at the V&A and counting the legendary musician Jazzy B among his fans. The former Holloway … Continue reading
IN the TV series Who Do You Think You Are? the famous invariably unearth some obscure ancestor buried in the mists of time, but for David Blagbrough it was the other way around. When he began digging into his family roots he found that he was a direct descendant of the renowned early 19th-century black radical Robert … Continue reading
AS A SCHOOLBOY in Islington in the 1950s, the painter and sculptor Tam Joseph stood out for his exceptional talent. “One day during woodwork I carved a little totem figure and I remember my teacher asking me in astonishment – who taught you to do that? I said no one. I just know how to … Continue reading
CIVIL RIGHTS LEADER, commentator, author, eminence grise … Professor Gus John can be described as many things but whatever you do, don’t call him member of the Windrush generation. Hot off the press, his latest book is a broadside against what he calls the “Windrushsisation” of the UK’s black community, saying it is a falsification … Continue reading
Last year Sonia Boyce won the Venice Biennale’s top prize, the first black woman to represent the UK and the first Brit to win it in more than a quarter of a century. Next month, her winning installation, Feeling Her Way, is coming to the Turner for its UK debut, giving people a chance to … Continue reading
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