Arts articles
The World Stage: Jamaica – Kehinde Wiley Exhibition ‘The World Stage: Jamaica’ is the seventh platform within a series of projects that explore portrait painting in the context of the broader evolution of global pop culture. I chose models through a street casting process in the neighborhood of Trench Town in Kingston, Jamaica, as well […]
Shot entirely on location in downtown Kingston, the production breaks new ground as Jamaica’s first noir thriller. While the film continues in the successful tradition of Jamaican urban dramas such as The Harder They Come, Dancehall Queen and Third World Cop, Kingston Paradise employs a unique visual style along with unexpected plot elements. A hustler’s […]
Award-winning jazz and hip hop star Soweto Kinch staged performance of his critically acclaimed album, The Legend of Mike Smith Award-winning jazz and hip hop star Soweto Kinch opens Birmingham Repertory Theatre’s newest auditorium, The STUDIO, with an incredible staged performance of his critically acclaimed album, The Legend of Mike Smith. Following the premiere in […]
Hurvin Anderson ‘reporting back’ Exhibition Ikon presents the most comprehensive exhibition to date of paintings by British artist Hurvin Anderson (b.1965), evoking sensations of being caught between one place and another, drawn from personal experience. It surveys the artist’s career, including work made while at the Royal College of Art, London, in 1998, through the […]
Annual BEFFTA Awards (Black Entertainment, Film, Fashion, Television and Arts) The Annual BEFFTA Awards (Black Entertainment, Film, Fashion, Television and Arts) honouring the best entertainment and showbiz personalities in the black community in UK and the globe. BEFFTA awards is the premier award ceremony that celebrates the achievements of both the known and the unsung […]