Category: London

• “BOYCOTT THE HUMAN ZOO!” – A public demonstration opposing the Barbican Centre’s endorsement of Brett Bailey’s ‘Exhibit B’ in London

  

  I was pleased to show solidarity with a small but vociferous group of anti-racist arts activists who turned out in central London to call for a boycott of Brett Bailey’s ‘Exhibit B –  Human Zoo’ installation project today. Followers of this blog who’ve already read my earlier post about the Barbican Centre’s endorsement of this controversial…

  Carol Ann Dixon

  September 11, 2014

  Exhibitions, London, Racism, United Kingdom

  Barbican, Boycott, Brett Bailey, Exhibit B, Guildhall, Installation

• Return of the Rudeboy: Ska, Swagger and ‘Sapologie’ at Somerset House

  

  After reading Sean O’Hagan’s thought-provoking preview of the ‘Return of the Rudeboy’ exhibition at Somerset House in London – titled, ‘Rude Boys: Shanty Town to Savile Row’ (The Guardian/Observer, 24th May 2014) – I placed this event quite high on my list of top 10 “must see” summer showcases, and managed to get along to…

  Carol Ann Dixon

  August 31, 2014

  Caribbean Diaspora, Curating, Curatorship, Diasporas, Exhibition Review, Exhibitions, Fashion, London, United Kingdom

  Baudouin Mouanda, Brazzaville, Carol Tulloch, Cité Nationale de l’Histoire de l’Immigration, CNHI, Dandyism, Fashion, Kinshasa, Les Sapeurs, London, Michael McMillan, Monica L. Miller, Palais de la Porte Dorée, Paris, Robyn Orlin, Rudeboy, Rudegirl, Sapologie, Ska, Somerset House, Sound System