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Kamila Shamsie on friendships, familiar locations and free speech
Portrait of Kamila Shamsie, in a white blazer
Article

Kamila Shamsie on friendships, familiar locations and free speech

The author Kamila Shamsie discusses her latest novel, Best of Friends, and free speech within literature, in this interview from 2022.

In the Black Fantastic: Lina Iris Viktor x Salena Godden
In this graphic artist Lina Iris Viktor and Salena Godden are in black and white on a yellow background with a depiction of a soundwave in front of them
Podcast

In the Black Fantastic: Lina Iris Viktor x Salena Godden

Artist Lina Iris Viktor and poet Salena Godden discuss the themes of Hayward Gallery’s 2022 exhibition In the Black Fantastic in this special podcast.

Soundscapes at the Southbank Centre feat. Dubmorphology, I Nakhla and Peter Adjaye
Artist Peter Adjaye stands leaning on the railing of the Queens Walk outside Southbank Centre looking out at the River Thames
Video

Soundscapes at the Southbank Centre feat. Dubmorphology, I Nakhla and Peter Adjaye

Dubmorphology, I Nakhla and Peter Adjaye introduce their South Bank sound installation works from summer 2022 in this video.

My Mixtape: A.A. Williams' 11 tracks she feels a connection to
AA Williams; a young woman with long dark hair looks to her right. The words 'My Mixtape' appear over the top in white text
Playlist

My Mixtape: A.A. Williams' 11 tracks she feels a connection to

The musician shares a mixtape of tracks from artists whose work she finds influential and inspiring, featuring MONO, Portishead and William Byrd.

In the Black Fantastic: Rashaad Newsome x The Twilite Tone
A stylised image featuring headshots of The Twilite Tone on the left half, and Rashaad Newsome on the right half behind a graphic visualisation of a soundwave
Podcast

In the Black Fantastic: Rashaad Newsome x The Twilite Tone

Listen to artist Rashaad Newsome and DJ and producer The Twilite Tone discuss the themes of Hayward Gallery’s 2022 exhibition In the Black Fantastic.

Playlist: Karlheinz Stockhausen
Karlheinz Stockhausen at work with an electrical synthesiser, the word 'playlist' is displayed across the top of the image
Playlist

Playlist: Karlheinz Stockhausen

Enjoy a chronological playlist of music from the revolutionary avant-garde composer, from his early experimental works to his monumental operas.

In the Black Fantastic: Lina Iris Viktor
Artist Lina Iris Viktor wearing a long white dress sits among her own works within Hayward Gallery's exhibition, In the Black Fantastic. The walls are painted red and there are paintings hung on them, whilst there are two sculptural pieces to the artist's left.
Video

In the Black Fantastic: Lina Iris Viktor

Artist Lina Iris Viktor introduces some of her works which feature in the Hayward Gallery exhibition, In the Black Fantastic in this video interview

Jess Thom: 6 things… everyone should know about disability
This is a picture of Jess Thom – a white woman with curly brown hair in front of some metallic green shop shutters on a sunny afternoon. Jess is looking up and smiling just off camera. She is wearing a black sweatshirt with a colourful red cherry repeat print.
Article

Jess Thom: 6 things… everyone should know about disability

The comedian and performer behind Touretteshero, breaks down some common misconceptions about disability.

In the Black Fantastic: Hew Locke
Portrait of Hew Locke
Video

In the Black Fantastic: Hew Locke

Artist Hew Locke introduces his practices, and his work which featured in 2022’s Hayward Gallery exhibition, In the Black Fantastic, in a short video interview.

In the Black Fantastic: Ekow Eshun’s curator tour
A woman views a kneeling black figurative sculpture with long white hair and a painting featuring dark figures and red-brown earth tones, set against a terracotta gallery wall and floor.
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In the Black Fantastic: Ekow Eshun’s curator tour

Curator of In the Black Fantastic, Ekow Eshun, offers an introductory tour around the 2022 Hayward Gallery exhibition in this video.

7 Nobel Prize in Literature winners who’ve appeared at the Southbank Centre
Portrait of writer Orhan Pamuk sitting at his desk
Article

7 Nobel Prize in Literature winners who’ve appeared at the Southbank Centre

A look at Nobel Prize in Literature winners who have appeared at the London venue, including Toni Morrison, Kazuo Ishiguro, Doris Lessing and Orhan Pamuk

Jyll Bradley introduces The Hop
Artst Jyll Bradley covered in a reflection of blue crosses
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Jyll Bradley introduces The Hop

Artist Jylll Bradley introduces The Hop, her interactive sculptural commission which appeared on the Hayward Gallery Terrace in 2022.