Selected Writing
On Labour, Liberty and Art / Studio Magazine (link to issue)
In Search of New Ground: Black Art and the Natural World / BlackFlash
Material Memories / Studio Magazine
Learning to be a Black man without knowing my father / NOW
My trip to the Peace Park in Nagasaki / NOW
In/Tension (Podcast)
Conversation with artist June Clark
Conversation with artist Sin Wai Kin
Conversation with artist Rajni Perera
Conversation with artist Raven Davis
Conversation with artist Kosisochukwu Nnebe
Conversation with artist Oluseye
Conversation with artist Timothy Yanick Hunter
Conversation with artist Ken Lum
Conversation with artist Anique Jordan
Reviews
The Best Shows to See During Art Toronto / Frieze
Brown Boy / by Omer Aziz / Quill & Quire
Ordinary Notes / by Christina Sharpe / Quill & Quire
Kapwani Kiwanga Makes a Petri Dish Out of Our World / Frieze
Together / Apart / Ciel Variable (link to issue)
Daniel Lind-Ramos’ Pathways to Rememberance at MoMA PS1 / Ocula
Practice as Ritual/Ritual as Practice / Momus
In Our Veins Flow Ink and Fire: Kochi-Muziris Biennale / Ocula
Marla Hlady and Christof Migone’s Whisky-Infused Resonances / Frieze
Jean-Michel Basquiat: Beyond the Myth / Ocula
Denyse Thomasos posthumous exhibit pays homage to towering talent / Toronto Star
The 58th Carnegie International Overwhelms, as it Intends / Ocula
FRONT 2022: Can Art Heal Cleveland? / Ocula
Making Do and Getting Over: Wayne Salmon’s Portraits of Black Belonging in Kensington Market / Momus
Toronto Biennial of Art Moves from Land to Water in 2022/ Ocula
At The Power Plant in Toronto, Three Artists Disrupt Colonial Legacies / Ocula
On Freedom: Songs of Care and Constraint / by Maggie Nelson / Humber Literary Review
Fragments of Epic Memory / Group Exhibition / Ocula
Saga Boy / by Antonio Michael Downing / Humber Literary Review
Falling for Myself / by Dorothy Ellen Palmer / Humber Literary Review
Proof I Was Here / by Becky Blake / Humber Literary Review
BlackLife / by Rinaldo Walcott and Idil Abdillahi / NOW
The Water Dancer / by Ta-Nehisi Coates / NOW
The Beautiful Ones / by Prince / NOW
Interviews
Lubaina Himid on ‘Thinking, Feeling, and Holding Back’ / Ocula
Stanley Whitney on Dream Time and Going Where the Work Takes Him / Ocula
Curator Kimberli Gant on the legacy of Jacob Lawrence and the Mbari Club / Ocula
“Sink Back In To What Was Lost” an interview with Jonathan Escoffery / Hazlitt
“I think there is a huge disconnect in the art world” an interview with artist Ken Lum / Ocula
“As We Rise: Photography from the Black Atlantic” an interview with Kenneth Montague / NOW
“The Legacy of Presence” an interview with artist Sandra Brewster / Canadian Art
“Author Marlon James finds sensual and queer inspirations in ancient Africa” / NOW
Columns
Mark Saunders’s candidacy for mayor of Toronto is untenable / Globe and Mail
COVID: at a crossroads for Toronto’s Black communities / NOW
Amid stormy waters, Toronto’s police chief drifts away / Globe and Mail
What white people still don’t understand / Toronto Star
College admissions scandal example of long-standing inequality / Toronto Star
Liam Neeson’s interview can be a teachable moment around anti-black racism / Globe and Mail
Research
This issue has been with us for ages / Community-based research project / LogicalOutcomes