Links to writing, conversations, etc. here and elsewehere.

• In the Studio, a small book for Hauser & Wirth on the life of the great painter and sculptor Jack Whitten
• Nineteen Photographs from Cuba, fiction for Ursula Magazine, featuring the photographs of Clair Mcintyre
• Derek Fordjour’s Cabinet of Wonders, for the New York Times, on the artist’s multi-medium show at Petzel gallery.
• Venerating Black Lives, for the New York Times, on Barkley L. Hendricks, the first artist of color with a solo show at the Frick.
• A Landscape of Organized Chaos, for the New York Times, looking at the work of seven Nigerian Photographers at the MoMA.
• Like ancient, dusky rivers, for the Royal Academy of Arts on the works in their landmark show Souls Grown Deep like the Rivers: Black Artists from the American South.
• Arthur Simms and the Skin of Disparate Objects, for the New York Times.
• Burnside, after a visit to the Bahamas to speak with the artist Stan Burnside towards his show at Perrotin.
• Landing in Bioko, a short essay surrounding a photograph, for the The Brooklyn Rail.
• On the politics, fracture, and extravagance in Gillian Laub’s “Family Matters”, at the International Center for Photography for the New York Times.
• Looking at Lonnie Holley’s perservering freshness, despite the miry roads he’s had to walk, for the New York Times.
• David Goldblatt’s Way of Seeing where I talk about the little oddities in his photographs for Art Review, UK.
• Revealing Jack Whitten’s Secret Self: I make a case for why, beyond abstraction, Jack Whitten’s primary concern was memory for the New York Times.
• I’m in the February 2021 print issue of Harper’s Magazine talking about Gold After Trump.
• Theaster Gates Turns the Stain of the Past Into Art: in which I look at the history of black labor and survival in America through the work of Theaster Gates for the New York Times.
• Jacob Lawrence, Peering Through History’s Cracks a re-examination of “Jacob lawrence: The American Struggle” at the Metropolitan Museum for the New York Times.
• The Enduring Spark: The Work and Legacy of The Gordon Parks Foundation: Essay on the life of Gordon Parks and the work of the Gordon Parks Foundation for The Brooklyn Rail.
• I contributed Images of Absence, Images of Negotiation, Images of Violence, and Images of Power as part of yearlong essays on visual culture and politics to Politics of Home.
• I have been writing 100 notes to a Faraway Lover here.
• In Between Space and Time a review of ruby amanze onyinyechi and Wura Natasha Ogunji’s collaboration at the Fridman Gallery for The Sole Adventurer.
• The Hour of Exposure for Degree Critical.
• Speaking Bodies a catalog essay for Dandelion Eghosa’s exhibition, Unspoken Rudiments at Rele Gallery [PDF].
• Photography, Caravaggio & The Musicians for Degree Critical.
• The Trans-Nigerian Dilemma an essay towards Re-Imaging Futures: A Trans-Nigerian Conversation an exhibition in Lagos [PDF].
• Coming Out of Black a profile on Sejiroh Avoseh for the catalog of his exhibition When We Are Not What We Are at Rele Gallery [PDF].
• Until 2017, I kept a blog on this site.
• Poets Talk: 5 Questions with Yinka Elujoba In conversation with the poet, Kechi Nomu for Shamsrumi.
• A Decolonial Option: On the forthcoming Lagos—Maputo 2018 Road-trip in conversation with Emeka Okereke on the Invisible Borders Lagos-Maputo 2018 roadtrip.
• As a writer traveling with other artists, I wrote short, meditative essays during the 2016 and 2017 Invisible Borders roadtrips.
• HIKIMA – a letter from Zaria in response to the great Yusef Lateef’s time in Nigeria, for Chimurenga.
• Dividing Line on Viennese Action Painters and Jelili Atiku. Written after a short time in Salzburg [PDF].
• Jazz On A Tram a critical response to Fiston Mwanza Mujila’s book, Tram 83. Published in a special issue of Saraba [PDF].
• “In History to My Barest Marrows” in conversation with Emmanuel Iduma following the release of his book, The Sound of Things to Come.
• Little People Fiction in Klorofyl Mag from 2015.
• Two essays on Poetry in Saraba: The Speaking Poet (2016) and The Poetry of Places (2015).