Like a gut punch, this quietly spoken sentence from Lubaina Himid who is representing the UK at the Venice Biennale
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![Himid has lived in Britain for more than seven decades, grown up here, been educated here, built a life and a career here
- and yet the question of what "here" actually means, of who gets to belong and who is merely tolerated, has never left her work. "We do a thing, Magda and I, if we're booking a table on the phone, I will always do it," says Himid, whose RP-ish English has little trace of either London or Lancashire. "But when we go to a place we don't know, I always want Magda [who was born in Poland and is white] to go first. She signifies one thing visually and I signify another thing audibly. Together, we are incredibly belonging and unbelonging."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:yhbp52uzo4vsn5hlkbrfvxoq/bafkreieix4etf3ysmqh3q7byirpq77phrqnu46njn466psddyk46qhi46i)
May 4, 2026 at 7:53 PM
Like a gut punch, this quietly spoken sentence from Lubaina Himid who is representing the UK at the Venice Biennale
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Turner Prize winning Zanzibar-born British artist, curator, and writer Lubaina Himid has been an important voice on issues of race, feminism, identity, and representation in Britain for the past thirty years #WomensArt
August 5, 2026 at 4:55 AM
Turner Prize winning Zanzibar-born British artist, curator, and writer Lubaina Himid has been an important voice on issues of race, feminism, identity, and representation in Britain for the past thirty years #WomensArt
Lubaina Himid raises questions about those empowered to supervise large swaths of humanity in her “strategy paintings,” which look from the vantage point of bureaucrats.
Lubaina Himid Asks Who Gets a Seat at the Table
Those empowered to supervise large swaths of humanity too often dehumanize us, whether through the levers of state, financial, or political power.
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February 4, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Lubaina Himid raises questions about those empowered to supervise large swaths of humanity in her “strategy paintings,” which look from the vantage point of bureaucrats.
“H.M.S. Calcutta” by Lubaina Himid (British, born Zanzibar) - Acrylic & charcoal on canvas / 2021 - Tate Britain (London, England) #WomenInArt #WomensArt #WomanArtist #WomenArtists #LubainaHimid #Himid #TateBritain #Tate #arttext #art #arte #BlackArt #BlackArtist #ContemporaryArt #BlackBritishArt
April 16, 2026 at 8:44 PM
“H.M.S. Calcutta” by Lubaina Himid (British, born Zanzibar) - Acrylic & charcoal on canvas / 2021 - Tate Britain (London, England) #WomenInArt #WomensArt #WomanArtist #WomenArtists #LubainaHimid #Himid #TateBritain #Tate #arttext #art #arte #BlackArt #BlackArtist #ContemporaryArt #BlackBritishArt
February 26, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Dream conversation with dream interlocutor Lubaina Himid yesterday at Tate Liverpool 🤗
October 15, 2023 at 6:32 AM
Dream conversation with dream interlocutor Lubaina Himid yesterday at Tate Liverpool 🤗
I have allowed the internet to damage my ability to concentrate on prose that does not constantly send dopamine into my brain.
I need to rebuild my attachment to long form prose.
I need to rebuild my attachment to long form prose.
October 1, 2026 at 1:25 PM
I have allowed the internet to damage my ability to concentrate on prose that does not constantly send dopamine into my brain.
I need to rebuild my attachment to long form prose.
I need to rebuild my attachment to long form prose.
Lubaina Himid, pioneer of Black British Art Movement, to look to a ‘collaborative future’ in British Pavilion artreview.com/lubaina-himi...
Lubaina Himid to represent UK at 2026 Venice Biennale
Pioneer of Black British Art Movement to look to a ‘collaborative future’ in British Pavilion
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February 24, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Lubaina Himid, pioneer of Black British Art Movement, to look to a ‘collaborative future’ in British Pavilion artreview.com/lubaina-himi...
Lubaina Himid
February 19, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Lubaina Himid
Congratulations to Lubaina Himid CBE RA who will represent the UK on at the 2026 Venice Biennale! 🎉✨
You’ll find a large collection of publications related to Lubaina Himid and her practice at the Stuart Hall Library, this reading list is but some of those selections. 👀
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You’ll find a large collection of publications related to Lubaina Himid and her practice at the Stuart Hall Library, this reading list is but some of those selections. 👀
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March 5, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Congratulations to Lubaina Himid CBE RA who will represent the UK on at the 2026 Venice Biennale! 🎉✨
You’ll find a large collection of publications related to Lubaina Himid and her practice at the Stuart Hall Library, this reading list is but some of those selections. 👀
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You’ll find a large collection of publications related to Lubaina Himid and her practice at the Stuart Hall Library, this reading list is but some of those selections. 👀
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Lubaina Himid, 2017
February 14, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Lubaina Himid, 2017
Lubaina Himid, Barricades at Hollybush Gardens,London
November 19, 2024 at 5:21 PM
Lubaina Himid, Barricades at Hollybush Gardens,London
A beautiful little painting by Lubaina Himid made specially for a drawer in one of the dining tables at Kettle’s Yard.
July 14, 2025 at 11:08 PM
A beautiful little painting by Lubaina Himid made specially for a drawer in one of the dining tables at Kettle’s Yard.
‘We put our heads above the parapet’: Lubaina Himid on winning her 40-year battle to storm the Venice Biennale
‘We put our heads above the parapet’: Lubaina Himid on winning her 40-year battle to storm the Venice Biennale
In the 1980s, she had to show her work in a corridor by the ICA’s toilet. Now she’s representing Britain at the ‘art Olympics’. So is the artist feeling a bit establishment? Quite the reverse
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May 5, 2026 at 2:08 PM
‘We put our heads above the parapet’: Lubaina Himid on winning her 40-year battle to storm the Venice Biennale
Lubaina Himid (b. Zanzibar), Naming the Money, 2004
Himid has spent 3 decades creating a body of work as powerful in its activism as in its arresting visual qualities examining ideas around "cultural history and reclaiming identities." Himid was also involved in the 1980s Black Art movement.
Himid has spent 3 decades creating a body of work as powerful in its activism as in its arresting visual qualities examining ideas around "cultural history and reclaiming identities." Himid was also involved in the 1980s Black Art movement.
August 12, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Lubaina Himid (b. Zanzibar), Naming the Money, 2004
Himid has spent 3 decades creating a body of work as powerful in its activism as in its arresting visual qualities examining ideas around "cultural history and reclaiming identities." Himid was also involved in the 1980s Black Art movement.
Himid has spent 3 decades creating a body of work as powerful in its activism as in its arresting visual qualities examining ideas around "cultural history and reclaiming identities." Himid was also involved in the 1980s Black Art movement.
When you talk about having a seat at the table, consider the work of Lubaina Himid: hyperallergic.com/987083/lubai...
Lubaina Himid Asks Who Gets a Seat at the Table
Those empowered to supervise large swaths of humanity too often dehumanize us, whether through the levers of state, financial, or political power.
hyperallergic.com
February 3, 2025 at 11:39 PM
When you talk about having a seat at the table, consider the work of Lubaina Himid: hyperallergic.com/987083/lubai...
Always a joy to see Lubaina Himid, but this was the first time seeing her in Belgium, at the painting biennial (three locations in the Leie (Lys) area near Ghent). Some other pics in short 🧵
July 19, 2026 at 6:47 PM
Always a joy to see Lubaina Himid, but this was the first time seeing her in Belgium, at the painting biennial (three locations in the Leie (Lys) area near Ghent). Some other pics in short 🧵
Lubaina Himid, Between the Two my Heart is Balanced, 1991
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July 8, 2024 at 4:21 AM
Lubaina Himid, Between the Two my Heart is Balanced, 1991
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https://botfrens.com/collections/14375/contents/1128790
Representing Britain at Venice Biennale ‘is a big deal’ – Lubaina Himid
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Representing Britain at Venice Biennale ‘is a big deal’ – Lubaina Himid
The Venice Biennale has started its previews but before doors even opened, it's been dogged by controversy. The entire jury resigned in protest at the inclusion of artists from Russia and Israel.
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May 5, 2026 at 8:02 PM
Representing Britain at Venice Biennale ‘is a big deal’ – Lubaina Himid
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Lubaina Himid (British, b. 1954). Between the Two my Heart is Balanced (1991, acrylic paint on canvas).
October 4, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Lubaina Himid (British, b. 1954). Between the Two my Heart is Balanced (1991, acrylic paint on canvas).