Installation view of Hew Locke works, at the “In the Black Fantastic” at Hayward Gallery, 2022. Copyright the artist; photo credit Rob Harris, courtesy of the Hayward Gallery.

Please note that we have had to cancel this event due to the speaker being unwell.

'In the Black Fantastic' is a critically acclaimed exhibition at the Hayward Gallery, curated by Ekow Eshun and featuring eleven contemporary artists from the African diaspora. The artists reimagine and recontextualise myths, science fiction, spiritual traditions and Afrofuturism. Fantasy becomes a zone of creative and cultural liberation, and a means of addressing racism and social injustice.

Join Debbie Meniru, Curatorial Assistant on 'In the Black Fantastic', for a talk that will delve into the historical and political themes of the exhibition, exploring the bold, beautiful and often troubling works on display, and giving insights into the curatorial process behind the show.

The exhibition is at the Hayward Gallery until 18 September and will then travel to Kunsthal Rotterdam.

Tickets for under 30s half price - use code Under30

About the Speaker

Debbie Meniru is Curatorial Assistant at the Hayward Gallery. She has previously worked on exhibitions at organisations including Tate Modern, Somerset House and the Migration Museum. As a writer, she has been commissioned by CURA magazine and Bloomberg New Contemporaries, and she is a contributing author to upcoming books on ceramics published by Rizzoli and Hatje Cantz. She also writes about art and museums on her website, exploring ideas like ‘what if we interpreted art with fried yam?’