"The Russian Ghanaian artistLiz Johnson Artur presents a photographic record of PDA, a hugely popular queer Black club night held monthly in a Hackney basement in east London from 2011 to 2021. (PDA is thought to stand for Public Display of Affection or Please Don't Ask.) "Combining both glamour and a spirit of chaos, PDA offered a world away from the conventions and systems upheld by the UK's patriarchal imperialism,""
"This survey of the UK artist William Nicholson's career accompanies an exhibition at Pallant House Gallery in Chichester, UK. Nicholson, the head of a family of artists, is often overshadowed by his more famous son Ben but William's output was prolific and eclectic, encompassing witty woodcuts, including the celebrated portfolios An Alphabet and London Types, along with book illustrations and commissions for the theatre."
Liz Johnson Artur's PDA documents a monthly queer Black club night in Hackney from 2011 to 2021 through photographs that capture glamour, chaos, sequins and sunglasses while presenting the space as an alternative to patriarchal imperialist conventions. A Pallant House Gallery survey traces William Nicholson's prolific and eclectic career across witty woodcuts, celebrated portfolios, book illustrations, theatre commissions and intimate portraits, including one of his son Ben Nicholson. Sandy Skoglund's Enchanting Nature presents surreal, colour-filled environments built from handmade props and repetitive visual motifs that probe tensions between the manmade world and the natural environment.
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