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• BOOKS AND CATALOGUES
Classicisms in the Black Atlantic ↵
Anthology edited by Moyer, Lecznar & Morse. Includes the chapter ‘Africana Andromeda: Contemporary Painting and the Classical Black Figure’ by Kimathi Donkor. (Plus, cover image by Kimathi Donkor). Published by the Oxford University Press (Oxford and New York, 2020) ISBN 978-0-19-881412-2
Queen: From the Collection of CCH Pounder ↵
Published by The Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History (Detroit, 2020) 978-1-7923-2976
A Companion to Curation ↵
Africa, Art and Knowing Nothing: Some Thoughts on Curating at the British Museum by Chris Spring. Edited by Brad Buckley and John Conomos. Published by Wiley Blackwell. ISBN: 978-1-119-20685-9
Black Artists in British Art: A History from 1950 to the Present
↵ By Eddie Chambers; published by I.B. Tauris, (London and New York, 2014) ISBN 978-1-7807-6271-5
Stick to the Skin: African American and Black British Art, 1965-2015 ↵ By Celeste-Maria Bernier; published by University of California Press (Oakland California, 2019) ISBN 978-0520286535
The Haitian Revolution in the Literary Imagination ↵
By Philip K Kaisary; published by University of Virginia Press, (London and Charlottesville, 2014) ISBN 978-0-8139-3546-1
African Futures ↵
By Lien Heidenreich-Seleme and Sean O’Toole (editors); published by Kerber, (Bielefeld, 2016) ISBN 978-3-7356-0186-5
Offline: Between Transits and Journeys ↵
By Andreia Páscoa and Mónica de Miranda (editors); published by XEREM Associação Cultural, (Lisbon, 2014) ISBN 978-989-97183-1-9
Class Wargames: Ludic subversion against spectacular capitalism ↵
By Richard Barbrook; (Plus, cover image by Kimathi Donkor) Released by Minor Compositions; distributed by Autonomedia (New York, Oct 2014) ISBN 978-1-57027-293-6
Kimathi Donkor: Queens of the Undead ↵
By David Dibosa, Tessa Jackson, Carol Tulloch & Grant Watson; published by Iniva, (London, 2012) ISBN 978-1-899846-54-6
Art History for Filmmakers: The Art of Visual Storytelling ↵
By Gillian McIver published by Bloomsbury Academic (London & New York, 2016) ISBN 978-1472580658
Fine Arts 2011-2012 ↵
By Jacopo Benci (editor); published by the British School at Rome, (Rome, 2012) ISBN 978-0-904152-64-7
29th Bienal Documentation ↵
By Moacir dos Anjos and Agnaldo Farias; published by the Fundação de Bienal São Paulo, (São Paulo, 2011) ISBN 978-85-85298-37-1
29th Bienal Catalogue ↵
By Moacir dos Anjos and Agnaldo Farias (editors); published by the Fundação de Bienal São Paulo, (São Paulo, 2010) ISBN 978-85-85298-33-3
• MEDIA ARTICLES & INTERVIEWS
2020 ↗︎ Artnet News, How Have Artists Shaped Previous Protest Movements? 7 Historians on How the Past Can Help Us Understand the Present
2019 ↗︎ A-N, Kimathi Donkor wins Art Projects Artist Award at London Art Fair
2019 ↗︎ Art Daily Kimathi Donkor wins De’Longhi Art Projects Artist Award 2019
2018 ↗︎ Nka: Journal of Contemporary African Art, Tracing Trans-Atlantic Slavery in Kimathi Donkor’s UK Diaspora Feature by Celeste-Marie Bernier
2018 ↗︎ Studio International, Tania Kovats and Kimathi Donkor discuss drawing practice and education Feature by MK Palomar
2017 ↗︎ Omenka, Review: Diaspora Pavillion Closing by Oyin Olaniyan
2017 ↗︎ Artnet News, 6 Must-See Artists at the 1:54 Contemporary African Art Fair review by Brian Boucher
2017 ↗︎ Culture Matters, Beyond the boundaries: A review of the Diaspora Pavilion at the 2017 Venice Biennale by Phil Brett
2017 ↗︎ Africanah.Org, The Diaspora Pavilion in Venice by Robert Roos
2017 ↗︎ A-N, A Q&A with… Kimathi Donkor, Diaspora Pavilion artist at Venice Biennale 2017 by Fisun Güner
2017 ↗︎ This Is: Contemporary Art Magazine, Untitled: Art on the Conditions of Our Time
2017 ↗︎ C&, Untitled: Art on the Conditions of Our Time
2016 ↗︎ Omenka Magazine, In conversation with Kimathi Donkor
2015 ↗︎ Art Africa, In conversation with Kimathi Donkor
2015 ↗︎ Destiny Connect, Setting Up New Relationships review by Mary Corrigall
2015 ↗︎ The Times of South Africa, Princess Politics—Women on top: Subverting subordination review by Mary Corrigall
2015 ↗︎ Mail & Guardian, Gallery Momo: No titles enable your own take
2015 ↗︎ Lacuna, An interview with Kimathi Donkor by Philip Kaisary
2013 ↗︎ Visual Culture in Britain, Reading the Riot Act by Eddie Chambers
2013 ↗︎ FAD, Daddy, I Want to Be a Black Artist review and interview by Yvette Greslé
2013 ↗︎ Absolutely, Daddy, I Want to Be a Black Artist interview
2013 The Voice, Daddy, I Want to Be a Black Artist interview
2013 The Guardian, Jonathan Jones blog
2013 ↗︎ Arise TV, Arts and Culture Show interview with Hannah Pool
2012 ↗︎ Frieze Magazine, Queens of the Undead review by Lara Pawson (Archived)
2012 ↗︎ Art Forum, Queens of the Undead review by Asitha Nagesh
2012 ↗︎ ArtInfo, Queens of the Undead review by Coline Milliard
2012 ↗︎ Buala, Queens of the Undead review
2012 ↗︎ The Guardian newspaper, The Black Ghosts Haunting Downtown Abbey Op-Ed by Lara Pawson
2012 ↗︎ Studio International, Retelling history through art – an interview with Kimathi Donkor by Caroline Menezes
2012, Africa 21, Queens of the Undead review
2012 ↗︎ Hackney Citizen, Queens of the Undead review
2012, Resonance FM, African Essence
2012 ↗︎ The Voice, Resurrecting the Past Feature by Hazelanne Williams
2012 ↗︎ www.MsAfropolitan.com, Queens of the Undead Review by Minna Salami
2012, Guardian Series (North London), Queens of the Undead review
2012, Destination Hackney, Queens of the Undead review
2012, Iniva, Queens of the Undead interview
2012, Class Wargames, Online interview
2011, www.theoctopusjournal.org, Imaging and Re-Imagining the Neo-Liberal: Brixton and its Discontents
2010, www.estadao.com.br, Início do conteúdo O americano que provoca na bienal
2010, Les Echos, On a retrouvé les tableaux de Michel Houellebecq
2010, Agencia Brasil, Sao Paulo Biennial review
2010, The Art Newspaper, Sao Paulo Biennial preview
2010, Murmurart.com, Askew in the Garden of Desire review
2010, Colour Code, Visual Memories of Slavery...,
2008, Kola E-Zine, Haiti article
2008, Colourful Radio Nina Jones show, Hawkins & Co Interview
2008, Liverpool Metro, Hawkins & Co Review
2008 ↗︎ Nerve, Hawkins & Co Review
2007, Nubiart Sound Radio, Hawkins & Co Review
2007, Freedom Songs, ‘Toussaint at Bedourette’ reproduction
2007↗︎ Culture 24, Hawkins & Co Review by Sara Allen
2007, Colourful Radio, Afternoon Delight interview
2006, Untold London, Telltale Review
2005, Art Knowledge News, Police try to censor Brixton riots exhibition
2005 ↗︎ Art Daily Police try to censor Brixton riots exhibition
2005, ArtsHub, Art Thought & Memory
2005, Time Out, Brixton gallery raided by the Met
2005, BBC London Radio, Dotun Adebayo Show Interview
2005 ↗︎ BBC Nottingham, Caribbean Passion Review by Kamali Melbourne
2005, Black Heritage Today, Justice in a Brush stroke
2004, New Nation, Our History on Canvas
2004, London Evening Standard, Metro Pick of the Week
1985, City Limits, Creation for Liberation Review (as ‘Huw Gething’)
1985, Spare Rib, Creation for Liberation Review (as ‘Huw Gething’)
Classicisms in the Black Atlantic ↵
Anthology edited by Moyer, Lecznar & Morse. Includes the chapter ‘Africana Andromeda: Contemporary Painting and the Classical Black Figure’ by Kimathi Donkor. (Plus, cover image by Kimathi Donkor). Published by the Oxford University Press (Oxford and New York, 2020) ISBN 978-0-19-881412-2
Queen: From the Collection of CCH Pounder ↵
Published by The Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History (Detroit, 2020) 978-1-7923-2976
A Companion to Curation ↵
Africa, Art and Knowing Nothing: Some Thoughts on Curating at the British Museum by Chris Spring. Edited by Brad Buckley and John Conomos. Published by Wiley Blackwell. ISBN: 978-1-119-20685-9
Black Artists in British Art: A History from 1950 to the Present
↵ By Eddie Chambers; published by I.B. Tauris, (London and New York, 2014) ISBN 978-1-7807-6271-5
Stick to the Skin: African American and Black British Art, 1965-2015 ↵ By Celeste-Maria Bernier; published by University of California Press (Oakland California, 2019) ISBN 978-0520286535
The Haitian Revolution in the Literary Imagination ↵
By Philip K Kaisary; published by University of Virginia Press, (London and Charlottesville, 2014) ISBN 978-0-8139-3546-1
African Futures ↵
By Lien Heidenreich-Seleme and Sean O’Toole (editors); published by Kerber, (Bielefeld, 2016) ISBN 978-3-7356-0186-5
Offline: Between Transits and Journeys ↵
By Andreia Páscoa and Mónica de Miranda (editors); published by XEREM Associação Cultural, (Lisbon, 2014) ISBN 978-989-97183-1-9
Class Wargames: Ludic subversion against spectacular capitalism ↵
By Richard Barbrook; (Plus, cover image by Kimathi Donkor) Released by Minor Compositions; distributed by Autonomedia (New York, Oct 2014) ISBN 978-1-57027-293-6
Kimathi Donkor: Queens of the Undead ↵
By David Dibosa, Tessa Jackson, Carol Tulloch & Grant Watson; published by Iniva, (London, 2012) ISBN 978-1-899846-54-6
Art History for Filmmakers: The Art of Visual Storytelling ↵
By Gillian McIver published by Bloomsbury Academic (London & New York, 2016) ISBN 978-1472580658
Fine Arts 2011-2012 ↵
By Jacopo Benci (editor); published by the British School at Rome, (Rome, 2012) ISBN 978-0-904152-64-7
29th Bienal Documentation ↵
By Moacir dos Anjos and Agnaldo Farias; published by the Fundação de Bienal São Paulo, (São Paulo, 2011) ISBN 978-85-85298-37-1
29th Bienal Catalogue ↵
By Moacir dos Anjos and Agnaldo Farias (editors); published by the Fundação de Bienal São Paulo, (São Paulo, 2010) ISBN 978-85-85298-33-3
• MEDIA ARTICLES & INTERVIEWS
2020 ↗︎ Artnet News, How Have Artists Shaped Previous Protest Movements? 7 Historians on How the Past Can Help Us Understand the Present
2019 ↗︎ A-N, Kimathi Donkor wins Art Projects Artist Award at London Art Fair
2019 ↗︎ Art Daily Kimathi Donkor wins De’Longhi Art Projects Artist Award 2019
2018 ↗︎ Nka: Journal of Contemporary African Art, Tracing Trans-Atlantic Slavery in Kimathi Donkor’s UK Diaspora Feature by Celeste-Marie Bernier
2018 ↗︎ Studio International, Tania Kovats and Kimathi Donkor discuss drawing practice and education Feature by MK Palomar
2017 ↗︎ Omenka, Review: Diaspora Pavillion Closing by Oyin Olaniyan
2017 ↗︎ Artnet News, 6 Must-See Artists at the 1:54 Contemporary African Art Fair review by Brian Boucher
2017 ↗︎ Culture Matters, Beyond the boundaries: A review of the Diaspora Pavilion at the 2017 Venice Biennale by Phil Brett
2017 ↗︎ Africanah.Org, The Diaspora Pavilion in Venice by Robert Roos
2017 ↗︎ A-N, A Q&A with… Kimathi Donkor, Diaspora Pavilion artist at Venice Biennale 2017 by Fisun Güner
2017 ↗︎ This Is: Contemporary Art Magazine, Untitled: Art on the Conditions of Our Time
2017 ↗︎ C&, Untitled: Art on the Conditions of Our Time
2016 ↗︎ Omenka Magazine, In conversation with Kimathi Donkor
2015 ↗︎ Art Africa, In conversation with Kimathi Donkor
2015 ↗︎ Destiny Connect, Setting Up New Relationships review by Mary Corrigall
2015 ↗︎ The Times of South Africa, Princess Politics—Women on top: Subverting subordination review by Mary Corrigall
2015 ↗︎ Mail & Guardian, Gallery Momo: No titles enable your own take
2015 ↗︎ Lacuna, An interview with Kimathi Donkor by Philip Kaisary
2013 ↗︎ Visual Culture in Britain, Reading the Riot Act by Eddie Chambers
2013 ↗︎ FAD, Daddy, I Want to Be a Black Artist review and interview by Yvette Greslé
2013 ↗︎ Absolutely, Daddy, I Want to Be a Black Artist interview
2013 The Voice, Daddy, I Want to Be a Black Artist interview
2013 The Guardian, Jonathan Jones blog
2013 ↗︎ Arise TV, Arts and Culture Show interview with Hannah Pool
2012 ↗︎ Frieze Magazine, Queens of the Undead review by Lara Pawson (Archived)
2012 ↗︎ Art Forum, Queens of the Undead review by Asitha Nagesh
2012 ↗︎ ArtInfo, Queens of the Undead review by Coline Milliard
2012 ↗︎ Buala, Queens of the Undead review
2012 ↗︎ The Guardian newspaper, The Black Ghosts Haunting Downtown Abbey Op-Ed by Lara Pawson
2012 ↗︎ Studio International, Retelling history through art – an interview with Kimathi Donkor by Caroline Menezes
2012, Africa 21, Queens of the Undead review
2012 ↗︎ Hackney Citizen, Queens of the Undead review
2012, Resonance FM, African Essence
2012 ↗︎ The Voice, Resurrecting the Past Feature by Hazelanne Williams
2012 ↗︎ www.MsAfropolitan.com, Queens of the Undead Review by Minna Salami
2012, Guardian Series (North London), Queens of the Undead review
2012, Destination Hackney, Queens of the Undead review
2012, Iniva, Queens of the Undead interview
2012, Class Wargames, Online interview
2011, www.theoctopusjournal.org, Imaging and Re-Imagining the Neo-Liberal: Brixton and its Discontents
2010, www.estadao.com.br, Início do conteúdo O americano que provoca na bienal
2010, Les Echos, On a retrouvé les tableaux de Michel Houellebecq
2010, Agencia Brasil, Sao Paulo Biennial review
2010, The Art Newspaper, Sao Paulo Biennial preview
2010, Murmurart.com, Askew in the Garden of Desire review
2010, Colour Code, Visual Memories of Slavery...,
2008, Kola E-Zine, Haiti article
2008, Colourful Radio Nina Jones show, Hawkins & Co Interview
2008, Liverpool Metro, Hawkins & Co Review
2008 ↗︎ Nerve, Hawkins & Co Review
2007, Nubiart Sound Radio, Hawkins & Co Review
2007, Freedom Songs, ‘Toussaint at Bedourette’ reproduction
2007↗︎ Culture 24, Hawkins & Co Review by Sara Allen
2007, Colourful Radio, Afternoon Delight interview
2006, Untold London, Telltale Review
2005, Art Knowledge News, Police try to censor Brixton riots exhibition
2005 ↗︎ Art Daily Police try to censor Brixton riots exhibition
2005, ArtsHub, Art Thought & Memory
2005, Time Out, Brixton gallery raided by the Met
2005, BBC London Radio, Dotun Adebayo Show Interview
2005 ↗︎ BBC Nottingham, Caribbean Passion Review by Kamali Melbourne
2005, Black Heritage Today, Justice in a Brush stroke
2004, New Nation, Our History on Canvas
2004, London Evening Standard, Metro Pick of the Week
1985, City Limits, Creation for Liberation Review (as ‘Huw Gething’)
1985, Spare Rib, Creation for Liberation Review (as ‘Huw Gething’)
• BOOKS AND CATALOGUES
Classicisms in the Black Atlantic ↵
Anthology edited by Moyer, Lecznar & Morse. Includes the chapter ‘Africana Andromeda: Contemporary Painting and the Classical Black Figure’ by Kimathi Donkor. (Plus, cover image by Kimathi Donkor). Published by the Oxford University Press (Oxford and New York, 2020) ISBN 978-0-19-881412-2
Queen: From the Collection of CCH Pounder ↵
Published by The Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History (Detroit, 2020) 978-1-7923-2976
A Companion to Curation ↵
Africa, Art and Knowing Nothing: Some Thoughts on Curating at the British Museum by Chris Spring. Edited by Brad Buckley and John Conomos. Published by Wiley Blackwell. ISBN: 978-1-119-20685-9
Black Artists in British Art: A History from 1950 to the Present
↵ By Eddie Chambers; published by I.B. Tauris, (London and New York, 2014) ISBN 978-1-7807-6271-5
Stick to the Skin: African American and Black British Art, 1965-2015 ↵ By Celeste-Maria Bernier; published by University of California Press (Oakland California, 2019) ISBN 978-0520286535
The Haitian Revolution in the Literary Imagination ↵
By Philip K Kaisary; published by University of Virginia Press, (London and Charlottesville, 2014) ISBN 978-0-8139-3546-1
African Futures ↵
By Lien Heidenreich-Seleme and Sean O’Toole (editors); published by Kerber, (Bielefeld, 2016) ISBN 978-3-7356-0186-5
Offline: Between Transits and Journeys ↵
By Andreia Páscoa and Mónica de Miranda (editors); published by XEREM Associação Cultural, (Lisbon, 2014) ISBN 978-989-97183-1-9
Class Wargames: Ludic subversion against spectacular capitalism ↵
By Richard Barbrook; (Plus, cover image by Kimathi Donkor) Released by Minor Compositions; distributed by Autonomedia (New York, Oct 2014) ISBN 978-1-57027-293-6
Kimathi Donkor: Queens of the Undead ↵
By David Dibosa, Tessa Jackson, Carol Tulloch & Grant Watson; published by Iniva, (London, 2012) ISBN 978-1-899846-54-6
Art History for Filmmakers: The Art of Visual Storytelling ↵
By Gillian McIver published by Bloomsbury Academic (London & New York, 2016) ISBN 978-1472580658
Fine Arts 2011-2012 ↵
By Jacopo Benci (editor); published by the British School at Rome, (Rome, 2012) ISBN 978-0-904152-64-7
29th Bienal Documentation ↵
By Moacir dos Anjos and Agnaldo Farias; published by the Fundação de Bienal São Paulo, (São Paulo, 2011) ISBN 978-85-85298-37-1
29th Bienal Catalogue ↵
By Moacir dos Anjos and Agnaldo Farias (editors); published by the Fundação de Bienal São Paulo, (São Paulo, 2010) ISBN 978-85-85298-33-3
• MEDIA ARTICLES & INTERVIEWS
2020 ↗︎ Artnet News, How Have Artists Shaped Previous Protest Movements? 7 Historians on How the Past Can Help Us Understand the Present
2019 ↗︎ A-N, Kimathi Donkor wins Art Projects Artist Award at London Art Fair
2019 ↗︎ Art Daily Kimathi Donkor wins De’Longhi Art Projects Artist Award 2019
2018 ↗︎ Nka: Journal of Contemporary African Art, Tracing Trans-Atlantic Slavery in Kimathi Donkor’s UK Diaspora Feature by Celeste-Marie Bernier
2018 ↗︎ Studio International, Tania Kovats and Kimathi Donkor discuss drawing practice and education Feature by MK Palomar
2017 ↗︎ Omenka, Review: Diaspora Pavillion Closing by Oyin Olaniyan
2017 ↗︎ Artnet News, 6 Must-See Artists at the 1:54 Contemporary African Art Fair review by Brian Boucher
2017 ↗︎ Culture Matters, Beyond the boundaries: A review of the Diaspora Pavilion at the 2017 Venice Biennale by Phil Brett
2017 ↗︎ Africanah.Org, The Diaspora Pavilion in Venice by Robert Roos
2017 ↗︎ A-N, A Q&A with… Kimathi Donkor, Diaspora Pavilion artist at Venice Biennale 2017 by Fisun Güner
2017 ↗︎ This Is: Contemporary Art Magazine, Untitled: Art on the Conditions of Our Time
2017 ↗︎ C&, Untitled: Art on the Conditions of Our Time
2016 ↗︎ Omenka Magazine, In conversation with Kimathi Donkor
2015 ↗︎ Art Africa, In conversation with Kimathi Donkor
2015 ↗︎ Destiny Connect, Setting Up New Relationships review by Mary Corrigall
2015 ↗︎ The Times of South Africa, Princess Politics—Women on top: Subverting subordination review by Mary Corrigall
2015 ↗︎ Mail & Guardian, Gallery Momo: No titles enable your own take
2015 ↗︎ Lacuna, An interview with Kimathi Donkor by Philip Kaisary
2013 ↗︎ Visual Culture in Britain, Reading the Riot Act by Eddie Chambers
2013 ↗︎ FAD, Daddy, I Want to Be a Black Artist review and interview by Yvette Greslé
2013 ↗︎ Absolutely, Daddy, I Want to Be a Black Artist interview
2013 The Voice, Daddy, I Want to Be a Black Artist interview
2013 The Guardian, Jonathan Jones blog
2013 ↗︎ Arise TV, Arts and Culture Show interview with Hannah Pool
2012 ↗︎ Frieze Magazine, Queens of the Undead review by Lara Pawson (Archived)
2012 ↗︎ Art Forum, Queens of the Undead review by Asitha Nagesh
2012 ↗︎ ArtInfo, Queens of the Undead review by Coline Milliard
2012 ↗︎ Buala, Queens of the Undead review
2012 ↗︎ The Guardian newspaper, The Black Ghosts Haunting Downtown Abbey Op-Ed by Lara Pawson
2012 ↗︎ Studio International, Retelling history through art – an interview with Kimathi Donkor by Caroline Menezes
2012, Africa 21, Queens of the Undead review
2012 ↗︎ Hackney Citizen, Queens of the Undead review
2012, Resonance FM, African Essence
2012 ↗︎ The Voice, Resurrecting the Past Feature by Hazelanne Williams
2012 ↗︎ www.MsAfropolitan.com, Queens of the Undead Review by Minna Salami
2012, Guardian Series (North London), Queens of the Undead review
2012, Destination Hackney, Queens of the Undead review
2012, Iniva, Queens of the Undead interview
2012, Class Wargames, Online interview
2011, www.theoctopusjournal.org, Imaging and Re-Imagining the Neo-Liberal: Brixton and its Discontents
2010, www.estadao.com.br, Início do conteúdo O americano que provoca na bienal
2010, Les Echos, On a retrouvé les tableaux de Michel Houellebecq
2010, Agencia Brasil, Sao Paulo Biennial review
2010, The Art Newspaper, Sao Paulo Biennial preview
2010, Murmurart.com, Askew in the Garden of Desire review
2010, Colour Code, Visual Memories of Slavery...,
2008, Kola E-Zine, Haiti article
2008, Colourful Radio Nina Jones show, Hawkins & Co Interview
2008, Liverpool Metro, Hawkins & Co Review
2008 ↗︎ Nerve, Hawkins & Co Review
2007, Nubiart Sound Radio, Hawkins & Co Review
2007, Freedom Songs, ‘Toussaint at Bedourette’ reproduction
2007↗︎ Culture 24, Hawkins & Co Review by Sara Allen
2007, Colourful Radio, Afternoon Delight interview
2006, Untold London, Telltale Review
2005, Art Knowledge News, Police try to censor Brixton riots exhibition
2005 ↗︎ Art Daily Police try to censor Brixton riots exhibition
2005, ArtsHub, Art Thought & Memory
2005, Time Out, Brixton gallery raided by the Met
2005, BBC London Radio, Dotun Adebayo Show Interview
2005 ↗︎ BBC Nottingham, Caribbean Passion Review by Kamali Melbourne
2005, Black Heritage Today, Justice in a Brush stroke
2004, New Nation, Our History on Canvas
2004, London Evening Standard, Metro Pick of the Week
1985, City Limits, Creation for Liberation Review (as ‘Huw Gething’)
1985, Spare Rib, Creation for Liberation Review (as ‘Huw Gething’)
Classicisms in the Black Atlantic ↵
Anthology edited by Moyer, Lecznar & Morse. Includes the chapter ‘Africana Andromeda: Contemporary Painting and the Classical Black Figure’ by Kimathi Donkor. (Plus, cover image by Kimathi Donkor). Published by the Oxford University Press (Oxford and New York, 2020) ISBN 978-0-19-881412-2
Queen: From the Collection of CCH Pounder ↵
Published by The Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History (Detroit, 2020) 978-1-7923-2976
A Companion to Curation ↵
Africa, Art and Knowing Nothing: Some Thoughts on Curating at the British Museum by Chris Spring. Edited by Brad Buckley and John Conomos. Published by Wiley Blackwell. ISBN: 978-1-119-20685-9
Black Artists in British Art: A History from 1950 to the Present
↵ By Eddie Chambers; published by I.B. Tauris, (London and New York, 2014) ISBN 978-1-7807-6271-5
Stick to the Skin: African American and Black British Art, 1965-2015 ↵ By Celeste-Maria Bernier; published by University of California Press (Oakland California, 2019) ISBN 978-0520286535
The Haitian Revolution in the Literary Imagination ↵
By Philip K Kaisary; published by University of Virginia Press, (London and Charlottesville, 2014) ISBN 978-0-8139-3546-1
African Futures ↵
By Lien Heidenreich-Seleme and Sean O’Toole (editors); published by Kerber, (Bielefeld, 2016) ISBN 978-3-7356-0186-5
Offline: Between Transits and Journeys ↵
By Andreia Páscoa and Mónica de Miranda (editors); published by XEREM Associação Cultural, (Lisbon, 2014) ISBN 978-989-97183-1-9
Class Wargames: Ludic subversion against spectacular capitalism ↵
By Richard Barbrook; (Plus, cover image by Kimathi Donkor) Released by Minor Compositions; distributed by Autonomedia (New York, Oct 2014) ISBN 978-1-57027-293-6
Kimathi Donkor: Queens of the Undead ↵
By David Dibosa, Tessa Jackson, Carol Tulloch & Grant Watson; published by Iniva, (London, 2012) ISBN 978-1-899846-54-6
Art History for Filmmakers: The Art of Visual Storytelling ↵
By Gillian McIver published by Bloomsbury Academic (London & New York, 2016) ISBN 978-1472580658
Fine Arts 2011-2012 ↵
By Jacopo Benci (editor); published by the British School at Rome, (Rome, 2012) ISBN 978-0-904152-64-7
29th Bienal Documentation ↵
By Moacir dos Anjos and Agnaldo Farias; published by the Fundação de Bienal São Paulo, (São Paulo, 2011) ISBN 978-85-85298-37-1
29th Bienal Catalogue ↵
By Moacir dos Anjos and Agnaldo Farias (editors); published by the Fundação de Bienal São Paulo, (São Paulo, 2010) ISBN 978-85-85298-33-3
• MEDIA ARTICLES & INTERVIEWS
2020 ↗︎ Artnet News, How Have Artists Shaped Previous Protest Movements? 7 Historians on How the Past Can Help Us Understand the Present
2019 ↗︎ A-N, Kimathi Donkor wins Art Projects Artist Award at London Art Fair
2019 ↗︎ Art Daily Kimathi Donkor wins De’Longhi Art Projects Artist Award 2019
2018 ↗︎ Nka: Journal of Contemporary African Art, Tracing Trans-Atlantic Slavery in Kimathi Donkor’s UK Diaspora Feature by Celeste-Marie Bernier
2018 ↗︎ Studio International, Tania Kovats and Kimathi Donkor discuss drawing practice and education Feature by MK Palomar
2017 ↗︎ Omenka, Review: Diaspora Pavillion Closing by Oyin Olaniyan
2017 ↗︎ Artnet News, 6 Must-See Artists at the 1:54 Contemporary African Art Fair review by Brian Boucher
2017 ↗︎ Culture Matters, Beyond the boundaries: A review of the Diaspora Pavilion at the 2017 Venice Biennale by Phil Brett
2017 ↗︎ Africanah.Org, The Diaspora Pavilion in Venice by Robert Roos
2017 ↗︎ A-N, A Q&A with… Kimathi Donkor, Diaspora Pavilion artist at Venice Biennale 2017 by Fisun Güner
2017 ↗︎ This Is: Contemporary Art Magazine, Untitled: Art on the Conditions of Our Time
2017 ↗︎ C&, Untitled: Art on the Conditions of Our Time
2016 ↗︎ Omenka Magazine, In conversation with Kimathi Donkor
2015 ↗︎ Art Africa, In conversation with Kimathi Donkor
2015 ↗︎ Destiny Connect, Setting Up New Relationships review by Mary Corrigall
2015 ↗︎ The Times of South Africa, Princess Politics—Women on top: Subverting subordination review by Mary Corrigall
2015 ↗︎ Mail & Guardian, Gallery Momo: No titles enable your own take
2015 ↗︎ Lacuna, An interview with Kimathi Donkor by Philip Kaisary
2013 ↗︎ Visual Culture in Britain, Reading the Riot Act by Eddie Chambers
2013 ↗︎ FAD, Daddy, I Want to Be a Black Artist review and interview by Yvette Greslé
2013 ↗︎ Absolutely, Daddy, I Want to Be a Black Artist interview
2013 The Voice, Daddy, I Want to Be a Black Artist interview
2013 The Guardian, Jonathan Jones blog
2013 ↗︎ Arise TV, Arts and Culture Show interview with Hannah Pool
2012 ↗︎ Frieze Magazine, Queens of the Undead review by Lara Pawson (Archived)
2012 ↗︎ Art Forum, Queens of the Undead review by Asitha Nagesh
2012 ↗︎ ArtInfo, Queens of the Undead review by Coline Milliard
2012 ↗︎ Buala, Queens of the Undead review
2012 ↗︎ The Guardian newspaper, The Black Ghosts Haunting Downtown Abbey Op-Ed by Lara Pawson
2012 ↗︎ Studio International, Retelling history through art – an interview with Kimathi Donkor by Caroline Menezes2012, Africa 21, Queens of the Undead review
2012 ↗︎ Hackney Citizen, Queens of the Undead review
2012, Resonance FM, African Essence
2012 ↗︎ The Voice, Resurrecting the Past Feature by Hazelanne Williams
2012 ↗︎ www.MsAfropolitan.com, Queens of the Undead Review by Minna Salami
2012, Guardian Series (North London), Queens of the Undead review
2012, Destination Hackney, Queens of the Undead review
2012, Iniva, Queens of the Undead interview
2012, Class Wargames, Online interview
2011, www.theoctopusjournal.org, Imaging and Re-Imagining the Neo-Liberal: Brixton and its Discontents
2010, www.estadao.com.br, Início do conteúdo O americano que provoca na bienal
2010, Les Echos, On a retrouvé les tableaux de Michel Houellebecq
2010, Agencia Brasil, Sao Paulo Biennial review
2010, The Art Newspaper, Sao Paulo Biennial preview
2010, Murmurart.com, Askew in the Garden of Desire review
2010, Colour Code, Visual Memories of Slavery...,
2008, Kola E-Zine, Haiti article
2008, Colourful Radio Nina Jones show, Hawkins & Co Interview
2008, Liverpool Metro, Hawkins & Co Review
2008 ↗︎ Nerve, Hawkins & Co Review
2007, Nubiart Sound Radio, Hawkins & Co Review
2007, Freedom Songs, ‘Toussaint at Bedourette’ reproduction
2007↗︎ Culture 24, Hawkins & Co Review by Sara Allen
2007, Colourful Radio, Afternoon Delight interview
2006, Untold London, Telltale Review
2005, Art Knowledge News, Police try to censor Brixton riots exhibition
2005 ↗︎ Art Daily Police try to censor Brixton riots exhibition
2005, ArtsHub, Art Thought & Memory
2005, Time Out, Brixton gallery raided by the Met
2005, BBC London Radio, Dotun Adebayo Show Interview
2005 ↗︎ BBC Nottingham, Caribbean Passion Review by Kamali Melbourne
2005, Black Heritage Today, Justice in a Brush stroke
2004, New Nation, Our History on Canvas
2004, London Evening Standard, Metro Pick of the Week
1985, City Limits, Creation for Liberation Review (as ‘Huw Gething’)
1985, Spare Rib, Creation for Liberation Review (as ‘Huw Gething’)