The exhibition Project a Black Planet: The Art and Culture of Panafrica began its life at the Art Institute of Chicago before travelling to Museu d’art contemporani de Barcelona (Macba) in Barcelona and now to the Barbican in London, in each case changing in relation to the particular circumstances of its location. One of the show’s curators is Elvira Dyangani Ose, the director of the Barcelona museum, and Ben Luke speaks to her about the show.
Installation view of Project a Black Planet: The Art and Culture of Panafrica at the Barbican, 2026
© Thomas Adank, Barbican Art Gallery
Among the books shortlisted for the Women’s Prize for Non-Fiction in the UK, which was awarded this week, is Daisy Fancourt’s Art Cure: The Science of How the Arts Transform Our Health. Ben discusses her research and how it can be implemented.
Daisy Fancourt, Art Cure: The Science of How the Arts Transform Our Health (2026)
Courtesy Cornerstone Press
And this episode’s Work of the Week is Sculpture with Colour (Oval Form) Pale Blue and Red (1943), by Barbara Hepworth. It features in Hepworth in Colour, a new exhibition at the Courtauld Gallery in London, and The Art Newspaper’s digital editor, Alexander Morrison, speaks to the show’s curator, Alexandra Gerstein, about the work.
Barbara Hepworth, Sculpture with Colour (Oval Form) Pale Blue and Red (1943)
© Bowness, Image © The Hepworth Wakefield. Photo: Mark Heathcote
- Project a Black Planet: The Art and Culture of Panafrica, Barbican Art Gallery, until 6 September. To find out more about the wider events across the Barbican visit the centre’s website.
- Daisy Fancourt: Art Cure: The Science of How the Arts Transform Our Health, US: Celadon Books, $28.99; UK: Cornerstone Press, £22.
- Hepworth in Colour, Courtauld Gallery, London, 12 June-6 September