The Art of Disruption

Ghazi Baker is a brilliant artist and architect from Lebanon. Here he tells Turbare how he's coped with last years Beirut port explosion, lockdown life, and how he developed his deconstructionist style; that's full of exotic lines and bright colours that's deliberately anti-thematic.

Alexis Peskine talks to Turbare about his latest projects including his exhibition at October Gallery in London, the murder of George Floyd, and how art can be a vehicle to challenge systemic racist structures on both sides of the Atlantic.

Serge Clottey is an inspirational artist from Ghana, who's built his very own yellow brick road, challenged gender stereotypes in Accra and achieved widespread international success, all by the age of 36. Here he talks about how he's fighting for his families land rights and how his creativity has been impacted by Covid.

Michael Soi is one of the most unflinching and prolific artists alive. A living embodiment of art meeting power, here he tells Turbare how his art speaks about the topics and realities in Kenya that others would rather he left unsaid. 

Join us for this weeks episode with Ablade Glover, one of Ghana's greatest ever painters. We're talking about his art career that's spanned several decades right through from Ghana's independence in 1957 to the social media age.

Artificial intelligence is causing a revolution in the African art market. On this episode we hear from Turbare and SuperFluidLabs, who've built a machine learning model that can accurately predict the price of art. Offering transparency to investors looking to build an art collection, and benefiting artists in Africa.

Turbare speaks to Touria El Glaoui, the founder of the 1-54 Contemporary African Art fair, to hear how she's bringing art from Africa to an international audience.