Yaya Azariah Clarke

Yaya (they/them) was previously a staff writer at It’s Nice That. With a particular interest in Black visual culture, they have previously written for publications such as WePresent, alongside work as a researcher and facilitator for Barbican and Dulwich Picture Gallery.

Yaya’s top picks

A selection of Yaya’s favourite articles from the past few months

Abdou Cissé’s Festival of Slaps plays on our tendency to associate Black mothers with corporal punishment

13 February 2024

In Xavier Scott Marshall’s black-and-white imagery his family and friends play religious figures throughout colonial history

6 February 2024

Barbara Kruger’s exhibition at The Serpentine brings the artist’s legacy right up to date

2 February 2024

The life cycle of tro tro buses: Caleb Kwarteng Prah fuses portraiture with Ghana’s popular transport

25 January 2024

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Brown Brit traces the life of an Indian mother through an assemblage of VHS tapes

13 June 2024

Gurls Talk gets a rebrand reflecting its decade-long commitment to mental health and wellbeing

12 June 2024

Kennedy Mirema’s creative direction shines a light on Kenya’s cultural richness

6 June 2024

Elena Heatherwick’s documentaries on the West Yorkshire rhubarb triangle will make your day

6 June 2024

Daisy Chain is the new motion studio creating “off-kilter work in the industry’s weird corners”

5 June 2024

A history of colour is a history of us: Inside the new Taschen book on four centuries of colour theory

4 June 2024

Samuel Almansa lends his airbrush style to ceramic-like portraits of animals

16 May 2024

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Marcellina Akpojotor amplifies family history in fabric-filled paintings of Nigerian domestic life

15 May 2024

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From juniper to pine snags, Molly Greene’s paintings showcase the interconnectedness of nature

14 May 2024

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Chantel Walkes creates collages that are like “snapshots of memory” depicting Black joy throughout time

8 May 2024

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The anatomy of imperfection: Inside Stefano Colferai’s playful stop motion animations of everyday life

7 May 2024

The Skittles brand refresh is a “nonsensical” nod to the sweet’s nostalgic and absurdist qualities

2 May 2024

Form Play’s title sequence for The Art Department festival shows us the beauty of creative mistakes

2 May 2024

The Museum of West African Art (MOWAA) gets a rebrand that amplifies the region’s heritage and contemporary art

1 May 2024

Carly Jean Andrews’ collage self-portraits are like an archive of 80s magazine covers

30 April 2024

Livity’s rebrand for CoppaFeel! balances playfulness and urgency

29 April 2024

The Boring Phone from Heineken x Bodega taps into Y2K trends and the ‘dumb phone’ market

24 April 2024

Do you see what he sees? Enle Li’s animations show how subjective our experience of nature really is