On Rediscovering Black Portraiture | A Drink with Peter Brathwaite

Author of Rediscovering Black Portraiture Peter Brathwaite talked to Idler editor Tom Hodgkinson about the tradition of Black portraiture in Western art.

In this clip, Peter talks about the urgency of his work and why it is deeply personal.

Peter Brathwaite is a British opera singer who works across different art forms to excavate and platform suppressed stories and voices. In addition to performing on major international opera stages, he devises his own theater productions. He has been shortlisted for a Royal Philharmonic Society Award, and his collaborative work has won a Laurence Olivier Award. Brathwaite’s photographic series has been exhibited by King’s College London / Wellcome Trust and the Bristol Museum and Art Gallery. As a broadcaster for BBC Radio 3, he has authored and presented programs on Black portraiture and the cultural legacy of enslavement in Barbados. He has written for The Guardian and The Independent, and is a prominent speaker on performance, identity, and restorative justice in the arts.

This conversation was recorded as part of the Idler's weekly online event, A Drink with the Idler. The full recording is available to magazine and Academy subscribers. Visit the website to join: https://www.idler.co.uk/