Jareh Das

Lagos, London

Journalist at Freelance

Contributor at Ocula Ltd

Articles

Tim Stoner Paints at His Own Pace

1 month ago | ocula.com | Annabel Downes |Jareh Das

For Tim Stoner, painting is both a measure of time and an opportunity for rediscovery. Ocula met with the artist ahead of his solo show at Pace Gallery in London. Tim Stoner, Cave (2020–2024). Oil and gouache on linen. 205.5 × 274 cm. © Tim Stoner. Exhibition view: Negative Space, Pace Gallery, London (5 March–12 April 2025). Courtesy the artist and Pace Gallery. Photo: Damian Griffiths. When Tim Stoner feels lost in the studio, he turns to music.
Agnes Waruguru’s Delicate Paintings Channel the Feminine and Familial

Oct 21, 2024 | artsy.net | Jareh Das

Agnes Waruguru’s installation Homewares (2020) consists of a room with light pink walls and custom-designed wallpaper featuring repeated geometric patterns. On the wall is an abstract painting called Valencia (2019) and various miscellaneous objects like cans of Zesta orange marmalade, a kiondo (a traditional Kenyan handwoven basket), and a small, framed photograph of her mother.
‘Smoke’ Rises at Frieze London

Sep 30, 2024 | frieze.com | Jareh Das

The past two decades have witnessed a sustained surge of excitement and curiosity in the art world about clay. In the UK, exhibitions dedicated to ceramics have included ‘A Secret History of Clay’at Tate Liverpool (2004) and ‘Strange Clay: Ceramics in Contemporary Art’ at the Hayward Gallery, London (2022–23).
The pleasure garden reimagined

May 3, 2024 | ft.com | Jareh Das

Veronica Adepoju has nurtured a love of gardens for more than four decades.
Henry Taylor: From Cornbread to Sugar to Shit | Insight

Nov 7, 2023 | ocula.com | Jareh Das

Cora Taylor appeared in her son's 2008 painting, Cora, (cornbread), in the form of a freshly baked pan of cornbread sitting next to a can of Morton salt on a white stovetop. Henry Taylor recalls Cora would often say the refrain, 'from sugar to shit'. 'I know what she meant,' he said. 'A lot of things go to shit.' Exhibition view: Henry Taylor, From Sugar to Shit, Hauser & Wirth, Paris (14 October 2023–7 January 2024). © Henry Taylor. Courtesy the artist and Hauser & Wirth. Photo: Nicolas Brasseur.
Mama Nike leads an energetic community of young artists

Nov 3, 2023 | worldofinteriors.com | Jareh Das

Adire, the name for the deep-blue dyed cloth produced by the Yoruba women of southwestern Nigeria, translates roughly as ‘tie and dye’. Originating in the early 19th century, the term describes one of the key methods of producing the textile’s distinct and richly varied patterns. In adire oniko, raffia – either tied around small stones and corn kernels or bound into folds of cloth – creates a barrier to the dye, while in adire alabare, stitching is used to create intricate patterns.
How ART X Lagos Galvanizes Nigeria’s Art Scene

Oct 30, 2023 | artsy.net | Jareh Das

Art MarketJareh DasVictor Ehikhamenor, installation view of “Ulin-nóifo, The Lineage That Never Ends” at ART X Lagos, 2022. Courtesy of ART X Lagos. Lagos’s cultural calendar launches with Lagos Fashion Week at the end of October and culminates with Art Week at the beginning of November, bringing a global gathering of artists, as well as designers, collectors, and the creatively curious.
Howardena Pindell Biography, Artworks & Exhibitions

Jul 28, 2023 | ocula.com | Annabel Downes |Jareh Das |Charles Roussel

LifePindell was born in Philadelphia, USA, in 1943. She received her BFA from Boston University in 1965 and her MFA from Yale University in 1967, after which she moved to New York. Pindell was the first female African American curator at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA). In 1972, she became a founding member of A.I.R. Gallery in New York, the first not-for-profit, artist-directed gallery for women artists in the US.
Villa Volman, a Modernist Czech masterpiece, has been restored to former glory

Jul 3, 2023 | worldofinteriors.com | Michael Webb |Jareh Das
Chris Ofili's Opulent Paintings of Sin and Seduction

Jun 22, 2023 | ocula.com | Jareh Das