DKUK

A conversation about accessibility, design history and what it means to bring intriguing ideas to everyone, recorded live during a real haircut at DKUK, Peckham's mirrorless salon where art replaces mirrors. In this episode, Daniel Kelly sits down with Catherine Ince, curator, design historian, and research fellow working with the Eames estate in Los Angeles. Catherine is also a PhD researche...

A conversation about finding your place in the art world, recorded live during a real haircut at DKUK, Peckham's mirrorless salon where art replaces mirrors. Lucy Cowling is a curator based in South London. She has been the driving force behind the exhibition programme at DKUK, and the shows you see on these walls throughout this video are her work. She didn't know curating was a job unt...

In this episode of the DKUK Podcast, Daniel sits down with Richard Phoenix, artist, writer and long-time collaborator with Heart and Soul, the Deptford-based organisation supporting learning disabled and autistic artists for over 40 years. Recorded inside the Heart and Soul exhibition at DKUK in Peckham, this conversation moves from DIY punk tours and publishing with Rough Trade Books to large-sca...

This episode is taken from the DKUK archive and was originally recorded in January 2024 during Humphrey Ocean’s exhibition at the salon. I first met Humphrey in 2009. The exhibition that followed was many years in the making, so it feels quietly right that this conversation is finally being shared more widely. Humphrey Ocean is a British artist whose practice is rooted in drawing and painting. Ove...

Listen to Daniel and Olivia discussing her exhibition at DKUK from December 2023.