Yinka Shonibare CBE: Suspended States And Decolonialised Structures – Serpentine – Sue Hubbard
Yinka Shonibare Suspended States Serpentine Galleries: When I was a small child – many millennia ago – much of the world map was pink.
21 April 2024
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Yinka Shonibare: Suspended States Explores Boundaries and Histories At The Serpentine
London’s Serpentine is poised to host a transformative encounter with British Nigerian artist Yinka Shonibare’s multifaceted practice in a highly-anticipated… Read More
28 February 2024
Contemporary Artworks Given To Queen Elizabeth For Platinum Jubilee Exhibited
Works by twenty contemporary artists gifted by the Royal Academy of Arts to Queen Elizabeth II to mark the Platinum Jubilee have gone on display today at The Queen’s Gallery
12 January 2023
Yinka Shonibare: Mr And Mrs Andrews Without Their Heads – Significant Works – Sue Hubbard
Mr and Mrs Andrews is arguably Gainsborough’s most famous painting. A young couple poses for their wedding portrait beneath an oak tree. Behind them spreads a bucolic view
24 June 2022
Punk It! Sotheby’s $30m NFT Sale – Yinka Shonibare Takes On Sketch Revamp – Museum Recovery Support Announced By ACE And Lottery Fund
Following the success of Sotheby’s inaugural NFT sales in 2021, which to date have achieved $100 million since launching less… Read More
9 February 2022
Brash Is Beautiful – Yinka Saves The Day At Royal Academy Summer Show
Held every year since the Summer Exhibition is the world’s oldest submission exhibition with works selected and hung by Academicians.
16 September 2021
Yinka Shonibare 2021 RA Coordinator – Tony Cragg At Houghton Hall – National Gallery Announces Shortlist For Bicentenary Revamp
Yinka Shonibare 2021 RA Coordinator – Tony Cragg At Houghton Hall – National Gallery Announces Shortlist For Bicentenary Revamp
8 April 2021
Yinka Shonibare Receives Art Icon Award – Patti Smith’s Poem To Greta Thunberg – Artist’s Resale Rights Post Brexit
Yinka Shonibare Receives Art Icon Award – Patti Smith’s Poem To Greta Thunberg – Artist’s Resale Rights Post Brexit
5 January 2021
Inspiration – Contemporary Art & Classics – Revd Jonathan Evens
Galleries and museums around the world are reopening. Among the first exhibitions being shown that caught my eye were Leaves of Grass by Max Gimblett at Page Galleries in Wellington, the pairing of Kudditji Kngwarreye and Idris Murphy at Mitchell Fine Art in Brisbane, and Inspiration – Contemporary Art & Classics at Ateneum Art Museum in Helsinki.
27 June 2020
Yinka Shonibare CBE: Justice for All
To mark the reopening of the gallery, a monumental work by acclaimed British-Nigerian artist Yinka Shonibare CBE is presented for the first time in the UK.
This presentation is viewable from the street
Six Black Artists Depict Race and Discrimination – MC Llamas
The BLM protests in recent weeks have shown us how relevant issues of race still are. It’s shocking to see that racial discrimination still exists in this day and age. It is our role as cultural influencers to give our attention and support to the fight against systemic racism.
13 June 2020
Yinka Shonibare British Library Installation Acquired By Tate
Tate has announced that it has acquired the installation ‘The British Library’ by Yinka Shonibare CBE.
8 April 2019
New Year’s List 2019 Honours Artists Wearing, Dean and Shonibare
The New Years Honours list 2019 has given a nod to several Visual Artists in this year’s presentation.
28 December 2018
Yinka Shonibare MBE At The Fitzrovia Chapel
A solo presentation of hand-painted sculptures by Yinka Shonibare MBE, presented by Stephen Friedman Gallery, in the exquisite and intimate setting of Grade II* listed Fitzrovia Chapel
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Talisman in the Age of Difference
Curated by pioneering British artist Yinka Shonibare MBE, ‘Talisman in the Age of Difference’ is a journey of encounters that explores ideas of magic and subversive beauty in work by artists of African origin and across the diaspora and artists who empathise with the spirit of African resistance and representation.
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Yinka Shonibare MBE Unveils NY Central Park Commission
New York’s Public Art Fund has unveiled ‘Wind Sculpture (SG)’, a new work by the Turner Prize-winning British-Nigerian artist Yinka Shonibare MBE.
12 March 2018
The Best Exhibitions Of 2016 – Chosen By Paul Black
Paul Black chooses his best exhibitions of 2016 and delves deeper than the blockbusters and often further afield from London.
20 December 2016
Yinka Shonibare Fabric Free Exhibition Seduces Audience Expectations
Yinka Shonibare MBE is currently presenting his sixth solo exhibition at Stephen Friedman Gallery. Entitled ‘And the wall fell away’. The show… Read More
2 October 2016
FOUND: Cornelia Parker Curates Royal Academicians At The Foundling Museum
Artlyst has attended the Foundling Museum, London, currently presenting the exhibition ‘FOUND’ curated by Foundling Fellow and Royal Academician Cornelia… Read More
23 June 2016
Yinka Shonibare Unveils New Large-Scale Work At The Royal Academy
A major new large-scale public artwork by Yinka Shonibare MBE RA has been unveiled at the Royal Academy. It wraps… Read More
16 May 2016
Yinka Shonibare: End Of Empire, Conflict, And Dominion At Turner Contemporary
Artlyst travelled to sunny Margate and Turner Contemporary’s Sunley Gallery to view two major works by leading contemporary artist Yinka… Read More
31 March 2016
Singapore Art week: Beyond The Art Fair Lies An International Contender
I left Singapore after a busy art week feeling optimistic in the development of the city-state as the Art hub… Read More
6 February 2016
Yinka Shonibare To Host Shape Arts’ Annual Open Exhibition
Shape Arts’ annual open exhibition will be hosted by its patron, Yinka Shonibare MBE, at his Guest Projects space in… Read More
17 December 2015
Leading Artists Transform Rolls-Royce Ghost Cars For Breast Cancer Charity
Twelve leading artists have created unique artworks, each featuring a 1:18 scale replica of the iconic Rolls-Royce Ghost, for a one-of-a-kind collection. These spectacular… Read More
21 May 2015
Yinka Shonibare Launches First Major Solo Exhibition In Canada
The first major solo exhibition in Canada by British artist Yinka Shonibare MBE,Pièces de résistance, will be held at DHC/ART Foundation for Contemporary… Read More
23 April 2015
Yinka Shonibare Presents His First Solo Show In Hong Kong
Pearl Lam Galleries in Hong Kong is presenting the first Chinese solo show by the British-Nigerian artist Yinka Shonibare MBE…. Read More
30 September 2013
Yinka Shonibare: POP – New London Exhibition At Stephen Friedman Gallery
Stephen Friedman Gallery has announced a new solo exhibition of new works by Yinka Shonibare, MBE.This exhibition of all recent… Read More
31 January 2013
Yinka Shonibare Features In Exhibition At Yorkshire Sculpture Park
Yinka Shonibare,the artist that brought you the Fourth Plinth ‘Ship in a Bottle’ will open a solo exhibition at Yorkshire… Read More
3 January 2013
YOUNG MASTERS ART PRIZE 2012 PART 2 ANNOUNCED
The Exhibition & Prize Announcement at Gallery 27 for the Young Masters Prize will take place Tuesday 20th November, 6… Read More
9 November 2012
Yinka Shonibare Leads Yorkshire Sculpture Park’s 2013 Exhibition Programme
Yorkshire Sculpture Park 2013 exhibition highlights include the first major UK survey of new and critically-acclaimed work by British-Nigerian artist… Read More
8 October 2012
Yinka Shonibare New Ballerina Sculpture Debuts At Opera House
Last week the Royal Opera House received new adornment in the form of a ballerina in a snow globe. The… Read More
26 June 2012
Tracey Emin & Anthony Caro Help Homeless Charity Raise £340,000
Unique works of art by some of the world’s most celebrated artists have been sold for £340,000 at Christie’s in… Read More
8 May 2012