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Deborah Roberts is in conversation with Connie Choi as part of the Louis A. and Frances B. Wagner Lecture Series at McNay Art Museum, Texas.

'The World Reimagined' is a ground-breaking, national art education project to transform how the Transatlantic Slave Trade is understood and its lasting impact on all of us. A globe created by Yinka Shonibare CBE RA is on view alongside 95 others at Trafalgar Square on Saturday 19 and Sunday 20 November. Eighteen of the globes including Shonibare's will be auctioned by Bonhams in support of the charitable project.

Deborah Roberts joins fellow artist vanessa german on the occassion of german receiving a 2022 Heinz Awards for the Arts. The two will discuss their creative practice and german will share live spoken-word poetry in response to specific artworks.

ICA and Sotheby’s join forces to raise funds to benefit the pioneering contemporary art institution in its 75th year. Yinka Shonibare CBE RA has created an entirely new piece for the sale, titled 'Modern Magic (Bangwa Queen)', 2022.

Join us on Monday 10 October and Thursday 13 October, 6-8pm for special late openings to celebrate Frieze week and view solo presentations by Caroline Coon and Anne Rothenstein.

Inspired by feminism and the politics of sexual liberation, Caroline Coon’s unique paintings contest binary notions of gender and oppressive patriarchal values. Her works cover a variety of subjects including sex workers, beachgoers, intersex people, still lifes, football players and urban landscapes. All are united by Coon’s unwavering rebellion against the status quo. 

Nationalmuseum present a seminar on Yinka Shonibare CBE RA and his art, global trade, art collections and museum history. The seminar is arranged by Prinsessan Estelles stiftelse with lectures and panel discussions with representatives from the Ethnographic Museum, Stockholm School of Economics, Moderna Museet and Magasin III Museum for Contemporary Art.

We are delighted to present a panel discussion on Friday 22 July, 5-6pm (BST) chaired by Katy Hessel (art historian and founder of The Great Women Artists) featuring artists Kenturah Davis, Genevieve Gaignard, Deborah Roberts and Amy Sherald.

Actor Russell Tovey and gallerist Robert Diament meet with artist Jonathan Baldock to discuss his works across multiple platforms including sculpture, installation and performance for Season 13 of Talk Art.

Yana Peel, Global Head of Arts & Culture at CHANEL joins artist Kehinde Wiley, and the photographer and activist Misan Harriman, in conversation. 

Rothenstein’s enigmatic paintings are frequently characterised by a dreamlike quality. Mysterious figures often populate her flattened landscapes and interiors.

Join us for the second edition of London Gallery Weekend on Friday 13 May for an exhibition walkthrough and artist-led talk from Caroline Walker, whose solo exhibition 'Lisa' is currently on display in Galleries 1 & 2. 

Actor Russell Tovey and gallerist Robert Diament meet with Caroline Walker to discuss 'Lisa' for Season 13 of Talk Art.

Hulda Guzmán features in 'A Cool Million Campaign', a public arts initiative for climate awareness led by artists and institutions to expand environmental justice programming and support the conservation of one million acres of land. 

The Wolverhampton School of Art presents an artist talk with Caroline Walker to coincide with touring exhibition ‘British Art Show 9’ on Friday 8 April. Walker will be discussing her work, including studio methods and approaches to painting, followed by a Q&A. 

Thomas Hirschhorn and Jim Hodges are included in an informal group of international contemporary artists who have come together to support ’Artists at Risk’, a non-profit organisation who since 2013 have collaborated with arts non-profits and government funders to assist artists who are at risk politically and fleeing oppression and war.

University of the Arts London present their Research Season 2022 Keynote event, 'Hosting Ideas for Progress: Yinka Shonibare CBE RA in conversation with Mark Sealy OBE'.

Stephen Friedman Gallery is pleased to announce the launch of Yinka Shonibare CBE RA's Guest Artists Space (G.A.S.) Foundation cultural center in Nigeria. Set across sites in Lagos and Ijebu, G.A.S. is a non-profit dedicated to facilitating cultural exchange through tailored residencies, public programs, and exhibition opportunities primarily for creative practitioners from Africa and the diaspora.

Artist Caroline Walker discusses her exhibition ‘Birth Reflections’ with author and broadcaster Hettie Judah. This baby-friendly discussion explores the subjects of motherhood, pregnancy, birth, and the spaces we encounter during this journey. 

Holly Hendry joins Daniel S. Palmer (Curator at Public Art Fund, New York) to discuss her current solo exhibition, ’Holly Hendry: Fatty Acids’ at Stephen Friedman Gallery.