Yinka Shonibare CBE news

'Radical Revisionists' is a group exhibition at Moody Center for the Arts, Texas that addresses the erasure of marginalized histories and investigates the ways in which artists reinterpret familiar themes through contemporary,...

The Asian Art Institutum, together with The Arts House and Stephen Friedman Gallery, London, are pleased to present Justice for All, an immersive, site-specific installation by acclaimed British-Nigerian artist Yinka Shonibare CBE,...

Yinka Shonibare CBE's monumental work 'Wind Sculpture (SG) IV' is on display near Spelman Halls at Princeton University through May 2020. Made from industrial materials usually used in the construction of buildings,...

'Counter Acts' is a group exhibition at University of the Arts, London that explores the remarkable relationship between University and the prestigious Turner Prize. Artists featured in the exhibition include previous winners...

British-Nigerian artist Yinka Shonibare CBE has announced his ambitious new Artist Residency project, Guest Artists Space (G.A.S.) Foundation in Lagos, Nigeria. The Foundation is a non-profit organisation dedicated to facilitating international artistic...

'Utopian Imagination' is a group exhibition at Ford Foundation for Center for Social Justice, New York curated by Jaishiri Abichandani. The exhibition explores the challenge of creating Utopian visions in the present...

When Home Won't Let You Stay: Migration through Contemporary Art is a group exhibition at Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, USA. The exhibition borrows its title from a poem by Warsan Shire,...

‘Criminal Ornamentation' opens at its first destination, Attenborough Arts Centre, this September. Provocatively referring to early twentieth-century architect Adolf Loos' influential anti-decoration essay ‘Ornament and Crime', Shonibare takes the Arts Council Collection...

The Wellcome Collection will launch a new permanent exhibit, Being Human, this September. The new presentation will explore ideas of trust, identity and health in a changing world. Divided into four sections...

The touring group exhibition 'Magdalene Odundo: The Journey of Things' brings together over 50 of the Kenyan-born British potter's vessels alongside a selection of historic and contemporary objects. Curated by Odundo herself,...

The British Museum has acquired ‘Cowboy Angels' by British-Nigerian artist Yinka Shonibare CBE. The works are 'a reflection on the Zeitgeist at a time of xenophobia, racism and the election of Donald...

The touring group exhibition 'Fly Me To The Moon: The Lunar Landing: 50 Years Later' is on display from 20 July at its final exhibition, at Museum der Moderne Salzburg. In celebration...

The touring exhibition Criminal Ornamentation: Yinka Shonibare CBE Curates the Arts Council Collection opens at its final destination, Southampton City Art Gallery. Selecting works from the Arts Council Collection as a starting...

Get Up, Stand Up Now: Generations of Black Creative Pioneers is a major new exhibition curated by Zak Ové that celebrates Black creativity from the post-war era to the present day. Bringing...

Bringing together 200 artworks from international museums and collections, Mirrors – The Reflected Self explores how the idea of the mirror has been used throughout art history, from classical Greece to the...

In this event for Tate Modern, Yinka Shonibare CBE and curator Ekow Eshun will discuss identity politics, a topic the artist has explored throughout his thirty year career. Biographies Ekow Eshun Ekow...

Sarabande Foundation was established because Lee Alexander McQueen CBE passionately believed that creative minds with the potential to push boundaries should be given the same opportunities he'd enjoyed. Named after McQueen's 2007...

'A Cool Breeze' brings together seventeen artists to explore the evolution of artistic conventions relating to representation of the body. The artists included in the exhibition portray the human body in ways...

Highlighting the impact of immigration on British culture, 'The British Library' (2014) is a site-specific installation with a digital platform for visitors to join in the discussion. Open to the public for...

The touring group exhibition 'Fly Me To The Moon: The Lunar Landing: 50 Years Later' is on display from 5 April at Kunsthaus, Zürich. In celebration of the 50th Anniversary of the...