Tate Britain exhibition review: Lynette Yiadom-Boakye – Fly in league with the night
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- Published on Thursday, 03 December 2020 10:05
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Tate Britain presents the first major survey of the work of British contemporary artist Lynette Yiadom-Boakye (b.1977). Widely considered to be one of the most important figurative painters working today, Yiadom-Boakye is celebrated for her enigmatic oil paintings of human subjects who are entirely imagined by the artist. This exhibition brings together over 70 paintings spanning almost two decades, including works from her graduate exhibition and new paintings shown for the first time.





Monica Costa and Giovanna O’Halloran-Bindi at the LYNETTE YIADOM-BOAKYE exhibition

Lynette Yiadom-Boakye was born in 1977 in London, where she lives and works today. She is of Ghanaian descent and in 2019 participated in the critically acclaimed Ghana Freedom pavilion at the International Venice Biennale. In 2018 she was awarded the prestigious Carnegie International Prize and was shortlisted for the Turner Prize in 2013. Her work is represented in museum collections around the world and she has exhibited internationally including solo exhibitions at the New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York (2017); the Kunsthalle Basel, Switzerland (2016); Haus der Kunst, Munich (2015); and the Serpentine Gallery, London (2015).
Lynette Yiadom-Boakye: Fly In League With The Night is curated by Andrea Schlieker, Director of Exhibitions and Displays, Tate Britain and Isabella Maidment, Curator of Contemporary British Art with Aïcha Mehrez, Assistant Curator, Contemporary British Art. The exhibition is organised by Tate Britain in collaboration with Moderna Museet, Stockholm, KunstsammlungNordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf, and Mudam Luxembourg – Musée d’ArtModerne Grand-Duc Jean.
It’s open daily between 10.00 and 18.00.
All four Tate galleries will be open to the public from today for more information please call +44(0)20 7887 8888 or visit www.tate.org.uk/visit.

I love the Tate Britain’s Mondrian type of decor

Tate Britain is very festive this week!
TATE BRITAIN
Millbank, London SW1P 4RG
Please arrive via the Manton entrance on Atterbury Street
EXHIBITION OPEN
2 December 2020 – 9 May 2021
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Monica Costa founded London Mums in September 2006 after her son Diego’s birth together with a group of mothers who felt the need of meeting up regularly to share the challenges and joys of motherhood in metropolitan and multicultural London. London Mums is the FREE and independent peer support group for mums and mumpreneurs based in London https://londonmumsmagazine.com and you can connect on Twitter @londonmums
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