Yinka Shonibare
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While Hibiscus Rising celebrates a diverse city, it is also in recognition of a dark moment in Leeds’ past
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4 out of 5 stars.The cross-cultural circuits between west Africa and south London ignite startling works – and snacks! – by artists including Yinka Shonibare and Chiizii
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As the galleries reopened, Jean Dubuffet was recast as an incendiary prophet, Poussin revealed his raunchy side – and a giant Swedish ‘plyscraper’ showed the miracle of wood. Our critics rank the highlights of 2021
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Social activism not art is the benchmark of a collective-juggling Turner prize
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5 out of 5 stars.Royal Academy, London
What – where is all the mediocre art? Yinka Shonibare has turned this annual event into a thrilling, thoughtful showcase boasting giant fruit and Colston in chains -
She was a crucial part of a cultural movement in the 1980s. Now a first solo exhibition in 15 years will allow her work to shine
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Picasso was so enthralled by African art, he used it to start a revolution. But did it give rise to a fantasy of Africa that still endures? British-Nigerian artist Shonibare tells us why he’s revisiting that seismic moment
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A taster of Jean Dubuffet’s cartoon-like pictures are online, National Galleries of Scotland gives Ray Harryhausen a ‘virtual experience’ and the British Museum delivers a brief history of the world through objects
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The artist on fostering hope, why he doesn’t want a retrospective, and making work inspired by Picasso’s African art collection
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Yinka Shonibare hopes his forthcoming work will act as a ‘fitting legacy’ to David Oluwale
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The artist talks about his project spaces in London and Nigeria, and Africa’s untapped artistic potential
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The British Library artwork features thousands of books celebrating cultural icons
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Cornelia Parker, Elisabeth Frink, Damien Hirst and Grayson Perry are among the artists Anne-Katrin Purkiss captures in striking portraitsGallery
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Whitstable Biennale teams up with Deborah Levy and Shonibare curates African diaspora art
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Tracey Emin drew her dying mother, Grayson Perry honoured Warhol, and Yinka Shonibare sneaked a bit of Africa into some English brollies … artists reveal all about their dazzling new stamps
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The British Nigerian artist has unveiled Wind Sculpture (SG) 1, a 23ft fiberglass piece he hopes will promote a message of inclusion in the US
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2 out of 5 stars.A confused survey of life drawing offers little in the way of fresh observation, or hope for the future of a dying art
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Three princesses bring enlightenment, Canaletto finds beauty in sweat, and the pumping house that defied Thatcher gets listed – all in your weekly dispatch
Yinka Shonibare CBE: Suspended States review – gorgeously recognisable, but is that enough?
3 out of 5 stars.