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Lynette Yiadom-Boakye: Fly in League with The Night 18 November 2020 to 9 May 2021 Known for her enigmatic portraits of people who don’t exist, Lynette Yiadom-Boakye is widely considered one of the most important figurative painters working today, making this extensive and delayed survey of her two-decade-long career a must-see. Winner of the Carnegie Prize in 2018, as well as other prestigious accolades, the British-Ghanaian artist does not attach her predominantly black fictional figures to a particular historical moment. Instead you, the viewer, are left to project your own interpretation. While her paintings are rooted in traditional considerations, such as line, scale and colour (a go-to palette of dark, dramatic tones), the way in which she handles the paint is decidedly contemporary. Working spontaneously and rapidly, she uses thick and rough brushstrokes, but notice how each and every one is perfectly considered. Tate Britain, London. www.tate.org.uk
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RIGHT Lynette YiadomBoakye, Citrine by the Ounce, 2014
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