Lynette Yiadom-Boakye — Biography, Exhibitions, Galleries & Auction Results

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Selected Works169

Museum Acquisitions

MoMA

Previous Sales 85

Christie's

The World In Agreement With, 2011

Bought In

Mar 2026

Sotheby's

Study for 'Ferry’, 2006

Sotheby's

Christie's

Christie's

The Trappings, 2012

Christie's

Christie's

The Quickness, 2013

Christie's

Sotheby's

Militant Pressures, 2016

£1,021,711 ($1.0M USD)

Oct 2024

Christie's

11pm Saturday, 2011

Christie's

Christie's

Black Allegiance to the Cunning, 2018

$2,954,000

May 2024

Sotheby's

Secular Readings, 2010

$889,000

May 2024

Christie's

Pressure on Cannibals, 2006

£163,800 ($216k USD)

Mar 2024

Christie's

Of All The Seasons, 2017

£856,800 ($1.1M USD)

Mar 2024

Sotheby's

A Focus For The Cavalry, 2016

$952,500

Nov 2023

Sotheby's

Six Birds in the Bush, 2015

£3,694,295 ($3.7M USD)

Oct 2023

Christie's

Diplomacy I, 2009

£1,371,000 ($1.8M USD)

Christie's

Christie's

Wishes Above Needs, 2011

£453,600 ($599k USD)

Mar 2023

Christie's

Les Partisans (The Partisans), 2009

£1,002,000 ($1.3M USD)

Feb 2023

Christie's

Highpower, 2008

£1,482,000 ($2.0M USD)

Christie's

Christie's

Sotheby's

For Sale 2

Jack Shainman Gallery · Artsy

From High Tea’s End to Revolution, 2026

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Oil on linen

Jack Shainman Gallery · Artsy

The Honour Between Thieves, 2025

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Oil on linen

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Market133 auction results

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$12.9K – $3.7M

73 of 79 paintings lots with prices

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$648K

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$567K

73 priced paintings lots

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Jan 2026 · $39.6K

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Paintings: $567K medianWorks on paper: $17.5K medianSculpture/objects: — medianEditioned prints: $5.0K medianUnclassified lots: — median

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Galleries1

#50 Jack Shainman Gallery

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Prizes & Awards2

South Bank Sky Arts Awards

Winner 2023

Future Generation Art Prize

Winner 2012

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Education1

Central Saint Martins (UAL)

London, UK

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Publications5

Exhibition Catalog 4

Fliegen im Verbund mit der Nacht Author

Hatje Cantz · 2021

Lynette Yiadom-Boakye Author

Hatje Cantz · 2021

Duro Olowu Author

Prestel · 2020

Frank Bowling Author

Prestel · 2017

Group Catalog 1

ArtBarn: The Stern Collection

Phaidon Press

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Current Exhibitions4

#50 Jack Shainman Gallery

Lynette Yiadom-Boakye: Many A Moonlit Caveat

Lynette Yiadom-Boakye

46 Lafayette St, New York, NY 10013, United States

Apr 24, 2026 — Jul 23, 2026

Details Website

#244 Halsey McKay Gallery

Lynette Yiadom-Boakye: Many A Moonlit Caveat

Lynette Yiadom-Boakye

79 Newtown Ln, East Hampton, NY 11937, United States

Apr 24, 2026 — Jul 23, 2026

Details Website

#2,352 Graham Shay 1857

Lynette Yiadom-Boakye: Many A Moonlit Caveat

Lynette Yiadom-Boakye

17 E 67th St # 1A, New York, NY 10065, USA

Apr 24, 2026 — Jul 23, 2026

Details Website

#133 GRIMM

Lynette Yiadom-Boakye: Many A Moonlit Caveat

Lynette Yiadom-Boakye

54 White St, New York, NY 10013, United States

Apr 24, 2026 — Jul 23, 2026

Details Website

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#7,069 De La Warr Pavilion

To Improvise A Mountain: Lynette Yiadom-Boakye Curates

Lynette Yiadom-Boakye

DLWP Lawns

Jun 27, 2026 — Sep 13, 2026

Details Website

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Recent News20

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ArtReview Summer 2026 Issue Out Now

ArtReview's Summer 2026 issue explores the theme of place and geography in contemporary art, moving beyond national identity as a political construct.…

cultureJun 12, 2026

Mickalene Thomas, Known for Her Glittering Depictions of Black Women, Joins Jack Shainman Gallery

Mickalene Thomas, the artist celebrated for her glittering, rhinestone-adorned portraits of Black women, has joined New York’s Jack Shainman Gallery. …

peopleJun 12, 2026

Barbican Explores a Century of Pan-African Art and Culture in Major Summer Exhibition

The Barbican in London opens 'Project a Black Planet: The Art and Culture of Panafrica' on June 11, 2026, a major summer exhibition surveying over a c…

exhibitionsJun 10, 2026

Project a Black Planet review: spits out dreary academic theory where it should sing

The Guardian reviews the Barbican's exhibition "Project a Black Planet," which explores Panafricanism and Négritude in art and culture. The show featu…

reviewJun 9, 2026

The Dealers: Rajiv Menon Connects Cultures

This article from Contemporary Art Review LA profiles dealer Rajiv Menon, focusing on his role in connecting cultures through art. The piece, part of …

peopleJun 9, 2026

Required Reading

This week's Required Reading roundup from Hyperallergic covers a diverse range of cultural topics. It highlights artist Christopher Myers's new mosaic…

cultureJun 4, 2026

The Arts Council Collection: 80 years of the ‘museum without walls’

The article chronicles the 80-year history of the Arts Council Collection, a 'museum without walls' established in post-war Britain. It traces the ori…

exhibitionsJun 4, 2026

Blue Moon Meanderings: Tribeca And Chelsea Summer Exhibitions 2026 – Ilka Scobie

This article surveys several summer 2026 exhibitions in New York's Tribeca and Chelsea neighborhoods. Featured shows include Lynette Yiadom-Boakye's d…

exhibitionsJun 3, 2026

Interview with Reynaldo Rivera

newsJun 2, 2026

Lynette Yiadom-Boakye: Many A Moonlit Caveat

Lynette Yiadom-Boakye's latest exhibition, "Many A Moonlit Caveat," opens at Jack Shainman Gallery across both its New York locations from April 24 to…

reviewJun 2, 2026

Open letter denounces Centre Pompidou and Hanwha group partnership

A collective of artists and thinkers published an open letter on May 27, accompanied by an op-ed in the French newspaper Libération, calling for the t…

policyJun 2, 2026

Letting Her Art (and Birds) Do the Talking

Lynette Yiadom-Boakye, a British-Ghanaian painter known for her enigmatic portraits of imaginary Black figures, has a new body of work that includes c…

exhibitionsMay 23, 2026

Watching You, Watching Me: On Panteha Abareshi and the Spectacle of Illness

newsMay 19, 2026

Christie's and the Arts Council Collection to present Close Encounters celebrating 80 years of the Arts Council Collection - Christie's

Christie's London will host 'Close Encounters: Figuration, Painting and Landscape in the Arts Council Collection' from 3 to 23 June 2026, in partnersh…

exhibitionsMay 18, 2026

The Same Dead Thing Alive: Contemporary Archives in L.A. and Beyond

newsMay 12, 2026

‘This is the place of dreams’: Patrizia Sandretto Re Rebaudengo’s Venetian island venue opens to public

Patrizia Sandretto Re Rebaudengo opened San Giacomo, a Venetian lagoon island she and her husband bought in 2018, to the public on May 7 during the Ve…

exhibitionsMay 11, 2026

Mom, I'm Gonna Be an Artist!

Hyperallergic's Saturday newsletter, edited by Valentina Di Liscia, rounds up a week of art-world activity marked by protests and resistance. Staff Wr…

newsMay 9, 2026

Look Inside the Art-Filled Home of New York City's Cultural Crusaders

This profile explores the Upper West Side residence of Crystal McCrary McGuire and Raymond J. McGuire, a power couple deeply embedded in New York City…

cultureMay 9, 2026

Our Guide to New York Art Week 2026

New York Art Week 2026 brings a major convergence of art events across the city, including several prominent art fairs such as Frieze New York, Indepe…

exhibitionsMay 8, 2026

Un’isoletta tutta dedicata all’arte nel mezzo della Laguna di Venezia. Va avanti il progetto della Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo sull’Isola di San Giacomo

The Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo has opened a new art space on the island of San Giacomo in the northern Venetian lagoon, acquired in 2018 by Pa…

exhibitionsMay 8, 2026

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