Yinka Shonibare — Biography, Exhibitions, Galleries & Auction Results

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Selected Works93

Museum Acquisitions

29 Institutions

MoMA

Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

Art Institute of Chicago

SFMOMA

Milwaukee Art Museum

Tate

Previous Sales 18

Sotheby's

Hybrid Mask (Punu) III, 2023

Unknown

Apr 2024

Sotheby's

Toy Painting 34, 2011

£7,000 ($12k USD)

Mar 2023

Christie's

Un Ballo in Maschera (I-X), 2004

$75,000

Nov 2017

Christie's

Victorian Philanthropist's Parlour, 1996

Christie's

Christie's

Odile & Odette II, 2005

£17,500 ($23k USD)

Oct 2011

Christie's

Odile & Odette I, 2005

Christie's

Christie's

Christie's

The Age of Enlightenment-Gabrielle Émilie Le Tonnelier de Breteuil, Marquise du Châtelet, 2008

Christie's

Sotheby's

The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters (Africa), 2008

$20,320

Dec 2023

Phillips

Pedagogy Boy/Boy, 2003

$86,360

May 2023

Sotheby's

Modern Magic (Bangwa Queen), 2022

Christie's

Christie's

Boy on Flying Machine, 2008

Bought In

Oct 2021

Public Art Fund Benefit Auction · Artsy

Wind Sculpture V Maquette, 2015

Bidding closed

Carbon fiber and steel, acrylic ink, acrylic paint and acrylic varnish

Art Keeps Nonprofits Going Benefit Auction · Artsy

Wind II, 2015

Bidding closed

Acrylic paint on Biresin over steel armature

For Sale 1

Goodman Gallery · Artsy

Fabric Bronze V, 2025

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Bronze sculpture, hand-painted with dutch wax pattern

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Market164 auction results

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$11.7K – $195K

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$106K

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$158K

3 priced paintings lots

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Oct 2024 · $158K

Latest priced sale: The Age of Enlightenment-Gabrielle Émilie Le... - 118 x 65 x 85 cm - $21/sq cm

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Paintings: $158K medianPhotographs: $2.6K medianSculpture/objects: $98.5K medianDecorative/non-core: $73.8K medianUnclassified lots: $44.1K medianEditioned prints: $2.7K medianPosters/ephemera: $926 medianEditioned photos: $9.2K median

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Galleries3

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Prizes & Awards1

Turner Prize

Shortlisted 2004

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Podcast Interviews2

podcasts A brush with... Yinka Shonibare A brush with... · Sep 13, 2023

An in-depth interview with the artist on his cultural experiences and greatest influences, from William Hogarth to the "total artwork" of opera

podcasts No. 383: Yinka Shonibare, Pontormo The Modern Art Notes Podcast · Mar 7, 2019

Episode No. 383 of The Modern Art Notes Podcast features artist Yinka Shonibare and art historian Bruce Edelstein. In the first exhibition of its new contemporary series, the Richard M. Driehaus Museum in Chicago is show…

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Biennial Selections3

Venice Biennale — Venice

2026 · In Minor Keys · curated by Koyo Kouoh

Venice Biennale — Venice

2024 · Foreigners Everywhere · curated by Adriano Pedrosa

Sharjah Biennial — Sharjah

2023 · Thinking Historically in the Present · curated by Hoor Al Qasimi

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Publications7

Monograph 1

Yinka Shonibare MBE

Prestel · 2014

Exhibition Catalog 3

EXPO 2020 Dubai: On the Book of Sceneries

Hatje Cantz · 2022

Yinka Shonibare, MBE Author

Prestel · 2014

Kunst & Textil: Stoff als Idee und Material in der Moderne von Klimt bis heute

Hatje Cantz · 2013

Group Catalog 1

Collecting Contemporaries: The Fuhrman Collection

Phaidon Press

Survey 2

Butterfly: Exploring the World of Lepidoptera

Phaidon Press · 2024

Imagining England’s Past

Thames & Hudson · 2023

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Current Exhibitions1

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Seeing Words, Reading Images: The Written Art Collection in dialogue with the Deutsche Bank Collection

Etel Adnan, Mounira Al Solh, Joseph Beuys, Osman Bozkurt, Hoy Wong Cheong, Natalie Czech, Claudia Comte, Marcel Dzama, Larissa Fassler, Meschac Gaba, Ellen Gallagher, Jenny Holzer, Annette Kelm, William Kentridge, Imi Knoebel, Ahmed Mater, Ahmad Moualla, Farhad Moshiri, Herta Müller, Shiryû Morita, Shirin Neshat, Zhijie Qiu, Karin Sander, Viviane Sassen, Yinka Shonibare, Slavs and Tatars, Agathe Snow, Evelyn Taocheng Wang, Lawrence Weiner, Yang Jiechang, Inoue Yū-ichi, Charles Hossein Zenderoudi

Unter den Linden 5, 10117 Berlin, Germany

Mar 20, 2026 — Jun 18, 2026

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Recent News20

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At Art Basel, Everyone Is Playing It Safe, Eying Market Recovery

At the 2026 edition of Art Basel in Switzerland, the art market showed signs of cautious recovery with measured sales on the opening day. Major galler…

marketJun 16, 2026

What Comes After Grow-or-Go? How Goodman Gallery Changed Course

Goodman Gallery, founded in 1966 in Johannesburg and now with spaces in Cape Town, London, and New York, is undergoing a major restructuring amid a pr…

marketJun 12, 2026

Frieze London, Frieze Masters Name Participants in 2026 Editions

Frieze London and Frieze Masters have announced the participating galleries for their 2026 editions, with 172 galleries at Frieze London and 140 at Fr…

exhibitionsJun 11, 2026

Frieze London 2026 puts discovery first with new curated sections + 171 Galleries

Frieze London will return to The Regent's Park from 14th–18th October 2026 with 171 galleries from 42 countries, emphasizing discovery through new cur…

exhibitionsJun 11, 2026

Art of the party! Artists, aristos and It-girls light up the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition

The Royal Academy of Arts in London hosted its annual Summer Exhibition opening night, this year coordinated by artist Ryan Gander. The event drew a g…

exhibitionsJun 11, 2026

Frieze Lines Up Nearly 300 Galleries for Its Two London Fairs in October

Frieze London and Frieze Masters will take place in Regent’s Park from October 14 to October 18, featuring nearly 300 galleries. Frieze London will ho…

exhibitionsJun 11, 2026

SLG Forever: a selling exhibition in support of the South London Gallery

Christie's in London is hosting 'SLG Forever,' a selling exhibition in support of the South London Gallery (SLG), marking the institution's 135th anni…

exhibitionsJun 9, 2026

Ahead of Basel, London Gallery Weekend Put a Defiant, Energized City Scene on Display

London Gallery Weekend (LGW) returned for its 2026 edition, bringing together over 120 galleries, including nine first-timers and several with new or …

exhibitionsJun 9, 2026

5 gallery founders on reinventing the art trade

Five leading gallerists, including Iwan Wirth of Hauser & Wirth and Jessica Silverman of Jessica Silverman, discuss a new initiative called Basel Excl…

marketJun 2, 2026

RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY

This article presents a curated series of profiles featuring prominent global figures across the disciplines of art, history, fashion, and human right…

peopleJun 2, 2026

U.K. Arts Center Lands Seismic $122.4M Gift

The Sainsbury Centre near Norwich, England, has received a landmark gift of £91.2 million ($122.4 million) from Lord David Sainsbury through his Gatsb…

newsMay 25, 2026

South London Gallery marks its 135th anniversary with SLG Forever exhibition at Christie’s

The South London Gallery (SLG) is celebrating its 135th anniversary with 'SLG Forever,' a special fundraising exhibition in partnership with Christie’…

exhibitionsMay 22, 2026

Christie's presents SLG Forever a special selling exhibition in partnership with the South London Gallery raising vital funds in its 135th anniversary - Christie's

Christie's is partnering with the South London Gallery (SLG) for a special selling exhibition titled 'SLG Forever,' running at Christie's London from …

exhibitionsMay 21, 2026

Global Art Biennials: Renovation, Revelation—or Repetition?

The article examines the current state of global art biennials, arguing that recent controversies—such as the 2022 documenta antisemitism crisis and g…

cultureMay 20, 2026

Yinka Shonibare Joins Mennour, a Fake Fake Monet, and More: Industry Moves for May 20, 2026

The article reports on several key moves in the art world as of May 20, 2026. Tina Kim Gallery will represent the estate of Singaporean British sculpt…

newsMay 20, 2026

Who’s The Next Obsession? 12 European Collectors Reveal How They Discover New Talent

Cultured magazine asked 12 European collectors how they discover new talent, timed to the 61st Venice Biennale. Collectors like Nicole Saikalis Bay, A…

cultureMay 8, 2026

‘In Minor Keys’: discover the themes that define the 61st Venice Biennale exhibition

The 61st Venice Biennale's main exhibition, 'In Minor Keys', curated by the late Koyo Kouoh, has opened after her sudden passing in 2025. Kouoh had fu…

exhibitionsMay 7, 2026

What is the international exhibition of the Venice Biennale like? Review of "In minor keys" by Koyo Kouoh

The 2026 Venice Biennale, titled "In minor keys" and curated by the late Koyo Kouoh, opens to the public on May 9 amid controversies including the abs…

reviewMay 5, 2026

In Minor Keys: how Venice's international exhibition was brought to life after the death of artistic director Koyo Kouoh

The 61st Venice Biennale's international exhibition, titled "In Minor Keys," was realized after the sudden death of its artistic director, Koyo Kouoh,…

exhibitionsMay 5, 2026

The Venice Biennale Is High Stakes. James Cohan Gallery Is All In

James Cohan Gallery, a mid-sized New York gallery, is representing four artists in the 61st Venice Biennale's central exhibition, "In Minor Keys," cur…

exhibitionsMay 4, 2026

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Past Exhibitions25

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British Museum

Queen Elizabeth II memorial . Free .

Martin Jennings, Pietro Annigoni, Karen Newman, Yinka Shonibare

Great Russell St, London WC1B 3DG, UK

Jan 1, 2026

Queen Elizabeth II memorial . Free . Exhibition 22 April – 21 June 2026 Free

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Selected Works93

Museum Acquisitions

Previous Sales 18

For Sale 1

Market164 auction results

Galleries3

Prizes & Awards1

Podcast Interviews2

Biennial Selections3

Publications7

Monograph 1

Exhibition Catalog 3

Group Catalog 1

Survey 2

Current Exhibitions1

Recent News20

Past Exhibitions25

Art Fair Appearances34

Recent Activity20

Related News5

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