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Yinka Shonibare CBE

The Guardian
"Yinka Shonibare: ‘You don’t want the next generation to be full of hate'" by Tim Lewis March 28, 2021
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Financial Times
"Yinka Shonibare: Whitechapel Art Icon weaves the fabric of change" by Caroline Roux February 19, 2021
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Belfast Telegraph
"Yinka Shonibare unveils artwork evoking ‘collaboration’ for diplomatic buildings" by Sherna Noah October 6, 2020
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Artnet News
"‘Things Are Not Always What They Seem’: Watch Artist Yinka Shonibare Transform Dutch Textiles Into Magnificent Sculptures" by Caroline Goldstein September 17, 2020
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Washington Post
"Six outdoor sculptures you might walk by without realizing they’re by famous artists" by Kelsey Ables August 6, 2020
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Colossal
"Globes and Astronaut Helmets Form Heads of Figurative Sculptures by Artist Yinka Shonibare CBE" by Grace Ebert June 4, 2020
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Apollo Magazine
"The Wit and Wisdom of Yinka Shonibare" by Samuel Reilly May 2, 2020
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Hyperallergic
"Imagining Utopia, Just Over the Horizon," by Seph Rodney December 4, 2019
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Artforum
"Tate Acquires Yinka Shonibare's 'The British Library'"
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CULTURED
"Yinka Shonibare Explores Immigration & Personal Narrative," by Jewels Dodson
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Christie's Magazine
"Prints Charming," by Michael Watts
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Wallpaper*
"Yinka Shonibare’s stirring new textile works put Hereford on the map," by Elly Parsons
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The Charlotte Observer
"REVIEW: Shonibare’s ‘American Library’ at Davidson is uplifting art for perilous times," by Barbara Schreiber
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The Charlotte Observer
"Can this abstract sculpture spur Davidson students to wrestle with tough questions?" by Lisa Rab
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BOMB
"Metaphors of Migration: Yinka Shonibare Interviewed," by Osman Can Yerebakan
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Culture Type
"Yinka Shonibare Wrapped More than 200 Books in ‘African’ Textiles, His ‘American Library’ is Designed to Start a Conversation About Immigration," by Victoria A. Valentine
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Artnet News
"See Highlights From the Wildly Ambitious, Just-Opened FRONT International Triennial in Cleveland," by Tim Schneider
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The New York Times
"It's Time for African Resistance, This Artist Says," by Bonnie Greer
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The Guardian
"Buy a masterpiece for 67p! New stamps by Tracey Emin, Yinka Shonibare, Grayson Perry and more," by Andrew Dickson
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Hyperallergic
"'I’m the Opposite of Donald Trump': Yinka Shonibare MBE on His New Public Sculpture in NYC," by Jessica Holmes
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Observer
"The Best Public Art Opening in New York City This Spring," by Juliet Helmke
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The Guardian
"Yinka Shonibare: behind the artist's new Central Park sculpture," by Nadja Sayej
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WWD
"Yinka Shonibare Unveils Wind Sculpture in Central Park," by Kristin Tauer
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Time Out New York
"See Yinka Shonibare’s colorful new Wind Sculpture in Central Park" by Paul Laster
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Vogue
"Yinka Shonibare’s 'Alternative Monuments' Arrive in Central Park," by Julia Felsenthal
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The Art Newspaper
"Yinka Shonibare: a change in the wind" by Victoria Stapley-Brown and Yinka Shonibare MBE
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Artforum
"1000 Words: Yinka Shonibare MBE," by Jeffrey Kastner and Yinka Shonibare MBE
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Artnet News
"‘It Is the Story of America’: Yinka Shonibare on Planting a Dazzling Pro-Immigrant Statement Blocks From Trump Tower," by Javier Pes
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Financial Times
"Yinka Shonibare: ‘I don’t believe in putting up borders’" by Harriet Fitch Little
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T Magazine
"Of Darkness and Light"
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The Wall Street Journal Magazine
"The Artist in His Space" by Carol Kino
Hyperallergic
"On Combing a Museum’s Collection for Objects that Deal with Death," by Shiela Regan May 18, 2017
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Art News
For Yinka Shonibare, Possession Is a Function of Economic and Social Class
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Art Radar
“Prejudice at Home: A Parlour, a Library, and a Room”: British-Nigerian artist Yinka Shonibare at James Cohan, New York
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Artnet News
Gallery Hopping: A Powerful Pro-Immigrant Message in Yinka Shonibare’s ‘British Library’
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Hyperallergic
Yinka Shonibare MBE Navigates Prejudice and Dual Identity
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Artsy
The 20 Shows You Need to See during Armory Week
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Artnet News
Artists Donate Works for New Cape Town Museum Zeitz MOCAA
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The Art Newspaper
Three to see: New York
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Smithsonian
"Evoking a Rippling Sail, This New Sculpture Aims to Make Global Connections," by Roger Catlin
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Artlyst
Yinka Shonibare Installation Acquired By Washington's Smithsonian National Museum of African Art
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Contemporary And
What exactly is “African art”?
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International New York Times
"Art as a Means of Fighting Prejudice," by Hannah Olivennes
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The Evening Standard
Artist Yinka Shonibare on pushing the boundaries of art and a new fashion for building walls
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The Telegraph
"Yinka Shonibare: In the studio," by Rupert Hawksley
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The New Yorker
"Go See Yinka Shonibare at the Morris-Jumel Mansion This Weekend," by Robert Sullivan
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Artnet News
"10 Great New York Shows to See Before Labor Day," by Sarah Cascone
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Artphaire
Summer Show Highlights: Spotlight on London’s Yinka Shonibare," by Justin Quirk
Beautiful Decay
"Yinka Shonibare’s Ballerina Goddesses In African Print Tutus" by Tamara Akcay
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Art Observed
New York – Yinka Shonibare MBE: “Rage of the Ballet Gods” at James Cohan Gallery Through June 20th, 2015
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Artsy
Yinka Shonibare’s Haunting New Sculptures and Installations Present a Link Between Climate Change and Our Dark History
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Randian
“ ‘The World Has Became More Difficult to Represent’: an Interview with Yinka Shonibare,” by Iona Whittaker
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Hyperallergic
“Yinka Shonibare MBE Manifests the Ghost of Manhattan’s Oldest House,” by Allison Meier
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The Wall Street Journal
“Eliza Jumel’s Ghost Shows Up in ‘Yinka Shonibare MBE: Colonial Arrangements,” by Susan Delson
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Houston Chronicle
“Hermann Park installs ‘billowing’ sculpture by internationally known artist,” by Carol Christian
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Observer
“NY Historic Home Commissions Contemporary Art by Yinka Shonibare,” by Alexandra Peers
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Artsy
“Pearl Lam Offers Ambitious, Internationally Focused Show at Art Base," by Bridget Gleeson
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The Guardian
“Nigeria: Grillo, Antsui, Shonibare Open African Masters Series,” by Tajudeen Sowole
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Architectural Digest Blog
“Yinka Shonibare’s Fabric-Inspired Sculptures Unveiled at Chicago’s MCA,” by Michael Slenske
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ARTnews
“Yinka Shonibare, Barnes Foundation,” by Edith Newhall
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The Guardian
“Yinka Shonibare pokes fun at bankers with new work at Royal Academy,” by Mark Brown
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The New York Times
“Strolling an Island of Creativity" by Ken Johnson and Martha Schwendener
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West End Extra
“Ship ‘legacy’ sculpture by artist Yinka Shonibare is unveiled on Victoria Street,” by William McLennan
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Sculpture Magazine
“Yinka Shonibare: The Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia”
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Artinfo
"Review: Yinka Shonibare at the Barnes Foundation," by Thea Ballard
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Art in America
“Yinka Shonibare MBE: ‘Magic Ladders’ at The Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia,” by Paul Laster
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W Magazine
“Unsentimental Education: Yinka Shonibare climbs the ladder at the Barnes Foundation," by Michael Slenske
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The Wall Street Journal
“Artist Yinka Shonibare Makes a Move to the Barnes Foundation," by Carol Kino
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Interior Design
"Brotherly Love"
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Ars Magazine
“The Desirable Things Made by a Man," by Karen E. Milbourne
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The Guardian
"How Yinka Shonibare's sculpture park exhibition shoots to thrill," by Jonathan Jones
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Art Experience: NYC
"Yinka Shonibare MBE and the Art of Resistance," by Ernesto Menéndez-Conde
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Artinfo
"The Imperial Commoner: A Q&A With Yinka Shonibare, MBE" by Coline Milliard
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Telegraph
"Fourth Plinth: Yinka Shonibare Interview," by Martin Gayford
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The New York Times
"Headless Bodies From a Bottomless Imagination," by Deborah Sontag
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Art in America
"Yinka Shonibare at James Cohan," by Faye Hirsch
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Art & Auction
"In the Studio: Yinka Shonibare, MBE," by Constance Wyndham
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BOMB
"Practice and Theory: Yinka Shonibare," by Anthony Downey
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