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© Yinka Shonibare CBE. All rights reserved, DACS 2023. Photo credit: Foundling Museum

Trumpet Boy 2010

Yinka Shonibare (b.1962)

Foundling Museum

Learning resources

Yinka Shonibare: poetic, political artist
Rovianne Matovu
On sculpture, elitism and Brexit: the art of Yinka Shonibare
Lydia Figes
A closer look at Yinka Shonibare's 'Trumpet Boy'
Maya Binkin
Postcolonial interpretations of the art collections at Bristol Museum & Art Gallery
Jenny Gaschke and Julia Carver
The perfect gift for Valentine's Day
Barbara Owino
Celebrating black British artists in public collections
Molly Tresadern
Art Matters podcast: Art on the Underground
Ferren Gipson
Postcolonial art: eight artists addressing empire, colonial histories and black identities
Chloe Austin
Leading artists support Art UK in September 2021 fundraising auction
Andrew Ellis
Buy art to help Art UK: a fundraising auction
Andrew Ellis
The Fourth Plinth in Trafalgar Square: cutting-edge sculpture in the heart of London
Katey Goodwin
Speech Acts: imagination – the sum of all
Hammad Nasar

Artist's website

Biography on Oxford Art Online

Biography on Wikipedia