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A figurative charcoal image of various portraits
Lynette Yiadom-Boakye, To Improvise a Mountain, 2024. Courtesy the artist

To Improvise a Mountain: Lynette Yiadom-Boakye Curates

16 May - 5 October 2025

Leeds Art Gallery

Lynette Yiadom-Boakye, one of the most important figurative painters today, selects an exhibition of works critical to her way of seeing and thinking, inviting audiences on a personal journey through art past and present.

In collaboration with Hayward Gallery Touring.

 

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