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Kelly Grovier

Lynette Yiadom-Boakye, No Place for Nature

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> 2 years ago

Preview: Lynette Yiadom-Boakye at the Serpentine

The imagined portraits by this RA Schools alumna and Turner Prize nominee are revelations from another world, says Kelly Grovier.

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Allen Jones RA on display at the RA: Step this way

One of the key moments in modern British art occurred one day in 1965, when Allen Jones RA, then in his late 20s, first stepped inside an American casino. Kelly Grovier spotlights the Pop artist’s first step towards iconic status, as the Academy mounts a major show of his work.

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