Yiadom-Boakye Returns to New York with 46 New Works at Jack Shainman

Lynette Yiadom-Boakye's exhibition 'Many a Moonlit Caveat' opens at both locations of Jack Shainman Gallery in Chelsea, marking her first major New York showing since 2019. The show features 46 new works, including paintings and a surprising number of charcoal and sanguine drawings. Yiadom-Boakye's figures are not drawn from life but conjured from a scrapbook of family photos, snapshots, postcards, and magazine clippings. The exhibition follows solo shows at Tate Britain (2021-22) and Guggenheim Museum Bilbao (2023). Works like 'Smoked' (2026) depict a man carving a roast pig, playing with still-life conventions. The artist's method has been compared by Andrea Schlieker to a writer building a character in a novel. The exhibition title is 'Many a Moonlit Caveat.'