Ruthie’s Table 4: Lynette Yiadom-Boakye

Ruthie’s Table 4: Lynette Yiadom-Boakye
Ruthie’s Table 4: Lynette Yiadom-Boakye

If you happened to be in London in November 2020, then you might have been lucky enough to see ‘Fly in a League with the Night’ by Lynette Yiadom-Boakye at the Tate Britain. A retrospective of 70 of her works from 2003 to the present, it was forced to close after just two weeks due to the pandemic. But the celebrated show reopened in November 2022, the first time the museum has ever done this. Lynette is a writer, a painter and, as I discovered, a magical baker. Today, after a visit to the pastry kitchen, we sat down to talk about writing, painting and cooking—all the ingredients to make something beautiful.
 

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