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Meet the Artist: Joy Labinjo

A chance to meet contemporary British-Nigerian artist Joy Labinjo.

  • 6th May 2025 - 6th May 2025
  • 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm

Discover the distinctive visual language of Joy Labinjo as she discusses her works in Rise Up, including an important new addition to the Fitzwilliam Museum’s growing contemporary art collection, An Eighteenth-Century Family (2022). Drawing inspiration from her heritage, Labinjo’s art delves into the social, cultural, and political contexts that shape her everyday life.

 

Image: Joy Labinjo. Courtesy of the artist and Tiwani Contemporary. Photo © Jessica Flavin

Facilities

  • Air conditioned
  • Assistance dogs welcome
  • Disabled Accessibility
  • Facilities for Disabled Guests
  • Luggage storage
  • Non-Smoking Rooms
  • Restaurant
  • wheelchair accessible
  • WIFI

Accessibility Facilities

  • Assistance dogs welcome
  • Designated wheelchair public toilet
  • Staff available to assist
  • Wheel chair accessible
  • Wheelchair accessible
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Did you know?

In 1958, a group of engineering students managed to hoist an Austin Seven car onto the roof of Senate House, with the help of some clever calculations. It took the university a week to remove it – and will surely go down in history as one of the boldest student pranks ever!