The Importance Of Portraiture: In Conversation With Elvy Morton And Yvadney Davis
About this event
In 2026, Leicester Museum and Art Gallery’s reinvigorated collection of artworks and archival objects will go on display, including the recent acquisition of The Inimitable Mrs Morton, a portrait of Mrs Elvy Morton by Yvadney Davis, commissioned by Serendipity Institute for Black Arts and Heritage for 100 Black Women Who Have Made A Mark.Elvy Morton is a pillar of Leicester’s Caribbean community. Alongside challenging local organisations to improve Black representation, she has consistently supported education for children and young people. As the founding chair of Leicester Caribbean Carnival, she has helped to shape the cultural calendar of the city.Yvadney Davis is a Caribbean British contemporary figurative artist from South London. Her work is a love letter to the Windrush Generation of her grandparents and its descendants, combining a love of painting with iconic design elements of the ‘West Indian front room’ to explore memory, belonging and identity. She was a semi-finalist on Portrait Artist of the Year in 2023 and a recipient of the Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer Portrait Prize in 2025.To celebrate the portrait in its new permanent home, Pawlet Brookes MBE, CEO and Artist
Event details
- Date
- Thursday, 22 October 2026
- Start time
- 19:00
Getting there & venue info
Leicester Museum & Art Gallery, 53 New Walk, Leicester LE1 7EA.
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What time does The Importance Of Portraiture: In Conversation With Elvy Morton And Yvadney Davis start?
The Importance Of Portraiture: In Conversation With Elvy Morton And Yvadney Davis is on Thursday, 22 October 2026 at Leicester Museum & Art Gallery, Leicester. The listed start time is 19:00 (UK time).
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Where is Leicester Museum & Art Gallery?
Leicester Museum & Art Gallery is at 53 New Walk, LE1 7EA, Leicester.
