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Chris Ofili
[British Painter, born in 1968]
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Chris Ofili Works Online
Categorized & Annotated
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Original works by Chris Ofili available for purchase at art galleries worldwide
Paintings in Museums and Public Art Galleries Worldwide:
 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City NEW!
Museum of Modern Art, New York City
Includes biographical information about the artist
National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. NEW!
Most but not all artists in the NGA database have works online
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Tate Gallery, London, UK
Chris Ofili was awarded the Turner Prize in 1998
Tate Gallery, London, UK
Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio
Goetz Collection, Munich
Untitled, 2001
Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
Monkey Magic, 1999
Southampton City Art Gallery, England
Tyne & Wear Museums Database, England
Walker Art Center, Minnesota
National Art Databases and Museum Inventories:
Art Fund for UK Museums
The Upper Room
Art Market:
(e.g. records of past sales at auction; sites providing examples of the artist's signature)
Christie's Past Sale Archive
(database goes as far back as 1991; images go about as far back as 1999)
Sotheby's Sold Lot Archive
(database goes as far back as 1998; images where permitted by copyright go about as far back as 2001)
Pictures from Image Archives:
Google Art Project
No Woman, No Cry (Tate Britain, London)
PBase Photo Sharing
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Additional Image Search Tools:
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Miscellaneous Sites:
British Council Arts Group
Institute of International Visual Arts, London, UK
Click "Gallery" at right to see works by Chris Ofili
National Fine Art Education Digital Collection, UK
The BBC
The Sender Collection, New York
A private lending collection of Minimal and Conceptual Art
(Get past the splash page, then click "Artists")
UK Government Art Collection
Articles and Reference Sites:
Union List of Artist Names (Getty Museum) 
Reference sheet with basic information about the artist and pointers to other references.
Artnet Magazine
The Holy Virgin Mary, 1996
Bomb Magazine
Brief article on Chris Ofili and Peter Doig who have both lived in Trinidad for the past several years. Include a painting which is apparently by both artists.
Frieze Magazine
"The Elephant Man -- An interview with Chris Ofili"
Frieze Magazine
Review (from issue 42): Chris Ofili
Frieze Magazine
Review (from issue 70): Chris Ofili
New York Magazine
"The Elephant in the Room", 2007 article by Jerry Saltz
postmedia
The Guardian Newspaper, UK
"Chris Ofili heads into the shadows", 2010 article by Adrian Searle
The Guardian Newspaper, UK
"Monkey magic", 2002 review by Adrian Searle
The Guardian Newspaper, UK
"Ofili: the blue period", 2005 article by Adrian Searle
The London Evening Standard
"Please don't give Chris Ofili any more money", 2010 article by Brian Sewell
The Village Voice
"Chris Ofili Africanizes an Icon", 1999 article by Jerry Saltz
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